UP, MP, Uttarakhand, Delhi, Haryana, Punjab Election Results 2019: 17th Lok Sabha elections full coverage state, party and constituency wise

Narendra Modi seeks blessings of Margdarshak Mandal after historic win

After securing an unassailable lead over the UPA — the closest consolidated opponent NDA had in elections — Narendra Modi visited LK Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi, BJP veteran and founding fathers who are now relegated to the sidelines owing to their advancing age. The Congress had criticised BJP for ‘unceremoniously’ sidelining the veteran leaders by not giving them a Lok Sabha ticket. Modi had put in an undeclared age bar of 75 within party rank and file to promote new blood in the BJP.  

How many seats did SP win in UP in 2019?  

The Samajwadi Party managed to win just five seats of the 37 it contested in Uttar Pradesh, a state that sends 80 members to the Lok Sabha. The party had managed to win just five seats in the previous Lok Sabha elections too — its lowest-ever tally — but in theory, its performance may have slightly improved. This is because, the party fielded its candidates on all 80 Lok Sabha seats in 2014 and only five of them managed to win. This time around, it had entered an alliance with the BSP and RLD and it only fielded candidates in 37 seats of which, five won. 

The winners include party patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav, SP chief Akhilesh Yadav and veteran party leader Azam Khan.

Himachal Pradesh Lok Sabha Election Results Latest Updates

Over 33,000 voters opted for NOTA in Himachal Pradesh

Over 33,000 none of the above (NOTA) votes were polled in Himachal Pradesh, where the ruling BJP swept the Lok Sabha elections winning all four seats in the state. 

The saffron party won Mandi, Shimla, Hamirpur and Kangra with record margins of about four lakh votes in each of the constituencies. As many as 33,008 voters chose the NOTA option.In this way, 0.87 per cent voters opted for NOTA out of the total 38,01, 793 votes polled in the state on 19 May, an election official said.

How much margin did Rahul Gandhi lose Amethi polls with?  

Rahul Gandhi lost the family bastion Amethi with a margin of 55,20 votes or 11.76 percent. As the news of Irani’s victory trickled in, the BJP camp burst into celebration with the supporters chanting slogans and dancing to the beats of thumping drums. 

The BJP workers came out on the streets and hailed the BJP leader whom they credit with ending the rule of one dynasty in this Congress stronghold.

As the evening descended, the main market in Gauriganj was the epicentre of action where BJP flags were being waved at every corner and enthusiastic supporters moved about distributing ladoos. Around the Manishi Mahila Mahavidyala and Indira Gandhi PG college, jubilant BJP supporters zoomed about on motorcycles, but on the roadside Congress supporters could be seen huddled together, discussing Congress president Rahul Gandhi who conceded defeat.

Jammu and Kashmir Lok Sabha Election Results Latest Updates

In Jammu and Kashmir’s Baramulla, more votes polled in favour of NOTA than BJP, JKNPP, few Independents 

About 8000 voters opted for the none of the above (NOTA) button in elections to the Baramulla Parliamentary constituency of Jammu and Kashmir which was won by National Conference’s Mohammad Akbar Lone. 

In Baramulla constituency of north Kashmir, 7999 voters pressed the NOTA button, an election official said. He said NOTA secured 1.79 per cent of the total votes polled in the constituency. The NOTA secured more votes than four of the nine candidates who were in the fray in the constituency, including the BJP and JKNPP candidates who polled 1.34 and 0.95 percent polls respectively.

Uttar Pradesh Lok Sabha Election Results Latest Updates

BJP garners close to 50 percent vote share in Uttar Pradesh 

North States Lok Sabha Election Results Latest Updates

Twitter trolls unleash abuse on Swara Bhaskar after candidates backed by Left-leaning actor face poll rout; trend term ‘panauti’ to mock actor

Twitter trolls are mocking actor Swara Bhaskar, who campaigned for Left’s candidate from Begusarai Kanhaiya Kumar and AAP’s Atishi Marlena. The trolling mob has retweeted the term panauti, (meaning a consistently unlcuky person) to make it trend high on Twitter. Some people even dragged in journalist Barkha Dutt who is often a target of vitriol on social media. 

Jammu and Kashmir Lok Sabha Election Results Latest Updates

BJP’s Jugal Kishore wins Jammu; J T Namgyal bags Ladakh

BJP’s Jugal Kishore defeated Raman Bhalla of the Congress by 3,02,875 votes on the Jammu seat. The party’s J T Namgyal won the Ladakh seat defeating Independent candidate and journalist-turned-politician Sajjad Hussain by over 10,000 votes. Rebel Congress candidate spoiled the game for the grand old party and Hussain by so far bagging 29,000 votes. 

