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MNF's Zothantluanga wins Aizawl West-I bypoll in Mizoram
MNF's Zothantluanga Thursday won the by-election to the Aizawl West-I Assembly constituency in Mizoram by a margin of 7,035 votes, officials said. Zothantluanga got 12,309 of the total 18,154 votes polled. His nearest candidate, Lalbuanga Sailo (Independent), who was supported by the Zoram People's Movement(ZPM)-Congress combine, bagged 5,322 votes, Returning Officer Vanlalngaihsaka said. Zothantluanga(65), a former student leader, is currently adviser to the ruling MNF or Mizo National Front. He has been a lieutenant when the party was underground and is one of the founding leaders of the Mizo Students Union (MSU). The bypoll was held as ZPM leader Lalduhoma vacated the seat which he won in the November 28 state elections and decided to retain the Serchip constituency.
BJP wins first seat in Karnataka
: BJP in Karnataka has posted its first victory with its candidate from Haveri C S Udasi trouncing Congress' D R Patil by a margin of 1,40,882 votes, Election commission said on Thursday. While Udasi, who was an MP in the last Lok Sabha, secured 6,83,660 votes, Patil got 5,42,778 votes. In the 2014 Lok Sabaha polls, Udasi had won against Saleem Ahmed of Congress by a margin of 87,571 votes. According to trends available with the Election Commission,BJP in Karnataka was racing ahead of the ruling Congress-JDScoalition by leading in 23 out of total 28 Lok Sabha seats inthe state. Congress was ahead in two seats and JD(S) in one, with trends available so far, indicating that the alliance between the two parties may not have worked. Independent candidate Sumalatha Ambareesh was leading against Chief Mininister H D Kumaraswamy's son Nikhil in Mandya.
BJP set to hold its Rajasthan fort
The BJP is set to repeat its 2014 stellar performance in Rajasthan as the latest trends show the party leading in 24 of the 25 Lok Sabha seats in the state, with its ally the Rashtriya Loktantrik Party leading in the other seat. The Congress, which has a wafer-thin majority in the state Assembly, has failed to breach the BJP fortress of Bikaner, Churu, Jhalawar and Jalore where lotus has bloomed in the last three parliamentary elections. In the Bakiner seat, Union minister Arjun Ram Meghwal is leading by more than 2.60 lakh votes over his cousin and former IPS officer Madan Gopal Meghwal. Arjun Ram Meghwal had won the seat in 2009 and 2014 and before him, it was veteran Bollywood actor Dharmendra won the seat for BJP in 2004. The Jat-dominated Churu parliamentary seat has been a BJP bastion for over a decade now. Former MP Ram Singh Kaswan's son Rahul is leading in the seat by 3.29 lakh votes over Congress' Rafiq Mandelia. Dushyant Singh, the son of former chief minister Vasundhara ...
People rejected opposition's 'negative' politics: Adityanath
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath Thursday said the people of the country have rejected opposition's "negative" politics as he congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the BJP's imminent victory in the Lok Sabha polls. Riding on a massive Modi wave sweeping through most parts of India, the BJP was set to return to power Thursday as it led in 298 seats, according to trends released by the Election Commission for all 542 seats that went to polls. "I want to congratulate Modiji for the victory of BJP and its allies in the Lok Sabha polls. The people have discarded negative politics of opposition. They have showed that the politics of 'pariwarwad', 'vanshwad' and 'jatiwad' (nepotism and casteism) will not succeed anymore," Adityanath said here. He said the BJP had got the support of every section of the society. "The work done by Modiji for internal security, development of infrastructure and welfare of the people worked," he said.
