Lok Sabha elections 2019: BJP retains faith in incumbents in Karnataka
5 years, 9 months ago

Lok Sabha elections 2019: BJP retains faith in incumbents in Karnataka

Hindustan Times  

In its first list of 21 candidates announced on Thursday, the BJP retained 14 of its 15 sitting Members of Parliament for the upcoming general elections as it attempts to continue its dominance in the state. Among the other candidates were veterans V Sreenivasa Prasad from Chamarajanagara, who has been an MP five times in the past and was a minister in the Union Cabinet of former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee government. While rebel MLA Umesh Jadhav is set to go up against senior Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge from the Gulbarga seat, which is reserved for SCs, former MLA A Manju will contest the Hassan seat against former prime minister HD Deve Gowda’s grandson Prajwal Revanna. The party also did not announce any candidates for the Mandya seat, where chief minister HD Kumaraswamy’s son Nikhil will battle against Sumalatha Ambareesh, wife of the late film star and former union minister MH Ambareesh, who is contesting as an independent candidate. Tejaswini, the wife of former union minister HN Ananth Kumar who died in November last, was expected to be named the party candidate.

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Dalit Vote Battle Heats Up Between BJP, Congress
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2 weeks, 6 days ago

Dalit Vote Battle Heats Up Between BJP, Congress

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: Behind the ongoing political battle over the alleged insult of B.R. Union home minister Amit Shah’s remark in the Rajya Sabha gave the Opposition an opportunity to whip up anti-BJP sentiments among the Dalits, the objective is clear — the Congress wants to further consolidate the 4 per cent Dalit votes it gained in the last general election …

AAP steps up heat over Shah's remarks against Ambedkar
3 weeks, 1 day ago

AAP steps up heat over Shah's remarks against Ambedkar

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: The Aam Aadmi Party on Thursday demanded an apology and resignation from Union Home Minister Amit Shah over his remarks on B R Ambedkar in Parliament. With Delhi Assembly elections approaching, party sources revealed that AAP is positioning this issue to consolidate its Dalit voter base and retain dominance in the 12 reserved seats of the national capital. …

Election results Highlights: CM Eknath Shinde picked as Shiv Sena's legislative leader
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Election results Highlights: CM Eknath Shinde picked as Shiv Sena's legislative leader

Hindustan Times  

Election results live: Maharashtra minister Deepak Kesarkar said that Shiv Sena MLAs feel Eknath Shinde should continue to work as the state chief minister. Election results Highlights: In a historic mandate, the BJP-led Mahayuti alliance secured a landslide victory in Maharashtra, leaving the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi stunned. • BJP won 132 out of 148 seats it contested, with allies …

Election results Highlights: CM Eknath Shinde picked as Shiv Sena's legislative leader
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Election results Highlights: CM Eknath Shinde picked as Shiv Sena's legislative leader

Hindustan Times  

Election results live: Maharashtra minister Deepak Kesarkar said that Shiv Sena MLAs feel Eknath Shinde should continue to work as the state chief minister. Election results Highlights: In a historic mandate, the BJP-led Mahayuti alliance secured a landslide victory in Maharashtra, leaving the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi stunned. • BJP won 132 out of 148 seats it contested, with allies …

Jharkhand Election Results 2024: JMM-Congress Alliance Wins Two-thirds Majority, BJP’s Fear Mongering Politics Fails
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Jharkhand Election Results 2024: JMM-Congress Alliance Wins Two-thirds Majority, BJP’s Fear Mongering Politics Fails

The Hindu  

Published : Nov 23, 2024 20:13 IST - 8 MINS READ In a stunning electoral verdict, Jharkhand has broken its 24-year jinx of never returning an incumbent government to power. The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha -led INDIA bloc’s sweeping victory, securing a two-thirds majority despite the BJP’s highly polarising campaign, is inarguably an outcome of a strong social coalition powered by …

Scale of NDA's Maharashtra win: BJP tally alone double that of INDIA's in leads
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Scale of NDA's Maharashtra win: BJP tally alone double that of INDIA's in leads

