After a long six-week, seven-phase voting period, votes for the Lok Sabha elections 2024 are being tabulated, and the results will be announced today. Amid intense security, the vote counting has begun. Voting for 543 Lok Sabha seats, determining who gets to send one representative to the Lower House of Parliament, took place between April 19 and June 1. To create a government, a party or coalition must hold a majority of 272 seats. This year, The Lok Sabha election was the second-longest since the country's inaugural poll in 1951–1952.
As the day of vote counting for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections comes to an end, it appears like the NDA will form a coalition government yet again. Currently ahead in 77 seats, the BJP secured 163 seats as of 9:00 p.m. on June 4. To establish a government, the Narendra Modi-led ruling party will probably need the support of TDP and JD(U) rather than a simple majority in the 543-member Lok Sabha. In the meantime, the Samajwadi Party, JD(S), AAP, Trinamool Congress, and Congress won 2, 16, 3, and 24 seats correspondingly, while the Congress won 66 seats and is now leading in 33. After Akhilesh Yadav's Samajwadi Party reduced the size of the ruling BJP in Uttar Pradesh, the politician's stock increased significantly. The results reaffirm the power of Indian citizens in shaping their government, as they have elected the NDA for a third consecutive term. Prime Minister Narendra Modi has expressed his gratitude in a tweet, thanking everyone for their continued support.
Stay informed with the latest Lok sabha election result here:
► Huge leap of change
- This time around we witnessed a drastic change in the vote count as citizens yet again choose what is good for them. While the BJP had a sweeping victory in 2019, this time they have to take support from their alliances to form the govt. A good percentage of growth can be seen in Congress Votes this time.
► NEW TWIST
The BJP is anticipated to fall short of the majority threshold of 272 Lok Sabha seats, contrary to practically every exit poll prediction. It will not be in this position again until 2014 when it must depend on its partners in the NDA, primarily Chandrababu Naidu's TDP and Nitish Kumar's Janata Dal-United, to make up for the loss.In a surprising development, the RJD asserts that TDP leader Chandrababu Naidu and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar are getting ready to reject Prime Minister Narendra Modi's NDA and form a government with the opposition alliance.
► BIG UPDATE
Prime Minister Narendra Modi won the Varanasi Lok Sabha seat in Uttar Pradesh by more than 1.5 lakh votes over Congress candidate Ajay Rai. Rahul Gandhi, the Congress leader, was ahead in Kerala's Wayanad and Uttar Pradesh's Rae Bareli Lok Sabha districts. As Akhilesh Yadav's Samajwadi Party reduced the size of the ruling BJP in Uttar Pradesh, his stock increased significantly. As of 5:15 p.m., the SP was ahead on 36 seats compared to the BJP's 33 seats, according to the trends.
► KARNATAKA UPDATE: BJP wins 7 seats & is leading in 10
- Former Karnataka Chief Ministers Basavaraj Bommai and H.D. Kumaraswamy, as well as Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge's son-in-law Radhakrishna Doddamani, all won Lok Sabha elections in Karnataka.
- Pralhad Joshi, a union minister, prevailed from the Dharwad seat. Based on the information provided by the Election Commission thus far, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has secured seven seats and is in the lead in ten other State segments out of a total of twenty-eight constituencies.
- In Karnataka, the ruling Congress has taken a lead in eight seats after winning one, while the JD(S), which contested the elections in coalition with the BJP, secured two seats.
► GUJARAT UPDATE: BJP wins 4 seats
- The Election Commission of India announced the preliminary results of the Lok Sabha elections, and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won the constituencies in Gujarat for the Mahesana, Junagadh, Ahmedabad East, and Ahmedabad West.
- Dinesh Makwana won from Ahmedabad West with 2.86 lakh votes, Haribhai Patel from Mahesana with 3.28 lakh votes, H.S. Patel from Ahmedabad East with 4.61 lakh votes, and Rajesh Chudasama from Junagadh with 1.35 lakh votes.
- They all triumphed over their closest competitors in Congress. While Haribhai Patel and Makwana are newcomers, H.S. Patel and Chudasama were previously serving as MPs
► The BJP won 20 seats and is leading in 224, as of 4:55 p.m. as counting of votes polled in the election results continues on June 4. Meanwhile, the Congress won four seats — Jalandhar, Fatehgarh Sahib, Tura and Gulbarga. The JD(S), Shiv Sena (UBT), and AAP have won two, one and one seat respectively.
►AIMIM President Asaduddin Owaisi was leading by 3,15,811 votes against his nearest BJP rival K. Madhavi Latha at 3.05 PM in the Hyderabad Lok Sabha constituency in Telangana as the counting of votes was underway. Mr. Owaisi got 6,12,842, while Madhavi Latha secured 2,97,031 votes, according to the Election Commission website.