West Bengal bypolls: BJP ahead in four seats, TMC in three
In consonance with its surge in Lok Sabha polls in West Bengal, the BJP is also striding ahead in four of the eight Assembly seats, where byelections were held following one death and seven resignations, according to the Election Commission sources. The All India Trinamool Congress (AITC) is leading in three seats, while the Congress is ahead in one. In Bhatpara, where polls were disrupted due to widespread violence on May 19, Pawan Kumar Singh of the BJP is leading by 35,281 votes against AITC candidate Madan Mitra, a former minister in the state. Singh is the son of BJP's Barrackpore Lok Sabha constituency candidate Arjun Singh, who vacated the Bhatpara seat before filing nomination for the parliamentary election. Miffed at being denied a ticket by party supremo Mamata Banerjee, the Bhatpara MLA left the TMC and switched to the BJP after the announcement of the general election. In Uluberia, AITC candidate Idris Ali is ahead of BJP's Pratyush Mandal by 9,973 votes. Ali,
Hooda, son trailing; BJP looks all set for clean sweep in Haryana
Two-time Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda is trailing in Sonipat parliamentary seat by a margin over 1.5 lakh votes to BJP's sitting MP Ramesh Chander Kaushik.Chief Minister Hooda's son and sitting MP from Rohtak Deepinder Singh Hooda is also trailing by over 15,000 votes to BJP's Arvind Kumar Sharma.The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Haryana has established a critical lead on all 10 Lok Sabha seats. In 2014 Lok Sabha seats, the BJP had won seven seats, while the two seats - Hisar and Sirsa - had gone to the kitty of Indian National Lok Dal (INLD), while Congress' Deepinder had won from Rohtak seat.As per the counting trends on the website of the Election Commission of India (ECI) at 2.48 pm, BJP's sitting MP from Ambala Ratan Lal Kataria was leading by over 2,66,247 votes against Congress candidate and former Union Minister Kumari Selja.In Faridabad, BJP candidate and Union Minister Krishan Pal Gurjar had a lead of over three lakh votes against Congress candidate Avtar ..
UP trends: BJP heavyweights leading; Rahul trailing
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has established a huge margin over his rivals in Varanasi constituency and most of his party heavyweights led in their seats in Uttar Pradesh even as the SP-BSP-RLD gave fight to the BJP in some seats and the Congress put up a poor show in the Lok Sabha elections in Varanasi.Modi was leading with a margin of more than 3,71,784 lakh votes, as per trends on the Election Commission website in the afternoon.Union Ministers Rajnath Singh (Lucknow), Mahesh Sharma (Gautam Buddh Nagar), Satya Pal Singh (Baghpat), V K Singh (Ghaziabad) and Anupriya Patel (Mirzapur) were leading in the afternoon trends.However, Ministers Maneka Gandhi and Manoj Sinha were trailing in Sultanpur and Ghazipur, respectively. Gandhi was behind BSP candidate Chandra Bhadra Singh 'Sonu' while Sinha was trailing behind BSP's Afzal Ansari, the brother of jailed mafia don Mukhtar Ansari.BJP leader Varun Gandhi, son of Maneka Gandhi, was leading in Sultanpur, the constituency currently held .
Shah leaves Advani behind in Gandhinagar record margin (2nd Lead)
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national President Amit Shah surpassed the victory margin of senior party leader L.K. Advani as counting entered 22nd round, even as his party was all set to bag all the 26 seats in Gujarat, repeating its 2014 performance.
NDA ahead on 42 seats in Maharashtra
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its ally Shiv Sena are set for a big victory in Maharashtra as they lead in 42 of the 48 Lok Sabha seats in the state, as per the Election Commission (EC) data till 1.30 p.m.
NDA leads in 38 out of 40 seats in Bihar; oppn set for
The BJP-led NDA is all set for a stupendous victory in Bihar, surging ahead of its rivals in 38 out of 40 seats and it may turn out to be the best performance for any political formation in the state, in decades, if the trends are translated into results. While the BJP is leading in 16 out of the 17 seats it had contested, Chief Minister Nitish Kumars JD(U) which returned to the NDA a couple of years ago and contested as many constituencies is surging ahead in all but one seat. Ram Vilas Paswans Lok Janshakti Party is leading in all the six seats it had contested. Among the opposition parties, the RJD which had ruled the state for 15 years since 1990 and is currently the party with the highest number of members in the state assembly appears headed for decimation as party supremo Lalu Prasads daughter Misa Bharti the sole party candidate with a slender lead over the NDA rival, BJP leader and Union minister Ram Kripal Yadav. The Congress, which is leading in only one, may .
