Page 450 - Politics
BJP leads in all five seats of Uttarakhand
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidates in Uttarkhand on Thursday consolidated their leads in all the five seats in the states, vote count trend showed.
Modi's ministers congratulate him for BJP's landslide victory
As celebrations broke out across the BJP's headquarters on Thursday with the party leading in 294 seats, senior ministers and alliance partners congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the victory described variously as a tsunami and a landslide. Senior ministers Sushma Swaraj, Suresh Prabhu and Ramvilas Paswan were among those who credited Modi with being at the centre of the electoral victory. "It was not an election but Modi tsunami. I heartily congratulate Narendra Modi," Consumer Affairs Minister and Lok Janshakti Party Ram Vilas Paswan said in a tweet. His ministerial colleague, the BJP's Prabhu, also likened the win to a tsunami. "It's nothing short of a landslide, a political tsunami sweeping entire country, east or west, BJP is the best, is a reality. North to south people have voted for a clear, unambiguous choice... country must progress further under the leadership of Narendra Modi... ," Prabhu said in tweet. "Election results clear vote for performance, vision, ...
Celebrations at BJP office in Rajasthan
Supporters of the BJP gathered in large numbers at its state headquarters here after trends indicated a majority of the seats coming in favour of the saffron party in Rajasthan. The Congress office, however, wore a deserted look, with senior leaders not turning up at the party office. Only a few party workers were seen anxiously waiting for the results. At the BJP office, supporters shared sweets and shouted slogans in favour of the party. "We have already said that the party will win majority and Narendra Modi will be the prime minister once again," an upbeat BJP worker said. The BJP's lead in Rajasthan has surprised the political analysts as the trend was contrary to the common belief that mandate comes in favour of the ruling party in the state. Meanwhile, a tremendous excitement was evident as people remained hooked to their smartphones watching polling trends as compared to the conventional television. Be it tea stalls or coffee houses, people were seen discussing the results of .
Odisha Lok Sabha trends: BJD leading on 14 seats out of 21, BJP ahead on 1
Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik-led Biju Janata Dal is leading in 14 parliamentary constituencies out of a total of 21 in Odisha, according to official trends.The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is ahead on 7 seats while the Congress has not opened its account yet.In 2014 General Elections, BJD swept 20 seats in the state while the BJP settled for only 1 seat.In the state Assembly polls, which held simultaneously with Lok Sabha elections, BJD is leading on 26 Assembly seats out of 147 while BJP is ahead on 8 seats.
Close fight between SDF, SKM in Sikkim
The ruling Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF), in power in the Himalayan state of Sikkim for nearly 25 years, was marginally ahead of its close rival Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM) in the Assembly election as per trends from 11 seats in the 32-member House on Thursday.
BJP leading in both Lok Sabha seats in Tripura
The BJP is leading in both the Lok Sabha seats in Tripura as per initial trends, election officials said Thursday. BJP candidate Pratima Bhoumik of the West Tripura Lok Sabha seat has taken a comfortable lead of 1,22,865 votes against her nearest Congress rival Subal Bhowmik, they said. In the East Tripura Lok Sabha seat, BJP candidate Rebati Tripura is leading by 1,08,983 votes against his nearest Congress rival Maharaj Kumari Pragya DebBurman, the officials added. In the 2014 Lok Sabha election, the CPI(M) had won both the Lok Sabha seats in Tripura.
TRS leading in nine seats, BJP in four in Telangana
TRS Lok Sabha candidates were leading in nine segments and BJP in four in Telangana after three hours of counting Thursday. The Congress was leading in three seats. AIMIM President Asaduddin Owaisi was ahead in Hyderabad seat, where he is seeking reelection for the fourth successive time, according to Election Commission sources. Initial trends suggested gains for the BJP. In the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, the TRS had bagged 11 seats and the Congress two, while the BJP, YSRCP, TDP and AIMIM shared one each. TRS supremo and Telangana Chief Minister's daughter K Kavitha was trailing in Nizamabad by 13,581votes to BJP's D Arvind who was leading . BJP candidates were leading in Adilabad, Karimnagar and Secunderabad also. Congress nominees were leading in Malajgiri, Nalgonda, Chevella. Telangana Congress working president Revanth Reddy was leading in Malkajgiri by 19,220 as per the latest trends available. Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee chief N Uttam Kumar Reddy has ...
