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Lok Sabha elections: DMK-led INDIA bloc registers clean sweep in Tamil Nadu

Lok Sabha elections 2024 results: DMK-led INDIA alliance registers win in all 39 seats in Tamil Nadu

Poll results 2024: Tribal party BAP, CPI(M) win one seat each in Rajasthan

Rajkumar Roat, BAP's MLA from Chaurasi, clinched a decisive victory in the Banswara-Dungarpur seat, while CPM's Amra Ram won the Sikar constituency

LS polls: Dimple Yadav wins from Mainpuri seat by margin of 221,639 votes

Samajwadi Party candidate Dimple Yadav won from the Mainpuri Lok Sabha seat by a margin of 2,21,639 votes, defeating her nearest rival BJP's Jaiveer Singh. While Dimple got 5,98,526 votes, Singh got 3,76,887 votes. BSP candidate Shiv Prasad Yadav got 66,814 votes. In 2019 general elections, the seat was won by Samajwadi Party founder Mulayam Singh Yadav by margin of 94,389 votes. After Mulayam's death, Dimple had won the seat in 2022 by-election by a margin of 2.88 lakh votes, defeating BJP's Raghuraj Shakya. The seat has been with the Samajwadi Party since 1996 and its journey of victories is marked by a series of electoral wins. Mulayam secured a win in 1996, followed by Balram Singh Yadav's victories in 1998 and 1999. Mulayam triumphed again in 2004, with Dharmendra Yadav winning a by-election the same year. Mulayam continued his winning streak in 2009 and 2014, and Tej Pratap securing victory in the 2014 by-election.

Election result 2024: This is what the results look like at 6 pm on June 4

Lok Sabha Elections 2024 results: Counting for the General Elections began at 8 am on Tuesday. The NDA was leading on 293 seats, while the INDIA bloc was ahead on 232 seats at 6 pm

Election result 2024: Congress end Gujarat loss streak, wins after a decade

Lok Sabha elections 2024: Congress' Geniben Thakor from Banaskantha Lok Sabha constituency defeated her BJP counterpart Rekha Chaudhary by 30,000 votes

Election result 2024: This is what the results look like at 4 pm on June 4

Lok Sabha Elections 2024 results: Counting for the General Elections began at 8 am on Tuesday. The NDA was leading on 296 seats, while the INDIA bloc was ahead on 23o seats at 4 pm

Are coalition governments bad for the markets? Not necessarily; here is why

While market sentiment will no doubt take a sharp hit in the event of a change in government or a weak coalition, analysts said, it's important to remember that there are many good things going well

Election results 2024: How coalition govts have shaped Indian politics

Lok Sabha election results 2024: With a coalition government on cards as neither BJP or Congress seem to be getting a clear majority, here's a look at how such administrations have fared

Election result 2024: Omar Abdullah, Mehbooba Mufti admit defeat in Kashmir

Abdullah conceded defeat from the Baramulla seat to independent candidate Engineer Rashid, who is currently lodged in Tihar jail under the stringent UAPA on charges of terror funding

Lok Sabha results 2024: Barring UP, BJP racing ahead in Hindi heartland

The BJP-led NDA was comfortably leading in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, and Bihar till 12 noon

Lok Sabha 2024: As INDIA closes in on NDA in UP, a repeat of 2004 on cards?

While PM Narendra Modi was leading in Varanasi by a margin of 13,000 votes, Smriti Irani in Amethi and Dinesh Pratap Singh were trailing behind Congress' Kishori Lal Sharma and Rahul Gandhi

Lok Sabha results 2024: Trends defy exit poll predictions as INDIA shines

Twelve prominent exit polls had predicted a clean sweep for the BJP, with a few predicting 400 seats forNDA, while most predicted over 350 seats. Trends at 9:40 am diverged from these predictions

Election results 2024: Counting of votes for Lok Sabha polls begins

Counting of votes for the Lok Sabha elections began on Tuesday morning across states and Union Territories. While the Lok Sabha has 543 members, counting is being held for 542 seats after the BJP's Surat candidate Mukesh Dalal was elected unopposed. Counting of votes is also underway for the assembly polls in Andhra Pradesh and Odisha, where polling was held simultaneously with the Lok Sabha elections. Elections to the assemblies of Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim were also held alongside the Lok Sabha polls. The results of these elections were declared on June 2. According to the Conduct of Election Rules, postal ballots will be counted first and the process of counting of votes recorded in electronic voting machines (EVMs) will begin 30 minutes later. The process of counting votes cast through postal ballots and EVMs will continue simultaneously. Since 2019, VVPAT (voter verifiable paper audit trail) slips from five randomly selected polling stations per assembly constituency -- o

