Lok Sabha Election Results 2024 Highlights: NDA set to form govt for third time, key NDA, INDIA bloc meetings today (2024)

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Lok Sabha Election Results Highlights:

Prime Minister Narendra Modi was on Tuesday poised to form the government for a third consecutive term notwithstanding crushing losses in three Hindi heartland states after a bitterly fought election that was projected as a referendum on his popularity.

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• June 04, 2024 / 11:49 PM IST

  PM Narendra Modi thanks voters of Varanasi

  "With the blessings of Baba Vishwanath, the respected voters of Kashi have elected me as their MP for the third consecutive time. This is the victory of the faith of millions of voters of Kashi. I am heartily grateful to every member of my Kashi family for this victory. I believe that the development journey of Kashi will move forward at a faster pace in the future," PM Modi wrote in a post on X.

• June 04, 2024 / 11:38 PM IST

  Yogender Chandoliya of BJP wins Northwest Delhi seat by more than 2.90 lakh votes

  
  BJP's Yogender Chandoliya wins Northwest Delhi seat by more than 2.90 lakh votes, defeats Congress candidate Udit Raj: Election Commission

• June 04, 2024 / 11:35 PM IST

  BJP-led NDA gets simple majority, crosses half-way mark

  The BJP-led NDA on Tuesday got a simple majority in the Lok Sabha elections by winning 273 seats. While results for 498 seats were declared by the Election Commission, counting on 45 seats was still on.

  According to the tally on the EC website, the BJP has already won 226 seats, and its allies TDP and JDU won 12 seats each, Shiv Sena 7, LJP (Ram Vilas) 5 and JDS and RLD two seats each.

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  Other NDA partners including Jana Sena, NCP, UPPL, AJSU, HAMS, SKM and Apna Dal (Sone Lal) have won one seat each.

  The BJP had already won the Surat Lok Sabha seat unopposed.

  As per the latest tally, the BJP was leading in 12 more seats, while TDP was leading in four more seats and some other NDA partners like AGP were leading in one seat.

• June 04, 2024 / 11:16 PM IST

  Non-aligned parties suffer as LS polls become NDA vs INDIA bloc

  As the 2024 general elections became a fight between the NDA and the INDIA bloc with coalition politics regaining significance, the results also showed a sharp decline in the fortune of non-aligned parties.

  Parties like the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) in Uttar Pradesh, Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) in Telangana, Biju Janata Dal in Odisha and YSR Congress Party in Andhra Pradesh, which were not a part of either of the two blocs, suffered major setbacks.

• June 04, 2024 / 11:08 PM IST

  Shiv Sena's Ravindra Waikar wins Mumbai North West LS seat by just 48 votes!

  Shiv Sena candidate Ravindra Waikar on Tuesday won the Mumbai North West Lok Sabha seat by just 48 votes, the smallest margin in Maharashtra in the 2024 general elections.

  According to EC data, Waikar bagged 4,52,644 votes, while his nearest rival, Amol Kirtikar of the Shiv Sena (UBT), got 4,52,596 votes in what was a nail-biting finish after a see-saw battle between the two candidates.

• June 04, 2024 / 10:53 PM IST

  Congress's Rakibul Hussain creates a record in Dhubri Lok Sabha seat

  Congress's Rakibul Hussain defeats AIUDF chief Badruddin Ajmal by record 10.12 lakh votes in Assam's Dhubri Lok Sabha seat.

• June 04, 2024 / 10:31 PM IST

  Smriti Irani, Arjun Munda, Rajeev Chandrashekhar among 13 losing Union ministers

  BJP heavyweights Smriti Irani, Arjun Munda, Ajay Mishra Teni and Kailash Chaudhary were among the 13 Union ministers who tasted defeat in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, as stunning losses in three Hindi heartland states forced the BJP to rely on allies to form the government.

  Irani, who had clinched the Amethi Lok Sabha seat after defeating Rahul Gandhi in 2019, lost to Congress candidate and a close aide of the Gandhi family Kishori Lal Sharma by 1,67,196 lakh votes.

  In Kerala's Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha seat, Union Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology Rajeev Chandrasekhar lost to Shashi Tharoor of the Congress by over 16,077 votes.

  Union Minister of State for Home Affairs Ajay Mishra Teni, whose son was arrested in connection with the violence in Lakhimpur Kheri of October 2021, lost to the Samajwadi Party's Utkarsh Verma by over 34,329 votes. The SP contested the Lok Sabha elections in Uttar Pradesh in alliance with the Congress.

  Minister of state for education Subhas Sarkar was defeated by Trinamool Congress candidate Arup Chakraborty in Bankura Lok Sabha seat of West Bengal by a margin of 32,778 votes.