'Modi wave' became tsunami this time: Fadnavis
Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis Thursday hailed BJP-led NDA's performance in the Lok Sabha elections saying the 'Modi wave' of the 2014 polls turned into a 'tsunami' this time. He was talking to reporters after the latest trends showed that the NDA appeared set to retain power at the Centre with a landslide margin. "In the previous election, there was a Modi wave. Now, it has turned into a tsunami. Going by the current trends, I think our seats in Maharashtra are likely to go up. It has also increased our responsibilities," he said. The BJP is set to return to power as it led in over 300 seats while the Congress trailed far behind with about 50, according to trends released by the Election Commission for all 542 seats that went to polls. In Maharashtra, out of the 48 seats, the BJP was leading in 23 seats, the Shiv Sena in 18, the NCP in four while the Congress, AIMIM and an Independent candidate were ahead in one seat each. "The works of Prime Minister ...
BJP allies set to lose bargaining power as party touches 300-mark
Allies of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) are set to lose their bargaining power with the saffron party heading towards a thumping majority on its own.
Celebrations all around BJP headquarters
With the BJP set to return to power, the party's headquarters on Thursday wore a festive look with slogans of 'Modi, Modi' rending the air as jubilant workers danced and distributed sweets in celebration. No sooner as the picture emerged about the astounding performance of the BJP, party workers started gathering at the headquarters on Deendayal Upadhyaya Marg atop which the saffron flag fluttered in the air. Many supporters burst crackers in front of the office, others danced and distributed 'ladoos' and slogans of 'Modi, Modi' and 'Jai Shri Ram' reverberated in the air. Riding on a massive Modi wave sweeping through most parts of India, the Bharatiya Janata Party was set to return to power Thursday as it led in over 300 seats while the Congress trailed far behind with 50, according to trends released by the Election Commission for all 542 seats that went to polls. Inside the headquarters, the mood was particularly festive as supporters, which came from far and near, joined in the ...
MP: BJP ahead in 28 of 29 seats; Digvijay, Scindia trailing
The BJP's controversial candidate Pragya Singh Thakur has established a lead of over two lakh votes against Congress' Digvijay Singh in Bhopal, as the saffron party is ahead on 28 out of 29 Lok Sabha seats in Madhya Pradesh. The Congress, which wrested power from the BJP in the Assembly polls last year, is leading in only one seat. BJP candidates are leading by over four lakh votes in Indore, Khajuraho, Hoshangabad and Vidisha. Its candidates are ahead by over three lakh votes in Betul, Dewas, Jabalpur, Rajgarh, Shahdol and Ujjain. Pragya Singh Thakur, a Malegaon blast accused, was leading over Digvijay Singh by 2,11,874 votes in Bhopal, while Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia was trailing by 1,08,932 votes in his traditional Guna seat against BJP's K P Yadav. Congress candidate Nakul Nath, son of Chief Minister Kamal Nath, was ahead of BJP's Nathanshah Kawreti in Chhindwara seat by 37,706 votes. In Rajgarh, Congress' Mona Sustani was trailing by 3,97,395 votes ...
Thank You India: Amit Shah
As the Bharatiya Janata Party lead on 300 seats by Thursday afternoon, close to seven hours into the counting process, BJP President Amit Shah thanked the nation for voting them back to power calling it a victory for the whole country.
Well done my friend, Netanyahu congratulates Modi
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday congratulated his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi as the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) appeared set to retain power for a second term and vowed to strengthen their "great friendship" as well as bilateral ties.
All sections of Kerala society helped us to win: Chandy
One of the key campaigners for the Congress-led United Democratic Front, two-time former Kerala Chief Minister Oommen Chandy on Wednesday attributed the impressive performance of the UDF in the Lok Sabha election to all sections of people voting for the alliance.
Sonia, Priyanka meet Rahul
UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi met Congress chief Rahul Gandhi at his residence here as the trends showed that the party was doing badly in the Lok Sabha polls.
BJP loses Panaji assembly bypoll, wins three others
Goa's ruling BJP won three out of the four state Assembly bypolls on Thursday but failed to win the prestigious Panaji constituency, which had been held by late Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar.
LS poll results show Rahul's 'chowkidar chor hai' campaign failed miserably
The "chowkidar chor hai" campaign by Congress President Rahul Gandhi to target Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and his proposed Nyuntam Aay Yojana (NYAY) clearly failed to impress the Indian electorate which gave a resounding victory to the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) on Thursday, putting a question mark on the leadership of the grand old party.