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Lok Sabha polls 2024 results: BJP loses majority, Modi dependent on NDA for third term

South First is bringing you live updates on the counting of votes to elect the members to the 18th Lok Sabha.

BySouth First Desk

Published Jun 04, 2024 | 7:00 AM ⚊ Updated Jun 05, 2024 | 1:03 AM

Three phases may be identified in the tone of campaign rhetoric, associated with the changing moods of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (Narendra Modi/X)

Narendra Modi during BJP campaign

The world’s largest democratic festival is coming to an end with the Election Commission of India (ECI) taking up the counting of votes on Tuesday, 4 June. In a tightly fought contest, the incumbent BJP lost the brute majority it has been enjoying since 2019.

Of the 8,360 candidates in the fray for the 543 seats across the country, only 799 are women. Incidentally, the 2024 general elections are the first after the Women’s Reservation Bill was passed.

The seven-phase polling began on 19 April and concluded on 1 June, with the participation of a record 642 million voters, including 312 million women.

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  • 04 Jun 2024 07:44 PM (IST)

    Modi thanks people of Andhra for choosing NDA

  • 04 Jun 2024 07:43 PM (IST)

    Historical feat, says PM Modi

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said the people have placed their faith in the NDA for a third consecutive time and it was a historical feat.

  • 04 Jun 2024 07:41 PM (IST)

    BJP did not get majority despite appeals to vote in the name of Modi, this is Modi's defeat: Siddaramaiah

    Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said that the people of the nation have accepted Rahul Gandhi.

    "In both constituencies, Rahul Gandhi won by huge margins," Siddaramaiah said.

    "We have not been able to win seats in the state as per our expectations. We were expecting 15-20 seats. However, in 2019, we won only one position.This time we have risen to 9. We have got 45.34% vote share and BJP got 46.04%. In 2019, BJP got 51.38 percent votes. We got only 31.88% votes. Compared to 2019, our vote share has increased," he said.

    "Modi asked for votes in the name of religion and God and directly spoke against other religions. Even though he falsely claimed that the Congress would take away the reservations of the backward, Modi did not get a majority. NDA lost 64 seats from last time. He said that this is BJP's defeat at the national level," the chief minister said.

    Due to this defeat, Modi has no moral right to become the Prime Minister again, he added.

     

  • 04 Jun 2024 07:32 PM (IST)

    Andhra Pradesh CM YS Jagan Mohan Reddy resigns

    Following his party's defeat in the Assembly elections, YSRCP chief YS Jagan Mohan Reddy resigned as the chief minister of Andhra Pradesh.

    According to sources, he sent the resignation letter to the state Governor.

  • 04 Jun 2024 07:25 PM (IST)

    TDP says it will stay with NDA

    As the BJP grapples with a potential shortfall in its Lok Sabha tally, its ally Telugu Desam Party (TDP) has unequivocally pledged allegiance to the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), dismissing any speculation of a pivot towards the INDIA bloc.

    "Our pre-poll pact with BJP and Janasena in Andhra Pradesh isn't just political arithmetic; it's a matter of credibility," TDP's senior leader Kanakamedala Ravindrakumar told PTI.

    "We will remain part of the NDA. There is absolutely no question of supporting the India Bloc," he said.

  • 04 Jun 2024 07:20 PM (IST)

    BJP debutant Rajiv Bharadwaj defeats former Union minister Anand Sharma in Kangra LS seat

    BJP candidate Rajiv Bharadwaj on Tuesday won the Kangra Lok Sabha seat, defeating former Union minister and Congress nominee Anand Sharma by a margin of 2,51,895 votes.

    Bharadwaj, a close relative of former chief minister Shanta Kumar, polled 6,32,793 votes against 3,80,898 votes garnered by Sharma.

  • 04 Jun 2024 07:01 PM (IST)

    BJP's Mahesh Sharma wins by 5.59 lakh votes in Gautam Buddh Nagar LS seat

    BJP's Mahesh Sharma on Tuesday secured his third straight Lok Sabha election victory from Gautam Buddh Nagar in Uttar Pradesh by a huge margin of 5.59 lakh votes.

    Sharma bagged 8,57,829 votes (59.69 percent of the total 14,37,244 votes), according to Election Commission website figures at 6.30 pm.

    Samajwadi Party's Mahendra Singh Nagar got 2,98,357 (20.76 percent) votes while Bahujan Samaj Party's Rajendra Singh Solanki bagged 2,51,615 (17.51 percent) votes, the EC showed.

  • 04 Jun 2024 07:00 PM (IST)

    Meeting partners on Wednesday to discuss froming government: Rahul Gandhi

    The INDIA bloc will meet and decide on Wednesday whether to approach former partners such as the JD(U) and the TDP to attempt government formation at the Centre, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said.

    "We are going to have a meeting with our partners tomorrow. These questions will be raised and answered there," Gandhi told a press conference here when asked if the Congress and its allies will approach parties that are part of the NDA to try and form a government.

  • 04 Jun 2024 06:59 PM (IST)

    Andhra CM Jagan Reddy concedes defeat, says party will ‘become voice of the voiceless’

    Andhra Pradesh chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy said he failed to understand the reason for YSRCP’s debacle in the assembly polls despite implementing several welfare measures "without any trace of corruption".

    In a media briefing Jagan, who won from the Pulivendula assembly segment by a majority of over 61,000 votes, said the party will rise from here to be with the people to do good.

    “I am ready to face the challenges. All the very best to the people (parties) who came to the government (came to power),” he said.

    "YSR Congress Party will act as the voice of the voiceless," he further said.

    He congratulated TDP supremo N Chandrababu Naidu, Janasena chief Pawan Kalyan and BJP for their astounding victory.

  • 04 Jun 2024 06:51 PM (IST)

    People of India saved democracy, and Constitution: Rahul gandhi

    Following the announcement of the results of the Lok Sabha elections, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, said the people of India have saved the Constitution and democracy.

    "The deprived and poor population of the country stood with India to protect their rights. Congratulations to all the alliance partners and the lion workers of Congress," he said.

  • 04 Jun 2024 06:30 PM (IST)

    BJP opens account in Kerala as Suresh Gopi wins Thrissur

    Actor-politician Suresh Gopi pulled out a surprise, winning the Thrissur Lok Sabha constituency in Kerala.

    A former Rajya Sabha member, Gopi was pitted against two heavyweights, VS Sunilkumar of the CPI, and K Muraleedharan of the Congress.

    Gopi won by a margin of 74,686 votes, securing 4,12,338 votes, while Sunilkumar settled for 3,37,652 votes.

    The actor's win is historic since it is the BJP's first Lok Sabha seat in Kerala, which has so far kept the saffron party at bay.

    The BJP's gain is Congress's loss after the latter replaced its sitting MP, TN Prathapan, and fielded Muraleedharan, who represented Vadakara in the 17th Lok Sabha. It fielded Shafi Parambil, the Palakkad MLA, who romped home defeating KK Shailaja, the former health minister, of the CPI(M).

    According to the latest statistics, UDF has won 18 seats, and LDF and NDA one each in Kerala.

  • 04 Jun 2024 05:58 PM (IST)

    Union Minister Kulaste wins Mandla Lok Sabha seat by more than 1 lakh votes

    Union Minister and BJP candidate Faggan Singh Kulaste on Tuesday defeated Congress's Omkar Singh Markam by a margin of 1,03,846 votes from the Mandla (ST) seat in Madhya Pradesh.

    Markam is a sitting Congress MLA from the Dindori (ST) assembly seat.

    Kulaste polled 7,51,375 votes, while Markam bagged 6,47,529 votes, an official said.

  • 04 Jun 2024 05:57 PM (IST)

    Anurag Thakur wins Hamirpur seat for fifth consecutive time

    Union minister Anurag Thakur won the Hamirpur parliamentary seat for the fifth consecutive time, defeating his nearest rival and Congress candidate Satpal Raizada by a margin of 1,82,357 votes, according to the Election Commission.

    The four-time MP polled 6,07,068 votes against 4,24,711 votes bagged by Raizada, a former MLA from Una.

  • 04 Jun 2024 05:57 PM (IST)

    Congress wrests Tura from NPP, but loses Shillong after 15 years

    The Congress wrested the Tura Lok Sabha seat in Meghalaya from the NPP on Tuesday, but lost the Shillong seat after 15 years, according to the Election Commission.

    Congress's Tura candidate Saleng A Sangma defeated NPP MP Agatha K Sangma by 1,55,241 votes.

    While the Congress candidate secured 3,83,919 votes, the NPP nominee received 2,28,678 votes. TMC candidate Zenith M Sangma was at the third spot by securing 48,709.

    Agatha K Sangma, the sitting MP, is the sister of Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma who also heads the NPP, which is a part of the BJP-led NDA.

    In Shillong, Voice of the People's Party (VPP) candidate Ricky AJ Syngkon won by 3,71,910 votes, defeating three-term Congress MP Vincent H Pala.

    Syngkon secured 5,71,078 votes, while Pala got 1,99,168 votes. NPP candidate Ampareen Lyngdoh was in the third spot with 1,86,488 votes.

  • 04 Jun 2024 05:56 PM (IST)

    Union minister Kiren Rijiju wins by over 1 lakh votes

    Union minister and BJP candidate Kiren Rijiju won the Arunachal West Lok Sabha seat, defeating his nearest rival Nabam Tuki of the Congress by a margin of 1,00,738 votes, the Election Commission said.

    The BJP nominee polled 2,05,417 votes while Tuki, a former chief minister, bagged 1,04,679 votes.

  • 04 Jun 2024 05:56 PM (IST)

    CPI(M) will analyse factors behind severe LS poll defeat in Kerala, says Govindan

    Facing a severe drubbing in the Lok Sabha polls in Kerala, the CPI(M) on Tuesday said the party and the Left Front would examine all the factors that led to their defeat.

    CPI(M) State Secretary M V Govindan said that although the LDF had suffered a similar drubbing in the 2019 LS polls, it later won the local self-government polls and the Assembly election.

    When reporters asked whether an anti-incumbency wave against the second Pinarayi Vijayan government was the reason for the mass drubbing of the Left candidates in the state, he trivialised the question and said it alone was not the factor.

    "We will examine all the factors, including the selection of candidates, government-related matters, and so on. If there is anything to be corrected, we will surely correct it. People are the final judges," Govindan added.

    His statement comes as the Congress-led UDF continued to maintain its lead in the majority of seats in Kerala on Tuesday, with its candidates marching ahead with comfortable margins in its strongholds against their nearest rivals from the CPI(M)-led LDF and the BJP-led NDA.

    Putting an end to the electoral drought for the BJP in Kerala, actor-politician Suresh Gopi, the saffron party's candidate, secured a comfortable margin of 75,079 votes in the Thrissur constituency, against his rivals from the LDF and the UDF.

  • 04 Jun 2024 05:52 PM (IST)

    Expelled BJP leader Eshwarappa comes a cropper in Shimoga, forfeits security deposit

    Expelled BJP leader K S Eshwarappa came a cropper forfeiting his security deposit in Shimoga Lok Sabha constituency, where the party veteran B S Yediyurappa's son B Y Raghavendra retained the seat by a margin of more than two lakh votes over Congress candidate Geetha Shivarajkumar.

    Eshwarappa, a former Deputy Chief Minister who had also earlier served as the BJP's state unit President, secured 30,005 votes as against Raghavendra's 7,78,721. Geetha, who is the wife of Karnataka film star Shivarajkumar and daughter-in-law of Kannada thespian late Rajkumar, got 5,35,006 votes.

     

  • 04 Jun 2024 05:44 PM (IST)

    BJP's Shripad Naik wins North Goa seat, Congress nominee Fernandes clinches South Goa

    BJP candidate and Union minister Shripad Naik registered his sixth consecutive victory from the North Goa Lok Sabha constituency in Goa, while war veteran Viriato Fernandes of the Congress defeated his nearest rival from the ruling saffron party in South Goa.

  • 04 Jun 2024 05:37 PM (IST)

    PM Modi wins from Varanasi for 3rd consecutive term, victory margin lowest

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi won the Varanasi seat for the third consecutive term by defeating Congress candidate Ajay Rai.

    The victory margin of Modi this time is 1,52,513, which is less than his victory margins in 2019 and 2014.

    In 2019, Modi's victory margin was 4,79,505. He defeated SP's Shalini Yadav that time while Congress' Ajay Rai was the runner up.

    In 2014, Modi had won by a margin of 3,71,784 votes when he defeated AAP's Arvind Kejriwal.

  • 04 Jun 2024 05:37 PM (IST)

    Odisha Assembly election: BJP wins 8 seats, leading in 73

    The BJP won eight Assembly seats in Odisha and was leading in 73 other constituencies, according to the Election Commission of India.

    The BJD won one seat and was leading in 47 constituencies out of the 147 Assembly seats, it said.

    The Congress won one seat and was ahead in 13 Assembly segments.

  • 04 Jun 2024 05:36 PM (IST)

    SKM's Indra Hang Subba wins lone LS seat in Sikkim

    SKM candidate Indra Hang Subba on Tuesday won the lone Lok Sabha seat in Sikkim, defeating his nearest rival Bharat Basnett of the Citizen Action Party (CAP-Sikkim) by 80,830 votes.

    The 35-year-old sitting MP polled 1,64,396 votes, while Basnett bagged 83,566.

  • 04 Jun 2024 05:33 PM (IST)

    NCP nominee Tatkare retains Raigad LS seat by defeating Geete; NOTA gets 3rd highest votes

    Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) candidate Sunil Tatkare on Tuesday retained the Raigad Lok Sabha seat in Maharashtra by defeating his nearest rival Anant Geete of the Shiv Sena (UBT) by a margin of 82,784 votes.

    Tatkare, who heads Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar-led party's Maharashtra unit, polled 5,08,352 votes, while Geete got 4,25,568 votes, according to data on the EC website.

    As many as 27,270 voters chose the 'None of the Above' (NOTA) option in the coastal constituency located adjoining Mumbai.

    Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA) nominee Kumudini Ravindra Chavan received 19,618 votes, while independent candidate Shrinivas Mattaparti got 9,394.

  • 04 Jun 2024 05:31 PM (IST)

    Congress candidate Dharamavira Gandhi wins Patiala seat, defeats AAP's Balbir Singh

    Congress candidate Dharamavira Gandhi on Tuesday won the Patiala parliamentary constituency, defeating AAP nominee Balbir Singh by a margin of 14,831 votes, according to the Election Commission.

    Gandhi polled about 3.05 lakh votes while Singh secured around 2.90 lakh votes. BJP's Preneet Kaur was at third position with 2.88 lakh votes.

  • 04 Jun 2024 05:24 PM (IST)

    Karnataka: BJP wins 7 seats, leads in 10 others

    Former Karnataka Chief Ministers Basavaraj Bommai and HD Kumaraswamy, and Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge's son-in-law Radhakrishna Doddamani were among those who won the Lok Sabha polls in Karnataka.

    Union Minister Pralhad Joshi won from Dharwad segment.

    According to the data available from the Election Commission so far, the BJP won seven seats and is leading in 10 other segments in the State, which has a total of 28 constituencies.

    The ruling Congress in Karnataka has won in one seat and is leading in eight, while JD(S), which fought the polls in alliance with the BJP, won two seats.

