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September 16, 2024 6:43 PM

Union Cabinet to meet today, both NDA and INDIA bloc to strategise after results

The Union Cabinet led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to meet on Wednesday, a day after the results of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls. The Prime Minister, on Tuesday evening, said the NDA would form the next government. Both the Bharatiya Janata Party-led NDA and the Opposition INDIA bloc are set to hold meetings on Wednesday to chalk out strategies for future courses of political action. By posting the result of votes polled in Beed constituency in Mahrashtra on the Election Commission websit...

September 16, 2024 6:43 PM

Lok Sabha Results 2024: NDA secures absolute majority with BJP emerging single largest party with 240 seats

The BJP- led NDA has secured absolute majority in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections by winning 292 seats. Results of all 543 Lok Sabha seats have been declared. The BJP alone has won 240 seats. Telugu Desam has secured 16 seats and JD(U) 12. The I.N.D.I.A bloc has bagged 233 seats. Others have won 18 seats in the lower house of Parliament. The Congress secured 99 seats. Samajwadi Party got 37 seats while Trinamool Congress 29. DMK managed to win 22 seats. Prominent candidates who have won includ...

September 16, 2024 6:43 PM

Lok Sabha Results 2024: Party-wise breakup, BJP ahead but opposition makes inroads

The final count for the Lok Sabha 2024 elections has concluded, with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) winning 240 seats, far fewer than had been expected, however, prevailing over the opposition, Congress, which won 99 seats. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has secured a third term, but the BJP will need to rely on the support of other parties in his coalition - JD (U) chief Nitish Kumar and TDP's chief Chandrababu Naidu, falling 32 seats short of the 272 majority mark - a stunning blow for the PM...

September 16, 2024 6:43 PM

Lok Sabha Results 2024: A look at key wins and notable losses

The final count for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections has been concluded with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) securing a total of 240 seats. Despite this being fewer than anticipated, the BJP maintained a decisive lead over the Opposition, Congress, which garnered 99 seats. The results have several significant victories and upsets across various constituencies. Take a look at the biggest winners in the Lok Sabha elections 2024 including PM Modi, Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh and Shankar Lalwani. Prime ...

September 16, 2024 6:43 PM

Amit Shah, Anurag Thakur, Kiren Rijju retain their Lok Sabha seats

Union Ministers Amit Shah, Anurag Thakur, and Kiren Rijiju retained their respective Lok Sabha seats as counting concluded in their constituencies on Tuesday. Union Home Minister Amit Shah won from his constituency of Gandhinagar in Gujarat with a mammoth margin of over 7 lakh votes, surpassing his 2019 victory margin of 5.55 lakh votes. Shah defeated Congress candidate Sonal Ramanbhai Patel in the seat. In the Hamirpur Lok Sabha constituency of Himachal Pradesh, Union Minister Anurag Thakur w...

June 4, 2024 10:00 AM

Sensex, Nifty fall 2% as Lok Sabha vote counting begins

The BSE Sensex and Nifty fell on Tuesday after a sharp rally in the previous session as early vote-counting trends showed the Bharatiya Janata Party-led NDA alliance leading in over 272 seats, but the extent of the victory was unclear. The Nifty 50 was down 2.2% to 22,779 as of 9:15 a.m. IST, and the Sensex fell 1.8% to 75,163. Both Sensex and Nifty rallied more than 3% on Monday, hitting record highs and logging their best session in nearly 40 months after exit polls projected that the NDA wo...

September 16, 2024 5:43 PM

Lok Sabha polls: Jubilation in BJP camp, INDIA bloc says ‘no truth’ in exit polls

While Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders rejoiced at the exit poll results predicted a landslide victory for the National Democratic Alliance, the opposition INDIA bloc leaders rubbished the outcomes saying that they will be forming the government at the Centre winning at least 295 seats. Jharkhand Chief Minister Champai Soren said that the INDIA bloc will win more than 10 seats in the state and more than 295 seats in the country. "...INDIA alliance is winning more than 295 seats...there is ...

September 16, 2024 5:43 PM

Counting of votes for all seven phases of Lok Sabha elections to begin from 8 AM Tuesday

The counting of votes for the Lok Sabha elections will take place tomorrow (Tuesday). The counting of votes for the Assembly polls in Andhra Pradesh and Odisha and bye-elections to Assembly Constituencies will also be held on the same day. The counting will begin from 8 AM. General elections were held from 19 April to 1 June 2024 in seven phases, to elect all 543 members of the Lok Sabha. The votes will be counted and the results will be declared tomorrow. The Election Commission said that the ...

September 16, 2024 6:44 PM

Campaigning for the seventh and last phase of the Lok Sabha Elections ends today

Campaigning for the seventh and final phase of the Lok Sabha elections will end today (Thursday). Leaders of various political parties are intensifying the last-minute rallies. Voting will be held on June 1 in 57 parliamentary constituencies spread over seven states and the Union Territory of Chandigarh. A total of 904 candidates are in the fray in this phase. Thirteen seats each in Uttar Pradesh and Punjab, 9 in West Bengal, 8 seats in Bihar, 6 in Odisha, 4 in Himachal Pradesh, 3 in Jharkhand,...

September 16, 2024 6:16 PM

PM Modi commends voters in J&K’s Anantnag-Rajouri LS constituency for record turnout

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday hailed the remarkable voter turnout in the Anantnag-Rajouri Lok Sabha constituency in Jammu and Kashmir, which witnessed the highest polling percentage in the region in over three decades. Taking to X, the Prime Minister congratulated the people of the constituency for their "enthusiastic participation" and called it a "vibrant testament to their democratic spirit." "A very special congratulations to my sisters and brothers of Anantnag-Rajouri for the rec...