► BJP trails by 30% from 2019 elections
- In the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, BJP leads in 69.2% of seats won in 2019, trailing in 30%.
► UTTAR PRADESH UPDATE: INDIA bloc leads
- 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.
► INDIA bloc crosses the 200 mark!!! As per official ECI trends, Congress is leading on 95 seats and the INDIA bloc has crossed 200.
► Massive Trail for Mayawati's BSP:
- Staring at one of its worst electoral defeats from Uttar Pradesh, the Mayawati-led Bahujan Samaj Party is trailing behind in all 80 Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh.
- Currently, the BSP has garnered about 1.92% of votes in the country and 9.16% of votes in Uttar Pradesh, as per Election Commission data.
- At 2.00 p.m., according to the poll panel, Samajwadi Party candidates were leading on 37 Lok Sabha seats in the politically crucial U.P., while their INDIA bloc ally Congress was leading on seven seats.
► SHASHI THAROOR WINS?
- Congress leader Shashi Tharoor appears to be headed for a fourth consecutive term from Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha constituency. With only around 50,000 votes left to be counted, Tharoor has amassed a sizeable lead of 11,281 votes over BJP leader Rajeev Chandrasekhar.
► As the day progresses, everyone starts to see a much clearer picture of where the power struggle is going. And it seems CM Nitish Kumar & Chandrababu Naidu have surfaced as the real kingmakers.
► CONGRESS ON A RISE:
- Congress candidate from Jalandhar Charanjit Singh Channi, has won by a margin of 175993 votes, registering the first win for the grand old party in the 2024 Lok Sabha Elections
- From 52 seats in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls to more than 90 as of now, Congress has seen an impressive return to favor.
► SCRIPTING HISTORY: 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.
► 6 Ministers of the Modi Government from Uttar Pradesh trailing
- Six ministers from the Modi government are lagging in Uttar Pradesh. Among them are Ajay Kumar Mishra Teni, Mahendra Nath Pandey, Anupriya Patel, Kaushal Kishore, Smriti Irani, and Sanjeev Balyan. In Sultanpur, Maneka Gandhi is lagging. Only Aditya Yadav, the son of Shivpal Yadav, is behind among the five Samajwadi Party candidates from the Yadav family in Budaun.
► Karnataka Update: First win for Congress as Prajwal Revanna from JD(S) loses the Hassan seat for the first time in 25 years
► BJP trailing in 15 of its stronghold seats it won in the last three elections
- Of the 94 seats the BJP won in the last three Lok Sabha elections, it leads in 79 and trails in 15 in 2024. The trends are based on data published until 11.45 am. The numbers will be updated as more votes are counted.
- Maharashtra’s Jalna, where the BJP had won the past seven elections. Indian National Congress’s Kalyan Vaijinathrao Kale is leading in this seat in 2024.
- Rajasthan’s Churu, where the BJP had won the past five elections. Indian National Congress’s Rahul Kaswan is leading in this seat in 2024.
► NDA leads in majority seats
- The initial trends show the BJP leading in 235 seats, much less than predicted in exit polls, with the India bloc making big gains, crossing the 200-mark in terms of leads.
- The EC trends show a big upset for the BJP in Uttar Pradesh, where the Samajwadi Party is leading in over 35 seats at 11.45 a.m. The BJP had won 62 seats in UP in 2019.
►BIHAR UPDATE
- According to Election Commission trends as of noon, the BJP-led NDA was leading in the majority of Bihar's 40 Lok Sabha seats. In 14 of the 16 seats it had fought, the JD(U), led by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, who rejoined the NDA just five months prior, enjoyed an advantage over opponents.
- The junior ally Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) was leading in all five of its seats, including Hajipur, where its president Chirag Paswan had established a lead of almost 24,000 votes. The BJP, which had fought 17 seats, was leading in 11.
► Rahul Gandhi leads in Wayanad :
- In the Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi leads by 1,92,135 votes over his nearest challenger, Communist Party of India candidate Annie Raja. Gandhi polled 3,47,608 votes, while Annie Raja received 1,55,473.
- With 86,764 votes, K. Surendran, the BJP candidate, is in third place.
► What are Bellwether Seats?
- A bellwether seat is a constituency that gives an indication/trend for the region and also its impact on the national level. Such seats signal the election mood not just locally but nationally as well, as the party winning here is usually the winner at the national level.
► Highest NOTA count ever: Over 2 Lakh votes registered under NOTA in Indore
► RAJASTHAN UPDATE
- BJP candidates are leading in 14 of Rajasthan's 25 Lok Sabha seats, while Congress is leading in eight and the three INDIA bloc parties each have one seat. The INDIA bloc parties are CPI(M), Rashtriya Loktantrik Party, and Bharatiya Adivasi Party, which lead in Sikar, Nagaur, and Banswara, respectively.
- Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, Arjun Ram Meghwal, Bhupender Yadav, and Om Birla are the front-runners for the BJP.
Rajasthan Vote share & Party share
► Madhya Pradesh Update: The BJP is leading in all 29 Lok Sabha seats in Madhya Pradesh as voting is underway for high-stakes elections.
► Bihar Update: JDU emerges as the strongest party with a lead on 15 seats while their ally BJP is leading on 11 seats
► MAHARASHTRA UPDATE
- Both the Shiv Sena (UBT), led by Uddhav Thackeray, and Eknath Shinde's Shiv Sena are engaged in a fierce battle in the 13 Maharashtra seats where they will face off in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
- Out of the 13, the Shinde-led party leads in seven, while Shiv Sena (UBT) leads in 6. The Thackarey-led party is affiliated with the INDIA bloc, whilst the latter is a member of the NDA coalition.
- On the other hand, the Sharad Pawar-led faction, which is backing the INDIA alliance, is ahead in both of the seats where the Nationalist Congress Party—led by Ajit Pawar—and the Nationalist Congress Party—led by Sharadchandra Pawar—are squarely competing. This time, the NDA coalition has the backing of Ajit Pawar's NCP.
- Supriya Sule from NCP(SP) leading with 26,094 votes against sister-in-law Sunetra Pawar
► Smriti Irani is trailing from her seat in Amethi by over 23,000 votes, Rahul Gandhi leads.
► Odisha Update: Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik is ahead marginally by 156 votes in Kantabanji, his second Assembly constituency.
► Delhi Update: INDIA Bloc is back in the game in Delhi through the Chandni Chowk seat while BJP continues to lead in the other 6 seats
►The BIGGEST UPDATE: Congress+Samajwadi Party is leading with a striking margin in Uttar Pradesh and is rising. Uttar Pradesh, the BJP's big bastion in the past two general elections is witnessing an epic neck-and-neck battle between the NDA and INDIA bloc comprising Samajwadi Party and Congress. Exit polls had earlier given the NDA an edge in Uttar Pradesh, but the INDIA bloc leaders had dismissed the projections.
► The Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha constituency looks to be progressively narrowing in favor of BJP leader Rajeev Chandrasekhar. Right now, he leads Congressman Shashi Tharoor by 4948 votes. This poll's result will be determined by the voting patterns in the coastal belt of the region, as the voting in the urban constituency is virtually over.
► Update from Jammu & Kashmir: Engineer Rashid, a former two-time MLA from north Kashmir's Langate, is currently in Tihar jail facing UAPA charges. As per the early trends, Rashid is ahead of former CM Omar Abdullah from Baramulla's seat.
► NDA crosses 250-mark, INDIA bloc puts up a strong fight: The Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) surged ahead in very early trends, securing leads in over 250 parliamentary seats with the Opposition INDIA bloc putting up a strong fight
► EC data shows BJP ahead in 200 seats, Congress in 80
The Election Commission of India reports that the BJP leads in 200 seats, while the Congress leads in 80 seats.
► NDA is leading in Bihar, INDIA bloc far behind, picking up speed.
- NDA - 29
- INDIA Alliance - 9
► Prime Minister Narendra Modi trailing by 6000 votes in early trends from Varanasi. The PM is pitted against Ajay Rai of Congress from Varanasi.
► Similar Trend in Rajasthan as well, a neck-to-neck contest between BJP & Congress, according to the early trends.
► A huge strike in votes in Uttar Pradesh for the INDIA alliance as they are neck to neck with the NDA. UP was expected to be a clean sweep by BJP due to the grand inauguration of Ram Mandir, Ayodhya
► The BJP-led NDA crossed the halfway mark with 278 seats in early trends as counting for Lok Sabha Elections is underway. INDIA bloc is leading in 184 seats, as per the early trends.
► Actor Kangana Ranaut is leading from Mandi seat in Himachal Pradesh. Ranaut, a BJP candidate, is pitted against Congress candidate Vikramaditya Singh, according to initial result trends.
► Early trends are in, and it’s looking quite different from what the exit polls predicted.
► According to NDTV, the NDA has surpassed 126 leads in the Lok Sabha Elections 2024 polls. According to early trends on NDTV, the INDIA alliance is also ahead in more than 100 seats.
► According to NDTV's statistics, the NDA leads in 23 seats and the INDIA alliance leads in 16.
► The NDA took an early lead in the Lok Sabha election results, winning eight seats. As the Lok Sabha election count begins, the INDIA group has won three seats.
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