  • 04 Jun 2024 05:21 PM (IST)

    Congress alleges slow counting of votes in UP, Bihar

    Congress leaders on Tuesday met Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar and other election commissioners and raised the issue of alleged slow counting of votes especially in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.

    The delegation including Abhishek Singhvi and Salman Khurshid demanded that the poll body give real-time figures on its website after every round of counting in all the constituencies.

  • 04 Jun 2024 05:20 PM (IST)

    Radical preacher Amritpal, son of Indira Gandhi's assassin set to win

    Radical Sikh preacher Amritpal Singh and Sarabjeet Singh Khalsa, son of one of the assassin of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, are set to make their maiden entry in Parliament, according to current trends.

    On Tuesday afternoon, both Singh and Khalsa are comfortably placed against their nearest rivals from Khadoor Sahib and Faridkot parliamentary seats respectively.

    Political greenhorn Singh is lodged in a jail in Assam after being slapped under the stringent National Security Act (NSA) a year ago.

    Both Singh and Khalsa contested the electoral battle as Independents.

  • 04 Jun 2024 05:19 PM (IST)

    BJP candidate Kalaben Delkar wins Dadra & Nagar Haveli Lok Sabha seat in UT

    Kalaben Delkar, BJP's sitting MP from Dadra and Nagar Haveli in the Union Territory, retained the seat on Tuesday by defeating her nearest Congress rival Ajit Mahala by 57,000 votes.

    Separately, the Independent candidate from Daman & Diu seat, Umeshbhai Patel, is leading by a margin of 6,200 votes against his BJP rival Lalu Patel, as per Election Commission of India data.

    In the Dadra and Nagar Haveli contest, Delkar polled 1,21,074 votes and Mahala 63,490.

  • 04 Jun 2024 05:18 PM (IST)

    Setback for BJP in Ayodhya as SP candidate leads by over 48,000 votes in Faizabad seat

    Samajwadi Party candidate Awadhesh Prasad is leading by a margin of over 48,000 votes in Faizabad parliamentary seat over his nearest BJP rival Lallu Singh, according to the Election Commission.

    Singh is the sitting MP from Faizabad seat, which falls in the Ayodhya district.

    Prasad is leading against Singh by a margin of 48,680 votes in Faizabad, according to EC figures at 5.10 pm.

  • 04 Jun 2024 05:18 PM (IST)

    Congress delegation meets CEC; alleges slow counting of votes in UP, Bihar

    Congress leaders on Tuesday met Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar and other election commissioners and raised the issue of alleged slow counting of votes especially in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.

    The delegation including Abhishek Singhvi and Salman Khurshid demanded that the poll body give real time figures on its website after every round of counting in all the constituencies.

    "We only want updating of results on the election website after different rounds of counting. But, we have noticed that the process of counting after 2.30 pm has slowed down especially in Uttar Pradesh," Singhvi told PTI.

    He said the Congress delegation has pointed this slowdown to the Election Commission.

  • 04 Jun 2024 05:16 PM (IST)

    After TDP's landslide majority in Andhra Pradesh, Congress reiterates its stance on special status to the state.

    Following TDP's landslide victory in Andhra Pradesh, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh posted a page from its poll manifesto on X, reiterating the grand old party's stance on giving a special category status to the state.

     

  • 04 Jun 2024 05:05 PM (IST)

    'Baahubali' moment for Stalin as DMK-led combine poised for massive win

    Baahubali,' that was what Chief Minister M K Stalin said to describe the turnout for the Coimbatore rally addressed by him and Congress top leader Rahul Gandhi in April and said the "total BJP was trumped," by that single public meeting.

    With the DMK and allies far ahead in all the 39 Lok Sabha constituencies in the state and 1 in neighbouring Puducherry, it appears the outcome, for the Stalin-led Dravidian party will be similar to the success of the popular flick Baahubali.

    The streak of electoral success for the Stalin steered alliance began in the 2019 LS polls and since then, be it civic polls or the 2021 Assembly elections, it has been a sweet win for the DMK, Congress and other allies including the Left parties.

  • 04 Jun 2024 05:04 PM (IST)

    BJP on the cusp of electoral history in Kerala with the Suresh Gopi act

    The BJP on Tuesday inched closer to realising its dream of getting an elected MP from Kerala, with actor-politician Suresh Gopi ensuring a virtually unassailable lead of over 74,000 votes in the Thrissur parliamentary segment.

    Gopi's win would put an end to the over seven decades-long political drought in Kerala for the BJP.

    The Election Commission is yet to announce the results officially but as per its latest update, Gopi is leading by a huge margin of 74,686 votes against his nearest rival and Left candidate VS Sunilkumar.

  • 04 Jun 2024 05:02 PM (IST)

    Odisha: BJP leads in 19 LS seats, BJD 1

    The BJP is leading in 19 of the 21 Lok Sabha seats in Odisha, election officials said.

    BJD candidate is leading in one seat and Congress nominee in one constituency.

  • 04 Jun 2024 05:00 PM (IST)

    Kangana Ranaut claims victory from Mandi LS seat

    Actor Kangana Ranaut on Tuesday claimed victory from the Mandi constituency of Himachal Pradesh, setting the stage for her maiden stint as a BJP parliamentarian.

    As of 4.50 pm, Ranaut, a first time contender for the BJP, received 5,27,463 votes, leading by a margin of over 73,703 votes against her closest rival Vikramaditya Singh of the Congress, according to the Election Commission website.

    The four-time National Award-winning actor, however, is already celebrating her victory.

  • 04 Jun 2024 05:00 PM (IST)

    Royal family candidates heading towards a comfortable victory

    Descendants of royal families, who are contesting the 2024 Lok Sabha elections on BJP tickets, have performed fairly well with a majority of them leading with a huge margin on their respective seats.

    Jyotiraditya Scindia of the BJP, the scion of the erstwhile royal family of Gwalior, is leading with over 5 lakh votes from the Guna parliamentary constituency in Madhya Pradesh.

    Another royal candidate Dushyant Singh, Prince of Dholpur state in Rajasthan, who has been elected four times in the past, is also leading from Jhalawar-Baran with over 3.5 lakh votes against his rival Urmila Jain of the Congress.

    Mahima Kumari Mewar, the wife of Vishvaraj Singh Mewar who is a descendant of Maharana Pratap, is also leading from Rajsamand Lok Sabha seat in Rajasthan with around 4 lakh votes against her nearest rival Dr Damodar Gurjar of the Congress.

    In the south, Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar, 31-year-old US-educated who was crowned as the titular head of the erstwhile Mysuru royal family is the BJP candidate for the Mysuru Lok Sabha seat and is leading with over 1.3 lakh votes against Congress' candidates M Lakshmana

    In Odisha, while contesting as a BJP candidate, Malvika Devi, wife of former MP Arka Keshari Deo, a member of the royal family of Kalahandi district, is leading with about one lakh votes against her nearest rival Lambodar Nial of Biju Janata Dal (BJD).

    Among the Northeastern states, Kriti Singh Debbarma, a member of Tripura's erstwhile royal family, who is a joint candidate of the regional party Tipra Motha and the BJP, is leading with over 5.5 lakh votes on Tripura East seat from her nearest rival Rajendra Reang of the Communist Party of India (CPI).

    Among the losing royal challengers of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections is Vikramaditya Singh, who is contesting from the Congress from the Mandi Lok Sabha seat.

    Another royal candidate is Rajmata Amrita Roy from the Krishnanagar seat in West Bengal, who is also trailing by over 50,000 votes against Trinamool Congress' (TMC) Mahua Moitra.

  • 04 Jun 2024 04:59 PM (IST)

    Credit for Mandi win goes to PM Modi, says Kangana Ranaut

    The credit for winning the Mandi Lok Sabha seat goes to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, said BJP candidate Kangana Ranaut on Tuesday.

    The counting for four Lok Sabha seats in Himachal Pradesh is going on and Ranaut is leading by over 70,000 votes in the Mandi seat.

    Thanking Leader of the Opposition Jai Ram Thakur, the MLAs, BJP workers and the public for electing her, Kangana said the “credit for her win” goes to Prime Minister Modi.

  • 04 Jun 2024 04:48 PM (IST)

    BJP's Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri wins Uttara Kannada

    BJP’s Vishweshwar Hegde Kageri wins Uttara Kannada by a margin of 3,37,428 votes. The former minister defeated Dr Anjali Nembalkar of the Congress.

    BJP: 7,82,495 votes
    INC: 4,45,067 votes

  • 04 Jun 2024 04:48 PM (IST)

    Bihar: HAM(S) chief Jitan Ram Manjhi wins Gaya

    HAM(S) chief Jitan Ram Manjhi, the former chief minister of Bihar, won the Gaya Lok Sabha seat in Bihar by 1,01,812 votes on Tuesday, according to the Election Commission.

    Manjhi, who will turn 80 in four months, secured 4,94,960 votes. His nearest rival Kumar Sarvjeet of the RJD got 3,93,148 votes.

  • 04 Jun 2024 04:46 PM (IST)

    Congress-led UDF leads in majority of seats in Kerala as counting progresses

    The Congress-led UDF continued to maintain its lead in the majority of seats in Kerala on Tuesday, as the counting of EVM ballots entered into the final phase, with its candidates marching ahead with comfortable margins in its strongholds against their nearest rivals from the CPI(M)-led LDF and the BJP-led NDA.

    Putting an end to the electoral drought for the BJP in Kerala, actor-politician Suresh Gopi, the saffron party's candidate, secured a comfortable margin of 75,079 votes in the central Kerala constituency, against his rivals of the LDF and the UDF.

    Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in the Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency and many other sitting MPs of the party and its allies in their respective seats displayed strong performances as the counting progressed.

    Almost similar to the results of the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, in which the Left could win only one seat, the candidates of the ruling CPI(M)-led alliance suffered severe blows even in their strongholds like Kasaragod, Kannur, Vadakara, and Palakkad.

  • 04 Jun 2024 04:46 PM (IST)

    Punjab: Congress wins 2, leads in 5; AAP ahead in 2

    The Congress registered victory in two seats and leading in five constituencies seats in Punjab, while the Aam Aadmi Party won one seat and is ahead in two, according to the Election Commission of India.

    Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) was leading in one parliamentary constituency while the two independents, including radical preacher Amritpal Singh, were also ahead.

  • 04 Jun 2024 04:42 PM (IST)

    Congress candidate leading by over 12,955 votes in Secunderabad Cantt bypoll in Telangana

    Congress candidate Sriganesh was leading by 12,955 votes against his nearest BJP rival Vamsha Tilak TN at 4.35 pm as the counting of votes progressed on Tuesday in the by-poll to Secunderabad Cantonment constituency in Telangana.

    Sriganesh secured 51,226 votes, while Vamsha Tilak got 38,271 votes. BRS candidate G Niveditha obtained 32,784 votes.

  • 04 Jun 2024 04:40 PM (IST)

    Union Minister Pralhad Joshi wins Dharwad

    Union Minister Pralhad Joshi defeats Vinod Asooti of the Congress by a margin of 97,324 votes in Dharwad.

    INC: 7,16,231 votes.
    BJP: 6,18,907 votes.

  • 04 Jun 2024 04:39 PM (IST)

    Rajeev Chandrasekhar concedes defeat to Shashi Tharoor; claims Kerala supporting BJP

    BJP candidate Rajeev Chandrasekhar on Tuesday conceded defeat to Congress' Shashi Tharoor in the Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha seat but said that the election result in Kerala indicates that people are increasingly supporting the saffron party.

    Chandrasekhar, who is the Union Minister of State for Information Technology in the outgoing cabinet, told PTI that it was "disappointing" that he lost, even though the BJP fought a very strong battle in the state.

    "We have come very close and have set a record margin and vote share. It shows that the people of Kerala are increasingly supporting the BJP. It is disappointing that I couldn't win today, but fought a clean campaign. We didn't use divisiveness like our opposition. Growth of BJP in Kerala is completely expected and will continue," he said.

  • 04 Jun 2024 04:37 PM (IST)

    Chhattisgarh: Former CM Bhupesh Baghel trails in Rajnandgaon

    Former Chhattisgarh Chief Minister and Congress candidate Bhupesh Baghel was trailing by more than 46,000 votes against the BJP's sitting MP Santosh Pandey in the Rajnandgaon Lok Sabha seat.

    As per the latest Election Commission data, Pandey had secured 6,43,165 votes while Baghel had got 5,97,015 votes.

  • 04 Jun 2024 04:34 PM (IST)

    BJP MP Shankar Lalwani wins from Indore by record margin of 11.75 lakh votes, NOTA creates record

    BJP's sitting MP from Indore Shankar Lalwani won on Tuesday by a record margin of 11,75,092 votes in a contest where NOTA created a record with 2.18 lakh voters opting for the 'none of the above' option in the Lok Sabha elections.

    His victory margin is probably the highest in the country's electoral history, a BJP leader claimed.

    In Tikamgarh (SC) seat, Union minister Virendra Kumar emerged victorious as he defeated his Congress rival Pankaj Ahirwar by 4,03,312 votes.

  • 04 Jun 2024 04:33 PM (IST)

    Odisha Assembly election: BJP wins 2 seat, leading in 79 constituencies

    The BJP won two Assembly seats in Odisha and was leading in 79 other constituencies, according to the Election Commission of India.

    BJP candidate Prithviraj Hairchandran won the Chilika Assembly constituency defeating his nearest BJD rival Raghunath Sahu by 4,566 votes while saffron party candidate Ashwini Kumar Sarangi won the Bargarh Assembly seat by defeating his nearest rival Debesh Acharya of BJD by 4,772 votes.

    BJP candidates were also leading in 79 seats out of the 147 Assembly seats.

    Biju Janata Dal nominees were leading in 47 constituencies.

    CPI (M) candidate was leading in one seat, while Independent candidates were leading in three seats.

  • 04 Jun 2024 04:30 PM (IST)

    Former Karnataka minister Somanna wins Tumakuru

    BJP former minister V Somanna won Tumakuru by a margin of 1,75,594 votes. He defeated SP Muddahanumegowda of the Congress.

    BJP: 7,20,946 votes
    INC: 5,45,352 votes

  • 04 Jun 2024 04:28 PM (IST)

    Raghavendra wins Shivamogga

    BJP's BY Raghavendra has won Shivamogga Lok Sabha seat by a margin of 2,43,715 votes. He defeated Geetha Shivarajkumar of the Congress.

  • 04 Jun 2024 04:25 PM (IST)

    Kangana, Hema Malini, Dimple Yadav among women candidates leading with comfortable margin

    Women candidates like Selja, Kangana Ranaut, Hema Malini, Dimple Yadav and Misha Bharti are leading by a significant margin in their respective constituencies in the general elections.

    Amethi's incumbent MP Smriti Irani and Sultanpur MP Maneka Gandhi are among the MPs trailing by huge margins in their constituencies.

    Selja, Congress candidate from Sirsa, is also leading from her constituency by over 2.5 lakh votes, as of 3.35 pm.

    Bansuri Swaraj, who has been fielded by the BJP from New Delhi constituency is leading by over 50,000 votes.

    A total of 797 women contested the Lok Sabha elections.

    Some of the prominent women candidates who are leading in the contest include Kangana Ranaut, Hema Malini, Dimple Yadav and Misha Bharti.