For the NC, 83-year-old Abdullah got 1,06,750 votes and defeated Aga Syed Mohsin of the PDP by 70,050 votes in the Srinagar constituency. This will be Abdullah’s fourth term in the Lok Sabha, having been a member in 1980, 2009 and 2017 previously.

The Congress is set to draw a blank in the state even though the National Conference and the PDP had not fielded candidates for Jammu and Udhampur seats in order to consolidate anti-BJP vote.

In the Baramulla constituency, the most-keenly contested seat in Kashmir region both in terms of candidates and people’s participation, NC candidate Mohammad Akbar Lone is leading by over 30,000 votes.

North States Lok Sabha Election Results Latest Updates

Anti-BJP alliances fare poorly across north India 

From the mahagathbandhan in Bihar to the much touted SP-BSP combine in Uttar Pradesh to the Congress’ alliance with NCP in Maharashtra in North-West India, most alliances forged primarily to keep the Bharatiya Janata Party out of power have failed miserably in elections. 

The Congress-NCP combine, which fought polls on the plank of ousting ‘corrupt’ Shiv Sena-BJP combine was limited to five out of 48 seats in Maharashtra. The Congress won a single seat, while NCP won four. In Uttar Pradesh, the much touted caste-trump-card, the SP-BSP-RLD gathbandhn failed to cause substantial damage to the BJP. Both parties together, were restricted to 11 seats while RLD failed to open its account. 

Likewise, in Bihar the RJD drew a naught, the Congress could win only one seat, smaller parties like HAM did not win even a single seat.

Uttar Pradesh Lok Sabha Election Results Latest Updates

Raj Babbar takes onus of Congress’ poll rout in UP, offers to resign

Congress’ Uttar Pradesh unit chief Raj Babbar has said he takes the moral responsibility for his party’s poor show in state, offering to resign. The Congress hit its lowest point in state when it lost even the Gandhi pocket borough of Amethi to BJP’s Smriti Irani. The party is now reduced to a single seat in state, that of UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi.

Delhi Lok Sabha Election Results Latest Updates

Atishi and Gautam Gambhir’s friendly exchange on Twitter post election 

After a bitterly fought campaign, the Twitter exchange between Atishi and Gautam Gambhir was refreshingly civil. While the AAP leader congratulated the BJP candidate for his win and offered to be avaialble to help, Gambhir also responded encouragingly saying a worthy opponent’s suggestions were always valued

Thanks for the good wishes, a worthy opposition can never be undervalued. I will surely give u a shout to collaborate for all things constructive. Wish you loads of luck and peace.

— Gautam Gambhir (@GautamGambhir) May 23, 2019

Bihar Lok Sabha Election Results Latest Updates

In a first, RJD draws blank in Bihar

In a first, Rashtriya Janata Dal could not manage to win even a single seat in the 17th Lok Sabha elections which concluded on 19 May. The RJD, led by Lalu Prasad Yadav’s son Tejashwi Yadav, fought the election in alliance with the Congress and others. The party, which contested on 20 seats, didn’t manage to win even a single seat this election and nose-dived from 27 in 2014 to nil in 2019.

Northern States Lok Sabha Election Results Latest Updates

New Twitter trend ‘Churchgate’ mocks Congress for poll drubbing in northern states

The far-fetched links a Twitter trend may have to a topical subject can almost surprise you. The latest object that has piqued the interest of Twitterati is ‘Churchgate’ station, which was ultimately a harsh joke on Congress’ poll drubbing . Apparently someone pointed out that starting in Mumbai, if you travel up north via train, the first Congress MP you will come across is in Punjab, at least 1,600 kilometres from Mumbai.  

Some people did point out that technically the journey from Churchgate will end at Virar if you were to travel up north because no long distance start from the station. But that did not stop the word from trending. 

Today, if you board a train in ChurchGate and move up north, the first Cong MP that you will find is not before Punjab.

That's how huge the Modi Wave is !!! — feeling cool

— Prakhar Bindal (@theBetaGuy) May 24, 2019

Train from Churchgate ends at Dahanu....

