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LS polls 2024: NDA leads in 10 seats in Jharkhand, INDIA bloc in 4

The BJP was leading in nine Lok Sabha seats in Jharkhand, its ally AJSU Party in one, while the Congress and JMM were ahead in two each, according to available trends. Union minister and sitting MP Arjun Munda was trailing to Congress's Kalicharan Munda in Khunti Lok Sabha seat by around 40,000 votes, as per ECI officials. In Singhbhum, JMM's Joba Manjhi was leading by 64,654 votes over her nearest rival Geeta Kora of the BJP after the fourth round of counting, they said. Kora, wife of former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda, joined the BJP just ahead of Lok Sabha polls. She was the lone Congress MP in the state. Former DGP and sitting BJP MP VD Ram was leading by 85,340 votes over her nearest rival Mamata Bhuiyan of the RJD in Palamu. In Dumka, BJP's Sita Soren was leading by 12,057 votes over JMM's Nalin Soren. Sita, a three time JMM legislator, joined BJP just ahead of Lok Sabha polls. Sitting BJP MP Nishikant Dubey was leading by 5,734 votes over his nearest rival Pradeep

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: In Amethi, Smriti Irani trails Congress worker Kishori Lal

In 2019, Irani had defeated Rahul Gandhi from the seat, considered to be one of the strongholds of the grand old party

LS polls 2024: BJP newcomers Kangana, Arun Govil lead from Mandi, Meerut

Actor Kangana Ranaut is on the way to become a parliamentarian as the BJP candidate from Himachal Pradesh's Mandi is leading by a margin of over 40,000 votes, according to Election Commission trends. In trends available till 11.45 am, "Ramayan" actor Arun Govil, who is contesting the Lok Sabha election from Uttar Pradesh's Meerut, is also ahead of his nearest rival by over 40,000 votes. Veteran actor Hema Malini, seeking a third term in Lok Sabha from Mathura, is ahead by over 1.5 lakh votes. Another BJP candidate, actor Suresh Gopi from Thrissur, Kerala, is leading by over 43,000 votes, according to trends available on the Election Commission website. Veteran actor Shatrughan Sinha, who has been given a ticket by the Trinamool Congress, is also leading in his bid to get elected from Asansol, West Bengal. He has a lead of over 22,000 votes. Other notable celebrity candidates in the electoral fray include BJP's Manoj Tiwari and Ravi Kishan from Northeast Delhi and Gorakhpur, ...

BJP party workers celebrate as saffron party leads in early trends

Celebrations erupted at BJP headquarters here as party workers and supporters sounded 'shankha', rejoiced to 'dhol' beats and chanted Modi slogans as trends started trickling in showing BJP candidates leading on all seven seats of Delhi. According to Election Commission trends, the BJP was leading in all seven Lok Sabha seats in Delhi on Tuesday, with Manoj Tiwari leading by a margin of over 79,000 votes. Beaming with joy, party supporters were seen offering veneration to a huge cut-out of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Clad in saffron attire and turban and carrying flags and posters bearing Lord Ram's image, supporters danced to dhol beat in anticipation of good omens. BJP's Praveen Khandelwal was initially trailing Congress's Jai Prakash Agarwal but has since secured a lead of over 19,120 votes in Chandni Chowk, EC data showed. BJP's North East Delhi candidate Manoj Tiwari pitted against Congress's Kanhaiya Kumar, led by a margin of 79,071 votes. BJP's West Delhi candidate Kamal

Election trends show moral defeat for PM Modi, he should resign: Congress

With latest trends showing the BJP falling below the majority mark, the Congress on Tuesday said it has become clear that it will be a staggering political and decisively moral defeat for Narendra Modi and he should resign and head to the Himalayas. Counting of votes are underway for the Lok Sabha elections, with the BJP emerging as the single largest party but not getting a majority on its own. "He used to pretend that he was extraordinary. Now it has been proved that the outgoing prime minister is going to become former. Take moral responsibility and resign. This is the message of this election," Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said in a post on X in Hindi. He said on December 3, 2016, in Moradabad, the "outgoing" Prime Minister Narendra Modi had said - "What at the most can they do to me? What can they do? I am a faqir (poor man), I will just pick up my bag and leave". "Do you remember this statement of yours, outgoing prime minister? The time has come. Take your bag an