  • 04 Jun 2024 04:25 PM (IST)

    BJP set to win two LS seats in Tripura

    The BJP is set to win the two Lok Sabha seats in Tripura with its candidates leading by huge margins over their nearest rivals, according to the Election Commission's website.

    Former chief minister and BJP candidate Biplab Kumar Deb was ahead of his nearest rival Asish Kumar Saha of the Congress in the Tripura West parliamentary seat by 6,02,572 votes.

    In the Tripura East Lok Sabha seat, BJP nominee Kriti Devi Debbarman was leading by 4,86,819 votes over her nearest rival Rajendra Reang of the CPI(M).

  • 04 Jun 2024 04:24 PM (IST)

    Congress wins 1 Assembly seat in Odisha, leading in 14 constituencies

    The Congress won the Chitrakonda Assembly seat in Odisha and was leading in 14 other constituencies, the Election Commission of India said on Tuesday.

    Mangu Khilla of Congress won the Chitrakonda Assembly seat defeating his nearest BJP rival Dambaru Sisa by 9,159 votes.

    Congress candidates leading are C S Raazen Ekka (Rajgangpur), Niranjan Patnaik (Bhandaripokhari), Ashok Kumar Das (Basudevpur), Samarendra Mishra (Bolangir), Sagar Charan Das (Bhawanipatna), Sofia Firdous (Barabati-Cuttack), and Ramesh Jena (Sanakhemundi) are leading in the Assembly polls.

    The other Congress leaders leading are Dasarathi Gamango (Mohana), Bijay Kumar Patnaik (Paralakhemundi), Satyajeet Gamango (Gunupur), Kadraka Appala Swamy (Rayagada), Pabitra Saunta (Lakshmipur), Tara Prasad Bahinipati (Jeypore) and Ram Chandra Kadam in Pottangi.

  • 04 Jun 2024 04:22 PM (IST)

    BJP's Brijesh Chowta wins Dakshina Kannada by over 1.40 lakh votes

    BJP candidate Capt Brijesh Chowta has defeated R Padmaraj of the Congress by a huge margin of 1,49,208 votes to claim Dakshina Kannada.

    BJP: 7,64,132 votes
    INC: 6,14,924 votes

  • 04 Jun 2024 04:20 PM (IST)

    Basavaraj Bommai to represent Haveri-Gadag in Lok Sabha

    Former chief minister and BJP leader Basavaraj Bommai has won the Haveri-Gadag Lok Sabha seat by a margin of 43,513 votes. He defeated Anandswamy Gaddadevaramath of the Congress.

  • 04 Jun 2024 04:17 PM (IST)

    Radhakrishna Doddamani defeats BJP's sitting MP Umesh Jadhav in Gulbarga

    AICC president Mallikarjun Kharge’s son-in-law Radhakrishna Doddamani won the Gulbarga Lok Sabha (SC) seat, defeating the sitting MP, Umesh Jadhav of the BJP by 27,205 votes.

  • 04 Jun 2024 04:14 PM (IST)

    Owaisi defeats Madhavi Latha in Hyderbad

    AIMIM Asaduddin Owaisi won the Hyderabad constituency by over 3.4 lakh votes, the 11th consecutive win for AIMIM from Hyderabad. He defeated Madhavi Latha of the BJP.

  • 04 Jun 2024 04:12 PM (IST)

    Former Karnataka Deputy CM Karjol wins Chitradurga seat

    Former Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister Govind Karjol of the BJP on Tuesday won the Chitradurga Lok Sabha seat in Karnataka with a margin of 48,121 votes.

    Karjol, who secured 6,84,890 votes, defeated Congress candidate B N Chandrappa (6,36,769).

  • 04 Jun 2024 04:01 PM (IST)

    Gujarat: BJP leading in 24 seats, Cong in Banaskantha; Amit Shah ahead by over 7.10 lakh votes

    The ruling BJP is leading in 24 out of 25 Lok Sabha seats in Gujarat as the counting of votes is underway while in the Banaskantha constituency, Congress's Geniben Thakor has gained a comfortable lead over her BJP rival Rekha Chaudhari.

    Thakor is leading by 33,000 votes, as per the latest update by the Election Commission of India.

    Among BJP heavyweights, Union Home Minister Amit Shah was leading by a massive margin of 7,11,908 votes. Two other Union ministers, namely Mansukh Mandaviya and Parshottam Rupala, are leading by a margin of over 3.80 lakh votes and more than 4.65 lakh votes, respectively. State BJP president CR Paatil was leading by a margin of over 6.78 lakh votes.

  • 04 Jun 2024 04:00 PM (IST)

    Congress candidate Anuradha Rana wins Lahaul and Spiti bypoll

    Congress candidate Anuradha Rana on Tuesday won the Lahaul and Spiti by-polls by defeating Independent candidate and former BJP minister Ram Lal Markanda by a margin of 1,960 votes.

    It was after 52 years that a woman contested elections from Lahaul and Spiti and Rana became the second woman to win from the Assembly segment.

    Rana polled 9,414 votes against 7,454 votes polled by Markanda while BJP candidate Ravi Thakur stood third with 3,049 votes.

  • 04 Jun 2024 03:56 PM (IST)

    Karnataka former chief minister HD Kumaraswamy wins Mandya

    JD(S) state chief and former chief minister HD Kumaraswamy has won the Mandya Lok Sabha seat by a record margin of 2,84,620 votes. He defeated Venkataramane Gowda of the Congress.

  • 04 Jun 2024 03:54 PM (IST)

    Telangana: DK Aruna wins Mahabubnagar

    BJP vice president DK Aruna has won the Mahabubnagar constituency, defeating Vamshi Chand Reddy of the Congress by over 8,000 votes.

    Interestingly, the constituency had 31 candidates, most of whom were independents. Six independent candidates received more than 2,000 votes each.

    Mahabubnagar is the home constituency of Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy.

  • 04 Jun 2024 03:49 PM (IST)

    JMM's Kalpana Soren leads by 26,000 votes in Gandey by-poll in Jharkhand

    Kalpana Soren, the wife of jailed former Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren, was leading by about 26,000 votes over her nearest BJP rival Dilip Kumar Verma in the Gandey Assembly by-poll, election officials said on Tuesday.

    She was earlier trailing by a margin of 2,242 votes.

    The seat fell vacant following the resignation of JMM MLA Sarfaraz Ahmad.

  • 04 Jun 2024 03:48 PM (IST)

    LS polls: BJP surges ahead in Himachal Pradesh

    The BJP is way ahead of the Congress on all four Lok Sabha seats of Himachal Pradesh, according to Election Commission data.

    BJP candidate from Mandi, Kangana Ranaut is leading by a margin of 71,857 votes over her Congress rival Vikramaditya Singh while Union minister Anurag Thakur, seeking a fifth term from the Hamirpur seat, is ahead by a margin of 1,77,708 votes over Congress' Satpal Raizada, the EC data showed.

    Former state BJP president and sitting party MP from Shimla Suresh Kashyap is leading by 90,548 votes and BJP Kangra nominee Rajiv Bhardwaj by 2,47,343 votes.

    Bhardwaj's Congress rival Anand Sharma has conceded defeat.

  • 04 Jun 2024 03:48 PM (IST)

    Union minister Mandaviya heading towards victory from Porbandar seat in Gujarat

    BJP leader and Union minister Mansukh Mandaviya looks all set to win from the Porbandar Lok Sabha seat in Gujarat as he is leading by over 3.8 lakh votes, officials said on Tuesday.

    With the counting process nearing its end, the Union health and family welfare minister is leading by more than 3.8 lakh votes over his nearest Congress rival Lalit Vasoya, they said.

    As per the latest figures, Mandaviya has so far received 6.25 lakh votes, while Vasoya bagged 2.45 lakh votes.

  • 04 Jun 2024 03:47 PM (IST)

    Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan leading by over 1 lakh votes in Sambalpur LS seat

    Union Minister and BJP candidate Dharmendra Pradhan was leading by 1,03,425 votes over his nearest rival Pranab Prakash Das of the Biju Janata Dal in the Sambalpur Lok Sabha seat, according to the Election Commission of India.

    Pradhan has received 4,53,716 votes while Das has got 3,50,291 votes.

    Congress candidate Nagendra Kumar Pradhan is in third place with 66,793 votes.

  • 04 Jun 2024 03:35 PM (IST)

    Smriti Irani, Maneka Gandhi, Annamalai, among big names trailing

    Congress' Amethi Lok Sabha candidate Kishori Lal Sharma has secured a lead of more than one lakh votes over sitting BJP MP and Union Minister Smriti Irani, dubbed a giant slayer after she defeated Rahul Gandhi from the seat in 2019.

    Latest trends on the Election Commission's website showed that Sharma had secured a lead of 1,10,684 votes against Irani.

    Another unexpected result is unfolding in West Bengal's Baharampur seat, where TMC candidate and first-time contender Yusuf Pathan is leading against Congress' leader in the outgoing Lok Sabha and six-time MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury by 29,781 votes.

    Union Minister and two-time MP from Kheri, Ajay Kumar Teni, is trailing behind Samajwadi Party's (SP) Utkarsh Verma Madhur by 30,337 votes.

    Senior BJP leader and former Union minister Maneka Gandhi is also trailing in the Sultanpur constituency against SP candidate Rambhual Nishad by 22,637 votes.

    Annamalai Kuppusamy, the BJP Tamil Nadu president, is trailing in Coimbatore against DMK's Ganapathy Rajkumar P by 33,230 votes.

  • 04 Jun 2024 03:34 PM (IST)

    Assam: NDA ahead in 10 seats, Congress in four

    The ruling BJP and its allies the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) and United Peoples' Party Liberal (UPPL) were leading in 10 Lok Sabha seats, while the Congress was ahead in four, the Election Commission said.

    BJP was ahead in eight constituencies.

  • 04 Jun 2024 03:34 PM (IST)

    BJP's Kishan Reddy leading by over 65,000 votes in Secunderabad LS seat

    BJP president in Telangana and Union Minister G Kishan Reddy was leading by 65,013 votes against his nearest Congress rival Danam Nagender at 3.15 PM in Secunderabad Lok Sabha constituency in Telangana on Tuesday.

    Kishan Reddy got 4,40,598 votes while Nagender secured 3,75,585 votes, according to the Election Commission website.

  • 04 Jun 2024 03:30 PM (IST)

    Owaisi leads by more than 3.15 lakh votes in Hyderabad

    AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi is leading by over 3,15,800 votes over his immediate rival Madhavi Latha of the BJP in the Hyderabad Lok Sabha constituency. Owaisi, for the first time, has secured more than six lakh votes.

    So far, he has garnered 61,21,587 votes, while Madhavi Latha won 3,04,647 votes. Owaisi is seeking a fifth term in the Lok Sabha.

  • 04 Jun 2024 03:14 PM (IST)

    INDIA bloc leading in 44 seats in UP, NDA in 35

    The INDIA bloc was leading in 44 Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh and the BJP-led NDA in 35, according to trends on the Election Commission website.

    INDIA bloc parties SP and Congress were leading in 37 and 7 seats, the election panel's data for polls to the 80 parliamentary constituencies in the state showed.

    The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was leading in 33 seats and its allies Rashtriya Lok Dal and Apna Dal in one seat each.

    Chandrashekhar of Azad Samaj Party (Kanshiram) was leading by 1,09,799 votes over BJP's Om Kumar.

  • 04 Jun 2024 03:09 PM (IST)

    Annamalai trailing in Coimbatore

    Tamil Nadu BJP president K Annamalai is trailing by 30,736 votes.

  • 04 Jun 2024 03:07 PM (IST)

    MP: BJP maintains leads in all 29 LS seats; Scindia, Shivraj ahead, Digvijaya and Nakul Nath trail

    The BJP was ahead in all 29 Lok Sabha seats in Madhya Pradesh, with Union Ministers Jyotiraditya Scindia and Faggan Singh Kulaste establishing clear leads in their constituencies, as per trends available so far of vote counting underway on Tuesday.

    Prominent BJP candidates Scindia (Guna), Kulaste (Mandla), Shivraj Singh Chouhan (Vidisha), Shankar Lalwani (Indore), VD Sharma (Khajuraho), Sandhya Rai (Bhind), Lata Wankhede (Sagar), Virendra Kumar (Tikamgarh), Alok Sharma (Bhopal) and Rodmal Nagar (Rajgarh) were leading.

  • 04 Jun 2024 03:04 PM (IST)

    BJP's Govid Karjol wins Chitradurga

    Former deputy chief minister Govind Karjol of the BJP wins the Chitradurga Lok Sabha. Karjol won 6,84,890 votes, 48,121 more than his immediate rival KPCC Working President BN Chandrappa.

  • 04 Jun 2024 03:04 PM (IST)

    Independent candidate establish comfortable lead in Ladakh LS constituency

    Independent candidate Mohmad Haneefa has established a lead of over 28,000 votes over his nearest Congress rival from the Ladakh Lok Sabha constituency, according to the Election Commission trends.

    Haneefa has got 60,365 votes so far as against Congress candidate Tsering Namgyal who got 32,195 votes and BJP’s Tashi Gyalson who bagged 24,953 votes.

  • 04 Jun 2024 03:03 PM (IST)

    Congress's Nalgonda candidate Raghuveer Reddy leading with massive 5.37 lakh votes

    Congress candidate from Nalgonda in Telangana Kunduru Raghuveer Reddy was leading with a massive margin of over 5.37 lakh votes over his nearest BJP rival Saidi Reddy Shanampudi at 2.45 PM as the counting of votes reached the final stages on Tuesday.

    Raghuveer, son of senior Congress leader and former minister K Jana Reddy, got 7,53,464 votes, while Saidi Reddy secured 2,15,662 votes as per the Election Commission website.

    Raghuveer is a debutant in politics, Congress sources said.

  • 04 Jun 2024 03:03 PM (IST)

    Nitin Gadkari takes lead of over 78,000 over his Congress rival

    nion minister Nitin Gadkari was leading by more than 78,000 votes over his nearest rival Congress' Vikas Thakre in the 10th round in the Nagpur Lok Sabha constituency.

    The BJP leader had secured 4,07,836 votes while Thakre had received 3,28,985 votes, as per the Election Commission's updates.

  • 04 Jun 2024 03:03 PM (IST)

    Odisha: BJP leads in 19 LS seats, BJD 1

    The BJP is leading in 19 of the 21 Lok Sabha seats in Odisha, election officials said.

    BJD candidate is leading in one seat and Congress nominee in one constituency.

  • 04 Jun 2024 03:02 PM (IST)

    UP: INDIA bloc leading in 44 seats, BJP-led NDA in 35

    The INDIA bloc was leading in 44 Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh and the BJP-led NDA in 35, according to trends on the Election Commission website.

    INDIA bloc parties SP and Congress were leading in 37 and 7 seats, the election panel's data for polls to the 80 parliamentary constituencies in the state showed.

    The BJPsf was leading in 33 seats and its allies Rashtriya Lok Dal and Apna Dal in one seat each.

    Chandrashekhar of Azad Samaj Party (Kanshiram) was leading by 1,09,799 votes over BJP's Om Kumar.

  • 04 Jun 2024 02:49 PM (IST)

    Amit Shah gains decisive lead of over 6 lakh votes in Gandhinagar Lok Sabha seat

    BJP leader and Union Home Minister Amit Shah has gained an unassailable lead of 6.15 lakh votes over his nearest Congress rival Sonal Patel in the Gandhinagar Lok Sabha seat in Gujarat, officials said on Tuesday.

