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It's vote for courageous steps taken by Modi: Jugal Kishore Sharma
As the initial EC trends Thursday indicated another term for the NDA government at the Centre, sitting MP Jugal Kishore Sharma, who is leading from the Jammu parliamentary seat, said people voted for the "courageous and bold steps" taken by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Sharma is leading against his rival Congress candidate Raman Bhalla by over 30,000 votes in Jammu seat. "It is vote for the courageous and bold steps taken Prime Minister Narendra Modi during last five year of his rule," Sharma told reporters outside the counting centre here. He expressed confidence that this "sweeping trend in favour of the BJP will turn soon into results". Asked whether it was Balakote or development that is credited to the BJP trends, he said that everything that is taken in the interest of the country including security, development and peace and progress goes to the credit of government. "Modi ji took strong steps for the security of the country and also for development. It is a mix of all of ...
BJP leading in 10 Lok Sabha seats in Jharkhand
The BJP is leading in 10 out of the 14 Lok Sabha constituencies in Jharkhand as per initial trends, officials said Thursday. Union Minister of state for Civil Aviation Jayant Sinha has established a comfortable lead of 28, 862 votes against his nearest Congress rival Gopal Sahu in the Hazaribagh Lok Sabha seat. Union Minister of state for Tribal Affairs Sudarshan Bhagat is also leading against his nearest Congress's Sukhdeo Bhagat by 3,915 votes from Lohardaga (ST) seat. Former chief ministers Shibu Soren (JMM) and Babulal Marandi (Jharkhand Vikas Morcha-Prajatantrik) are trailing in Dumka and Koderma seats. While Soren is behind BJP's Sunil Soren by 14,778 votes, Marandi is trailing to BJP's Annapurna Devi by 22,249 votes in Koderma. Another former chief minister and BJP candidate Arjun Munda has established a narrow 291 votes lead against his nearest Congress rival Kalicharan Munda in Khunti (ST) constituency. In Jamshedpur, sitting BJP candidate Bidyut Baran Mahato .
Lok Sabha results 2019: BJP leading on 2 seats in Arunachal Pradesh
Early trends in two Lok Sabha seats in Arunachal Pradesh showed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leading in both the seats for which trends had come in.Tapir Gapo of the BJP is leading in Arunachal East while Union Minister Kiren Rijiju is leading from Arunachal West.The Indian National Congress (INC) has pitted Lowangcha Wanglat against Gao and Nabam Tuki against Rijiju.In 2014, INC emerged as the winning party in the state by getting a margin of 12,478 votes in Arunachal East and 41,738 margins of votes in Arunachal West respectively.It should be noted that the Assembly elections were held on April 11, concurrently with the first phase of voting for the Lok Sabha elections in the state.Till 10:30 am, in assembly elections, BJP was leading on 11 seats while the Janata Dal (United ) and National People's Party was leading on one seat each.The Lok Sabha polls that commenced on April 11 and wrapped up on May 19, saw approximately 900 million voters exercising their franchise and ...
Odisha Assembly trends: BJD leading on 26 seats, BJP ahead on 8
Biju Janata Dal of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik is leading in the Odisha Assembly polls, official trends showed.While BJD is leading on 26 seats in the 147-member House, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is ahead on 8 seats, according to the trends two hours after counting of votes started at 8 am.In the 2014 Assembly elections, BJD had secured 117 seats while BJP bagged 10 seats. Congress won 16 seats in the state.
Political bigwigs trail in UP
Early trends in Uttar Pradesh are unnerving for political bigwigs who are trailing in their constituencies.
Karnataka: BJP leads in 14, JD-S 2, Congress 1
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was leading in 14 of the 28 Lok Sabha constituencies in Karnataka, while the Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) in two and the Congress in 1, an official said on Thursday.