BJP leads in Uttar Pradesh, SP-BSP alliance trails
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday took comfortable leads in politically crucial Uttar Pradesh, a state that had catapulted it to a stunning victory in 2014.
Deve Gowda, Kharge trail in Karnataka
Former Prime Minister and Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) candidate H.D. Deve Gowda and Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge were on Thursday trailing behind their BJP rivals in the Tumkur and Gulbarga (SC) Lok Sabha constituencies in Karnataka.
NDA leading in 38 seats, RJD in 2 seats in Bihar
The BJP-led NDA is leading in 38 seats of the 40 Lok Sabha seats in Bihar while the RJD is leading in two seats, according to Electrion Commission trends. The BJP and JD(U) are leading in 16 seats each while the LJP is leading in six seats. The RJD, a 'Mahagathbandhan' constituent, is leading in two seats of Jehanabad and Pataliputra. Prominent NDA faces who are leading include- Union ministers Ravi Shankar Prasad (Patna Sahib), Radha Mohan Singh (Purvi Champaran), Giriraj Singh (Begusarai), RK Singh (Ara), Ashwini Kumar Choubey (Buxar) Rajiv Pratap Rudy (Saran), Chirag Paswan (Jamui), Ram Vilas Paswan's brother Pashupati Kumar Paras (Hajipur) are also among the NDA candidates who are leading. Union Minister and BJP candidate Ram Kripal Yadav is trailing by over 6,200 votes from his rival RJD candidate and Lalu Prasad's eldest daughter Misa Bharti in Pataliputra seat. Prominent faces of the 'Mahagathbandhan' faces who are trailing include Sharad Yadav (Madhepura), ...
Seven BJP candidates in Rajasthan leading by over one lakh margin of votes
Seven out of the total 24 BJP candidates in Rajasthan are leading by a margin of more than one lakh votes, according to Election Commission trends. One of the candidates is leading by more than two lakh votes. The BJP is leading in 24 seats and its alliance partner Rashtriya Loktantrik Party is one seat while the Congress is trailing in all the 25 seats in the Congress-ruled state. BJP's Subhas Chand Baheria is leading by a margin of 214184 votes in Bhilwara. Chandra Prakash Joshi (Chittorgarh), Nihal Chand (Ganganagar), Devji Patel (Jalore), Dushaynt Singh (Jhalwara-Baran), PP Chaudhary (Pali) and Diya Kumari (Rajsamand) are also leading with more than one lakh votes. The vote margin has increased to 64341 in Jodhpur, where chief minister Ashok Gehlot's son Vaibhav Gehlot is trailing behind BJP's Gajendra Singh Shekhawat. Congress candidate and Rajput leader Manvendra Singh, who quit the BJP on the issue of 'swabhiman' in October 2018, is trailing behind BJP's Kailash Chaudhary ...
NC leading in 3 seats, BJP in 2 in J-K
National Conference president Farooq Abdullah and Union Minister Jitendra Singh are leading in their respective Lok Sabha seats in Jammu and Kashmir. The NC is leading in Srinagar, Baramulla and Anantnag, while an Independent candidate is leading in Ladakh. BJP's Singh and Jugal Kishore Sharma are leading in Udhampur and Jammu. According to election officials, Abdullah was leading over PDP candidate Aga Syed Mohsin by a margin of 32,975 votes in Srinagar, while Singh had a substantial lead of 1,70,944 votes over his Congress rival Vikramaditya Singh. NC's Hasnain Masoodi was leading by a slim margin of 386 votes over Congress state president GA Mir in the Anantnag seat. Sitting MP Jugal Kishore is leading over Congress candidate Raman Bhall by 1,07,326 votes in the Jammu seat. Former MLA Sheikh Abdul Rashid is trailing by 11,644 votes in the Baramulla Lok Sabha constituency against NC's Mohmmad Akbar Lone. In Ladakh, Independent candidate Sajad Hussain is leading with 4,723 votes ..