    Shah has so far got 7.96 lakh votes, while Patel received 1.81 lakh votes, they said.

  • 04 Jun 2024 02:48 PM (IST)

    JMM's Kalpana Soren leads in Gandey by-poll in Jharkhand

    Kalpana Soren, wife of former Jharkhand chief minister Hemant Soren who is in jail, was leading by 1,148 votes over her nearest BJP rival Dilip Kumar Verma after the fourth round of counting for the Gandey assembly bypoll, according to the Election Commission.

    She was earlier trailing by a margin of 2,242 votes.

    The seat fell vacant following the resignation of JMM MLA Sarfaraz Ahmad.

  • 04 Jun 2024 02:46 PM (IST)

    Chandrababu Naidu congratulates PM Modi on NDA's impending victory

    TDP supremo N Chandrababu 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 return congratulated Chandrababu Naidu on the grand victory of the NDA alliance in Andhra Pradesh, TDP sources said.

    The NDA, comprising TDP, BJP and Jana Sena in the state is heading towards a landslide victory by winning one seat and leading in 157 segments of the 175-member state Assembly.

    The coalition also did well in the Lok Sabha polls, leading in 21 of the total 25 constituencies.

  • 04 Jun 2024 02:45 PM (IST)

    Jharkhand: NDA leads in 9 seats, INDIA bloc in five

    The BJP was leading in eight Lok Sabha seats in Jharkhand, its ally AJSU Party in one, while the Congress was ahead in two and the JMM in three seats, according to available trends.

  • 04 Jun 2024 02:44 PM (IST)

    J-K: BJP's Jugal Kishore leads with 1.27 lakh votes in Jammu LS seat

    Sitting Jammu MP Jugal Kishore Sharma, who is seeking a third term from the seat, has achieved a comfortable lead of 1,27,426 votes, according to trends on the Election Commission's website.

    Sharma has polled 6,37,504 votes so far while his nearest rival Congress's Raman Bhalla has got 5,10,078 votes.

  • 04 Jun 2024 02:43 PM (IST)

    Odisha Assembly election: BJP leads in 76 seats, BJD ahead in 53

    BJP was leading in 76 Assembly seats in Odisha, according to the Election Commission of India.

    Biju Janata Dal nominees, on the other hand, were leading in 53 constituencies out of 147 Assembly seats in the state for which trends were available till 2.30 pm

    Congress was ahead in 16 seats, the CPI(M) in one, while Independent candidate was leading in one seat.

    Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik is leading in both Assembly seats — Hinjili and Kantabanji.

  • 04 Jun 2024 02:42 PM (IST)

    Mayawati's BSP trailing in all 80 LS seats in UP

    Staring at one of its worst electoral defeats from Uttar Pradesh, Mayawati-led Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) is trailing behind in all 80 Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh.

    Currently, the BSP has garnered about 1.92 percent votes in the country and 9.16 percent votes in Uttar Pradesh, as per Election Commission data.

    At 2.00 pm, according to the poll panel, Samajwadi Party candidates were leading on 37 Lok Sabha seats in the politically-crucial UP, while their INDIA bloc ally Congress was leading on seven seats.

    The BJP is leading on 33 seats in the state, while its allies Rashtriya Lok Dal and Apna Dal (Sonelal) are leading on one Lok Sabha seat each.

  • 04 Jun 2024 02:41 PM (IST)

    Congress' Channi wins from Jalandhar seat

    Congress leader Charanjit Singh Channi on Tuesday won from the Jalandhar reserve parliamentary constituency by a margin of 1,75,993 votes, according to the ECI.

    Channi, the former Punjab chief minister, trounced the BJP's Sushil Rinku.

    Channi polled 3.90 lakh votes as against his nearest rival Rinku, who secured 2.14 lakh votes.

    Aam Aadmi Party nominee Pawan Kumar Tinu remained at the third spot with 2.08 lakh votes while Shiromani Akali Dal candidate Mohinder Singh Kaypee got 67,911 votes.

  • 04 Jun 2024 02:40 PM (IST)

    Mayawati's BSP trailing in all 80 seats in UP

    Mayawati-led Bahujan Samaj Party is trailing behind in all 80 Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh.

    At 2.00 pm Samajwadi Party candidates were leading on 37 Lok Sabha seats, while its INDIA bloc ally Congress was leading on seven seats.

    The BJP is leading on 33 seats in the state, while its allies Rashtriya Lok Dal and Apna Dal (Sonelal) are leading on one Lok Sabha seat each.

    Chandrashekhar of Aazad Samaj Party (Kanshi Ram) is leading from Nagina (SC) seat over his BJP rival by over 1.09 lakh votes.

  • 04 Jun 2024 02:36 PM (IST)

    Rahul Gandhi's lead crosses 3 lakh in Wayanad

    Rahul Gandhi is leading by 3,34,535 votes in Wayanad, Kerala. He is also contesting from Rae Bareli in Uttar Pradesh, where he is leading by 2,27,535 votes against his nearest rival Dinesh Pratap Singh of the BJP.

  • 04 Jun 2024 02:29 PM (IST)

    Priyanka Gandhi congratulates Kishori Lal for Amethi 'win'

    AICC general secretary Priyanka Gandhi congratulated the party candidate in Amethi, Kishori Lal, saying she was sure of his win. Lal was leading Union Minister Smriti Irani by over 88,000 votes.

     

     

     

  • 04 Jun 2024 02:24 PM (IST)

    BJP leading in all five seats of Uttarakhand

    The BJP was leading in all five Lok Sabha seats of Uttarakhand on Tuesday, according to the Election Commission trends.

    Ajay Bhatt is leading by 2,55,634 votes in Nainital, Ajay Tamta by 1,75,391 votes in Almora, Anil Baluni by 94,376 votes in Garhwal (Pauri), Trivendra Singh Rawat by 65,724 votes in Haridwar and Mala Rajya Lakshmi Shah by 1,35,632 votes in Tehri Garhwal.

    Independent candidate in Tehri Garhwal, Boby Panwar, a poll debutante, emerged as the closest rival to the BJP, relegating Jot Singh Gunsola of the Congress to the third position in the initial rounds of counting.

    However, Gunsola later improved his position to second and is trailing by 1,35,632 votes behind Shah.

  • 04 Jun 2024 02:23 PM (IST)

    Omar Abdullah, Mehbooba Mufti concede defeat in LS polls

    National Conference (NC) vice president Omar Abdullah and PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti conceded defeat on Tuesday from their respective Lok Sabha seats even as counting of votes was still underway.

    According to the EC data for the Baramulla Lok Sabha seat, jailed former MLA Sheikh Abdul Rashid was leading against former chief minister Abdullah by a margin of more than 1.25 lakh votes.

    Former chief minister Mufti also conceded defeat from the Anantnag-Rajouri Lok Sabha seat.

  • 04 Jun 2024 02:22 PM (IST)

    NCP(SP) workers start early celebrations in Baramati as Sule leads over Sunetra Pawar

    NCP (SP) workers began early celebrations in Maharashtra's Baramati Lok Sabha constituency on Tuesday as the party's sitting MP, Supriya Sule, was leading over her sister-in-law Sunetra Pawar of the NCP by more than 14,000 votes.

    Workers of the Sharad Pawar-led NCP (SP) danced on roads, sprinkled 'gulal' on each other and raised slogans in support of their party and Sule.

    As per the latest data on the Election Commission's website, Sule so far received 1,43,686 votes, while Sunetra Pawar, the wife of Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar, got 1,29,190 votes.

  • 04 Jun 2024 02:21 PM (IST)

    4 UP constituencies record margin of over 2 lakh, biggest gap in Gautam Buddh Nagar

    Lok Sabha election trends at 2 pm showed the margin to be more than two lakh votes in four of the 80 Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh, with BJP’s Mahesh Sharma in Gautam Buddh Nagar so far drawing the biggest lead.

    The other seats where the margin of lead was over two lakh votes were Bulandshahr, Mathura and Rae Bareli (Congress’s Rahul Gandhi), according to Election Commission figures at 2 pm.

    In Gautam Buddh Nagar, BJP’s Mahesh Sharma was leading by a margin of over 3.32 lakh votes against Samajwadi Party’s Mahendra Singh Nagar.

    In Rae Bareli, Congress’s Rahul Gandhi was ahead by a margin of 2.49 lakh votes against BJP’s Dinesh Singh.

    In Bulandshahr, BJP’s Bhola Singh had a lead of over 2.69 lakh votes with Congress’ Shivram in second position.

    In Mathura, BJP’s Hema Malini was leading by a margin of 2.14 lakh votes against Congress’s Mukesh Dhangar.

  • 04 Jun 2024 02:16 PM (IST)

    Kangana Ranaut leading by over 75,000 votes

    Actor Kangana Ranaut is on the way to become a parliamentarian as the BJP candidate from Himachal Pradesh's Mandi. She is leading by a margin of over 75,000 votes.

    Ranaut, a four-time National Award-winning actor, has been fielded against Vikramaditya Singh of the Congress.

  • 04 Jun 2024 02:08 PM (IST)

    Shashi Tharoor takes back lead in Thiruvananthapuram

    After trailing by over 20,000 votes behind BJP candidate Rajeev Chandrasekhar in the Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha seat, Congress' Shashi Tharoor regained the lead with a margin of over 11,000 votes.

    During the initial hours of counting, the fight between Chandrasekhar and Tharoor was neck-and-neck with each taking a lead of a few thousand votes.

    By noon, the BJP leader gained a healthy lead of around 24,000 votes over Tharoor, who is hoping to win a fourth time from Thiruvananthapuram LS seat.

    However, more than an hour later, Tharoor took back the lead from Chandrasekhar by a margin of 11,815 votes.

  • 04 Jun 2024 01:54 PM (IST)

    Ex-TN CM O Panneerselvam trails behind IUML in Ramanathapuram LS seat

    Former Chief Minister O Panneerselvam is trailing behind IUML candidate and sitting MP Navaskani K in Ramanathapuram Parliamentary constituency, as per the latest trends, the election commission said.

    Panneerselvam, expelled from the AIADMK, aligned with the BJP and contested as an independent.

    He secured 94,404 votes, about 68,020 votes less than Navaskani, contesting in alliance with the DMK, who obtained 1,62,424 votes.

  • 04 Jun 2024 01:54 PM (IST)

    Rahul beats Sonia's 2019 victory margin in Raebareli, leads by 2.22 lakh votes

    Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has surpassed Sonia Gandhi's 2019 victory margin from the Rae Bareli constituency and is now leading by 2,27,535 votes against his nearest rival Dinesh Pratap Singh of the BJP.

    Rahul Gandhi, who contested from Rae Bareli seat for the first time, was ahead of the BJP candidate since the beginning of the counting.

    Singh is also a minister in the Yogi Adityanath Cabinet.

    In 2019, former Congress president Sonia Gandhi won the seat by a margin 1,67,178 votes against Dinesh Pratap Singh.

  • 04 Jun 2024 01:53 PM (IST)

    BJP maintains comfortable lead in 10 seats in Chhattsigarh, Congress ahead in 1

    The BJP has maintained an impressive lead in 10 out of 11 Lok Sabha seats in Chhattisgarh, as per trends available so far.

    The Congress has managed a lead only in the Korba seat where its sitting MP Jyotsna Mahant, wife of the incumbent leader of Opposition Charandas Mahant, was leading by a margin of 8,304 votes over the BJP's influential woman leader Saroj Pandey.

  • 04 Jun 2024 01:44 PM (IST)

    BJP ahead in all four LS seats in Himachal Pradesh

    The BJP is ahead of the Congress in all four Lok Sabha seats in Himachal Pradesh, according to Election Commission data.

    BJP candidate from Mandi Kangana Ranaut is leading by a margin of 74,925 votes over her Congress rival Vikramaditya Singh. Union minister Anurag Thakur, seeking a fifth term from the Hamirpur seat, is ahead by a margin of 1,62,916 votes over Congress' Satpal Raizada, the EC data showed.

  • 04 Jun 2024 01:43 PM (IST)

    Odisha Assembly election: BJP leads in 73 seats, BJD ahead in 58

    BJP was leading in 73 Assembly seats in Odisha, according to the Election Commission of India.

    Biju Janata Dal nominees, on the other hand, were leading in 58 constituencies out of 147 Assembly seats in the state for which trends were available till 1.30 pm

    Congress was ahead in 14 seats, the CPI (M) in one, while the Independent candidate was leading in one seat.

    Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik is leading in both Assembly seats — Hinjili and Kantabanji.

  • 04 Jun 2024 01:43 PM (IST)

    PM Modi, Rajnath Singh lead from Varanasi, Lucknow

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh are leading from their Varanasi and Lucknow Lok Sabha seats, respectively.

    However, Union Women and Child Development Minister Smriti Irani and Union Heavy Industries Minister Mahendra Nath Pandey are trailing from Amethi and Chandauli, respectively.

    Apart from Prime Minister Narendra Modi, there are 11 Union ministers in the fray from the politically crucial state of Uttar Pradesh which sends 80 MPs to the Lok Sabha.

    Those who are leading currently are: PM Modi, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, MoS Finance Pankaj Chaudhary, MoS Law and Justice SP Singh Baghel, and Mos Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti.

    Those currently trailing are: Smriti Irani, Mahendra Nath Pandey, Sanjeev Kumar Balyan, Anupriya Patel, Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma, Kaushal Kishore and Ajay Mishra Teni.

  • 04 Jun 2024 01:40 PM (IST)

    West Bengal: TMC leading in 31 seats, BJP 10, Congress 1

    The TMC raced ahead of its rivals, leading in 31 seats after several rounds of counting, while the BJP led in 10, and Congress in one, even as it took an insurmountable lead in a number of seats, according to the Election Commission website.

    If TMC can hold on to this tally till evening, the party is all set for second best performance in the state after 2014 when it had won 34 seats.

    Till 1 pm, the party bagged 47 per cent votes, up from 43 per cent in 2019.

  • 04 Jun 2024 01:32 PM (IST)

    NDA leads in 11, Congress in 3 seats in Assam

    The ruling BJP and its allies, Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) and United Peoples' Party Liberal (UPPL), are leading in 11 and the Opposition Congress in four of the 14 Lok Sabha constituencies in Assam on Tuesday, according to election officials.

  • 04 Jun 2024 01:31 PM (IST)

    BJP leading in 23 out of 25 LS seats in Gujarat; neck-to-neck fight in 2 constituencies

    BJP has gained leads on 23 out of the 25 parliamentary seats in Gujarat on which votes were being counted on Tuesday, while it is witnessing a neck-to-neck fight with the Congress in Banaskantha and Patan.

    The Congress has gained leads with a narrow margin in Banaskantha and Patan seats.

  • 04 Jun 2024 01:30 PM (IST)

    NOTA gets over 1.7 lakh votes in Indore LS seat, breaks previous record of Gopalganj

    Following the Congress' appeal to electors in Madhya Pradesh's Indore to select the 'None of the Above' option, it has so far got more than 1.7 lakh votes in the Lok Sabha seat, breaking the previous NOTA record of Gopalganj in Bihar.

    NOTA gives an option to voters to reject all candidates in a constituency.