India Today  

The Mahayuti is set for a landslide in the Maharashtra elections, with trends showing the BJP's tally alone double that of the Maha Vikas Aghadi's. On the other hand, the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi is leading in only 54 seats in what is being perceived as a massive embarrassment following a splendid Lok Sabha show. The BJP was reduced to …

Kankavli Assembly Election Result LIVE: It's BJP's firebrand leader Nitesh Rane against Sandesh Parkar
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Kankavli Assembly Election Result LIVE: It's BJP's firebrand leader Nitesh Rane against Sandesh Parkar

India TV News  

Kankavli Assembly Election Result 2024: The counting of votes for the Maharashtra Assembly elections is set to begin at 8 am on Saturday. In the last Assembly election in 2019, BJP's Nitesh Narayan Rane won the Kankavli seat by defeating Shiv Sena's Satish Jagannath Sawant. Kankavli Assembly Constituency 2019 and 2014 Winners In the 2019 Maharashtra Assembly Elections, BJP's Nitesh …

Election cycle starts with voting in Jharkhand today
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1 month, 4 weeks ago

Election cycle starts with voting in Jharkhand today

Hindustan Times  

Ranchi: Jharkhand will kick off crucial assembly elections on Wednesday as 13.7 million people across 43 of its 81 seats will vote in the first phase of polls and bypolls will be held in 32 seats across 10 states, marking the beginning of a high-stakes round of contests. The BJP suffered some setbacks in these regions during the Lok Sabha …

Big names face the test as Jharkhand votes in Phase I; Priyanka makes electoral debut in Wayanad
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Big names face the test as Jharkhand votes in Phase I; Priyanka makes electoral debut in Wayanad

The Hindu  

Voters are set to go to the polls in 43 of Jharkhand’s 81 Assembly constituencies on Wednesday, as well as for bypolls in 31 Assembly seats scattered across the country, and in the high-profile Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency in Kerala where Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is making her electoral debut. Key contests in the first phase of polling …

Amit Shah says Hemant Soren's govt ‘laid out red carpet for Bangladeshi infiltrators’
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2 months ago

Amit Shah says Hemant Soren's govt ‘laid out red carpet for Bangladeshi infiltrators’

Hindustan Times  

Union home minister Amit Shah on Saturday hit out at the Hemant Soren-led coalition government in Jharkhand, accusing it of laying out “red carpet for Bangladeshi infiltrators”. Union Home Minister Amit Shah addresses the joint 'Vijay Sankalp Sabha' of Hazaribagh, Ramgarh and Mandu Assembly Constituencies ahead of the Jharkhand Assembly polls, in Hazaribagh. “The JMM-led coalition has laid out red …

BJP, Cong Battle It Out in 74 Seats in Maharashtra Assembly Polls
2 months, 1 week ago

BJP, Cong Battle It Out in 74 Seats in Maharashtra Assembly Polls

Hindustan Times  

The Maharashtra assembly polls are a contest between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress. The stakes are much higher for these parties considering their importance in national politics, and that they are contesting the maximum number of seats within their respective alliances – the Mahayuti and Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi (MVA). The BJP and Congress are going head-to-head in …

Ateli Assembly Election 2024: BJP's Arti Singh Rao up against Congress' Anita Yadav, AAP's Suneel Rao
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Ateli Assembly Election 2024: BJP's Arti Singh Rao up against Congress' Anita Yadav, AAP's Suneel Rao

India TV News  

Ateli is one of the Assembly constituencies in Haryana. The BJP has given ticket to Arti Singh Rao, Congress to Anita Yadav, JJP to Aayushi Abhimanyu Rao and AAP to Suneel Rao. In the 2019 Assembly Elections, Sitaram from BJP won the seat with a margin of 18,406 votes. In the 2014 Assembly Elections, Santosh Yadav from BJP won the …

BJP, Congress likely to add to Lok Sabha tallies in Maharashtra: Mood of the Nation
4 months, 2 weeks ago

BJP, Congress likely to add to Lok Sabha tallies in Maharashtra: Mood of the Nation