BJP set to return to power as Modi wave sweeps most of India
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 292 seats while the Congress trailed far behind with 51, according to trends released by the Election Commission for all 542 seats that went to polls. If the trends stay until final results, the BJP would have improved on its 2014 performance when it had won 282 seats on its own in the 543-member Lok Sabha. Adding the seats won by its allies, the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance could win 343 seats, up from 336 in 2014. Markets cheered the trends, as the benchmark BSE Sensex touched 40,000 for the first time and NSE Nifty breached the 12,000 level. The rupee appreciated 14 paise to 69.51 against the US dollar trade. "Prime Minister Narendra Modi -- Many Congratulations for securing such a big victory for the BJP. I am thankful to the people," External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj tweeted. The results are a resounding endorsement of Prime Minister Narendra .
Party workers celebrate as BJP leads comfortably; Modi, Shah surge ahead
As counting of the ballot for 542 Lok Sabha seats for the world's largest democracy is underway, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is surging ahead in Varanasi with a margin of 1,12,476 votes, while BJP president Amit Shah is leading by 1,77,350 votes in Gandhinagar.In Varanasi, Modi's contenders - Congress Ajay Rai and Samajwadi Party's Shalini Yadav - are trailing far behind. Amit Shah's competitors in Gandhinagar - Congress' Dr C J Chavda and BSP's Jayendra Karshanbahi Rathod - are facing a similar fate.Prime Minister Modi is seeking a second term Varanasi, a parliamentary seat he won in 2014 by defeating Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) national convenor and Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal by a massive margin of 3.37 lakh votes.Shah, who is a Rajya Sabha member, is contesting the Lok Sabha elections for the first time from Gandhinagar which was last represented by BJP veteran LK Advani.Out of 542 parliamentary seats, the BJP was leading in 288 seats while the Indian National Congress was ...
Shripad Naik leads in North Goa by 11,587 votes
Union Minister of State for AYUSH and sitting BJP MP Shripad Yesso Naik is leading over his nearest rival and state Congress President Girish Chodankar by 11,587 votes from North Goa, election officials said.
BJP leads in 9 Haryana seats, Congress from Rohtak
Haryana's ruling party BJP was leading in nine out of the 10 Lok Sabha seats in the state, while the Congress was ahead in the Rohtak seat, as per initial trends after the first two hours of counting of ballots.
BJP leads in Rajasthan, Congress trails
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was leading on 24 of the 25 Lok Sabha seats in Rajasthan, while its ally Rashtriya Loktantrik Party (RLP) was ahead on one seat and the Congress was trailing on all the seats, vote count trends showed on Thursday.
YSR Congress set to wrest power in Andhra with landslide win
Dashing all hopes of Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu, the YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) appeared set to wrest power in Andhra Pradesh with a landslide victory on Thursday.
YSRC ahead in 143 seats in AP assembly polls,TDP leads in 25
The Opposition YSR Congress seems to be heading for a landslide victory with the party leading in 142 seats, leaving the ruling TDP way behind in the assembly elections, according to the latest trends. Of the data available for 173 seats of the total 175, the Telugu Desam Party is leading in 29 seats with Pawan Kumar's Jan Kalyan in two. TDP supremo and Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu and YSR Congress chief Y S Jaganmohan Reddy are leading over the respective rival candidates. Naidu initially trailed by 67 votes but bounced back to secure a lead over his nearest YSRC rival.
Assam: BJP leading in nine seats, AGP in two
The BJP is currently taking the lead in nine of 14 Lok Sabha seats in Assam, while its ally Asom Gana Parishad is ahead in two seats, according to the Election Commission trends. The saffron party has conceded three seats to its allies this time - two to the AGP and one to the Bodoland People's Front (BPF). In Kaliabor, AGP's Moni Madhab Mahanta is leading by 11233 votes against Congress candidate Gaurav Gogoi. Gogoi had bagged the seat in 2014 by 93874 votes. In Tezpur, state minister and BJP nominee Pallab Lochan Das is ahead of MGVK Bhanu of the Congress by 17733 votes. The constituency has a sizeable Gorkha population. In Mangaldoi, Silchar and Nowgong too, the BJP is seen taking the lead for now. Dilip Saikia of the BJP is leading by 29268 votes over his Congress rival Bhubaneswar Kalita from Mangaldoi, while Rupak Sharma of the saffron party is ahead of Pradyut Bordoloi of the Congress by 30431 votes in Nowgong. In Silchar, BJP's Rajdeep Roy is leading by 13489 ...