Bengal results on expected lines, people voted against BJP, says TMC

The TMC on Tuesday hailed the trends that reflected that the party was racing ahead of its rivals in 30 of the 42 Lok Sabha seats. The TMC said the results are a reflection of people's faith in the "pro-people policies" of the Mamata Banerjee government and a decisive mandate against the BJP in the state. The TMC was leading in 31 seats after several rounds of counting, while the BJP was ahead in 10, and Congress in one, according to the Election Commission website at 12:30 PM. The results are a reflection of people's faith in the pro-people policies of the TMC government led by our supremo Mamata Banerjee. The people through this decisive mandate against the BJP have defeated the anti-Bengal forces. The results have also proved that the exit polls were a farce by the pro-BJP media, TMC spokesperson Santanu Sen told PTI. In 2019, the TMC had won 22 seats, whereas the BJP had won 18, and the Congress had bagged two seats. Ecstatic TMC activists started celebrating by dancing to dru

LS polls 2024: BJP leads in 10 seats in Chhattisgarh, Congress ahead in 1

The BJP has maintained an impressive lead in 10 out of 11 Lok Sabha seats in Chhattisgarh, as per trends available so far. The Congress has managed a lead only in the Korba seat where its sitting MP Jyotsna Mahant, wife of the incumbent leader of opposition Charandas Mahant, was leading by a margin of 8,304 votes over the BJP's influential woman leader Saroj Pandey. Counting of votes began at 33 centres at 8 am on Tuesday, and postal ballots were counted in the first half an hour. In the high-profile Rajnandgaon seat, Congress leader and former chief minister Bhupesh Baghel, who was initially leading, was trailing by a margin of 33,512 votes against the BJP's sitting MP Santosh Pandey. BJP's influential leader, Brijmohan Agrawal, was leading by a significant margin of 2,04,684 votes against Congress' Vikas Upadhyay in the crucial Raipur seat. In Durg, BJP's sitting MP Vijay Baghel was ahead against his nearest rival, Rajendra Sahu of Congress, by 1,82,933 votes. In the Naxalite-h

BJP leading in all 7 Lok Sabha seats in Delhi: Election Commission trends

The BJP is leading in all seven Lok Sabha seats in Delhi on Tuesday, according to trends on the Election Commission (EC) website. The BJP's Praveen Khandelwal was initially trailing the Congress' Jai Prakash Agarwal in the Chandni Chowk seat but has now moved ahead to secure a lead of 27,041 votes, EC data showed. The BJP's North-East Delhi candidate Manoj Tiwari, who is pitted against the Congress' Kanhaiya Kumar, was leading by a margin of 73,781 votes. BJP West Delhi candidate Kamaljeet Sehrawat, who is up against AAP's Mahabal Mishra, was ahead by a margin of 69,296 votes, and the BJP's North-West Delhi candidate Yogender Chandoliya was leading by 1,05,266 votes against the Congress' Udit Raj, the data showed. On the East Delhi seat, AAP's Kuldeep Kumar was trailing by a margin of 14,134 votes against the BJP's Harsh Malhotra. The BJP's Ramvir Singh Bidhuri was ahead by a margin of 63,675 votes against AAP's Sahi Ram Pahalwan from South Delhi, while in the New Delhi constituen