  In Jharkhand's Khunti Lok Sabha constituency, Union Tribal Affairs Minister and sitting MP Arjun Munda lost to Congress candidate Kalicharan Munda by 1,49,675 lakh votes, according to the Election Commission.

  Minister of State for Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare Kailash Choudhary stood in third position in Rajasthan's Barmer, with a gap of 4.48 lakh votes from the winning candidate, Ummeda Ram Beniwal.Union Minister of State for Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying L Murugan lost to DMK's A Raja by a big margin of 2,40,585 lakh votes in Tamil Nadu's Nilgiris.

  BJP's north Bengal face and Union minister of state for home Nisith Pramanik lost the Cooch Behar seat to TMC's Jagadish Chandra Basunia by over 39,000 votes.

  Union minister Sanjeev Balyan lost the Muzaffarnagar Lok Sabha seat to Samajwadi Party's Harendra Singh Malik by a margin of over 24,000 votes, while Nityanand Rai grabbed the Ujiarpur Lok Sabha seat in Bihar, defeating nearest rival Alok Mehta of the RJD by 4,661 votes.

  Among the winners, Union Home Minister Amit Shah swept the Gandhinagar Lok Sabha seat in Gujarat, defeating his nearest Congress rival Sonal Patel by 7,44,716 lakh votes.

  Defence Minister and senior BJP leader Rajnath Singh won a third consecutive term from the prestigious Lucknow seat by a comfortable margin of 1,35,159 votes over the Samajwadi Party's Ravidas Mehrotra.

  Union minister of state for Defence and Tourism Ajay Bhatt won the Nainital-Udham Singh Nagar Lok Sabha seat in Uttarakhand, defeating Congress' Prakash Joshi by 3,34,548 votes.

  Transport Minister Nitin Gadkari defeated his nearest rival, Congress' Vikas Thakare by 1,37,603 votes to win the Nagpur Lok Sabha constituency, while Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal appeared on course for an easy victory in Mumbai North with a confident lead of 3,56,996 votes.

  Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav, contesting his first Lok Sabha elections, defeated his nearest rival Lalit Yadav of the Congress in Rajasthan's Alwar by 48,282 votes.

  Union Minister of Information and Broadcasting Anurag Thakur secured a fifth term from Himachal Pradesh's Hamirpur seat, defeating Congress' Satpal Raizada by 1,82,357 votes.

  
  MoS Panchayati Raj Kapil Patil lost to Suresh Gopinath Mhatre of NCP (Sharad Pawar) in Maharashtra's Bhiwandi and the Congress' Kalyan Vaijnath Rao Kale defeated BJP leader and MoS Railways Raosaheb Danve in Jalna.Bhaskar Bhagare of NCP (Sharad Pawar) clinched the Dindori seat in the state, trouncing Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare Bharati Panwar by 1,13,199 votes. MoS Housing and Urban Affairs Kaushal Kishore is trailing SP's RK Chaudhary by 70,292 votes.

  Minister of Earth Sciences Kiren Rijiju secured the Arunachal West seat defeating his nearest rival, Nabam Tuki of the Congress, by 1,00,738 votes.

  Union ministers Arjun Ram Meghwal (Bikaner) and Gajendra Singh Shekhawat (Jodhpur) won by 55,711 and 1,15,677 votes, respectively.

  Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya won Gujarat's Porbandar by a comfortable margin of 3,83,360 votes.

  Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan won by 1,19,836 votes against Pranab Prakash Das of the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) in Odisha's Sambalpur. Culture Minister and BJP President in Telangana G. Kishan Reddy clinched the Secunderabad Lok Sabha constituency, defeating his nearest Congress rival Danam Nagender by 49944 votes.

  Union ministers Pralhad Joshi and Shobha Karandlaje (BJP) posted wins in Dharwad and Bangalore North Lok Sabha segments, respectively, according to the Election Commission, while another Union minister Bhagwanth Khuba was defeated in Bidar by Karnataka Minister Eshwar Khandre's son Sagar Khandre.

  Union minister of state for ports, shipping and waterways Shantanu Thakur was leading in West Bengal's Bongaon seat by 73,693 votes.

  Union minister of state for commerce and industry Anupriya Patel defeated Samajwadi Party's Ramesh Chand Bind by a margin of 37,810 votes in Mirzapur parliamentary seat of Uttar Pradesh.

  The BJP suffered stunning losses in three Hindi heartland states, partial poll results showed Tuesday, forcing the party to rely on allies to form the government after a bitter and divisive election that was projected as a referendum on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's popularity.