National TV channels show NDA leading in more than 300 seats
Nearly two hours into counting, television channels on Thursday showed India's ruling NDA leading in more than 300 seats with the BJP at 270-plus while the UPA hovered around the 100 mark. The trends showed the Congress at 51, trends across the channels showed. According to NDTV, the BJP-led NDA was ahead in 326 seats followed by the Congress-led UPA in 111 and others in 110. CNN-News 18 indicated a bigger lead for the ruling alliance in 342 seats with the Congress-led UPA ahead in 91 and others in 112. India Today showed NDA getting leads in 337 seats followed by UPA in 104 and others in 103. Hindi channel Aaj Tak also showed early leads for the NDA in 335 seats, UPA in 103 and others in 102. The counting exercise, which began at 8 am, is on in over 4,000 counting centres amid concerns raised by opposition parties over alleged tampering of EVMs. They have asked the Election Commission to ensure transparency in counting. Election Commission officials said final results are expected ...
Kanimozhi, Karti Chidambaram leading
DMK leader Kanimozhi and Congress candidate Karti P Chidambaram are among the key candidates leading in the assembly elections in Tamil Nadu. Kanimozhi was leading state BJP chief Tamilisai Soundararajan by over 32,000 votes in Tuticorin. Congress candidate from Sivaganga Karti P Chidambaram was leading BJP's H Raja by 13,000 votes. Party candidate from Nilgiris, former Union Minister A Raja, ahead of AIADMK's M Thiyagarajan by over 31,000 votes. Key candidates of AIADMK and BJP M Thambidurai and Pon Radhakrishnan respectively were trailing in Karur and Kanyakumari against their Congress rivals.
BJP candidates leading in Tripura's 2 Lok Sabha seats
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidates were leading against their nearest Congress rivals in Tripura's two Lok Sabha seats on Thursday, poll officials said.
BJP leads on all four Himachal LS seats
The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Himachal Pradesh is leading with a good margin on all the state's four Lok Sabha seats as per trends in the first two hours of counting of ballots on Thursday, election officials said.
Arunachal Assembly trends: BJP leading in 5 seats
The ruling BJP in Arunachal Pradesh is leading in five Assembly seats as per initial trends, officials said on Thursday. As per ECI trends, Deputy Chief Minister Chowna Mein is leading by 916 votes against his nearest rival Khunang Kri of the Congress from Chowkham constituency in Namsai district. Kipa Babu of the BJP is leading by 128 votes against his nearest rival Janata Dal United candidate Techi Kaso from the Itanagar seat. Kaso is the sitting MLA from the constituency. BJP nominee Tana Hali Tara is leading by 351 votes against his nearest rival Nabam Vivek of the National Peoples Party (NPP) from Doimukh constituency. PHE Minister Wanki Lowang (BJP) is leading by 140 votes against his nearest rival Ngonglin Boi of the JDU from Namsang constituency in Tirap district. BJP candidate Jambey Tashi is leading by 254 votes against his nearest rival Jampa Thirnly of the National Peoples Party (NPP) from Lumla assembly constituency in Tawang district. Out of the total 60 ...
AP Assembly trends: YSRCP leading on 76 seats, TDP ahead on 11
YSR Congress Party (YSRCP), led by Jaganmohan Reddy, is leading in Andhra Pradesh Assembly polls, according to official trends.YSRCP is ahead on 76 seats out of a total of 175 while the ruling TDP of Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu is leading on 11 seats, the trends two hours after the counting of votes began at 8 AM, showed.Jana Sena party of actor-turned-politician Pawan Kalyan is leading on one seat. The state went to polls on April 11.In the 2014 Assembly elections, TDP formed the government with 102 seats while YSRCP bagged 67 seats.
BJP leading in Lok Sabha, BJD in Assembly in Odisha
As the vote count for the 21 Lok Sabha and 146 Assembly seats began in Odisha on Thursday morning, initial trends showed that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was leading in Lok Sabha seats while the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) in Assembly.
West Bengal: AITC leading in 19 seats, BJP in 14
The ruling All India Trinamool Congress in West Bengal is leading in 19 out of 42 Lok Sabha constituencies in the state, while the BJP is ahead in 14 seats, as per initial trends of the Election Commission. Indian National Congress (INC) is leading in two constituencies, while the Left is yet to go ahead in any of the 35 constituencies, for which the leads are available. Union minister of state Babul Supriyo is leading in Asansol seat by 31,670 votes against Moon Moon Sen of AITC. Abhishek Banerjee, nephew of AITC supremo Mamata Banerjee, is leading by 17,717 votes in Diamond Harbour constituency. He is a sitting MP from the seat. In Kolkata North constituency, two-time AITC MP from the seat Sudip Bandopadhyay is leading by 8,010 votes against Rahul Sinha of the BJP. Former president Pranab Mukherjee's son Abhijit is trailing by 14,333 votes against Khalilur Rahman of the AITC in Jangipur constituency. Abhijit Mukherjee had won the seat by a narrow margin of 8,161 votes ..
