Lok Sabha Elections News

Raju Bista of the BJP had won the Darjeeling Lok Sabha election in 2019 with 750,067 votes

Counting gets underway in Uttar Pradesh, all eyes on these crucial seats

In 2019, NDA won 64 Lok Sabha seats in UP with BJP’s tally alone being 62. In 2014, the BJP won 71 seats in the state. Right through the campaign, the saffron party had maintained that it will better its previous two performance— in 2014 and 2019.

INC wins majority of Christian seats in Kerala, BJP opens account with Thrissur

in the previous Lok Sabha elections held in 2019, the direct contest was between the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) and the CPI(M)-led Left Democratic Front (LDF).

BJP’s Krishan Pal Gurjar set to script a hattrick in Faridabad

In 2024, Union minister Krishan Pal Gurjar was again fielded by the BJP against Congress veteran Mahender Pratap Singh. Gurjar won from Faridabad in 2014, and 2019 as well.

Chhattisgarh Election Results 2024 Updates: BJP leading with 10 seats as per latest EC trends

Chhattisgarh Election Results 2024 Updates: BJP leading with 10 seats in Chhattisgarh whereas Congress has only 1 seat.

Himachal Election Results 2024 Highlights: Anurag Singh Thakur wins Hamirpur, Kangana Ranaut wins Mandi

Himachal Pradesh Lok Sabha Election Result 2024 Highlights: BJP's Anurag Thakur has won from the Hamirpur Lok Sabha seat, and the party's star contestant Kangana Ranaut defeated Congress' Vikramaditya Singh from Mandi. Stay connected with Moneycontrol for Himchal Pradesh Lok Sabha Elections Results Live Updates.

Gujarat Election Results Highlights: BJP wins 25 seats, but no clean sweep as Congress ends losing streak in state

The saffron party won 25 seats, which included several big margin victories in constituencies such as Ahmedabad East, Ahmedabad West, Bardoli, Bharuch, Bhavnagar, Chhota Udaipur, Gandhinagar, Jamnagar, Junagadh, Kheda, Mahesana, Navsari, Rajkot and Sabarkantha.

Punjab Election Results Highlights: BJP's Harsimrat Kaur Badal wins from Bhatinda, Congress' Sher Singh Ghubaya wins Firozpur

Punjab Lok Sabha Election Results 2024 Highlights: Harsimrat Kaur Badal of the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) has won from the Bhatinda seat, while Congress candidates were declared winners from Patiala, Amritsar, Fatehgarh Sahib, Jalandhar and Firozpur. AAP candidate was declared winner from the Sangrur seat. Stay connected with Moneycontrol for Punjab Lok Sabha Elections Results Live Updates.

Jharkhand Election Results Highlights: Union Minister Arjun Munda trailing in Khunti

The findings of the exit poll confirm the News18 Opinion Poll from March of this year, which indicated that the BJP would win 12 seats in the state and leave the INDIA bloc with the two remaining.

Assam Election Results 2024 Highlights: INC's Gaurav Gogoi leading by over 1.27 lakh votes in Jorhat constituency

Assam Election Results Highlights: The voting process for the 14 Lok Sabha seats in Assam is being conducted under strict security. Today will determine the destiny of 143 candidates, which includes Gaurav Gogoi, the deputy leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha, and Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal.

Jammu & Kashmir Election Results highlights: Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti concede defeat

Jammu & Kashmir Election Results highlights: 'I think it's time to accept the inevitable. Congratulations to Engineer Rashid for his victory in North Kashmir,' Abdullah remarked in a post on X.

Kerala Election Results Highlights: Congress stays strong, Suresh Gopi's victory in Thrissur marks BJP's entry into state

Kerala Election Results Highlights: Rajmohan's win brings the total tally of seats won by Congress to 13. Meanwhile, BJP makes inroads in the state as Suresh Gopi wins Thrissur seat.

MP Election Results Highlights: CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan wins from Vidisha by over 800,000 votes

MP Election Results Live: In a resounding win, Lalwani clinches the Indore seat with a staggering lead of 10 lakh votes, while Kumar secures Tikamgarh with a commanding margin of over 7 lakh votes, and Chouhan leads in Vidisha by a formidable 7.2 lakh votes, maintaining his political dominance in the constituency.

Rajasthan Election Results Highlights: BJP leads on 14 Lok Sabha seats, INDIA bloc on 11 constituencies

Rajasthan Election Results Live Updates: Rajasthan contributes 25 seats to the Lok Sabha, India's lower house of Parliament. These seats are crucial in the national political arena and can influence the formation of the central government. BJP’s Arjun Ram Meghwal, Om Birla, Bhagirath Chaudhary and Manju Sharma are some of the notable candidates along with INC’s Vaibhav Gehlot, Rahul Kaswan, Karan Singh Uchiyarda, Lalit Yadav and C.P. Joshi.