India Today  

The BJP and the Congress are likely to gain seats at the cost of their allies in Maharashtra if the Lok Sabha elections were held today, according to Mood of the Nation survey conducted by India Today. The Mood of the Nation poll, analysing voter trends for Lok Sabha elections, was held just ahead of assembly election in Maharashtra. In …

Rajya Sabha bypolls: BJP announces nine candidates
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Rajya Sabha bypolls: BJP announces nine candidates

The Hindu  

The Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday announced nine candidates for bypolls to the Rajya Sabha, to be held on September 3, fielding Union Ministers Ravneet Singh Bittu and George Kurian from Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh, respectively, and former Congress leader Kiran Choudhary from Haryana. Bihar has two seats going for the Rajya Sabha byelection, and the BJP has officially nominated …

The Dalit factor in the 2024 Lok Sabha election: Data
5 months, 1 week ago

The Dalit factor in the 2024 Lok Sabha election: Data

The Hindu  

The Bharatiya Janata Party lost the election in the Faizabad Lok Sabha constituency, which is home to the Ram Mandir. Overall, the National Democratic Alliance managed to win 39 SC-reserved seats in 2024, which is 15 seats fewer than in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. Table 1 | The table shows the party and alliance-wise performance in Dalit reserved seats …

BJP will form govt with full majority in Jharkhand: Shah
5 months, 3 weeks ago

BJP will form govt with full majority in Jharkhand: Shah

Hindustan Times  

Union home minister Amit Shah said on Saturday that the Bharatiya Janata Party would unseat the INDIA bloc from power and form a full majority government in Jharkhand ahead of the year-end assembly elections in the state. Union home minister Amit Shah said on Saturday that the Bharatiya Janata Party would unseat the INDIA bloc from power Addressing BJP workers …

Opinion: Political convulsions in Karnataka - How Lok Sabha verdict affected the state
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Opinion: Political convulsions in Karnataka - How Lok Sabha verdict affected the state

India Today  

It has been about seven weeks since the Lok Sabha election results were announced. Since 2013, the state has had three Assembly elections and Lok Sabha polls the year after. If one party/alliance formed the government after the Assembly elections, another party secured a majority of the seats in the Lok Sabha elections a year later. While the party secured …

Assembly by polls 2024: an indication of a new anti-incumbency
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Assembly by polls 2024: an indication of a new anti-incumbency

The Hindu  

Constituents of the Opposition INDIA bloc have won 10 out of the 13 Assembly constituencies across seven States, where bypoll results were announced on July 13. However, the overall trend that emerges from the bypoll results in 13 Assembly seats indicates a sharp decline in the BJP/NDA’s vote shares from the Lok Sabha polls held less than two months ago, …

BJP begins preparation for Jharkhand assembly polls
5 months, 3 weeks ago

BJP begins preparation for Jharkhand assembly polls

Hindustan Times  

The Bharatiya Janata Party has drawn a two-pronged strategy of sharpening its outreach in the tribal community by raising issues of local relevance and retaining support of the urban electorate by highlighting the deficiencies of the state government in Jharkhand, where elections for the 81-member assembly are due later this year. Ahead of the assembly elections later this year, there …

Congress sees 'trend' for BJP in assembly bypoll results as INDIA bloc takes big lead: ‘Began for us in 2014’
5 months, 4 weeks ago

Congress sees 'trend' for BJP in assembly bypoll results as INDIA bloc takes big lead: ‘Began for us in 2014’

Hindustan Times  

As INDIA bloc parties were on course to win big in the assembly bypolls, Congress leader Pawan Khera on Saturday claimed that the Bharatiya Janata Party was entering a phase of electoral decline similar to what the grand old party experienced after 2014. He added, “This trend began for us in 2014 after which we lost many elections and now …

Trinamool, BJP to face off in bypolls to four Assembly seats in West Bengal
6 months ago

Trinamool, BJP to face off in bypolls to four Assembly seats in West Bengal

The Hindu  

A month after the Lok Sabha election, the Trinamool Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party are set for an electoral face off in the bypolls to four Assembly seats in West Bengal, scheduled for July 10. BJP candidates bagged the other three seats in 2021 but later, MLAs Krishna Kalyani from Raiganj, Biswajit Das from Bagdah and Mukut Mani Adhikari from …