    In the 2019 elections, the Gopalganj Lok Sabha seat in Bihar recorded the maximum NOTA votes at 51,660, about 5 percent of the total votes polled in the constituency.

  • 04 Jun 2024 01:25 PM (IST)

    BJP leading in all seven seats in Delhi

    Celebrations erupted at BJP headquarters in Delhi as party workers and supporters sounded 'shankha', rejoiced to 'dhol' beats and chanted Modi slogans as trends started tickling in showing BJP candidates leading in all seven seats in Delhi.

    The BJP is leading in all seven Lok Sabha seats in Delhi on Tuesday, with Manoj Tiwari leading by a margin of over 79,000 votes.

    Beaming with joy, party supporters were seen offering veneration to a huge cut-out of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

    Clad in saffron attire and turban and carrying flags and posters bearing Lord Ram's image, supporters danced to dhol beat in anticipation of good omens.

    The BJP is in a direct contest with the Congress-AAP alliance in the national capital.

    The BJP had won all seven seats in Delhi in the 2014 and 2019 general elections.

     

  • 04 Jun 2024 01:20 PM (IST)

    Prajwal Revanna trailing in Hassan

    Suspended JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna, who is facing charges of sexually abusing several women, is trailing by a margin of 17,108 votes in Hassan Lok Sabha segment in Karnataka on Tuesday.

    His nearest rival Shreyas Patel of Congress is leading in the constituency.

    The 33-year-old Revanna has secured 4,29,980 votes, while Patel got 4,47,088.

  • 04 Jun 2024 01:12 PM (IST)

    Dharmendra Pradhan leading by over 47,000 votes in Sambalpur LS seat

    Union Minister and BJP candidate Dharmendra Pradhan was leading by 47,015 votes over his nearest rival Pranab Prakash Das of the Biju Janata Dal, according to the Election Commission of India.

    Pradhan has received 2,31,203 votes while Das has got 1,84,188 votes.

    Congress candidate Nagendra Kumar Pradhan is in third position with 36,684 votes.

     

  • 04 Jun 2024 01:11 PM (IST)

    BJP leading in all 7 Lok Sabha seats in Delhi

    The BJP is leading in all seven Lok Sabha seats in Delhi on Tuesday, according to trends on the Election Commission (EC) website.

    The BJP's Praveen Khandelwal was initially trailing the Congress' Jai Prakash Agarwal in the Chandni Chowk seat but has now moved ahead to secure a lead of 27,041 votes, EC data showed.

  • 04 Jun 2024 01:11 PM (IST)

    Maharashtra: BJP, allies leading in 20 seats, MVA ahead in 27

    The NDA appeared falling significantly short of its target of bagging 45-plus of the 48 Lok Sabha seats in Maharashtra, going by the latest trends in counting of votes.

    The BJP was leading in 12 seats and allies Shiv Sena in 7 and NCP in 1 constituency as per the latest trends.

    The opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi comprising the Congress, Shiv Sena (UBT) and NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar) seemed to be faring rather well, leading in 27 seats.

    A Congressman turned independent was leading in Sangli seat.

    While the Congress was leading in 11, Shiv Sena (UBT) was leading in 9 and NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar) was ahead in 7 seats as of 1 pm.

  • 04 Jun 2024 01:09 PM (IST)

    BJP extends lead to 21,996 votes in lone LS seat in Andamans

    The BJP extended its lead in the lone Lok Sabha seat in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, where the counting of votes was underway on Tuesday, according to trends available on the Election Commission Website.

    BJP's Bishnu Pada Ray was ahead of his nearest rival Kuldeep Rai Sharma of the Congress by 21,996 votes.

    The saffron camp polled 43,058 votes against 21,062 by Sharma.

  • 04 Jun 2024 01:09 PM (IST)

    Akhilesh, wife Dimple lead in UP

    Akhilesh Yadav and his wife Dimple Yadav are leading by a comfortable margin in Uttar Pradesh.

    The party had fielded five members of the Yadav clan in the Lok Sabha elections.

    While Akhilesh Yadav is leading by a margin of 61,351 votes from BJP's Subrat Pathak in Kannauj, Dimple Yadav is leading in Mainpuri by a margin of 68,261 votes against her closest rival, BJP's Jaiveer Singh, according to the EC.

  • 04 Jun 2024 01:09 PM (IST)

    Congress candidate Supongmeren Jamir extends lead in Nagaland seat to over 48,000 votes

    Congress candidate S Supongmeren Jamir extended his lead over his nearest rival Chumben Murry of the NDPP to over 48,000 votes in the lone Lok Sabha seat in Nagaland, according to the Election Commission.

    Jamir polled 3,79,093 votes, Murry 3,30,850 and Independent candidate Hayithung Tungoe Lotha 5,695 votes.

  • 04 Jun 2024 01:08 PM (IST)

    Punjab: Radical preacher Amritpal Singh leading by over 1 lakh votes

    Radical Sikh preacher Amritpal Singh was leading over Congress's Kulbir Singh Zira by a margin of 1,06,337 votes in Punjab's Khadoor Sahib seat, according to the Election Commission trends.

    Singh fought the election as an Independent candidate.

    Amritpal, the chief of the 'Waris Punjab De' outfit, is currently lodged in Assam's Dibrugarh jail under the National Security Act.

  • 04 Jun 2024 01:08 PM (IST)

    Left parties improve performance, leading on 8-10 seats: EC trends

    Embroiled in a battle for survival, Left parties marginally improved their performance in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, leading in eight to 10 seats according to vote counting trends.

    The CPI (M), which had only three MPs in the 17th Lok Sabha, was leading in five parliamentary seats, trends of the Election Commission website around 12 noon showed.

    The party sprung a surprise in Rajasthan, with its candidate from Sikar, Amra Ram, leading by more than 55,814 votes over BJP's Sumedhanand Saraswati.

    In Tamil Nadu, where the CPI(M) fought on two seats, Madurai and Dindigul, the party was leading in both, while in Kerala's Alathur K Radhakrishnan of the CPI(M) was leading by more than 15,936 votes against Congress's Ramya Haridas.

    In West Bengal's Murshidabad, Md Salim of the CPI(M) was trailing behind Trinamool Congress (TMC) candidate Abu Taher Khan by around 11,838 votes.

    The Communist Party of India (CPI), which had two MPs in 17th Lok Sabha, is leading in two seats in Tamil Nadu — Tirupur and Nagapattinam.

    The Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation was meanwhile leading in two of the three seats it contested in Bihar.

    Overall, around noon, the CPI(M) recorded around 1.83 percent vote share, which has already surpassed the 2019 figure of 1.75 percent vote share. The CPI's vote share by noon was 0.57 percent, while CPI(ML)'s share was 0.11 percent.

  • 04 Jun 2024 01:06 PM (IST)

    Haryana: Congress leads in six seats, BJP in four

    The Congress was leading in six of the 10 Lok Sabha seats in Haryana and the ruling BJP was ahead in four constituencies on Tuesday, according to Election Commission trends available at 12 noon.

    Congress candidates were leading in Ambala, Gurugram, Hisar, Rohtak, Sirsa and Sonipat while the BJP was ahead in Bhiwani-Mahendragarh, Faridabad, Karnal and Kurukshetra.

  • 04 Jun 2024 01:05 PM (IST)

    MP: BJP ahead in all 29 LS seats; Scindia, Shivraj maintain lead, Digvijaya and Nakul Nath trail

    The BJP was leading in all 29 Lok Sabha seats in Madhya Pradesh, as per trends available so far of vote counting underway on Tuesday.

    Prominent BJP candidates who were leading included Jyotiraditya Scindia (Guna), Shivraj Singh Chouhan (Vidisha), Faggan Singh Kulaste (Mandla), Shankar Lalwani (Indore), VD Sharma (Khajuraho), Sandhya Rai (Bhind), Lata Wankhede (Sagar), Virendra Kumar (Tikamgarh), Alok Sharma (Bhopal) and Rodmal Nagar (Rajgarh).

  • 04 Jun 2024 01:05 PM (IST)

    Punjab: Congress ahead in 7 seats, AAP in 3

    The Congress was leading in seven seats in Punjab and the AAP in three, according to the Election Commission trends.

    The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) was leading in one parliamentary constituency besides two independents, including radical preacher Amritpal Singh.

    Congress candidates were leading from Amritsar, Jalandhar, Fatehgarh Sahib, Gurdaspur, Patiala, Ferozepur and Ludhiana seats and the AAP was ahead in Hoshiarpur, Sangrur and Anandpur Sahib, the trends showed.

    Congress party's Charanjit Singh Channi was way ahead of his nearest rival and BJP candidate Sushil Rinku in Jalandhar reserve constituency.

  • 04 Jun 2024 01:04 PM (IST)

    BJP leads in 74 Assembly seats, BJD ahead in 56 in Odisha

    BJP was leading in 74 Assembly seats in Odisha, as per the Election Commission of India.

    BJD nominees, on the other hand, were leading in 56 constituencies out of 147 Assembly seats in the state for which latest trends were available till 12.45 pm.

    Congress was ahead in 14 seats, the CPI (M) in one, while Independent candidates were leading in two seats.

  • 04 Jun 2024 01:04 PM (IST)

    Rahul Gandhi gains lead of over 2 lakh votes in Wayanad LS seat

    Congress leader Rahul Gandhi appears to have cemented his victory in the Wayanad Lok Sabha seat by attaining a huge lead of over 2 lakh votes against his rivals, according to the figures given by the Election Commission.

    By 12.13 pm, of the 3,77,905 votes counted, Gandhi received 2,25,691 while his nearest rival — CPI's Annie Raja — got 96,677 votes and BJP's K Surendran was at a distant third with 50,713 votes.

  • 04 Jun 2024 12:40 PM (IST)

    Jharkhand: NDA leads in 10 seats, INDIA bloc in four

    The BJP was leading in nine Lok Sabha seats in Jharkhand, its ally AJSU Party in one, while the Congress and JMM were ahead in two each, according to available trends.

  • 04 Jun 2024 12:38 PM (IST)

    BJP's Suresh Gopi appears poised to win in Thrissur LS seat

    BJP candidate and actor-turned-politician Suresh Gopi appears poised for a win in the Thrissur Lok Sabha seat with a comfortable lead of over 63,000 votes against his nearest rival, according to the Election Commission figures on Tuesday.

    Gopi, till around 12.30 pm, got 3,34,901 votes, surpassing the 2,93,822 total votes he received in the 2019 LS polls in Thrissur.

    His nearest rival this time is CPI's VS Sunilkumar who got 2,71,661 votes till around 12.30 pm and Congress' K Muraleedharan was third with 2,62,155 votes.

  • 04 Jun 2024 12:31 PM (IST)

    Kerala: Over 10 candidates lead by more than 50,000 votes

    1. NK Premachandran - UDF - Kollam
    2. Hibi Eden - UDF - Ernakulam
    3. Suresh Gopi - NDA - Thrissur
    4. Dean Kuriakose - UDF - Idukki
    5. ET Mohammad Basheer - UDF - Malappuram
    6. MP Abdussamad Samadani - UDF - Ponnani
    7. Shafi Parambil - UDF - Vadakara
    8. MK Raghavan - UDF - Kozhikode
    9. K Sudhakaran - UDF - Kannur
    10. Rahul Gandhi - UDF - Wayanad
    11. K Sreekandan - UDF - Palakkad
    12. K Radhakrishnan - LDF - Alathur

  • 04 Jun 2024 12:30 PM (IST)

    BJP ahead in all four LS seats in HP, Kangana and Anurag leading

    The BJP is ahead of the Congress in all four Lok Sabha seats in Himachal Pradesh, according to Election Commission trends.

    BJP's candidate from Mandi, actor Kangana Ranaut, is leading by a margin of 54,042 votes, while Union minister Anurag Thakur, seeking a fifth term from the Hamirpur seat, is ahead by a margin of 1,30,696 votes, as per the poll panel's data.

    Former BJP state president and sitting BJP MP from Shimla seat, Suresh Kashyap, is leading by 70,171 votes.

    Former Union minister and Congress candidate from Kangra seat, Anand Sharma, accepted defeat to BJP's Rajiv Bhardwaj. Sharma is trailing by 2,04,650 votes to his BJP rival.

  • 04 Jun 2024 12:30 PM (IST)

    Congress leading in both Lok Sabha seats of Manipur

    Congress was leading in both the Lok Sabha seats in Manipur on Tuesday afternoon, according to the Election Commission.

    Congress candidate Angomcha Bimol Akoijam was leading in the Inner Manipur seat over his nearest rival Thounaojam Basantakumar of the BJP by 64,174 votes.

    In the Outer Manipur seat, Alfred Kanngam S Arthur of the Congress was ahead by 27,341 votes over NPF candidate Kachui Timothy Zimik.

  • 04 Jun 2024 12:29 PM (IST)

    BJP short of majority, its NDA alliance likely to form government with fewer MPs

    Early trends from counting of votes on Tuesday threw up disappointing results for the BJP-led NDA in the Lok Sabha elections, which appears to be losing heavily in its strongholds of Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Rajasthan although it is expected to form the government with about 290 seats.

    On its own, the BJP appeared to be falling below the majority mark with leads in 236 seats despite significant gains in Odisha, Telangana and Kerala, giving some solace to the party after the unexpected losses in the Hindi belt.

    Its rival INDIA alliance, forged together by their common dislike for the BJP and its ideology, was leading in about 230 seats. In the last elections, the BJP had 303 seats on its own, while NDA had over 350.

    If this trend holds, the BJP will have to depend considerably on its allies like Telugu Desam Party, Janata Dal (United) and Eknath Shinde's Shiv Sena to maintain a majority in the Lok Sabha.

  • 04 Jun 2024 12:28 PM (IST)

    Chhattisgarh: BJP ahead in 10 Lok Sabha seats, Congress in 1

    The BJP has maintained a lead in 10 out of 11 Lok Sabha seats in Chhattisgarh, as per the trends available so far.

    The Congress managed a lead only in the Korba seat, where its sitting MP Jyotsna Mahant, wife of the incumbent leader of Opposition Charandas Mahant, was ahead by a margin of 6,860 votes over the BJP's influential woman leader Saroj Pandey.

  • 04 Jun 2024 12:28 PM (IST)

    BJP's Shripad Naik leading in North Goa, Congress ahead in South Goa

    BJP MP and Union minister Shripad Naik was leading in North Goa Lok Sabha seat and Congress nominee Viriato Fernandes was ahead in South Goa seat, as per the latest trends available on Tuesday for the two constituencies in the coastal state.

    Naik is seeking a sixth term from the North Goa seat, where he was leading by 95,827 votes against his nearest Congress rival Ramakant Khalap.

    In South Goa, former Navy veteran Fernandes was ahead of BJP candidate Pallavi Dempo by 22,613 votes, as per the latest figures available on the Election Commission's website.

  • 04 Jun 2024 12:26 PM (IST)

    In Tamil Nadu, DMK and allies poised for big win in most seats

    Out of the 39 Lok Sabha seats in Tamil Nadu, the DMK and allies have so far sustained their lead position in 34 seats, according to updates on trends by the Election Commission.

