After the surprising 2024 Lok Sabha elections result on June 4, JDU has said that the party will remain in the NDA, dismissing any speculation of a switch to the INDIA bloc
Senior leaders of the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) are likely to meet on Wednesday to take stock of the Lok Sabha poll results and deliberate on the details of government formation. JD(U) leader and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Telugu Desam Party president N Chandrababu Naidu, who is set to become the next Andhra Pradesh chief minister, will attend the meeting where top leaders of the BJP and its other allies are also expected to be present, sources said. They are expected to congratulate Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who is set for a record-equalling third term at the helm, and discuss with him the details of the new government, which is likely to be different in composition and character with a bigger share for the BJP's allies. While the NDA is comfortably above the majority mark of 272 in the 543-member Lok Sabha, the BJP has fallen short of the magic number for the first time since 2014 and is critically dependent on its allies for government ...
The election results coincide with a slowdown in manufacturing activity for the second consecutive month in May
Every Indian is proud of our electoral system, its credibility, said PM Modi in his address after the poll verdict
Markets have outperformed on exit poll days, with limited gains on results
Lok Sabha Election Results News: ECI data showed that the BJP-led NDA had established a lead on 290 seats. And the INDIA bloc had put up a brave fight with a lead on 228 seats
The Congress expressed confidence in winning both seats, blaming the ruling BJP-led government for failing to curb the year-long ethnic violence between the Kukis and Meiteis
The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) has shown significant strength in the metro cities in the Lok Sabha elections, securing substantial leads in urban centers such as Delhi, Bangalore and Pune. However, Mumbai region defied the trend. The INDIA bloc has demonstrated its prowess in the rural regions, capturing the majority of votes in the countryside. In Delhi, the BJP has maintained a stronghold, with its candidates leading in all of the city's seven constituencies. The trend is similar in Bangalore, where the urban voters have largely supported the BJP representatives, reflecting the alliance's appeal among the metropolitan electorate. Pune has also seen a favourable outcome for the NDA, with the alliance securing leads in several constituencies within the city. Conversely, the INDIA bloc, a coalition of various opposition parties, has resonated more with the rural population. The bloc has gained substantial support in the vast rural stretches of the country, securing signif
Lok Sabha elections 2024: Janata Dal (Secular), a stronghold in Karnataka, has secured victory in two seats in Karnataka so far, as part of the NDA
Celebrations broke out at Telugu Desam Party, BJP and Janasena offices across Andhra Pradesh on Tuesday as the NDA is poised to form the government in the state. According to the latest update by Election Commission, TDP won 12 seats, and is leading in 121, Janasena won two and is leading in three while the BJP won one segment and is leading in seven. TDP supremo Chandrababu Naidu celebrated the occasion along with his family members by cutting a cake. His son Lokesh who is leading in Mangalagiri assembly segment was also present. Naidu on Tuesday congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his cabinet colleague Amit Shah over the NDA's impending victory in the Lok Sabha polls. PM Modi and Amit Shah in turn congratulated Chandrababu Naidu on the grand victory of the NDA alliance in Andhra Pradesh. Naidu dialed both the leaders. Cadres and leaders of the three parties celebrated the victories at their respective places across the state. It is history rewritten. We are getting a
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
Andhra Pradesh state Assembly elections 2024: YSRCP had won one seat and leads in 132, while alliance members JSP leads in 20 and BJP in seven
The BJP-led NDA was comfortably leading in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, and Bihar till 12 noon
National Conference (NC) vice president Omar Abdullah on Tuesday said he is hopeful of winning the Baramulla Lok Sabha seat, even as he was trailing behind Independent candidate Sheikh Abdul Rashid by 25,000 votes in initial trends. "There will be ups and downs but the final results will be in our favour," Abdullah told reporters here. Asked about his take on the exit polls, the NC leader said, "Exit polls have been wrong in the past as well but right also sometimes. While we are hopeful, we have apprehensions also that all the exit polls cannot be wrong." "There can be minor differences but all exit polls are saying one thing only. It will be something extraordinary to hope that all of them are wrong. Everything will be clear by 1 or 2 pm," he said. Most exit polls have predicted that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will retain power for a third straight term, with the BJP-led NDA expected to win a big majority in the Lok Sabha polls. While some exit polls have given the NDA more th
Ambitious targets were tactfully set by BJP to ward off complacency among the BJP and NDA cadre; it had become a talking point in the absence of the strong wave, as seen in 2014 and 2019: JM Financial
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 2024 results: Counting for the General Elections began at 8 am. , Early trends suggested a big NDA victory as the BJP-led alliance crossed the halfway mark, while the INDIA bloc trailed
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Here's how leading foreign and domestic brokerages have interpreted the Lok Sabha 2024 election-related developments thus far, their poll outcome scenarios and market strategy
In the worst case scenario where the NDA is unable to secure a majority (seats less than 272), analysts at Bernstein expect 'heavy profit booking' in the markets with low or negligible returns