Top 10 questions that BJP is looking at in its Lok Sabha election debacle review in Uttar Pradesh. Full details here
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Top 10 questions that BJP is looking at in its Lok Sabha election debacle review in Uttar Pradesh. Full details here

Live Mint  

The Bharatiya Janata Party has prepared a checklist to review the party's below-par performance in the recently-concluded Lok Sabha Elections for the 80 seats of Uttar Pradesh. Of the 80 Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh, the BJP could win just 33, down from 62 seats it won in 2019. Since the number was 32 short of 272-seat majority mark …

Karnataka Election Results 2024: Explaining How BJP-JD(S) Alliance Swept Polls, Winning 19 Lok Sabha Seats
6 months, 4 weeks ago

Karnataka Election Results 2024: Explaining How BJP-JD(S) Alliance Swept Polls, Winning 19 Lok Sabha Seats

The Hindu  

Published : Jun 11, 2024 16:49 IST - 8 MINS READ The tryst between the voters of Karnataka and the BJP that commenced two decades ago with the Lok Sabha election of 2004 continued in the 2024 Lok Sabha election as well. Of the 28 seats in Karnataka, the BJP won 18, 19, 17, and 25 seats in the Lok …

Lok Sabha poll outcome fans rumblings in Tamil Nadu BJP
7 months ago

Lok Sabha poll outcome fans rumblings in Tamil Nadu BJP

Hindustan Times  

Chennai Tamil Nadu BJP President K. Annamalai during the Delhi Tamil Sangamam organised by Delhi BJP, in New Delhi, Sunday, May 5, 2024. The results of the recently concluded Lok Sabha elections seem to have triggered infighting in the Bharatiya Janata Party ’s Tamil Nadu unit, with the emergence of several groups supporting K Annamalai, Tamilisai Soundararajan, L Murugan or …

‘I will serve people to best of my ability': 26-year-old Congress MP-elect from Karnataka
7 months ago

‘I will serve people to best of my ability': 26-year-old Congress MP-elect from Karnataka

Hindustan Times  

Sagar Eshwar Khandre, a 26-year-old MP from Karnataka elected from the Bidar Lok Sabha constituency, expressed concern that a lot of students are unable to find jobs and he plans to provide skill development opportunities to them. READ | HD Kumaraswamy: Man who helmed state twice gets a stint at the Centre Khandre has won from Karnataka's Bidar parliamentary constituency. …

Lok Sabha poll debacle: U.P. ministers’ role under scanner
7 months ago

Lok Sabha poll debacle: U.P. ministers’ role under scanner

Hindustan Times  

Lucknow: After the setback to the Bharatiya Janata Party in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, the role and working of ministers in the Uttar Pradesh government is under scanner. Among the ministers in UP government, PWD minister, Jitin Prasad secured victory from Pilibhit Lok Sabha seat while tourism minister Jaivir Singh lost from Mainpuri Lok Sabha seat and horticulture minister …

Election Results highlights: BJP likely to pick Odisha CM after Modi's oath
7 months ago

Election Results highlights: BJP likely to pick Odisha CM after Modi's oath

Hindustan Times  

Election Results 2024 highlights: Narendra Modi has been elected as the NDA Parliamentary leader after a meeting of the alliance's newly elected MPs was held in the Parliament's central hall. Modi later met veteran BJP leaders Lal Krishna Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi at their residences. Additionally, top officials from Delhi Police conducted a thorough security review at Rashtrapati Bhavan …

‘Sarkar banegi, jhagda shuru’: Bhupesh Baghel's big claim on NDA 3.0
7 months ago

‘Sarkar banegi, jhagda shuru’: Bhupesh Baghel's big claim on NDA 3.0

Hindustan Times  

Former Chhattisgarh chief minister and Congress leader Bhupesh Baghel on Friday claimed that mid-term Lok Sabha elections will be held within a year. Senior Congress leader and former Chhattisgarh chief minister Bhupesh Baghel “Fellow workers, be ready! Sarkar benegi aur jhagda shuru honge," Baghel, who lost from Rajnandgaon to BJP's Santosh Pandey by 44,411 votes, said. President Droupadi Murmu appointed …