    The main opposition party, AIADMK is leading in just two seats (Namakkal — S Tamilmani and Kallakurichi — R Kumaraguru) and BJP's ally PMK (Sowmiya Anbumani) is ahead in Dharmapuri. IAS officer-turned-politician Sasikanth Senthil (Congress) is leading in Tiruvallur.

    Though no BJP candidate is leading anywhere, for the very first time, the BJP has nearly clocked 9 percent of vote share and may reach the double-digit mark.

    In both Coimbatore and Nilgiris, BJP's K Annamalai and L Murugan are trailing behind DMK candidates Ganapathy P Rajkumar and A Raja.

    DMK and its allies Congress, VCK, IUML, MDMK, CPI and CPI(M) are together ahead in 34 segments with the AIADMK and PMK leading in two and one seats respectively. The trends for two other seats are not yet clear.

  • 04 Jun 2024 12:24 PM (IST)

    UP: INDIA bloc leading in 43 seats, BJP-led NDA in 36

    The INDIA bloc was leading in 43 Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh and the BJP-led NDA in 36, according to trends on the Election Commission website.

    INDIA bloc parties SP and Congress were leading in 34 and nine seats, respectively, the election panel's data for polls to the 80 parliamentary constituencies in the state showed.

    The BJP was leading in 34 seats and its ally RLD in two.

    Chandrashekhar of Azad Samaj Party (Kanshiram) was leading by 53,250 votes over BJP's Om Kumar.

  • 04 Jun 2024 12:23 PM (IST)

    Rajasthan: BJP leading in 13 LS seats

    The BJP was leading in 13 Lok Sabha seats and the Congress on nine in Rajasthan, according to the latest Election Commission trends.

    Besides the Congress, other INDIA bloc parties CPI(M) and RLP and BAP were leading in one seat each in the state that sends 25 members to the Lower House of Parliament, data on the poll panel's website showed.

  • 04 Jun 2024 12:23 PM (IST)

    BJP leading in all seven LS seats in Delhi

    The BJP was leading in all seven Lok Sabha seats in Delhi on Tuesday, with Manoj Tiwari leading by a margin of over 43,000 votes, according to Election Commission trends.

  • 04 Jun 2024 12:22 PM (IST)

    BJP leads in 78 Assembly seats in Odisha

    BJP was leading in at least 78 Assembly seats in Odisha, as per the Election Commission of India.

    BJD nominees, on the other hand, were leading in 54 constituencies in 146 of 147 Assembly seats in the state for which latest trends available till noon.

    Congress was ahead in 11 seats, the CPI (M) in one, while Independent candidates were leading in two seats, Odisha Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Nikunja Bihari Dhal said.

    Several Odisha ministers were trailing.

  • 04 Jun 2024 12:22 PM (IST)

    TMC’s Yusuf Pathan surges ahead of Congress’s Adhir Chowdhury in Baharampur

    In a seesaw battle for poll supremacy, TMC’s star candidate and former India cricketer Yusuf Pathan was leading by a slender margin of 351 votes over his nearest rival, Congress’s Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, in the Baharampur Lok Sabha constituency in Murshidabad district of West Bengal, according to the latest figures from the Election Commission of India.

  • 04 Jun 2024 12:21 PM (IST)

    Close contest on all seats in Himachal, Congress ahead in three

    Congress candidates are ahead in three Assembly by-polls while two out of six Congress rebels who are now BJP candidates are leading from their respective seats in two Assembly segments.

    All six seats in the state are seeing a close contest, as per Election Commission trends.

  • 04 Jun 2024 12:11 PM (IST)

    Telangana: Congress leading in eight, BJP in seven LS seats

    The ruling Congress and BJP are leading in eight and seven of the 17 Lok Sabha seats, respectively, in Telangana.

    The BRS and AIMIM are ahead in one seat each.

  • 04 Jun 2024 11:56 AM (IST)

    Kerala: BJP increasing its lead in Thrissur, Thiruvananthapuram

    The BJP is increasing its lead in Thrissur and Thiruvananthapuram.

    In Thrissur, Suresh Gopi is leading by 48,304 votes, while Rajeev Chandrashekar is ahead of Shashi Tharoor in Thiruvananthapuram by 15,616 votes.

    The CPI(M)-led LDF is leading only in Alathur, where Minister K Radhakrishnan is ahead by 12,342 votes.

  • 04 Jun 2024 11:53 AM (IST)

    DMDK candidate leading in Virudhunagar

    DMDK candidate Vijaya Prabhakaran V leading in Tamil Nadu's Virudhunagar Parliamentary constituency over his nearest rival from the Congress Manickam Tagore B by a slender margin of 1,978 votes, EC figures show.

  • 04 Jun 2024 11:48 AM (IST)

    BJP powering ahead in 239 seats, Congress at a distant 96

    BJP is leading in 239 out of the 542 Lok Sabha constituencies, where votes are being counted.

    Congress is leading in 96 seats, Samajwadi Party in 32 seats, and TMC in 28 seats, as of 11.40 am.

    Earlier, the BJP was elected unopposed from Surat.

  • 04 Jun 2024 11:46 AM (IST)

    Hindutva outfits offer prayers to 'Bharat Mata' as BJP-led NDA leading in Mandya

    Hindutva outfits in this district headquarters town offered special prayers to ‘Bharat Mata’ (Mother India) as the initial trends showed the NDA candidate HD Kumaraswamy leading in the Lok Sabha segment

    They erected cutouts of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah next to 'Bharat Mata' and prayed for their success in the election.

    Kumaraswamy, the JD(S) second-in-command and former chief minister, is the NDA candidate in Mandya.

  • 04 Jun 2024 11:45 AM (IST)

    Odisha: BJP leads in 17 LS seats, BJD and Congress ahead in two each

    The BJP was leading in 17 of the 21 Lok Sabha seats in Odisha, ECI said.

    The BJD and the Congress were ahead in two seats each, as per trends available till 10.45 am.

    While BJD was leading in Kandhamal and Jajpur Lok Sabha seats, Congress nominees were ahead in Nabarangpur and Koraput parliamentary seats in the southern region of the state.

    Among prominent BJP leaders, Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan was leading by 13,085 votes over his nearest rival Pranab Prakash Das of the BJD.

  • 04 Jun 2024 11:44 AM (IST)

    INDIA bloc will win 295 Lok Sabha seats: Sanjay Raut

    Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut on Tuesday said the INDIA alliance has surpassed the numbers predicted by the exit polls and claimed the opposition bloc will win 295 Lok Sabha seats.

    Speaking to reporters, Raut said the Congress, which barely got 50 seats in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, is now poised to bag 150 seats.

    "The picture is that the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) will be ahead in Maharashtra and the INDIA alliance will win 295 (seats in the country)," Raut claimed.

    "The INDIA alliance has crossed the figures predicted by the exit polls and sprinted ahead. It will cross 295 seats," the Rajya Sabha member added.

  • 04 Jun 2024 11:43 AM (IST)

    TDP crosses halfway mark, YSRCP leading in only 18 seats

    The Opposition Telugu Desam Party (TDP) has crossed the halfway mark by leading in 109 Assembly seats out of the total 175 segments in Andhra Pradesh in the early trends.

    The ruling YSRCP is leading in 18 seats while TDP’s NDA partner Janasena is leading in 15 segments and alliance partner BJP in four segments.

    After two rounds of counting, YS Jagan Mohan Reddy is leading in Pulivendula Assembly constituency with 5,175 votes over his TDP rival Ravi.

    N Chandrababu Naidu is leading in Kuppam assembly segment after one round of counting with 893 votes, over his YSRCP rival KRJ Bharat.

    In Mangalagiri, TDP general secretary Nara Lokesh is leading with 8,411 votes over his YSRCP rival M Lavanya after two rounds of counting.

    Most ministers in the Jagan cabinet are trailing.

  • 04 Jun 2024 11:36 AM (IST)

    Punjab: Radical preacher Amritpal Singh leading by over 63,680 votes

    Radical Sikh preacher Amritpal Singh was leading over Congress candidate Kulbir Singh Zira by 63,680 votes in Punjab's Khadoor Sahib seat, according to the Election Commission trends.

    Singh fought the election as an independent.

    Amritpal, the chief of the 'Waris Punjab De' outfit, is currently lodged in Assam's Dibrugarh jail under the National Security Act.

  • 04 Jun 2024 11:25 AM (IST)

    Maharashtra: BJP, Shiv Sena (UBT) leading in 11 seats, Congress ahead in 10

    The BJP is leading in 11 seats, Shiv Sena in six and NCP in one seat in Maharashtra, while the Congress is ahead in 10, Shiv Sena (UBT) in 11 as per the latest trends of counting for 48 Lok Sabha seats in the state.

    The NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar) is leading in eight seats.

    Independent Vishal Patil, who rebelled against the Congress to contest from Sangli, had established a comfortable lead.

  • 04 Jun 2024 11:23 AM (IST)

    BJP ahead in all four LS seats in HP, Kangana and Anurag leading

    The BJP is ahead of the Congress in all four Lok Sabha seats in Himachal Pradesh, according to Election Commission trends.

    BJP's candidate from Mandi, actor Kangana Ranaut, is leading by a margin of 30,017 votes, while Union minister Anurag Thakur, seeking a fifth term from the Hamirpur seat, is ahead by a margin of 71,838 votes, as per the poll panel's data.

    Former Union minister and Congress candidate from Kangra seat, Anand Sharma, is trailing by 1,11,047 votes and former BJP state president and sitting BJP MP from Shimla seat, Suresh Kashyap, is leading by 36,547 votes.

  • 04 Jun 2024 11:23 AM (IST)

    Mahua Moitra leading from Krishnanagar seat

    In the Krishnanagar seat in West Bengal, TMC's Mahua Moitra is leading by a margin of 9,592 votes over her nearest rival Amrita Roy of the BJP, according to the EC website.

  • 04 Jun 2024 11:22 AM (IST)

    EC trends show big upset for BJP in UP

    The BJP appeared to be suffering surprising reverses in some Hindi heartland states, including in Uttar Pradesh which has been key to its electoral dominance nationally since 2014, according to voting trends shown by the Election Commission.

    In the politically most crucial state of Uttar Pradesh, which sends 80 MPs to the 543-member Lok Sabha, the BJP was locked in a neck and neck fight with the Samajwadi Party. The EC figures at 11.05 am showed that the BJP led in 35 seats against SP's 34, with the opposition alliance ahead in 42 seats.

  • 04 Jun 2024 11:21 AM (IST)

    Punjab: Congress ahead in 6 seats in Punjab, AAP in 3

    The Congress was leading in six seats in Punjab, while the AAP was ahead in three, according to the the Election Commission trends.

    The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) was leading in two seats besides two independents, including radical preacher Amritpal Singh.

    Congress candidates were leading from Amritsar, Jalandhar, Fatehgarh Sahib, Gurdaspur, Patiala and Ludhiana seats and the AAP was ahead in Hoshiarpur, Sangrur and Anandpur Sahib, the trends showed.

  • 04 Jun 2024 11:20 AM (IST)

    BJP leads in two LS seats in Arunachal

    The BJP is leading in the two Lok Sabha seats in Arunachal Pradesh with counting of votes underway on Tuesday, according to election officials here.

    Union Minister Kiren Rijiju is leading in Arunachal West seat by 62,161 votes over his nearest rival Nabam Tuki of the Congress.

    In the Arunachal East Lok Sabha seat, BJP’s sitting MP Tapir Gao is leading in Arunachal East seat by 17,576 votes over his nearest rival Bosiram Siram of the Congress.

  • 04 Jun 2024 11:19 AM (IST)

    NDA leads in 10, Congress in 4 in Assam

    The ruling BJP and its allies, the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) and United Peoples' Party Liberal (UPPL), are leading in 10 and Opposition Congress in four of the 14 Lok Sabha constituencies in Assam on Tuesday, according to election officials.

  • 04 Jun 2024 11:18 AM (IST)

    BJP leading in 14 LS seats, Congress in eight in Rajasthan

    The BJP was leading on 14 Lok Sabha seats and the Congress on eight in Rajasthan, according to the Election Commission.

    Besides the Congress, other INDIA bloc parties CPI(M) and RLP and BAP were leading in one seat each in the state that sends 25 members to the Lower House of Parliament, data on the poll panel's website showed.

  • 04 Jun 2024 11:18 AM (IST)

    NDA leads in two Kerala seats

    The BJP-led NDA is leading in two Lok Sabha seats in Kerala.

    Actor-politician Suresh Gopi is ahead of his nearest rival VS Sunilkumar of the CPI by 35,809 votes. K Muraleedharan, who represented Vadakara in the outgoing Lok Sabha, is in third place.

    In Thiruvananthapuram, NDA's Rajeev Chandrasekhar is ahead of Shashi Tharoor by 8,401 votes. CPI's Pannyan Raveendran is third.

  • 04 Jun 2024 11:18 AM (IST)

    Haryana: Congress leads in five seats, BJP in four

    The Congress was leading in one of the 10 Lok Sabha seats in Haryana, the BJP in four and the AAP in one on Tuesday, according to Election Commission trends.

  • 04 Jun 2024 11:17 AM (IST)

    ZPM leads in Mizoram's lone LS seat by nearly 58,000 votes

    Ruling ZPM candidate Richard Vanlalhmangaiha was leading in the lone Lok Sabha seat in Mizoram by 57,897 votes over his nearest rival K Vanlalvena of the MNF, according to trends available.

    ZPM secured 1,74,099 votes, while MNF got 1,16,202 votes, while Congress candidate Lalbiakzama secured 82,410 votes, as per trends available till 10.40 am.

  • 04 Jun 2024 11:14 AM (IST)

    AICC general secretary KC Venugopal maintains lead

    AICC general secretary KC Venugopal raised his lead to 11,833 votes in Kerala's Alappuzha constituency as the counting of votes was progressing in the segment.

    CPI(M) leader and sitting MP AM Ariff is trailing at the present phase as Venugopal was seen steadily increasing lead.

    Ariff was the lone Left MP who could reach the Lok Sabha from the southern state in 2019 polls.

    BJP's senior leader Shobha Surendran is in the third position.

  • 04 Jun 2024 11:13 AM (IST)

    Amit Shah leads by over 2.31 lakh votes in Gandhinagar Lok Sabha seat

    BJP leader and Union Home Minister Amit Shah was leading by more than 2.31 lakh votes over his nearest Congress rival Sonal Patel in the Gandhinagar Lok Sabha seat in Gujarat, officials said on Tuesday.

    Shah has so far got 2.99 lakh votes, while Sonal Patel received 68,000 votes.

  • 04 Jun 2024 11:12 AM (IST)

    Congress leads in lone Nagaland LS seat by over 23,000 votes

    Congress candidate S Supongmeren Jamir was leading over his nearest rival Chumben Murry of the NDPP by over 23,500 votes in the lone Lok Sabha seat in Nagaland, according to the Election Commission.

    Jamir polled 2,02,415 votes, while Murry 1,78,896 and Independent candidate Hayithung Tungoe Lotha got 2,927 votes.

  • 04 Jun 2024 11:12 AM (IST)

    NDA ahead in Andhra, Karnataka, DMK and Congress on way for a repeat of 2019

    The BJP-led NDA was surging ahead in two southern states — Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka while the respective blocs led by the ruling DMK in Tamil Nadu and Congress in Kerala were on their way for another excellent show, going by the latest trends emerging from the counting of voted polled in the just concluded Lok Sabha polls.