— ........🚴🏝️🏝️🏖️ (@Sarojp630) May 24, 2019

Uttar Pradesh Lok Sabha Election Results Latest Updates

BJP’s Sanjeev Kumar Balyan defeats RLD chief Ajit Singh from Muzaffarnagar 

BJP candidate Sanjeev Kumar Balyan won from the Muzaffarnagar Lok Sabha seat with a slim margin of 6,500 votes. He was fielded against Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) chief Ajit Singh.

‘A new dawn for Amethi’: Smriti Irani tweets on morning after win 

Thanking the people of Amethi for their massive support, Smriti Irani took to Twitter to react to her win. 

एक नयी सुबह अमेठी के लिए , एक नया संकल्प। धन्यवाद अमेठी 🙏शत शत नमन । आपने विकास पर विश्वास जताया, कमल का फूल खिलाया। अमेठी का आभार #PhirEkBaarModiSarkaar #VijayiBharat

— Smriti Z Irani (@smritiirani) May 24, 2019

Delhi Lok Sabha Election Results Latest Updates

Gautam Gambhir’s ’explosive’ tweet post election win is an aggressive display of clever wordplay

BJP’s East Delhi candidate, who fought a pitched battle with AAP’s Atishi, took to Twitter after a comfortable win from his seat. Depicting clever wordplay, Gambhir said

Counting latest update: BJP wins on 288 seats, leading on 15; Congress wins on 50 seats, leading on 2, out of total 542 Parliamentary constituency seats

Chandigarh Lok Sabha Election Results Latest Updates

Kirron Kher wins Chandigarh seat, says those who thought of me as a weak candidate got a lesson

Bharatiya Janata Party’s Kirron Kher has won the Union Territory of Chandigarh with 2,31,188 votes. Her neaterst rival, Congress’ Pawan Kumar Bansal secured 1,84,218 votes. 

Speaking to Dainik Jagran, Kher said that the credit of her win goes to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. She also said that all those who dismissed her as a weak candidate have been taught a lesson by the people.

Jammu Lok Sabha Election Results Latest Updates

BJP’s Jitendra Singh wins by 3.57 lakh votes; highest margin of victory for any successful candidate 

In the Udhampur seat of Jammu region, BJP’s Jitendra Singh won by 3.57 lakh votes defeating Congress’ Vikramaditya Singh, the son of Jammu and Kashmir’s last prince Karan Singh. As per officials, it is the highest margin of victory for any successful candidate in Jammu and Kashmir till now. Singh got 61.38 percent votes. He had defeated former Union minister and Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad in 2014.

North States Election Results Latest Updates

BJP sweeps Hindi Heartland as Congress fails to capitalise Assembly wins

Performing much better than most poll pundits predicted, the Bharatiya Janata Party has swept through the Hindi Heartland. Winning Gujarat, Rajasthan, and Himachal Pradesh in a clean sweep while restricting Congress to a single in Maharashtra, Bihar and Jharkhand. Officially, the results for 505 of the 542 seats that went to poll, however, leads and treds establish that the NDA will mostly cross the 350, the BJP achieving a brute majority alone.

Bihar Election Results Latest Updates

Ex-Union minister Tariq Anwar loses Katihar seat to JD(U)’s Dulal Chandra Goswami 

Janata Dal (United) candidate from Katihar, Dulal Chandra Goswami defeated Congress’ Tariq Anwar by a margin of 57,203 votes.

Bihar Election Results Latest Updates

Ravi Shankar Prasad bags Patna Sahib

Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has from the Patna Sahib Lok Sabha seat by 2,84,657 votes. He was fielded against Congress’ Shatrughan Sinha.

Bihar Election Results Latest Updates

Ram Kripal Yadav defeats Misa Bharti in Pataliputra

Ram Kripal Yadav, BJP candidate from Pataliputra Lok Sabha seat, defeated Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) candidate Misa Bharti with a margin of 39,321 seats.

Lok Sabha Election Results Latest Updates

Smriti Irani reacts to her win from Amethi

After defeating Rahul Gandhi in Amethi by 55,120 votes, Union minister Smriti Irani said, “I’m happy that Rahul ji has expressed faith in prime minister’s leadership. The people of Amethi have shown their faith in us through votes and I’m thankful to them. I’ve been working with them for five years after I lost. Now, I’ll again serve them, but this time after winning.” In the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, Rahul had defeated Irani by 1,07,903 votes.