Assam: Focus shifts to bye-elections after Lok Sabha polls
7 months ago

Assam: Focus shifts to bye-elections after Lok Sabha polls

Hindustan Times  

With the Lok Sabha polls getting over, Assam will now shift focus to upcoming bye-elections to five assembly and two Rajya Sabha seats that will be held in the next six months. Two sitting Rajya Sabha MPs, Union minister and former CM Sarbananda Sonowal and Kamakhya Prasad Tasa, and five MLAs, including a cabinet minister, are among the 14 Lok …

Lok Sabha elections make many regional parties kingmakers, but some draw blank: A deep dive
7 months ago

Lok Sabha elections make many regional parties kingmakers, but some draw blank: A deep dive

Live Mint  

Lok Sabha Election 2024: The regional parties played a big role in the recently concluded national elections. However, a few regional parties which didn't join the BJP-led NDA or the Opposition's India bloc were wiped out in the recently concluded Lok Sabha polls. {{^adFree}} {{/adFree}} Parties which were wiped out in Lok Sabha 2024 There were six major regional parties …

BJP Faces Erosion in Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan as Cultural Nationalism Loses Steam
7 months ago

BJP Faces Erosion in Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan as Cultural Nationalism Loses Steam

The Hindu  

Published : Jun 06, 2024 18:28 IST - 4 MINS READ While Uttar Pradesh has been the standout State in the 2024 election, indicating the waning of the Modi ‘magic’ in the Hindi heartland, Himachal Pradesh and Rajasthan have also reflected the same trend in varying degrees. The BJP has achieved a clean sweep of the State’s four Lok Sabha …

Election results 2024: 41 parties to have MPs in 18th Lok Sabha; 339 members from BJP, Congress alone
7 months ago

Election results 2024: 41 parties to have MPs in 18th Lok Sabha; 339 members from BJP, Congress alone

Hindustan Times  

As many as 41 political parties will have representation in the upcoming 18th Lok Sabha, with this number rising from 36 in the 17th Lok Sabha that was dissolved on Wednesday, post-poll data shows. Congress and BJP flags The two largest outfits – the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party and the opposition Congress – will have 339 MPs in the 543-member …

Lok Sabha elections: Meet seven candidates who won as independents
7 months ago

Lok Sabha elections: Meet seven candidates who won as independents

Hindustan Times  

In the upcoming 18th Lok Sabha, as many as 526 candidates will be from the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance, which won 293 seats in the recently-held general elections, and the Congress-led INDIA bloc, which bagged 233 seats. They are Amritpal Singh, Sarabjeet Singh Khalsa, Patel Umeshbhai Babubhai, Mohamad Haneefa, Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav, Vishal Patil, and Sheikh Abdul Rashid …

Lok Sabha Election Results: Bengal elects five 'young' representatives for Lower House | Check names
7 months ago

Lok Sabha Election Results: Bengal elects five 'young' representatives for Lower House | Check names

India TV News  

In the 18th Lok Sabha elections, West Bengal elected four young representatives for the Lower House. Abhishek Banerjee leads young MPs group in Bengal 36-year-old TMC candidate Abhishek Banerjee won from the Diamond Harbour seat with a huge margin of 7,10,930 votes, the highest in the state. 41-year-old BJP's Shantanu Thakur, a union minister, was elected from the Bongaon Lok …

Lok Sabha Election 2024: Akhilesh Yadav breaks father Mulayam Singh's record in UP, details
7 months ago

Lok Sabha Election 2024: Akhilesh Yadav breaks father Mulayam Singh's record in UP, details

India TV News  

The 2024 Lok Sabha Elections have become a platform of many firsts for the Akhilesh Yadav-led Samajwadi Party, which has made history with its spectacular performance by winning the maximum number of seats in Parliament since its formation. In the recently concluded 2024 Lok Sabha Elections, the Samajwadi Party, a prominent member of the INDIA bloc, won a record-breaking 37 …

