Page 14 - Lok Sabha Elections

World leaders congratulate PM Modi, while US and Russia remain silent

The US State Department stated in a Tuesday night press briefing that the Biden administration is waiting for the final election results

This is how foreign media reacted to India's 2024 Lok Sabha poll results

Election results 2024: Most foreign press noted that Narendra Modi's third term will be riddled with challenges as the party has failed to cross the majority mark single-handedly

President Murmu dissolves 17th Lok Sabha on advice of the Cabinet

President Droupadi Murmu dissolved the 17th Lok Sabha on Wednesday on the advice of the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Cabinet, according to the Rashtrapati Bhavan. The Cabinet, in its meeting held on Wednesday, advised the President to dissolve the current Lok Sabha with immediate effect, it said. "The President has accepted the advice of the Cabinet on 05.06.2024 and signed the Order dissolving the 17th Lok Sabha in exercise of the powers conferred upon her by Sub-clause (b) of Clause (2) of Article 85 of the Constitution," a communique issued by the Rashtrapati Bhavan read. The term of the current Lok Sabha was to end on June 16. Earlier in the day, Prime Minister Modi tendered his resignation to President Murmu, who accepted it and asked him to continue till the new government assumes office. The ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) won a majority in the Lok Sabha election. While the NDA is comfortably above the majority mark of 272 in the 543-member Lok Sabha, the BJP

'Win, defeat part of politics': Modi tells outgoing cabinet in final meet

Narendra Modi chaired the final meeting of the outgoing union cabinet on Wednesday, a day after Lok Sabha election 2024 results were announced

LS polls mark rise of Bharat Adivasi Party in Rajasthan's tribal belt

The just-ended elections marked the rise of the Bharat Adivasi Party (BAP) in Rajasthan's tribal belt with the party making its debut in the Lok Sabha and also winning the Bagidora assembly by-election. Rajkumar Roat, the BAP MLA from the Chaurasi seat, secured a decisive win in the Banswara-Dungarpur Lok Sabha constituency, defeating BJP nominee Mahendrajeet Singh Malviya by 2.47 lakh votes. Roat's victory highlights the party's growing appeal among tribal voters. It was the Banswara-Dungarpur parliamentary segment where Prime Minister Narendra Modi suggested that if the Congress came to power, it would redistribute the wealth of people to Muslims and cited former PM Manmohan Singh's remark that the minority community had the first claim on the country's resources. "This urban-naxal mindset, my mothers and sisters, they will not even leave your 'Mangalsutra'. They can go to that level," Modi had said, addressing a rally in Banswara ahead of the elections. The BAP made its presence

On BJP's 272 miss, Raghuram Rajan praises 'wise' voters, shares roadmap

Lok Sabha elections 2024 result: Raghuram Rajan said that by electing a strong Opposition, India has a "fighting chance of securing the economic future"

From Smriti Irani to Arjun Munda, Modi ministers who lost 2024 LS polls

Lok Sabha elections 2024 results: Smriti Irani lost to Congress candidate Kishori Lal Sharma by a margin of 167,196 votes in Uttar Pradesh's Amethi

World leaders congratulate Modi ahead of third term as Prime Minister

Over 50 world leaders have congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi as he is set to take oath this week for a third straight term at the top office following the National Democratic Alliance's victory in the Lok Sabha polls. From India's neighbourhood and extended neighbourhood, presidents of Sri Lanka, the Maldives, Iran, Seychelles and prime ministers of Nepal, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar, Mauritius have sent congratulatory greetings to Modi. In a post on X, Singapore's Prime Minister Lawrence Wong described the victory of the NDA alliance as "historic" and said he was looking forward to working with his Indian counterpart to celebrate the 60th anniversary of diplomatic ties between the two nations next year. "Congratulations @narendramodi on the historic victory by the NDA for the third consecutive term. Look forward to working with you to deepen the Singapore-India partnership and to celebrate the 60th anniversary of diplomatic ties next year," Wong said on X. Among G20 ...