    According to the latest EC update, BJP was leading in 18 of the 28 Lok Sabha seats in Karnataka while its ally JD(S) was ahead in three. Ruling Congress' nominees were leading in seven seats.

    In Andhra Pradesh, the NDA was leading in 20 of the 25 Lok Sabha polls. While N Chandrababu Naidu-led TDP was ahead in 15 seats, allies BJP and Janasena Party were leading in three and two seats, respectively. Ruling YSRCP candidates were leading in the rest.

    It was a close contest in Congress-ruled Telangana. While the ruling party was leading in eight seats, the BJP was ahead in seven. AIMIM and BRS were leading in one seat each.

    According to the latest trends made available for 38 of the 39 seats by the EC for Tamil Nadu, the DMK was leading in 20. The alliance' nominees were ahead in 36 seats. Opposition AIADMK and NDA constituent PMK were leading in one seat each.

    Kerala was on its way for another Congress-led UDF sweep and the opposition party was leading in 13 of the 20 seats, with its ally IUML ahead in two. UDF constituents KEC and RSP were ahead in one seat each.

    Congress was leading in Lakshadweep and NDA-ruled Puducherry as well.

  • 04 Jun 2024 11:10 AM (IST)

    BJP's Jagadish Shettar maintains lead in Belgaum

    BJP: 1,67,290 votes
    INC: 1,29,830 votes

  • 04 Jun 2024 11:10 AM (IST)

    BJP ahead in 6 LS seats, Cong in one in Delhi

    The BJP was leading on six seats and the Congress on one in Delhi on Tuesday, according to Election Commission trends.

    Congress's Jai Prakash Agarwal was leading by a margin of 624 votes, EC data showed.

    BJP's North East Delhi candidate Manoj Tiwari, who is pitted against Congress's Kanhaiya Kumar, was leading by a margin of 31,547 votes.

    West Delhi candidate Kamaljeet Sehrawat, up against AAP's Mahabal Mishra, was ahead by a margin of 31,315 votes and North West Delhi candidate Yogender Chandoloya was leading by 42,922 votes, the poll panel's data showed.

    On East Delhi seat, AAP's Kuldeep Kumar was trailing by a margin of 9,407 votes to BJP's Harsh Malhotra.

    BJP's Ramvir Singh Bidhuri was ahead by a margin of 13,201 votes against AAP's Sahi Ram Pahalwan from South Delhi, while in the New Delhi constituency, BJP's Bansuri Swaraj -- daughter of late veteran leader Sushma Swaraj —was in the lead by a margin of over 12,000 votes.

  • 04 Jun 2024 11:08 AM (IST)

    BJP ahead in 50 Assembly seats in Odisha, BJD in 35

    BJP has established early leads in at least 50 Assembly seats in Odisha, as per the Election Commission of India.

    BJD nominees, on the other hand, were leading in 35 constituencies in 94 of 147 assembly seats in the state for which early trends were available till 10.30 am.

    Congress was ahead in seven seats and the CPI (M) in one, while an Independent candidate was also leading, Odisha Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Nikunja Bihari Dhal said.

    Several Odisha ministers were trailing, while Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik was leading in Kantabanji over his nearest rival Laxman Bag of the BJP by a mere 158 votes.

  • 04 Jun 2024 11:08 AM (IST)

    West Bengal: CPI(M) state secretary Md Salim leading in Murshidabad

    CPI(M) state secretary Mohammed Salim was leading in the Murshidabad Lok Sabha constituency in West Bengal on Tuesday, according to the Election Commission.

    Trinamool Congress candidate Abu Taher Khan, seeking re-election from the seat, was trailing by 963 votes.

    The CPI(M), which could not open its account in West Bengal in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, was banking on Murshidabad as one of the constituencies for the revival of its fortunes in the state.

  • 04 Jun 2024 11:07 AM (IST)

    NDA leads in 280 seats, Congress ahead in 100 seats: EC trends

    The BJP-led NDA on Tuesday was leading in 280 seats to cross the majority in trends available for 528 seats, while the Congress also crossed the 100-mark in terms of leads, the Election Commission data showed.

    The BJP was ahead in 234 seats at 10.30 am, and won the Surat seat in Gujarat uncontested.

    The Congress-led INDIA bloc was leading in 200 seats, a performance that appeared much better than what was predicted in the exit polls.

    The BJP appeared suffering big losses in Uttar Pradesh, where the Samajwadi party was leading in 33 seats.

    In Andhra Pradesh, the Chandrababu Naidu-led TDP was ahead, while the BJD looked headed for a rout in Odisha in Lok Sabha elections.

  • 04 Jun 2024 11:04 AM (IST)

    Karnataka DCM's brother DK Suresh trailing in Bangalore Rural

    Karnataka Deputy Chief Minister DK Shivakumar's brother and Congress MP DK Suresh was trailing in the Bangalore Rural Lok Sabha segment by a margin of 51,869 votes on Tuesday.

    Eminent cardiologist and former PM HD Deve Gowda's son-in-law Dr CN Manjunath of BJP was leading in the constituency.

    As per arrangement between alliance partners BJP and JD(S), Manjunath contested on the saffron party ticket.

  • 04 Jun 2024 11:02 AM (IST)

    Kerala: BJP upbeat as it inches closer to opening account

    The Bharatiya Janata Party camp is upbeat as it hopes to open an account this time in Kerala.

    The party has pinned its hopes on Suresh Gopi in Thrissur and Rajeev Chandrasekhar in Thiruvananthapuram

    In Thrissur, Suresh Gopi is leading by 30,073 votes, while Chandrasekhar is ahead of sitting MP Shashi Tharoor by 5,062 votes.

  • 04 Jun 2024 10:58 AM (IST)

    Former Telangana governor Tamilisai trailing in Chennai South

    Former Governor of Telangana and BJP leader Tamilisai Soundarajan is trailing T Sumathy of the DMK by 2,993 votes in Chennai South Lok Sabha Constituency.

    J Jayavardhan of the AIADMK is in the third spot.

  • 04 Jun 2024 10:54 AM (IST)

    Andhra: JSP's Pawan Kalyan leading in Pithampuram

    Pawan Kalyan leading by a margin of 13,494 votes in Pithapuram.
    YS Jagan Mohan Reddy ahead by 12,621 votes in Pulivendula N Chandrababu Naidu leading by a margin of 1,934 votes in Kuppam.

  • 04 Jun 2024 10:51 AM (IST)

    Rahul Gandhi leads by over 1 lakh votes in Wayanad

    UDF's Rahul Gandhi is leading by 1,00,040 votes in Wayanad.

  • 04 Jun 2024 10:46 AM (IST)

    Celebrations begin at TDP office

    Celebrations have begun at the TDP as the party leads in 116 Assembly constituencies out of 175, while its allies JSP and BJP lead in 15 and 6 constituencies, respectively.

  • 04 Jun 2024 10:33 AM (IST)

    AIMIM's Owaisi leading BJP's Madhavi Latha in Hyderabad

    BJP candidate Madhavi Latha is ahead of her rival AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi by 17,000 votes at the end of the first round in Hyderabad.

  • 04 Jun 2024 10:32 AM (IST)

    Karnataka: HD Kumaraswamy takes lead to over 1 lakh votes in Mandya

    JD(S) Karnataka president HD Kumaraswamy seems to be heading for a win as he leads his nearest rival, Venkataramane Gowda of the Congress by 1,07,801 votes.

    JD(S): 2,61,875 votes.
    Congress: 1,54,074 votes.

  • 04 Jun 2024 10:26 AM (IST)

    Andhra: Trailing Kodali Nani leaves counting centre

    Former minister Kodali Nani has left the counting center as he trails TDP's Venigandla Ramu by 1,315 votes.

  • 04 Jun 2024 10:23 AM (IST)

    Congress, NPF leading in Manipur

    The Congress is leading in the Inner Manipur seat, while the Naga People's Front (NPF) is ahead in the Outer Manipur constituency.

    Congress candidate Angomcha Bimol Akoijam is leading in the Inner Manipur over his nearest rival Thounaojam Basantakumar of the BJP by 13,038 votes.

    In the Outer Manipur seat, NPF candidate Kachui Timothy Zimik is leading over his nearest rival Alfred Kanngam S Arthur of the Congress by 27,978 votes.

  • 04 Jun 2024 10:20 AM (IST)

    Kerala: Ruling LDF leading only in Alathur

    The ruling front LDF is leading only in the Alathur constituency.

    Minister K Radhakrishnan is contesting there against UDF's sitting MP Ramya Haridas.

    Radhakrishnan is leading by 7,649 votes.

  • 04 Jun 2024 10:17 AM (IST)

    Smriti Irani, Anupriya Patel, Maneka Gandhi trailing

    The BJP-led NDA is leading in 44 Lok Sabha seats and the INDIA bloc in 34 in Uttar Pradesh.

    The BJP is leading in 42 seats and its ally RLD in two. INDIA bloc parties SP and Congress are leading in 28 and six seats, respectively.

    Azad Samaj Party (Kanshiram) was also leading on one seat.

    Union ministers Smriti Irani (BJP) and Anupriya Patel (Apna Dal (S)), and senior BJP leader Maneka Gandhi were trailing in the Amethi, Mirzapur and Sultanpur seats, respectively.

  • 04 Jun 2024 10:10 AM (IST)

    TDP, allies ahead in Andhra Pradesh

    The TDP is leading in 15 Lok Sabha seats, its ally JSP in 2 seats, and the BJP in 3 seats. The incumbent YSRCP is leading in just 5 seats.

    The TDP is leading in 72 Assembly seats, JSP in 11 seats, YSRCP in 19 seats, and BJP in 3 seats.

    The magic figure to form the government is 88 seats.

  • 04 Jun 2024 10:08 AM (IST)

    Telangana: BJP leading in 9 LS seats, ruling Congress in 4

    The BJP is leading in nine of the 17 Lok Sabha constituencies in Telangana, while the ruling Congress is ahead in four seats.

    AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi is leading in Hyderabad LS constituency.

  • 04 Jun 2024 10:04 AM (IST)

    BJP's Suresh Gopi goes steady, increases lead to over 15,000 votes

    Speculations are rife that NDA will open its account in Kerala. BJP's actor-politician Suresh Gopi is leading by 15,854 votes in Thrissur.

  • 04 Jun 2024 10:01 AM (IST)

    Kerala: KK Shailaja trailing in Vadakara

    UDF's Shafi Parambil leading by 12,639 votes at Vadakara. His nearest rival is former health minister KK Shailaja of the CPI(M).

  • 04 Jun 2024 09:55 AM (IST)

    NDA leads in 227 seats, INDIA bloc in 137

    The BJP-led NDA was ahead with leads in 227 parliamentary seats out of 392 for which trends were available, with opposition INDIA bloc ahead in at least 137, Election Commission data showed.

    BJP alone was leading on 187 seats and won Surat uncontested, while Congress was ahead in 70 seats at 9:45 am.

    Union Minister Smriti Irani was trailing in Amethi and former Union Minister Maneka Gandhi in Sultanpur. Union Minister Nitin Gadkari was leading with a slender margin in Nagpur.

  • 04 Jun 2024 09:54 AM (IST)

    Early trends favour NDA in Andhra Pradesh

    The Telugu Desam Party (TDP) is leading in 35 assembly seats, its NDA partner Janasena in three, BJP in one and ruling YSR Congress in 10 of the total 175 segments as per the early trends put out by the Election Commission on Tuesday.

    TDP is leading in 13, Janasena in four and YSRCP in two Lok Sabha seats out of the total 25 segments.

    Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy is leading in Pulivendula by 1,888 votes in Pulivendula assembly constituency over his TDP rival Ravi after the first round.

    AP BJP chief D Purandeswari is leading by 22,010 votes in Rajamahendravaram Lok Sabha seat over her YSRCP rival G Srinivas.

    TDP leader Nara Lokesh is ahead of his YSRCP rival M Lavanya by over 4,000 votes in Mangalagiri Assembly seat.

  • 04 Jun 2024 09:50 AM (IST)

    Kerala: BJP's Suresh Gopi increases lead to over 8,000 votes

    Suresh Gopi is leading by 8,980 votes in Thrissur, with former minister VS Sunil Kumar of the CPI and K Muraleedharan of the Congress trailing him.

  • 04 Jun 2024 09:44 AM (IST)

    Shobha Karandlaje leading by 16,606 votes in Bangalore North

    Union Minister Shobha Karandlaje is leading by 16,606 votes in Bangalore North.

    BJP: 36739 votes
    INC: 20133 votes

  • 04 Jun 2024 09:42 AM (IST)

    Shashi Tharoor regains lead in Thiruvananthapuram

    Tharoor leads by over 2,873 votes after trailing Rajeev Chandrasekhar.

  • 04 Jun 2024 09:40 AM (IST)

    Smriti Irani trailing in Amethi

    BJP's Smriti Irani trailing behind Congress's Kishori Lal Sharma by 3,916 votes in Amethi LS seat in Uttar Pradesh.

  • 04 Jun 2024 09:37 AM (IST)

    Karnataka: Jagadish Shettar leading in Belgaum

    Former chief minister and BJP leader Jagadish Shettar is leading by 6,480 votes in Belgaum.

    BJP: 21, 437 votes
    INC: 14, 957 votes

  • 04 Jun 2024 09:36 AM (IST)

    Rahul Gandhi ahead in Wayanad Lok Sabha seat

    Rahul Gandhi is leading by 31,045 votes in Wayanad.

    BJP state president K Surendran and CPI's Annie Raja are his rivals.

  • 04 Jun 2024 09:34 AM (IST)

    Shashi Tharoor trails BJP's Rajeev Chandrasekhar

    Shashi Tharoor of the Congress is trailing Union Minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar by a slender margin of 230 votes.

  • 04 Jun 2024 09:32 AM (IST)

    Sex abuse accused Prajwal Revanna leads in Hassan

    JD(S) incumbent MP Prajwal Revanna — now under arrest in a sex scandal — leads by 3,022 votes in the Hassan Lok Sabha seat.

    JD(S): 16,768 votes
    INC: 13,746 votes

  • 04 Jun 2024 09:28 AM (IST)

    Slender lead for BJP in Bangalore Central

    After the end of postal ballot counting BJP’s nominee PC Mohan is leading by 403 votes in the Bangalore Central seat.

    BJP: 15,981 votes
    INC: 15,578 votes

  • 04 Jun 2024 09:25 AM (IST)

    Congress maintains lead in Kerala, BJP ahead in Thrissur

    UDF

    Congress - 7
    IUML - 1

    LDF

    CPI(M) - 3
    Kerala Congress- 1
    CPI - 1

    NDA

    BJP -1 (Thrissur)

  • 04 Jun 2024 09:22 AM (IST)

    PM Modi, Rahul Gandhi, Rajnath Singh, Akhilesh Yadav leading in UP

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav were leading from the Varanasi, Lucknow, Rae Barelli and the Kannauj Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh, respectively.

    Out of the 80 seats in the state, the BJP was leading in 51 while the INDIA bloc was ahead in 23, according to trends for 74 seats.

    Modi was ahead of his nearest rival Congress's Ajay Rai from Varanasi, while Singh was ahead of SP's Ravidas Mehrotra. Gandhi was ahead of BJP's Dinesh Pratap Singh in Rae Bareli and Yadav ahead of BJP's Subrat Pathak in Kannuaj.

