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93% winning candidates in 2024 General Elections are 'crorepatis': ADR

There has been an increasing proportion of 'crorepatis' winning the Lok Sabha elections in recent years, it says

CM Adityanath seeks quick action on public issues, warns against negligence

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday directed officials to complete all works related to the public within the stipulated time frame, warning that negligence will not be tolerated. Adityanath issued this directive during 'Janata Darshan', a public grievance meeting, at his official residence in Kalidas Marg here, according to a statement. He interacted with each attendee to understand their grievances and instructed the officials concerned to resolve them immediately, the statement said. "The chief minister instructed the officials that the works related to the common people should be done within the stipulated time frame. Ignoring any work will not be tolerated at all," the release quoted him as saying. Issues related to the public are the priority of the government, Adityanath added. A large number of youths also attended the Janta Darshan, where the chief minister not only addressed their personal problems but also engaged with them on various issues, the ..

LS polls: Education of 105 winning candidates ranges from class 5 to 12

About 105, or 19 per cent, winning candidates declared their educational qualification to be between class 5 pass and 12, while 420, or 77 per cent, such candidates declared having a graduate degree or above, according to poll rights body ADR Seventeen winning candidates were diploma holders and one winner was "just literate," the Association of Democratic Reforms said. All 121 candidates, who declared themselves illiterate, lost the polls. There were two winning candidates who are studied up to class 5, while four said they did up to class 8. Thirty-four candidates declared they studied up to class 10, and 65 up to class 12. According to another analysis by think-tank PRS Legislative Research, agriculture and social work emerged as the most common professions among the 543 MPs. Notably, 91 per cent of MPs from Chhattisgarh, 72 per cent from Madhya Pradesh, and 65 per cent from Gujarat indicated agriculture as one of their professions. About 7 per cent of MPs elected to the 18th

Ajit Pawar holds meeting to assess NCP's performance in Lok Sabha polls

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Thursday met senior leaders of his Nationalist Congress Party to take stock of the Lok Sabha election results and the party's performance. The meeting took place at his official residence Deogiri in south Mumbai. Pawar's NCP contested four Lok Sabha seats in the state and bagged only one - Raigad. Apart from NCP president Ajit Pawar, party working president Praful Patel, senior leaders and ministers in the state government - Hasan Mushrif, Chhagan Bhujbal, Dilip Walse Patil and Dhananjay Munde were among those who attended the meeting. Ajit Pawar's wife Sunetra Pawar lost to NCP (SP) MP Supriya Sule, the daughter of Sharad Pawar, in the Baramati Lok Sabha seat by more than 1.5 lakh votes. In July last year, Ajit Pawar joined the ruling BJP-Shiv Sena in the state along with some other MLAs, leading to a split in the NCP founded by his uncle Sharad Pawar.

Election Commission to give list of winning LS candidates to President

Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar and Election Commissioners Gyanesh Kumar and Sukhbir Singh Sandhu will on Thursday evening hand over the list of candidates who won the Lok Sabha elections to President Droupadi Murmu, sources said Thursday. Once the list is handed over to the President, the formal process to constitute the 18th Lok Sabha will commence. Accepting the recommendation of the Union Cabinet, the President had ordered the dissolution of the 17th Lok Sabha on Wednesday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is poised to form the government at the Centre for a third consecutive term after the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) won majority in the just-concluded parliamentary polls. The NDA has won 293 seats, while the opposition INDIA bloc 234 seats. After handing over the list to the President, the Commission will pay floral tributes at Raj Ghat.

Pawar vs Pawar: Ajit makes inroads in Arunachal, Sharad wins Maharashtra

Lok Sabha election 2024: General Election result shows Sharad Pawar's national influence despite Election Commission officially recognising Ajit Pawar's faction

Haryana CM Nayab Saini administered oath by Speaker Gian Chand Gupta

Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini was administered oath of legislator by the Assembly Speaker on Thursday here. Speaker Gian Chand Gupta administered the oath to the BJP leader in his chamber. Saini recently defeated his main rival, Congress's Tarlochan Singh to win the bye-poll for the Karnal Assembly seat, which was earlier held by party colleague Manohar Lal Khattar. In the 2019 Assembly polls, Khattar had retained the seat defeating Tarlochan Singh. Saini, the outgoing MP from Kurukshetra, had contested the by-election for the Karnal assembly seat after he replaced Khattar as chief minister. The bypoll was necessitated by Khattar's resignation as MLA from Karnal after his removal from the post of chief minister. Polling for the state's 10 Lok Sabha seats and the Karnal assembly constituency was held in the sixth phase of the general election on May 25 and the results were declared on June 4. Saini was sworn in as the chief minister on March 12. Khattar, who was field

18th Lok Sabha formation: CEC to provide list of new MPs to President

In the meantime, President Droupadi Murmu dissolved the 17th Lok Sabha on Wednesday, following the recommendation of the Union Cabinet

LS polls 2024: Candidates from 41 parties elected, up from 36 in 2019

The 2024 Lok Sabha elections witnessed an increase in political parties' participation, with candidates from 41 parties being elected, compared to 36 in the 2019 general election. According to an analysis by the think-tank PRS, national parties secured 346 seats, accounting for 64 per cent of the total, while the state-recognised parties won 179 seats, representing 33 per cent. Unrecognised parties clinched 11 seats, and independents won seven. According to an analysis by the poll rights body Association for Democratic Reforms, there has been a 104 per cent rise in the number of political parties from 2009 to 2024. In 2024, a total of 751 parties participated, compared to 677 in 2019, 464 in 2014, and 368 in 2009. The ADR and National Election Watch conducted a comprehensive review of the self-sworn affidavits of 8,337 candidates contesting the just concluded elections. The candidate pool comprises 1,333 from national parties, 532 from state parties, 2,580 from registered unrecog

Lok Sabha elections: Modi 3.0 in coalition, BJP in Kerala. 10 key takeaways

Lok Sabha elections 2024: Nitish Kumar and Chandrababu Naidu have emerged as the kingmakers in the elections as the BJP only secured 240 seats, which is below the 272 majority mark

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

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

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

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

No discussion within INDIA bloc so far on reaching out to TDP, JDU: Pawar

NCP(SP) chief Sharad Pawar on Wednesday said there has been no discussion within the INDIA bloc yet on reaching out to the TDP or JD(U) to shore up the numbers of the alliance for government formation. His remarks came ahead of the meeting of INDIA bloc leaders at Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge's residence this evening to deliberate on the Lok Sabha poll results and whether to bring on board the Janata Dal (United) (JD-U) and Telugu Desam Party (TDP) to cobble up a government. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is poised to form the government for a third consecutive term with the BJP-led NDA getting a majority in the Lok Sabha, notwithstanding crushing losses in three Hindi heartland states after a bitterly fought election that was projected as a referendum on his popularity. While speaking on the Lok Sabha poll outcome, the 83-year-old Pawar told reporters here that besides the resentment against the functioning of the Modi government, the voters were also unhappy about handling

Lok Sabha elections 2024: Party-wise result status of total seats won

Lok Sabha elections 2024 result: The BJP and its allies are ahead on 295 seats while the Congress-led INDIA coalition is leading on 231 seats, 3 pm data showed

Lok Sabha elections 2024: Which candidates won by the lowest margins?

Lok Sabha elections 2024 results: The BJP-led NDA is returning to power for a third term at the Centre as it surpassed the majority mark of 272 and won 292 seats

PM Narendra Modi just learned that hype can only carry you so far

Small-town India has not seen the sort of revolution in infrastructure that cities of equivalent size in China or Southeast Asia have enjoyed over recent decades, writes Mihir Sharma