Union Min Smriti Irani: I'm happy that Rahul ji has expressed faith in PM’s leadership. The people of Amethi have shown their faith in us through votes&I'm thankful to them. I've been working with them for 5 yrs after I lost,now I'll again serve them,but this time after winning. pic.twitter.com/HtlZOJzUTr

— ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) May 23, 2019

Lok Sabha Election Results Latest Updates

Jayant Sinha wins from Hazaribagh by over four lakh vote

Jharkhand: Union Minister Jayant Sinha won Hazaribagh Lok Sabha seat by 479548 votes. (File pic) #LokSabhaElectionresults2019 pic.twitter.com/z5wYM7s6Q4

— ANI (@ANI) May 23, 2019

Lok Sabha Election Results Latest Updates

Subrat Prathak defeats Dimple Yadav, dedicates win to people of Kannauj

On winning Kannauj Lok Sabha seat and defeating SP leader Dimple Yadav, BJP candidate Subrat Pathak said: “This is the victory of the people of Kannauj. This mandate is against Samajwadi Party’s atrocity, corruption and dynasty politics.”

Lok Sabha Election Results Latest Updates

Jitendra Singh wins from Udhampur, Karti Chidambaram from Sivaganga

MoS PMO Jitendra Singh won the Udhampur Lok Sabha seat by 3,57,252 votes. Meanwhile, ANI reported that Congress leader Karti Chidambaram won from Sivaganga.

Jammu and Kashmir: MoS PMO Jitendra Singh wins Udhampur Lok Sabha seat by 357252 votes. pic.twitter.com/MoMWUTvGbN

— ANI (@ANI) May 23, 2019

Uttar Pradesh Election Results Latest Updates

​Hema Malini retains Mathura seat
BJP’s Hema Malini retained the Mathura Lok Sabha seat by defeating RLD candidate Kunwar Narendra Singh by a margin of 2,93,471 votes. While the actor-turned-politician secured6,71,293 votes, Singh received 3,77,822 votes, according to the Election Commission said.

BJP candidate Hema Malini wins Mathura Lok Sabha seat by 293471 votes. #ElectionResults2019 pic.twitter.com/B2kYjKz7WJ

— ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) May 23, 2019

Himachal Pradesh Lok Sabha Election Result Latest Updates

Sitting BJP MP Anurag Thakur wins from Hamirpur by 3,99,572 votes.

Himachal Pradesh: Anurag Thakur wins Hamirpur Lok Sabha seat by 399572 votes. (File pic) #ElectionResults2019 pic.twitter.com/N7i5cGcmWh

— ANI (@ANI) May 23, 2019

AAP stares at bleak future in Punjab

The fate of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Punjab appears to be bleak with the Arvind Kejriwal-led outfit facing almost decimation in the Lok Sabha elections. Of the 13 Lok Sabha seats in the state, the faction-ridden party is leading only from Sangrur, where its state unit chief Bhagwant Mann is seeking re-election.

The problems began for the party when its national convenor Arvind  Kejriwal sought an apology from SAD leader Bikram Singh Majithia for levelling charges over the issue of drugs in March 2018, drawing the ire of several party legislators, led by Bholath MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira.

The party suffered a setback ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, when two of its MLAs – Amarjit Singh Sandoa and Nazar Singh Manshahia – joined the Congress.

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Punjab Lok Sabha Election Result Latest Updates

Actor and BJP candidate Sunny Deol won his electoral debut by defeating Congress heavyweight and sitting MP Sunil Jakhar from the Gurdaspur constituency by a margin of 82,459 votes.

Union minister and BJP candidate Hardeep Singh Puri lost the Amritsar seat to Congress MP Gurjeet Singh Aujla by a margin of 99,626 votes.

Punjab: Actor-turned-politician and BJP candidate from Gurdaspur, Sunny Deol, wins by 82,459 votes. #ElectionResults2019 pic.twitter.com/K0Uh6FGrbj

— ANI (@ANI) May 23, 2019

Delhi Lok Sabha Election Result Latest Updates

Cricketer-turned-politician Gautam Gambhir wins East Delhi seat, defeats Congress’ Arvinder Singh Lovely by margin of 3.91 lakh votes.

Uttar Pradesh Lok Sabha Election Result Latest Updates

SP-BSP candidate Afzal Ansari defeats Union Minister Manoj Sinha by 1,19,392 votes in Uttar Pradesh’s Ghazipur. SP founder Mulayam Singh Yadav wins Mainpuri seat by defeating BJP candidate Prem Singh Shakya with margin of over 94,000 votes.