  After 12 hours of counting of votes that began at 8 am, the BJP won or was ahead in 240 seats to emerge as the single largest party, a far cry from the 303 it had won last time in the 543-member Lok Sabha to mark the return of coalition politics.

  BJP's key allies N Chandrababu Naidu's TDP and Nitish Kumar's JD(U) were leading or winning 16 and 12 seats in Andhra Pradesh and Bihar respectively. With the support of its other allies, the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance was on course to reach the 272 majority mark.

• June 04, 2024 / 10:21 PM IST

  Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath first reaction on Lok Sabha Elections

  "The people of India have given a clear majority to the NDA for the third consecutive time. The NDA has received a mandate of absolute majority in Arunachal Pradesh, Odisha and Andhra Pradesh. This is a stamp of the country's people's faith in the policies, leadership and decisions of the respected Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi ji.

  Hearty congratulations to all the winning candidates. Thanks to all the hard-working workers and office bearers of the BJP-NDA alliance who came together with a feeling of family and gratitude to the people! Bharat Mata ki Jai!" posts UP CM Yogi Adityanath

• June 04, 2024 / 10:14 PM IST

  Bhupesh Baghel loses from Rajnandgaon Lok Sabha seat

  Former Chhattisgarh CM and Congress candidate Bhupesh Baghel loses from Rajnandgaon Lok Sabha seat to sitting BJP MP Santosh Pandey.

• June 04, 2024 / 10:09 PM IST

  Latest tally of winners and losers

  Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan wins Sambalpur Lok Sabha seat by 1,19, 836 votes.

  BJP's Manoj Tiwari wins North East Delhi seat, trounces Cong rival Kanhaiya Kumar by margin of over 1.38 lakh votes.

  BJP MP Sanjay Seth retains Ranchi seat by defeating Congress's Yashaswini Sahay by 1.20 lakh votes.

  BJP's Atul Garg wins from Ghaziabad Lok Sabha seat by 3.36 lakh vote margin against Congress' Dolly Sharma.

  Haryana CM Nayab Singh Saini wins Karnal Assembly bypoll by defeating Congress' Tarlochan Singh with margin of 41,540 votes.

  BJP's Kali Charan Singh wins Chatra LS seat in J'khand by a margin of 2.20 lakh votes against Cong's KN Tripathi.

  BJP candidate and Union minister Kaushal Kishore loses Mohanlalganj Lok Sabha seat by margin of 70,292 votes.

  BJP MP Bidyut Baran Mahato retains Jamshedpur seat by defeating JMM's Samir Kumar Mohanty by 2.59 lakh votes.

  Congress candidate Alfred Kanngam S Arthur wins Outer Manipur Lok Sabha seat by 85,418 votes.

  Apna Dal (Soneylal) candidate and Union Minister Anupriya Patel wins Mirzapur Lok Sabha seat with margin of 37,810 votes.

  Shiv Sena's Ravindra Waikar wins Mumbai North West seat, defeating Shiv Sena (UBT) nominee Amol Kirtikar by 48 votes.

  BJP's Harsh Malhotra defeats AAP's Kuldeep Kumar by 93,663 votes in East Delhi seat.

• June 04, 2024 / 09:40 PM IST

  BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari on NDA getting majority in LS polls

  NDA has got the majority and is coming to power yet again. PM Modi is all set to become the Prime Minister for the third time. I extend my heartiest congratulations to everyone on my behalf and behalf of West Bengal BJP,” said West Bengal LoP and BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari

• June 04, 2024 / 09:37 PM IST

  Nitish Kumar to attend NDA meeting in Delhi on tomorrow

  Bihar Chief Minister and JD(U) president Nitish Kumar will on Wednesday take part in the NDA meeting scheduled in the national capital, highly placed sources said. Kumar, whose party is set to grab 12 out of the state's 40 seats, will be leaving for Delhi in the morning. Kumar had visited Delhi during the weekend when he met top BJP leaders including Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

  With the BJP falling short of majority, Kumar is being seen as a key player whom the opposition INDIA bloc is also sending fillers.

• June 04, 2024 / 09:29 PM IST

  Northeast: BJP set to win 13 Lok Sabha seats, Congress sweeps violence-hit Manipur

  The Congress has put a spanner in the plans of the BJP to make a clean sweep in the northeastern states which have 25 Lok Sabha seats, as the grand old party is set to bag seven seats including two in violence-hit Manipur. The BJP is likely to win 13 seats in these states.

  In Manipur where the Congress could not open its account in 2019 general elections, its candidates Angomcha Bimol Akoijam and Alfred Kanngam S Arthur have won both Inner Manipur and Outer Manipur seats.

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