Will start process of holding J-K polls very soon: CEC Rajiv Kumar

The Election Commission (EC) on Monday said it will start the process of holding assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir very soon. Addressing a press conference here, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Rajiv Kumar said the EC was very enthused by the voter turnout in Jammu and Kashmir during the Lok Sabha elections, which showed the eagerness of the people to participate in the democratic process. "We will very soon start the process of assembly elections in J&K. We are very enthused. It is one of the most satisfying moments," the CEC said. The voter turnout in Jammu and Kashmir during the Lok Sabha elections was 58.58 per cent, the highest in four decades. The voter turnout in Lok Sabha seats in the Kashmir valley was 51.05 per cent, he said. While announcing the schedule for the Lok Sabha elections in March, Kumar had said that holding assembly and parliamentary elections simultaneously was not practical due to logistical and security reasons. Whenever assembly elections are ...

Lok Sabha election results 2024: Date, time, & where to watch poll results

According to the Election Commission of India, the counting of votes for the 2024 Lok Sabha election and the state polls will begin at 8 am on Tuesday, June 4

Delhi election body gears for D-day with over 8,921,000 votes to count

The arrangements for the D-day for counting of over 89.21 lakh votes that will begin at 8 am across the seven constituencies of Delhi have been notched up with the authorities deploying a three-tier security arrangement at the counting centres. The officials at the Delhi poll body said that a total of 7,000 personnel would be deployed at the seven counting centres. "We have made all the necessary arrangements for the counting tomorrow which will start at 8 am sharp. The required security deployment has been made which includes a three-tier security arrangement at the counting centre. The manpower of counting staff is trained and ready," Delhi Chief Electoral Officer P. Krishnamurthy told PTI. "There will be a total of 7,000 personnel and each segment will have about 1,000 personnel, which includes a lot of support staff who will assist in works such as carrying the EVMs from the strong room to counting halls and back," he added. Digital monitors will be set up outside the counting

Lok Sabha polls: 'Political parties used caste, religion to garner votes'

As India waits with bated breath for the Lok Sabha poll results, political analysts say this year's election was "one of the most polarised" with parties using caste and religion to garner votes. While the BJP focused on integrating various backward castes under the Hindutva fold, the INDIA bloc tried to win over Other Backward Caste (OBC) voters by promising to conduct a caste survey if it is voted to power, they said. Jagdeep Chokar, the co-founder of the poll rights body Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR), said this election was "one of the most polarised" he has ever witnessed. "There was polarisation along the lines of caste, religion and region. It was not like this before. Caste has always been one of the most important mobilising factors in elections, but here, both caste and religion-based politics were at play," he told PTI. Dr Iftekhar Ahmad Ansari, an associate professor at Aligarh Muslim University, pointed out that the realignment of castes has presented a ...

This is what the News18 exit poll predicts about BJP's gains across India

The News18 mega exit poll has predicted the BJP may secure between 305 and 315 seats, with a 40 per cent vote share, while the NDA is expected to win 355 to 370 seats with a 47 per cent vote share

Lok Sabha election results: BJP plans grand celebration with light show

After exit polls predicted a clear majority for the National Democratic Alliance, the event at Bharat Mandapam, themed around India's cultural heritage, may include a sound-and-light show

Here's what's next for South Africa, key figures in coalition talks

South Africa's election has decided little, other than the African National Congress that liberated the country from apartheid in 1994 has lost its 30-year majority. It remained the biggest party, though. With no one holding a majority, South Africa's party leaders are embarking on coalition talks to form a government. South Africa has never had to do this due to the ANC's long dominance. There are four major political parties and at least eight with significant shares of the vote after last week's election. It'll be complicated. Here's a guide to some of the key figures and what might be coming next as South Africa enters uncharted territory. PRESIDENT CYRIL RAMAPHOSA Once a protege of Nelson Mandela, Ramaphosa (71) has now overseen the worst election result in the ANC's history. He is under pressure within his own party as well as with voters but he managed to laugh when an official made a slip on Sunday and referred to him as the "extinguished" president rather than distinguish