Chhattisgarh Lok Sabha Election Result Latest Updates

Former state minister Renuka Singh of the BJP defeated her Congress rival Khel Sai Singh in the Surguja (ST) seat in Chhattisgarh by a huge margin of 1,57,873 votes.

Himachal Pradesh Lok Sabha Election Result Latest Updates

BJP candidate Suresh Kumar Kashyap won the Shimla Lok Sabha seat with a margin of 3,27,515 votes against his nearest rival Col Dhani Ram Shandil of the Congress.

Madhya Pradesh Lok Sabha Election Result Latest Updates

BJP candidate Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur trounced Congress stalwart Digvijay Singh by a huge margin of 3,64,822 votes in the Bhopal Lok Sabha seat. In Betul, BJPs Durga Das Uikey trounced Ramu Tekam of the Congress by a margin of 3,60,241 votes. In Indore, BJP candidate Shankar Lalwani defeated Congress nominee Pankaj Sanghvi by a huge margin of 5,47,754 votes. In Rajgarh, BJPs sitting MP Rodmal Nagar thrashed Congresss Mona Sustani by a margin of 4,31,019 votes.

Union minister and BJP nominee Dr Virendra Kumar retained the Tikamgarh Lok Sabha seat by defeating Congress candidate Kiran Ahirwar by a margin of 3,48,059 votes. In Sagar, BJPs Rajbahadur Singh defeated Prabhu Singh Thakur of the Congress by a margin of 3,05,542 votes.

Former Union minister Faggan Singh Kulaste of the BJP retained the Mandla (ST) seat by trouncing Congress nominee Kamal Singh Marawi by a margin of 97,674 votes. Another former Union minister, Prahlad Patel of the BJP, retained Damoh by trouncing Congress nominee Pratap Singh by a margin of 3,53,411 votes. BJP’s Dhal Singh Bisen won from the Balaghat Lok Sabha seat by defeating Congress nominee Madhu Bhagat by a margin of 2,42,066 votes.

BJPs sitting MP Ganesh Singh retained Satna by trouncing Congress nominee Rajaram Tripathi by a margin of 2,31,473 votes. Mayor and BJP candidate Vivek Shejwalkar defeated Congresss Ashok Singh by a margin of 1,46,842 votes in Gwalior. Madhya Pradesh BJP president Rakesh Singh retained his Jabalpur Lok Sabha seat by defeating Congress nominee Vivek Krishna Tankha by a margin of 4,54,744 votes.

The BJP also retained Khandwa, where its sitting MP Nandkumar Singh Chauhan trounced former Union minister Arun Yadav of the Congress by a margin of 2,73,343 votes. The Dewas (SC) seat also went the BJP way. Its candidate Mahendra Singh Solanki, a former judge, defeated Congress nominee Prahlad Tipaniya, a popular folk singer, by a margin of 3,72,249 votes.

Haryana Lok Sabha Election Result Latest Updates

Former Haryana chief minister and senior Congress leader Bhupinder Singh Hooda was on Thursday defeated by BJP’s Ramesh Chander Kaushik from the Sonipat Lok Sabha seat. BJP candidate Brijendra Singh won the Hisar parliamentary seat defeating his nearest rival and incumbent MP Dushyant Chautala of the JJP by a margin of 3,14,068 votes.

Former Union minister and senior Congress leader Tariq Anwar Thursday loses his Katihar Lok Sabha seat to JD(U)s Dulal Chandra Goswami by a margin of about 57,000 votes. Union Minister and sitting MP Rao Inderjit Singh on from the Gurgaon parliamentary constituency defeating his nearest Congress rival Ajay Singh Yadav, a former six-time MLA from Rewari, by a margin of 3,86,256 votes.

Jharkhand Lok Sabha Election Result Latest Updates

JMM president Shibu Soren lost the Dumka (ST) seat to BJP’s Sunil Soren by 47,590 votes. Union minister and BJP candidate Jayant Sinha was re-elected from the Hazaribagh seat in Jharkhand by a margin of 4,78,209 votes.

Jammu and Kashmir Lok Sabha Election Result Latest Updates

National Conference candidate and former High Court judge Hasnain Masoodi defeating former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti from Anantnag seat.

Bihar Lok Sabha Election Result Latest Updates

Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad retained the Patna Sahib seat for the BJP, defeating sitting MP Shatrughan Sinha  in fray on a Congress ticket  by a margin of 2.84 lakh votes.