  • 04 Jun 2024 09:19 AM (IST)

    Telangana: Tight fight between Congress and BJP, BRS trailing in all 17

    Early trends indicate a tough fight between Congress and BJP in Lok Sabha elections in Telangana. Both parties are ahead of their rivals in five seats each.

    AIMIM is ahead of its rivals in Hyderabad
    Congress is leading in Zaheerabad, Peddapalli, Khammam, Mahabubabad,
    BJP leading in Secundrabad, Malkajgiri, Karimnagar, Bhongir, Mahabubnagar
    Cantonment (Assembly by-election): BJP is leading.
    BRS is not ahead in any of the 17 constituencies.

  • 04 Jun 2024 09:16 AM (IST)

    Actor Kangana Ranaut leading in Mandi

    The BJP is ahead of the Congress in all four Lok Sabha seats in Himachal Pradesh. Actor Kangana Ranaut, the BJP's candidate from Mandi, and Union minister Anurag Thakur, seeking a fifth term from the Hamirpur Parliament seat, are leading.

  • 04 Jun 2024 09:13 AM (IST)

    Kerala: BJP's Suresh Gopi leading in Thrissur

    Suresh Gopi of BJP leads by over 3,000 votes in Thrissur.

  • 04 Jun 2024 09:10 AM (IST)

    BY Raghavendhra leading in Shimoga, Eshwarappa trails by over 25,000 votes

    BJP’s incumbent MP BY Raghavendra leads by 26,691 votes in the Shimoga LS segment. Independent nominee and former deputy chief minister KS Eshwarappa is trialing by 25,414 votes.

    BJP: 26,691 votes
    Congress: 18,641 votes
    Independent: 1,277 votes.

  • 04 Jun 2024 09:00 AM (IST)

    BJP surging ahead in 200 Lok Sabha seats, INDIA in 120

    The BJP-led NDA on Tuesday surged ahead with leads in more than 200 parliamentary seats out of 350 for which trends were available, with the Opposition INDIA bloc ahead in 120, according to television reports.

    India Today gave leads in 205 seats to the NDA, while the INDIA bloc was ahead in 129; ABP News gave 230 to the NDA and 120 to the opposition alliance; and NDTV showed NDA leading in 194 seats with INDIA bloc closing in on 135 seats.

  • 04 Jun 2024 08:58 AM (IST)

    Karnataka: Congress leads in Devanagere

    Congress’s Dr Prabha Mallikarjun is leading by 1,884 votes against the BJP’s Gayithri Siddeshwara in Davanagere Lok Sabha constituency.

    Congress: 6,293 votes
    BJP: 4,409 votes

  • 04 Jun 2024 08:57 AM (IST)

    Andhra: TDP leading in 4 Assembly segments. one LS constituency

    The Telugu Desam Party (TDP) is leading in four Assembly seats out of the total 175 segments in Andhra Pradesh while the party is also leading in one Lok Sabha seat.

    Rajamundry Rural Assembly candidate G Butchayya Chowdary is ahead of his YSRCP rival and Minister C Srinivas.

    Andhra Pradesh went to polls on May 13 for 25 Lok Sabha and 175 Assembly seats.

  • 04 Jun 2024 08:55 AM (IST)

    Congress trailing in Karnataka

    BJP-JD(S) is leading in 10 parliament seats, whereas the Congress in one seat at the end of postal ballot counting in 11 seats.

    The postal ballot counting is underway in the remaining 17 Lok Sabha seats.

  • 04 Jun 2024 08:54 AM (IST)

    BJP’s Sudhakar leading in Chikkaballapur

    BJP’s Dr K Sudhakar is leading by 3,930 votes in Chikkaballapur Lok Sabha segment.
    BJP: 8,199 votes.
    Congress: 4,269 votes

  • 04 Jun 2024 08:53 AM (IST)

    Congress trailing by 3,319 votes in Bangalore Rural

    After the first round of counting, the BJP is leading by 3,319 votes in the Bangalore Rural Lok Sabha segment.
    BJP: 6,454 votes.
    Congress: 3,135 votes.

  • 04 Jun 2024 08:52 AM (IST)

    BJP ahead in Uttara Kannada

    After the end of first round of counting, BJP is leading by 6,020 votes in Uttara Kannada Lok Sabha segment.
    BJP: 10,501 votes.
    Congress: 4,481.

  • 04 Jun 2024 08:50 AM (IST)

    Telangana: BJP leading in three seats, Congress one

    The BJP was leading in three Lok Sabha seats in Telangana.

    According to initial trends, Congress, the ruling party in the state, was ahead in Khammam LS seat.

    TV channels indicated that BJP candidates were ahead in Adilabad, Karimnagar and Malkajgiri.

  • 04 Jun 2024 08:49 AM (IST)

    Slight early edge for TMC in Bengal

    The TMC and the BJP were in a neck-and-neck contest in West Bengal as counting of postal ballots for the Lok Sabha polls was underway, with the former having a slight edge, TV channels reported.

    Bengali news channel ABP Ananda reported that TMC was leading in three seats, while the BJP and the Congress were ahead in one seat each.

    Another Bengali news channel TV 9 Bangla, reported that TMC was leading in five, whereas the BJP was ahead in four and the Congress in one.

  • 04 Jun 2024 08:47 AM (IST)

    BJP’s Tapir Gao leading in Arunachal East

    BJP candidate Tapir Gao is leading in the Arunachal East parliamentary constituency by 69 votes over his nearest rival Bosiram Siram of the Congress.

  • 04 Jun 2024 08:45 AM (IST)

    Maharashtra: Gadkari, Supriya Sule lead

    Early trends of counting of votes for Lok Sabha polls in Maharashtra indicate Union ministers Nitin Gadkari and Piyush Goyal, and Supriya Sule, daughter of NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar, are leading from their constituencies.

  • 04 Jun 2024 08:44 AM (IST)

    Tamil Nadu: Slender margins power DMK ahead in several seats

    The ruling DMK took an early lead in a number of constituencies across Tamil Nadu as election officials first took up the count of postal ballots at 8 am on Tuesday.

    DMK's star candidates Kanimozhi (Thoothukudi), TR Baalu (Sriperumbudur) and Dayanidhi Maran (Central Chennai) were among the ruling party leaders who were leading in modest numbers at the close of count of postal ballots by 8.30 am.

    Similarly, allies of the DMK including Congress party's Karti Chidambaram (Sivaganga) and Marxist party candidate Su Venkatesan (Madurai) have slender leads over others.

  • 04 Jun 2024 08:42 AM (IST)

    Karnataka: BJP leading in 11 seats, Congress in 4

    The BJP was ahead in 11 seats, Congress in four, and JD(S) in two as the counting of postal ballots was taken up first in 28 Lok Sabha segments in Karnataka.

    JD(S) leader and former Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy and Union Minister Pralhad Joshi (BJP) were ahead in the Mandya and Dharwad Lok Sabha segments, respectively.

    Karnataka is the most important state for the BJP in south India as it's only here that it had held power in the past.

    The Congress won just one seat out of the total 28 in the state in the 2019 general elections.

  • 04 Jun 2024 08:39 AM (IST)

    Kerala: Initial trend shows UDF leading in 9, LDF 7

    The initial trend in most Lok Sabha seats in Kerala indicated a neck-and-neck fight between the Congress-led UDF and the CPI(M)-led LDF.

    Postal ballots were taken for counting at 8 am in 20 vote-counting centers across Kerala.

    According to initial trends, the candidates of the ruling CPI(M)-led LDF are leading in seven segments, and the nominees of the Congress-headed UDF are leading in nine constituencies.

    In 2019, the UDF won 19 of the 20 seats, with the LDF settling for just one.

  • 04 Jun 2024 08:06 AM (IST)

    NDA asks party workers to be alert while counting votes

    TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu and his alliance partners, JSP and BJP, held a teleconference with party workers, urging them to be alert and remain at the counting centers until the last vote is counted.

    Last night, YS Jagan Mohan Reddy made an appeal to continue the same enthusiasm that was shown on polling day, asking his supporters to ensure that every vote cast for YSRCP is counted.

     

  • 04 Jun 2024 07:58 AM (IST)

    The big question: Will BJP open an account in Kerala?

    The BJP has pinned high hopes on constituencies like Thiruvananthapuram and Thrissur.

    If UDF's Shashi Tharoor wins, he will grab the record for representing Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha Constituency for the most time in a row (four times).

    In 2019, out of 20 seats, UDF won 19, and LDF 1.

    In 2024, one of the partners in the UDF alliance - Kerala Congress (M) joined the LDF.

    Thus, Kottayam's sitting MP Thomas Chazhikkadan, who won when he was part of UDF, is now contesting from the LDF camp.

    The Indian Union Muslim League, part of the UDF, had fielded two of its sitting MPs - Mohammad Basheer and Abdussamad Samadani - but with a twist, they switched their seats.

    Now, Basheer is contesting from Malappuram and Samadani from Ponnani.

    The Congress also sprang a surprise as it denied Thrissur sitting MP TN Prathapan another term.

    The Congress fielded Vadakara MP K Muraleedharan from Thrissur and handed over the Vadakara seat to Palakkad MLA Shafi Parambil.

    In the NDA camp, three former Congress leaders are contesting: Baiju Kalasala (BDJS candidate for Mavelikkara), Anil K Antony (Pathanamthitta) and C Raghunath (Kannur).

  • 04 Jun 2024 07:51 AM (IST)

    Kerala: Prohibitory orders in Kozhikode, Vadakara

    The district administration imposed prohibitory orders around the designated vote counting centre for the Kozhikode and Vadakara Lok Sabha constituencies in North Kerala.

    These measures on the premises of JTD Group of Institutions at Vellimadukunnu, were instituted ahead of the counting of the ballots for the crucial Lok Sabha election.

    The prohibitory orders were also imposed around another school in Thiruvambady which is a counting centre under Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency, they said.

  • 04 Jun 2024 07:47 AM (IST)

    401 counting halls in Andhra

    Votes will be counted at 401 halls set up in 33 locations in Andhra Pradesh. Section 144 has been implemented at the counting centers and the district level, considering the poll violence reported in the state.

    Andhra Pradesh recorded a voter turnout of 80.86%, with 3.38 crore voters participating in the General Elections on May 13.

  • 04 Jun 2024 07:45 AM (IST)

    Prohibitory orders imposed in Maharashtra's Jalna district

    Prohibitory orders were imposed for 18 hours in Jalna district of Maharashtra on Tuesday, the Lok Sabha poll counting day, to avoid any law and order problem, officials said.

    District Collector Srikrushna Panchal issued instructions in this regard on Monday evening, banning the assembly of four or more persons at one place and prohibiting holding of public meetings.

    Jalna in central Maharashtra saw violence during the Maratha reservation agitation last year.

  • 04 Jun 2024 07:43 AM (IST)

    Akhilesh alleges oppn workers being kept under 'house arrest'

    Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Monday night alleged that in many districts of Uttar Pradesh, the district magistrate and the police administration are "illegally" putting workers of opposition parties under house arrest so that they cannot participate in the counting of votes.

  • 04 Jun 2024 07:31 AM (IST)

    Telangana: Key points

    Election Date: 13 May 2024
    Seats Contested: 17 members of the 18th Lok Sabha
    Voter Turnout: 66.30%

    Triangular contest between Congress, Bharat Rashtra Samiti (BRS), and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)

    Voter Participation

    Total Electors: 3.32 crore
    Total Votes Cast: 2.20 crore (66.3% turnout)
    Polling Stations: 2.18 crore voters at 35,809 stations
    Other Voting Methods: 2,10,771 via Voter Facilitation Centres, postal voting centres, and home-voting
    *Comparison with 2019: 65.67% votes at polling booths, ~3% higher than 2019
    Highest Turnout: Bhongir Lok Sabha constituency (76.78%)
    Lowest Turnout: Hyderabad (48.48%)

    Key Candidates:

    BJP Candidates:
    1. G Kishan Reddy
    2. Eatala Rajender
    3. Bandi Sanjay Kumar
    4. BB Patil
    5. Kompella Madhavi Latha
    6. Arvind Dharmapuri

    Congress Candidates:

    1. Ramasahayam Raghuram Reddy

    BRS Candidates:
    1. Ragidi Laxma Reddy
    2. P Venkatrama Reddy
    3. RS Praveen Kumar
    4. Nama Nageswar Rao

    Other Notable Candidates:
    1. Asaduddin Owaisi (AIMIM).

    Reserved Seats

    Scheduled Castes (SCs)*: 3 seats
    Scheduled Tribes (STs)*: 2 seats

    Previous Election Results (2019)

    BRS (then TRS): 9 seats
    BJP: 4 seats
    Congress: 3 seats
    AIMIM: 1 seat.

    Counting on 1,855 tables at 120 halls.
    Counting for by-election to Secunderabad Cantonment also to begin simultaneously
    Tight security at the counting centre.
    CEO Vikas Raj is supervising the counting process.

  • 04 Jun 2024 07:26 AM (IST)

    Two rows, seven tables: A peek into counting hall

    Each counting hall has two rows of seven tables each.

    Fourteen EVMs would taken out at a time for counting, and after counting, they will be returned to the strongroom, and another batch of the machines will be taken out.

    Votes are counted by counting supervisors, under the direct supervision of the returning officer.

    Counting of votes from each Assembly segment in a parliamentary constituency is done in a single hall.

    Candidates, their counting, and election agents will be present in the hall.

    Each table will have a counting supervisor, a counting assistant, and a micro-observer.

  • 04 Jun 2024 07:21 AM (IST)

    Interesting contest in Thiruvananthapuram

    In Kerala, the fate of 19 sitting MPs will be known in a few hours.

    The one who was denied the seat was UDF's TN Prathapan of Thrissur Lok Sabha constituency

    Five MLAs of the 15th Kerala Legislative Assembly are among the candidates, which includes a Cabinet Minister

    Two MLAs are contesting against each other.

    MLAs in the fray: V Joy (Attingal), M Mukesh (Kollam), KK Shailaja and Shafi Parambil (both Vadakara), and K Radhakrishnan (Alathur)

    Radhakrishnan is a Cabinet Minister in the second Pinarayi Vijayan government, handling the Welfare of Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Backward Classes, and Devaswoms portfolios.

    Two Union Ministers of the second Narendra Modi Government also contested - Rajeev Chandrasekhar from Thiruvananthapuram and V Muraleedharan from Attingal.

    Chandrasekhar is pitted against Shashi Tharoor, while Muraleedharan is contesting against V Joy.

  • 04 Jun 2024 07:03 AM (IST)

    Strongrooms to be opened at 7:30 am

    Good Morning, and Welcome to the much-awaited day!

    The long wait for the General Election-2024 result ends on Tuesday, 4 June, as the strongrooms where the EVMs are stored will be opened at 7.30 am for counting votes.

    Postal ballots will be counted at 8 am and EVM votes at 8.30 pm.

    The multi-phased election to the 18 Lok Sabha concluded on 1 June. At stake are 543 seats in the Lower House of Parliament.

    Elections to the 175-member Andhra Pradesh Assembly, and 147 Assembly segments in Odisha were held simultaneously with the Lok Sabha polls. Bypolls were held in 25 Assembly constituencies as well.

     

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