UP Election Results 2024 Highlights: Priyanka Gandhi Vadra expresses happiness over Lok Sabha 2024 results; highlights role of Uttar Pradesh in electoral outcome

UP Election Results 2024 Highlights: People of UP have shown a lot of discretion. I am most proud of UP, says Priyanka Gandhi Vadra expressing happiness over Lok Sabha 2024 results

Investors pour into India ETFs ahead of election result

India recorded the biggest inflow across emerging markets for the week ended May 31 — of $307.5 million — led by iShares MSCI India ETF (ticker INDA). While the fund garnered $192.9 million, the WisdomTree India Earnings Fund (EPI) pulled in $82.6 million.

Tamil Nadu Election Results 2024 Highlights: Annamalai trails in Coimbatore; DMK leads with 21 seats

The Tamil Nadu Lok Sabha Election Results 2024 will be announced today, June 4, 2024. Voting for the Lok Sabha Elections in Tamil Nadu took place on April 19, 2024. The exit poll predictions released by various news agencies show a majority for the INDIA bloc alliance in Tamil Nadu. Stay connected with Moneycontrol for Tamil Nadu Election result 2024 Live Updates.

Ahead of counting, Kharge urges bureaucrats to 'adhere to Constitution'

"Do not get intimidated by anyone. Do not bow down to any Unconstitutional means. Do not be afraid of anyone and discharge your duties, based on merit, on this counting day," he wrote.

MC Election Index roars after exit polls, watch out for its performance on counting day

The index represents investing themes that have done well in the tenure of the current government. Not surprisingly, the exit poll outcome saw it gain 6 percent or twice that of Nifty’s returns

Analysis: Can INDIA bloc achieve Rahul Gandhi's forecast of 295 seats?

According to the best-case scenario, Congress and its allies can win up to 176 out of 295 seats in some key states. This was determined based on the 2019 performance of Congress and its allies as well as the exit poll predictions for 2024.

LS election result: Congress asks INDIA bloc leaders to be in Delhi; plans demonstration if results are not on expected lines

The counting of votes of the seven-phase 2024 general election is set to take place on June 4. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is eyeing a third straight term in power this time

Modi hat-trick or a twist in the tale? Billions await verdict of Lok Sabha polls on June 4

Exit polls have widely predicted a rousing victory for PM Modi but the opposition bloc INDIA is hoping to pull off an upset. What will it be? The counting of votes will begin at 8am on June 4.

Election Wrap: CEC Rajiv Kumar on women voters, SC dismisses YSRCP plea on postal ballots norms in AP and more

A day ahead of the counting day, Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar briefing the media, outlined how women voters turned up in record numbers during the just concluded parliamentary polls. He added that the turnout marks the highest in the world.

EC rejects Jairam Ramesh's request for time to prove allegations against Amit Shah

The ECI asked Congress leader Jairam Ramesh to file his response by 7 pm on June 3

Here's why PM Modi spoke about Friday holiday in Jharkhand rally

The PM bringing up the Friday weekly off row indictates the approach the BJP under his leadership is trying to take amid the Sangh Parivar’s traditional stand against the Christian missionaries.

Exit polls do not reflect pulse of people, INDIA bloc will win 295 seats: Shashi Tharoor

Counting of votes polled for 543 Lok Sabha seats over seven phases will be done on Tuesday across the country. Various post-poll surveys have backed the BJP to romp home with a strong majority.

Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah rubbishes exit polls, says Congress will win 15-20 seats in State

Exit polls on Saturday predicted that Modi will retain power for a third straight term, with the BJP-led NDA expected to win a big majority in the Lok Sabha polls.

Akhilesh Yadav questions credibility of exit polls, says INDIA bloc will win maximum seats in UP

At a press conference ahead of the Lok Sabha poll results on Tuesday, the former Uttar Pradesh chief minister said the INDIA bloc's victory will be a victory for the country and its people.

'Wrong to say BJP is damaging regional parties, it has joined forces with them in North East,' says Sikkim CM Prem Singh Tamang

Tamang, whose party SKM returned to power in the Himalayan state, says the Northeast region started seeing development after 2014

SC dismisses YSRCP plea on postal ballots norms in Andhra Pradesh

A vacation bench said the Andhra Pradesh High Court was right in holding that the party could move the court after the counting was over on June 4

Biggest learning from elections is that poll process should be completed before summer: CEC Rajiv Kumar

Addressing a press briefing, he said over 68,000 monitoring teams and 1.5 crore polling and security personnel were involved in the world's largest electoral exercise.