Lok Sabha elections 2024: Here are the 7 Independents who have won
7 months ago

Lok Sabha elections 2024: Here are the 7 Independents who have won

Op India  

The Election Commission of India has announced the results for all the 542 Lok Sabha seats. Here are the details of the 7 Independent candidates who have won the Lok Sabha elections this time – Rajesh Ranjan alias Pappu Yadav: Local strongman with a criminal past Rajesh Ranjan aka Pappu Yadav, who had jumped parties multiple times in his ‘political …

Lok Sabha election results 2024: Vote shares of BJP and Congress rise in Assam
7 months ago

Lok Sabha election results 2024: Vote shares of BJP and Congress rise in Assam

India TV News  

According to Election Commission statistics, both the BJP and Congress witnessed an increase in vote shares by over one per cent in the recent Lok Sabha elections in Assam. The saffron party's vote share rose from 36.41 per cent in 2019 to 37.43 per cent in 2024, securing nine out of the 14 Lok Sabha seats in the state. Performance …

Tamil Nadu Lok Sabha Election 2024 Winners List: Check Constituency-Wise Names of Winning MPs From The State
7 months ago

Tamil Nadu Lok Sabha Election 2024 Winners List: Check Constituency-Wise Names of Winning MPs From The State

News 18  

The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam -led INDIA bloc swept the Tamil Nadu Lok Sabha Elections 2024, winning all 39 seats in the southern state. Tamil Nadu witnessed a three-way race between the BJP-led NDA, the AIADMK and the INDIA bloc comprising the DMK, Congress and other parties. Complete List of Tamil Nadu Lok Sabha 2024 Winners S.No. Candidate Name Party Constituency …

Morning briefing: Yusuf Pathan among 15 Muslim candidates who won LS polls; foreign press on election results, and more
7 months ago

Morning briefing: Yusuf Pathan among 15 Muslim candidates who won LS polls; foreign press on election results, and more

Hindustan Times  

The Bharatiya Janata Party will form its third government at the Centre in a row. In 543 seats that went to polls, 15 Muslim candidates won the Lok Sabha polls, including former India cricketer Yusuf Pathan, who defeated Congress veteran Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury in Baharampur. Dig deeper Global Matters Hunter Biden’s wife blasts one-time Trump adviser during emotional outburst in …

Lok Sabha Elections Results: BJP wins 240 seats, Congress settles at 99 | Party-wise final tally
7 months ago

Lok Sabha Elections Results: BJP wins 240 seats, Congress settles at 99 | Party-wise final tally

India TV News  

The Election Commission of India announced the results for all 543 Lok Sabha constituencies, with the BJP winning 240 seats and the Congress 99. SP, TMC stun BJP As the Samajwadi Party kept the I.N.D.IA bloc's morale high in Uttar Pradesh with 37 seats, the Trinamool Congress, another key member of the opposition alliance, won 29 seats in West Bengal, …

Karnataka Karaoke: Congress Faces Music after Assembly Poll Win, as BJP-JD(S) Combine Hits High Notes in Lok Sabha Contest
7 months ago

Karnataka Karaoke: Congress Faces Music after Assembly Poll Win, as BJP-JD(S) Combine Hits High Notes in Lok Sabha Contest

News 18  

The Bharatiya Janata Party has scored a remarkable victory by holding on to a majority of the seats it won in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections in Karnataka, pushing the Congress, which is in power in the state, into a sticky situation. The BJP’s win in 16 seats and two more by its alliance partner Janata Dal out of the …

Lok Sabha Election Results: From Irani to Omar to Adhir Ranjan, biggies who concede defeat | DETAILS
7 months ago

Lok Sabha Election Results: From Irani to Omar to Adhir Ranjan, biggies who concede defeat | DETAILS

India TV News  

The results of the 18th Lok Sabha elections were declared by the Election Commission of India on Tuesday. The biggest shocker came from Amethi - the Gandhi family bastion where Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was defeated by BJP leader Smriti Irani in the Lok Sabha election 2019. Maneka Gandhi suffers defeat Another big upset in the state was the defeat …

Lok Sabha Election Results 2024 Highlights: PM Modi resigns, to continue as caretaker till new government swears in
7 months ago

Lok Sabha Election Results 2024 Highlights: PM Modi resigns, to continue as caretaker till new government swears in