Election chatter on Twitter sees massive jump at 396 mn tweets

Twitter was abuzz during the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, with as many as 396 million tweets being sent out on the platform since January this year, recording a phenomenal jump over the previous general elections.

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Newly-elected BJP MPs likely to meet on Saturday

The BJP parliamentary board passed a resolution hailing Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership and thanking people for endorsing the party’s agenda. All the newly-elected MPs of the party may meet Saturday to elect Modi as their leader, following which he will meet the President to stake claim to form the new government, party sources said. The oath-taking of the new government will be held after this.

BJP improves vote tally in Jammu strongholds, Mehbooba Mufti’s PDP routed in Kashmir

In the elections, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was routed as the party lost in all the three seats in Kashmir with former chief minister and party president, Mehbooba Mufti, losing by a margin of over 9,000 votes in the Anantnag parliamentary seat in the wake of “heavy-handed” measures to control the agitation that was sparked by the death of Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani. The party’s alliance with the BJP after the 2014 Assembly election is also believed to have contributed to the PDP’s poor showing this time around. Mehbooba got 25 percent of the votes, while the National Conference’s Hasnain Masoodi won 33 percent of the votes. Read more…

Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu congratulates Narendra Modi over phone

“You don’t need a coalition, my friend, but I do,” Netanyahu joked over the phone call.

מזל טוב ידידי נרנדרה מודי! @narendramodi pic.twitter.com/72O2i0MtIa

— Benjamin Netanyahu - בנימין נתניהו (@netanyahu) May 23, 2019

Uttar Pradesh Lok Sabha Election Result Latest Updates

Modi emerges victorious in Varanasi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi won the Varanasi Lok Sabha seat defeating his nearest rival Shalini Yadav of Samajwadi Party by a margin of nearly 4.80 lakh votes. Varun Gandhi won the Pilibhit Lok Sabha seat defeating Hemraj Verma of the SP by a margin of over 2.50 lakh votes. Home Minister Rajnath Singh retained Lucknow seat, defeating nearest rival SP’s Poonam Sinha by over 3.4 lakh votes

Meanwhile, Congress leader Sonia Gandhi won the Raebareli seat, defeating BJP’s Dinesh Pratap Singh.

Bihar Lok Sabha Election Result Latest Updates

Clashes erupt between BJP, RJD leader in Siwan

Police fired in the air on Thursday in Bihar’s Siwan to disperse supporters of Heena Shahab, RJD candidate and wife of mafia don-turned-politician Mohd Shahabuddin, who demanded countermanding of polls in the Lok Sabha seat where she is trailing behind the NDA candidate by over one lakh votes, PTI reported.

Stampede-like situation at BJP’s Delhi headquarters

Just minutes before the arrival of BJP chief Amit Shah, huge crowds gathered at the BJP’s headquarters in Delhi. As soon as Shah arrived, a swarm of supporters with Modi painted on their faces and saffron stoles around their necks began hooting and running towards him while jostling several journalists and breaking big potted plants.

Due to the commotion at the venue, several people got injured and some even fell down. The security guards could not control the excited supporters.

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Sons of famous politician fathers lose in 17th LS polls

From former prime minister Rajiv Gandhi’s son and Congress president Rahul Gandhi losing out on the party’s political bastion in Amethi, to the loss of Madhya Pradesh’s Guna constituency, which is the stronghold of Congress’ Jyotiraditya Scindia, son of former Union minister Madhav Rao Scindia.

Uttar Pradesh Lok Sabha Election Result Latest Updates

Union minister Smriti Irani offers prayers

Union Minister Smriti Irani offers prayers at a temple in Amethi; she is leading by 48078 votes in the parliamentary constituency. Congress President Rahul Gandhi, outgoing Amethi MP, has conceded defeat pic.twitter.com/uqxGzt7eNX

— ANI UP/Uttarakhand (@ANINewsUP) May 23, 2019

Many sitting women MPs set to retain their seat

Among prominent faces who are have been or are expected to be re-elected to Lok Sabha are Rae Bareli Congress MP Sonia Gandhi, Sultanpur candidate Maneka Gandhi who is a sitting BJP MP from Pilibhit, Mathura BJP MP Hema Malini, Chandigarh BJP candidate Kirron Kher, Kannauj SP MP Dimple Yadav and New Delhi MP Meenakshi Lekhi.