BJP's Kirron Kher leading from Chandigarh
BJP candidate and sitting MP Kirron Kher is leading against her nearest rival and Congress nominee Pawan Kumar Bansal from the Chandigarh Lok Sabha seat, as per EC trends. Kher is leading by 1,514 votes against four-time MP and former railway minister Bansal. In the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, Kher had won the Chandigarh seat by defeating Bansal with a margin of 69,642 votes.
Congress-led UDF leads in all 20 seats in Kerala
As the vote count for the 20 Lok Sabha seats in Kerala progressed on Thursday, the Congress and its allies had forged ahead everywhere, official sources said.
YSR Congress set to wrest power in Andhra
The YSR Congress Party (YSRCP) appears set to wrest power in Andhra Pradesh as the trends on Thursday showed the party was leading in 69 seats in the state's 175-member Assembly.
Rajasthan CM Gehlot's son Vaibhav trailing behind BJP candidate in Jodhpur
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot's son Vaibhav Gehlot is trailing behind BJP candidate Gajendra Singh Shekhawat with a margin of 18,874 votes in Jodhpur Lok Sabha seat. Vaibhav's election debut was a prestige issue for Ashok Gehlot, who tirelessly campaigned for his son. Congress candidate and Rajput leader Manvendra Singh, the son of former BJP leader Jaswant Singh, is also trailing in Barmer. The margin in the initial trends is highest in Bhilwara, where BJP candidate Subhas Chand Baheria is leading by 1,18,896 votes and the lowest margin is in Bharatpur, where the BJP is leading by a margin of 2,496 votes. BJP's Arjun Ram Meghwal (Bikaner), Rajyavardhan Rathore (Jaipur rural), PP Chaudhary (Pali) are leading with a margin of 47442, 44082 and 80587 votes respectively.
LS polls: Counting underway, leaders claim victory
With counting of votes for Lok Sabha elections underway, leaders across the political spectrum expressed confidence of victory on Thursday.Poonam Sinha, Samajwadi Party's Lucknow candidate and wife of Congress' Shatrughan Sinha, reiterated her claim of trumping Union Minister and sitting lawmaker Rajnath Singh. "Our alliance (SP-BSP-RLD) is very strong in Uttar Pradesh. It has worked for the people in the state and I feel people have voted for the alliance," she said.Contrary to Sinha's claim, Rajnath Singh's son Pankaj counted on the development work done by his father and said, "With the blessing of the almighty, we will win the polls with a record margin."In New Delhi, BJP leader Prem Shukla stated that the National Democratic Alliance will bag more than 300 seats as predicted by most of the exit polls. "There is no chance for 'if and but' because 'abki baar 300 par' (this time, we will cross 300)," he said.Jaipur Rural Congress candidate and Olympian Krishna Poonia, who is pitted .
I am confident that BJP will win over 350 seats, says Pankaj Singh
Uttar Pradesh Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) General Secretary and Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh's son Pankaj Singh on Thursday said the BJP will win 350 seats in the House because of the works that the Prime Minister-led NDA government has done in the last five years."I can say with much confidence that the BJP will get more than 350 seats because of the works that the Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government have done in the last 5 years," Singh told ANI.Pankaj, who was Rajnath Singh's Lucknow poll manager, also expressed confidence over Union Minister Rajnath Singh winning Lucknow seat. "Though I cannot predict the margin of votes as of now, I am very confident that the margin (winning) is going to increase this time," he said.Praising PM Modi for carrying out Balakot Air Strike on a terrorist camp in Pakistan, the BJP leader said, "People are moved by the way PM Modi has carried out the Balakot air strike and his quick action against terrorism. His dedication to keeping ...