Lok Sabha polls 2024: Janata Dal (U), Telugu Desam Party winners full list

With the humbling verdict for the BJP, NDA partners Nitish Kumar and Chandrababu Naidu will step in with their 12 and 16 Lok Sabha seats respectively to help the coalition reach the majority of 272

Tight election will increase prospect of productive reforms: CEA Nageswaran

Voters returned Prime Minister Narendra Modi for a third term but with a reduced margin that has left his Hindu nationalist party needing coalition partners to govern

'Key cong leaders' absence in campaign shows defeat in Uttarakhand

The absence of prominent Congress leaders during campaign in Uttarakhand is being seen by political analysts here as one of the main factors behind the party's rout in the state. The BJP won all five Lok Sabha seats in the state with fairly large margins for a record third consecutive time. "Prominent Congress leaders stayed out of the fray. It left party cadres dispirited. The lack of enthusiasm among party workers was evident from the very outset," a political analyst based in Dehradun said. Congress could have done better had it chosen its candidates more carefully and worked harder to dent the BJP bulwark, he said. "For example, if Harish Rawat himself had contested in place of his son from Haridwar, the picture could have been different there," Dehradun-based political analyst Manmohan Bhatt said. Though the Congress lost the seat, its vote share in Haridwar has gone up steadily since 2014 while that of the BJP has declined, he said. The BJP's vote share in Haridwar seat in

Sensex jumps 2,300 pts, Nifty above 22,600: Why markets rallied on June 5?

The recovery came after the ruling Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) looked firm in securing support from its allies to form a coalition government

Stock Market Highlights, June 5: Sensex soars 2,303 pts, Nifty tops 22,600 on Modi 3.0 hopes

Stock Market Highlights on June 5, 2024: The broader markets outperformed the benchmarks with the BSE MidCap, and SmallCap indices rising 4 per cent and 2.9 per cent, respectively

How India came under assault from global cyber groups during LS polls

Lok Sabha elections 2024: Reports reveal AI influence and cyber threats targeted India's 2024 General Elections

Lok Sabha elections 2024: Kingmaker Nitish Kumar's political flip-flops

Lok Sabha elections: For the Narendra Modi-led government to return to power for the third time, Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal (United), which won 12 seats in Bihar, has a key role to play

Modi resigns from office, to take oath as PM for the third time on June 8

Lok Sabha elections: Narendra Modi's BJP is expected to form a government for the third time with the help of its coalition partners, the JD(U) and the Telugu Desam Party

What challenges does the BJP face as India re-embraces coalition politics?

The NDA has secured 292 seats, with the BJP holding 240. However, this is insufficient for a majority, requiring support from allies like the JD(U) and the TDP

'Relieve me from Maharashtra Dy CM duties': Devendra Fadnavis requests BJP

Devendra Fadnavis' decision follows the BJP's poor performance in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections in Maharashtra

LS polls 2024 : Sanjay Raut to attend INDIA bloc meet in Delhi today

Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut will attend the opposition INDIA alliance meeting to be held in New Delhi on Wednesday evening to deliberate on the Lok Sabha poll results, party sources said. Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday said he will also travel to Delhi to attend the INDIA alliance leaders' meeting, but now only Raut will be attending it. Raut is already in the national capital for the meeting, the sources added. Thackeray on Tuesday pushed for staking a claim to form the next government at the Centre and said the opposition alliance's leaders will meet on Wednesday in New Delhi to decide on the Prime Minister's face. He said leaders of the Congress and other parties were holding talks with Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Telegu Desam Party (TDP) head N Chandrababu Naidu to explore the possibility of their entry into the bloc. The Kumar-led JD(U) and the TDP are constituents of the BJP-headed NDA, which is poised to form the next government in the 543-member

LS election results: Vote shares of both BJP, Congress increase in Assam

The vote shares of both the BJP and Congress have increased by over one per cent in the Lok Sabha elections in Assam, according to EC statistics. The vote share of the saffron party, which bagged nine of the 14 Lok Sabha seats in the state, increased by 1.02 per cent from 36.41 per cent in 2019 to 37.43 per cent in 2024, while that of Congress, which secured three constituencies, rose by 1.69 per cent from 35.79 per cent in the previous elections to 37.48 per cent this time. The overall vote share of the NDA, which won 11 seats in Assam, however, registered a marginal dip of 0.45 per cent. The vote share of NDA ally Asom Gana Parishad (AGP), which managed to win a Lok Sabha seat after 10 years, declined to 6.46 per cent in 2024 from 8.31 per cent in 2019. The NDA's other constituent in Assam, the United People's Party Liberal (UPPL), opened its account in the Lok Sabha by winning Kokrajhar seat, garnering 2.43 per cent vote share in the state. The AIUDF suffered the biggest loss w