Punjab Lok Sabha Election Results Latest Updates

Union Minister and Shiromani Akali Dal candidate Harsimrat Kaur Badal danced to celebrate her win in Bathinda

#WATCH Punjab: Union Minister and Shiromani Akali Dal candidate Harsimrat Kaur Badal danced to celebrate, earlier today in Bathinda. She has won the Parliamentary seat by 21,772 votes. #ElectionResults2019 pic.twitter.com/2bf8Z3LbHV

— ANI (@ANI) May 23, 2019

BJP’s journey from just two seats in 1984 Lok Sabha polls to two consecutive general election wins

From just two seats in Lok Sabha in 1984 to winning two back-to-back majority in general elections, the BJP has displaced Congress under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

In the early 90s, BJP’s influence was restricted to the Hindi heartland. By 1996, BJP was elected as the single largest party, when Atal Bihari Vajpayee took oath as PM. However, the UPA-I and UPA-II were formed in 2004 and 2009. In the following Lok Sabha polls in 2014, Modi merged on the national scene and the party won a clear majority on its own, extending its footprint to the North-East.

Few had imagined the BJP would be able to travel this far when it was founded on 6 April, 1980. The party originated from Jan Sangh, which had merged with the Janata Party in 1977 but three years later splintered. When the saffron party contested its first election in 1984, it won only two Lok Sabha seats. Following which, then party president LK Advani made Hindutva as the core ideology of the party.

The hardline Hindutva politics paid rich electoral dividends in the next general elections in 1989 when the BJP won 85 Lok Sabha seats. Following Advani’s ‘Ram Rath Yatra’ in 1990, the party grew in strength and in the 1991 general elections, it increased its strength to 120. The party’s vote share went up to 20.1 per cent in 1991 from 7.4 per cent in 1984.

In the 1996 general elections, the BJP for the first time became the single largest party in Lok Sabha by winning 161 seats and staked claim to form the government. The first ever BJP-led government, formed under the leadership of Vajpayee, lasted for only 13 days as it failed to attract allies to muster a majority.

In the 1998 general polls, the BJP’s tally increased and it got 182 seats in the Lok Sabha and formed a coalition government called the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), which lasted 13 months, losing a no-confidence motion by a single vote.

Following the BJP’s massive victory and splendid performance in Uttar Pradesh, Amit Shah, who was in charge of the state, was rewarded with party’s top post. With this change of ranks in the party’s leadership, a new era of Modi-Shah duo started which led to the party’s victory in various state assembly elections and the BJP was ruling the 18 states at one time.

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Bihar Lok Sabha Election Result Latest Updates

Respect people’s mandate, says RJD’s Tejashwi Yadav

RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav congratulated Narendra Modi and told ANI that he and his party support the people’s mandate. “We hope that the dual engine government in Bihar will solve the problems faced by people here. Would like to thank our workers. There is no reason to be disappointed. We will continue the fight,” he said.

Jammu and Kashmir Lok Sabha Election Result Latest Updates

#VijayiBharat
BJP Kashmir celebrates Modi victory in Srinagar
@RavinderBJPJK
@rammadhavbjp pic.twitter.com/ed5vH3AKmh

— BJP Jammu & Kashmir (@BJP4JnK) May 23, 2019

Punjab Lok Sabha Election Lok Sabha Result Latest Updates

Congress’ Manish Tewari wins from Anandpur Sahib.

Narendra Modi’s mother greets BJP supporters outside her house

With the BJP heading for a landslide victory in the Lok Sabha polls, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s nonagenarian mother Hiraben Thursday greeted the party supporters, who gathered outside her house in Kudasan village on the outskirts of Gandhinagar.

Modi, who contested from the Varanasi Lok Sabha constituency, established a considerable lead over his rival and Samajwadi Party candidate Shalini Yadav.

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The Union Cabinet will meet Friday evening to recommend the dissolution of the 16th Lok Sabha

Rahul Gandhi’s decisions led to divisions within the Opposition, says CPI’s Atul Kumar Anjaan

Decisions taken by Rahul Gandhi led to divisions within the opposition, CPI national secretary Atul Kumar Anjaan said. “The BJP fought these elections on the basis of social and religious divisive policies and the agenda was set by them on this basis. But more significant is the fact that the unity of the opposition has been damaged by the Congress. The policies and decisions of Rahul Gandhi has weakened opposition unity, led to divisions and opened the doors for Modi’s victory,” the Communist Party of India national secretary said.