The Hindu  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on June 5 called on President Murmu and tendered his resignation along with the Union Council of Ministers after the Union Cabinet recommended the dissolution of the 17th Lok Sabha. Mr. Modi and the Union Council of Ministers will continue in office till the new Government is formed at the request of the President, the Rashtrapati …

Lok Sabha Election Results: 5 candidates with highest victory margins, BJP's Shankar Lalwani tops list
7 months ago

Lok Sabha Election Results: 5 candidates with highest victory margins, BJP's Shankar Lalwani tops list

India TV News  

The Election Commission of India on Tuesday declared the results of the Lok Sabha elections, with the BJP winning 240 of the 543 seats and the Congress 99. At least five candidates, including four from the BJP, broke the previous record for the highest victory margin in the Lok Sabha elections. Former Madhya Pradesh chief minister and senior BJP leader …

BJP ups vote share, but faces challenges ahead in Karnataka
7 months ago

BJP ups vote share, but faces challenges ahead in Karnataka

New Indian Express  

BENGALURU: Though the number of seats for BJP has come down from 25 in 2019 to 17 in the Lok Sabha elections in the state, it has fared better than in the Assembly polls, held just a year ago. In this election, of the 3.86 crore votes cast, BJP candidates have secured 1.77 crore votes, while Congress 1.75 crore. Last …

Jammu, Udhampur Lok Sabha seats stay in BJP kitty but vote share takes a hit
7 months ago

Jammu, Udhampur Lok Sabha seats stay in BJP kitty but vote share takes a hit

Hindustan Times  

With Union minister Dr Jitendra Singh and BJP MP Jugal Kishore beating their arch-rivals from the Congress-- Choudhary Lal Singh and Raman Bhalla by margins of over 1.24 lakh and 1.35 lakh votes, respectively, the Bharatiya Janata Party, on Tuesday, retained Jammu and Udhampur Lok Sabha seats for the third consecutive term since 2014. Though Dr Singh and Kishore retained …

Veteran Rao Inderjit Singh stamps his authority on Gurgaon seat
7 months ago

Veteran Rao Inderjit Singh stamps his authority on Gurgaon seat

Hindustan Times  

Bharatiya Janata Party candidate for the Gurgaon Lok Sabha seat Rao Inderjit Singh won the constituency for a fourth consecutive term, comfortably defeating his Congress opponent Raj Babbar by a margin of 75,079 votes. With the win, Singh has become the first politician to have won six Lok Sabha seats in Haryana — he had earlier represented the Mahendragarh seat …

BJP’s poor showing in UP puts spotlight on CM Yogi
7 months ago

BJP’s poor showing in UP puts spotlight on CM Yogi

Hindustan Times  

In the 2022 Uttar Pradesh assembly elections, the BJP stormed back to power with a decisive mandate, giving the incumbent chief minister Yogi Adityanath a second successive term in a result seen as an affirmation of his staunch Hindutva politics, coupled with stern action against criminals and a determined investment push. Now, with the BJP receiving a drubbing at the …

Lok Sabha Election Results: Karnataka at a glance
7 months ago

Lok Sabha Election Results: Karnataka at a glance

The Hindu  

The NDA alliance - BJP and JD - retained Karnataka, while the Congress improved its performance in the Kalyana Karnataka region. For constituency-wise updates, visit our Election Results page The JD candidate Prajwal Revanna, who was involved in a sexual abuse case and later suspended by the party, lost in Haasan constituency to Congress candidate Shreyas M. Patel who won …

LS polls 2024: Hema Malini gets 3rd term in Mathura, newcomers Kangana, Govil also emerge victorious
7 months ago

LS polls 2024: Hema Malini gets 3rd term in Mathura, newcomers Kangana, Govil also emerge victorious

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi, Indian film stars shone brightly in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections with voters showing their trust in newcomers Kangana Ranaut and Arun Govil as well as returning MPs Hema Malini, Manoj Tiwari, and Ravi Kishan. LS polls 2024: Hema Malini gets 3rd term in Mathura, newcomers Kangana, Govil also emerge victorious The country went to the polls from …

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