LS poll results: Left parties improve, lead on 8-10 seats, show EC trends

Embroiled in a battle for survival, Left parties marginally improved their performance in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, leading in eight to 10 seats according to vote counting trends. The CPI (M), which had only three MPs in the 17th Lok Sabha, was leading in five parliamentary seats, trends of the Election Commission website around 12 noon showed. The party sprung a surprise in Rajasthan, with its candidate from Sikar, Amra Ram, leading by more than 55,814 votes over BJP's Sumedhanand Saraswati. In Tamil Nadu, where the CPI(M) fought on two seats, Madurai and Dindigul, the party was leading in both, while in Kerala's Alathur K Radhakrishnan of the CPI(M) was leading by more than 15,936 votes against Congress's Ramya Haridas. There was a close contest in Attingal in Kerala where the Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPI(M)) has pitted V Joy against Congress's Adoor Prakash. The CPI(M) candidate was leading by around 600 votes, the trends around 12 noon showed. In West Bengal's .

Chhattisgarh election result 2024: Will BJP repeat its near-clean sweep?

Chhattisgarh Lok Sabha election result 2024: In the high-stakes battle for Chhattisgarh, BJP has near-clean sweep in state, securing 10 out of 11 seats

Lok Sabha polls 2024: This is what the results look like at 2 pm on June 4

Lok Sabha Elections 2024 results: Counting for the General Elections began at 8 am on Tuesday. Early trends suggest a huge victory for the BJP-led NDA, while the INDIA bloc trails

Lok Sabha elections results: Akhilesh Yadav, wife Dimple lead in UP

Akhilesh Yadav and his wife Dimple Yadav are leading by a comfortable margin in Uttar Pradesh. The party had fielded five members of the Yadav clan in the Lok Sabha elections. While Akhilesh Yadav is leading by a margin of 61,351 votes from BJP's Subrat Pathak in Kannauj, Dimple Yadav is leading in Mainpuri by a margin of 68,261 votes against her closest rival, BJP's Jaiveer Singh, according to the EC. In Azamgarh, SP's Dharmendra Yadav is leading by a margin of 45,069 votes against BJP's Dinesh Lal Yadav Nirahua, while in Firozabad party leader Ram Gopal Yadav's son Akshay Yadav is leading by a margin of 56,986 votes against BJP's Vishwadeep Singh. In Badaun, SP leader Shivpal Yadav's son Aditya Yadav is trailing behind BJP's Durvijay Singh Shakya by 16,751 votes. The party had initially given a ticket to Shivpal on this seat but later gave it to his son Aditya.

India VIX up 51%, posts biggest 1-day rally in 9 yrs amid LS polls jitters

India VIX, which measures the likely volatility in the Indian markets over the next 30 days, had slumped over 22 per cent on June 3

Karnataka election result 2024: BJP win 17 seats, JD(S) 2, Congress 9

Karnataka Lok Sabha election result 2024: In the high-stakes battle for Karnataka, the BJP-led NDA secures 19 seats

India shining to INDIA shines: Why people are remembering BJP's 2004 slogan

Netizens are talking about 'INDIA shining', signalling the better-than-expected performance of the opposition's INDIA bloc

Lok Sabha results 2024: Early trends predict victory for BJP in Rajasthan

Lok Sabha elections 2024: The BJP is leading in 14 constituencies in Rajasthan, while the INDIA bloc is edging closer on 11 constituencies

Lok Sabha 2024 poll results: What could be policy roadmap of the new govt?

Given the strong platform already constructed by the present government, it would require more fine tuning measures to take the economy ahead

Investors lose Rs 39 trn as INDIA bloc's tally jumps above street estimates

As of 13:03 PM; NDA was leading on 292 seats and the INDIA Alliance was ahead on 233 seats, while others were on top of 18 seats

Lok Sabha elections 2024: A look at India's longest-serving Prime Ministers

If Prime Minister Modi leads the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) to another victory, he will join an elite group of Prime Ministers who have served India for over a decade

How is Amit Shah's portfolio performing as BJP limps in Lok Sabha polls?

Other major holdings in his portfolio encompass ITC (down 3%), VIP Industries (down 7%), Infosys (down 1.5%), Grindwell Norton (down 3.5%), Cummins India (down 13%)