'Women voters scripted history in 2024 Lok Sabha polls': CEC Rajiv Kumar

"Voters scripted history in 2024. Over 31 crore women cast their vote. Over 64 crore votes have been cast in these elections," CEC Rajiv Kumar said at the presser.

In UP, all eyes on narrow victory margins on D-Day

The Samajwadi Party (SP) and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), which were in alliance in 2019 elections, won two and four seats, respectively.

What’s the Nifty upside in the Modi victory rally?

Given the possibility of market volatility, investors should buy the lows for a meaningful return

BJP leaders hold meeting on eve of Lok Sabha poll counting

They are learnt to have taken stock of the prevailing political situation following the exit polls predicting a big win for the BJP-led alliance, and the opposition INDIA bloc's series of meetings rejecting the forecast and sticking to its claim that the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led government is on its way out.

When and where to watch Lok Sabha and Assembly Election results?

After paper ballots, votes recorded in the EVMs are counted. While trends should begin emerging by noon, a clearer picture is expected to be available in the late afternoon.

Akhilesh Yadav questions credibility of exit polls

At a press conference ahead of the Lok Sabha poll results on Tuesday, the former Uttar Pradesh chief minister said the INDIA bloc's victory will be victory of the country and its people.

Exit polls deeply unscientific, says Congress leader Shashi Tharoor

The News 18 exit poll predicted 1-3 seats for NDA in Kerala. It said UDF is expected to win 15-18 seats and LDF 2-5 seats. The Times Now-ETG has predicted one seat for the BJP in Kerala.

Amid detachment, my mind was constantly thinking about Bharat's bright future: PM Modi after meditation

In his note titled 'New Sankalp from Sadhana', PM Modi says the citizens must see Bharat’s development in a global context, and for this, it is essential to understand Bharat’s internal capabilities

Very hopeful our results will be totally opposite to exit polls: Sonia Gandhi

Most exit polls have predicted that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will retain power for a third straight term, with the BJP-led NDA expected to win a big majority in the Lok Sabha polls.

Light-and-sound show, decor worth Rs 21.97 lakh: BJP's grand plans after Lok Sabha results

The BJP event is likely to be held a 'political event' at either Bharat Mandapam or Kartavya Path on the same day as the official swearing-in, say reports.

Election Commission to hold press conference today

The seven-phase elections which began on April 19 concluded on Saturday.

Lok Sabha Polls: 'Adhere to Constitution, don't get intimated,' writes Kharge in open letter to bureaucracy

Lok Sabha Elections 2024 LIVE: Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar gives details about the counting process to be followed to declare the results of Lok Sabha elections on June 4, he says, "The entire counting process is absolutely robust. It works similar to the precision of a clock."

Sandeshkhali post-poll violence: 'Worried' Bengal Guv asks Mamata Banerjee to intervene

Bose said that he has written to Banerjee asking her to inform him about the action taken against those involved in the incidents of violence in Sandeshkhali in North 24 Parganas district.

Ensure postal ballots counted first, guidelines followed: INDIA bloc to Election Commission

In their letter, the opposition leaders said the feedback from their counting agents for earlier polls indicates that these slips and tags are not shown to them and when they request to see those

Lok Sabha Elections: How do we predict the exit poll numbers?

Are the exit poll numbers reliable? Can an election be called without looking at the details of each and every poll separately? Here are some answers to the most frequently asked questions

Pride and prejudice might not have worked in Bengal, going by exit polls

Mamata Banerjee’s tactic of one foot in INDIA block and the other outside, and her talk of ‘outside’ support to the INDIA block government might have confused the voters, if the results are in keeping with the exit polls projections.

Exit Poll, Maharashtra: BJP emerges as the largest party, but alarm for Eknath Shinde and Ajit Pawar

A notable aspect of this election in Maharashtra is the increase in major parties from four in the last election to six now, due to the rebellion in Shiv Sena in 2022 and NCP in 2023

Election wrap: BJP retains Arunachal Pradesh, Rahul Gandhi's witty comment on INDIA bloc's expected seat count and more

The Bhartiya Janata Party emerged victorious in Arunachal Pradesh Assembly election by winning 46 out of 60 seats, according to the Election Commission. The BJP reclaimed power in the hilly state for the third consecutive term today.

Rahul Gandhi's witty comment on INDIA bloc's expected seat count: "Heard Sidhu Moose Wala's song... 295?"

Addressing reporters in Delhi, Rahul Gandhi asked, "Sidhu Moose Wala ka song suna hai aapne?" in reply to a query about the anticipated seat count for the INDIA alliance in the Lok Sabha elections.