The party’s other National Secretary D Raja said, “Every political party should introspect and analyse how this situation happened. We have to rework strategies, reorganise party and reconnect with the people. With BJP capturing power, they will now aggressively pursue Hindutva agenda and cultural nationalism. The secular democratic parties have failed to form a credible alliance and that has been our failure.”

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SAD’s Sukhbir Singh Badal wins from Ferozepur

SAD chief Sukhbir Singh Badal defeats Congress candidate Sher Singh Ghubaya in Ferozepur seat by a margin of 1.98 lakh votes.

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LJP’s Chirag Paswan wins in Jamui seat

Lokjanshakti Party (LJP) leader Chirag Paswan won from Jamui Lok Sabha seat in Bihar defeating Bhudeb Choudhary of RLSP by 2,41,049 votes.

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BJP’s Giriraj Singh wins in Begusarai

BJP leader Giriraj Singh retained the Begusarai seat for his party, trouncing his nearest rival Kanhaiya Kumar of the CPI by a staggering margin of over four lakh votes.

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BJP candidates win in Khargone, Ujjain

BJP candidate Gajendra Umrao Singh Patel defeated Dr Govind Mujalda, his nearest Congress rival, by a margin of 2,02,510 votes from the Khargone (SC) seat.

BJP’s Anil Firojiya trounced Babulal Malviya of the Congress by a whopping margin of 3,65,637 votes from the Ujjain (SC) seat.

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State BJP seeks CM Kamal Nath’s resignation

State BJP chief Rakesh Singh sought Chief Minister Kamal Nath’s resignation. “Nath should resign, not on moral ground but due to the overwhelming people’s mandate in favour of the BJP in the state,” Singh told PTI as trends from counting centres indicated landslide victory for the saffron party. Out of the ’three Chief Ministers’, two – Digvijay Singh and Jyotiraditya Scindia – are almost certain to lose elections (from Bhopal and Guna Lok Sabha constituencies, respectively)," he said.

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Nakul Nath wins from Chhindwara

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Kamal Nath’s son Nakul Nath of the Congress won the Chhindwara Lok Sabha seat, defeating BJP’s Nathansaha Kawreti by a margin of 37,536 votes.

BJP candidate Chhattarsingh Darbar defeated Congress’ Dinesh Girwal by a margin of 1,56,029 votes from the Dhar (ST) seat. In Vidisha, Ramakant Bhargava of the BJP defeated Congress nominee Shailendra Patel by a staggering margin of 5,03,084 votes.

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SAD’s Harsimrat Kaur Badal wins from Bathinda

Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) candidate Harsimrat Kaur Badal won from the Bathinda seat, defeating her nearest rival Amrinder Singh Raja Warring of the Congress. Badal defeated Warring by a margin of 21,772 votes.

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Leads and results as of 7.30 pm

NDA: 353
UPA: 91
Others: 98

BJP’s win is a triumph of national forces, says RSS’ Bhaiyyaji Joshi

RSS’ Bhaiyyaji Joshi said the BJP’s win in Lok Sabha polls is a blessing for the country’s people who will have a stable government again. “Many compliments to each and everyone who have contributed to this victory of democracy. The spirit and ideal of democracy have once again been established for the world to witness,” Joshi said in a statement.

“We wish that with the completion of the polling process, all bitterness will end and the verdict of the masses is welcomed with humility,” he added.

India’s credit ratings to depend on new government’s policies: Moody’s

India’s credit rating will depend  on the policies of the new government, Moody’s said Thursday and expressed hope that the country would continue with its fiscal consolidation plan.

Any credit implications of the outcome of India’s general election will be determined by the policies adopted by the government in the next few years. These policies are yet to be formulated," Moody’s Investors Service VP Sovereign Risk Group William Foster said.

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National Conference senior leader Mohammed Akbar Lone wins from Baramulla

The NC leader won from that seat with a Margin of more than 20,000 votes.

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BJP’s Ravi Kishan wins in Gorakhpur

With 3,01,664 votes, BJP candidate from Gorakhpur Ravi Kishan registered a win. He told ANI that his victory is a victory of truth.

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BJP candidate emerges victorious in Kushinagar

Kushinagar BJP’s Vijay Dubey won with 3,35,657 votes. Samajwadi Party’s Nathuni Kushwaha was the runner up and he polled only 2,51,571 votes.

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We will work for Bihar’s progress, says Nitish Kumar

It is encouraging that Bihar wants an atmosphere of love and the people have made it clear by shunning the opposition. We appealed for votes on the basis of the work done by state government for 13 years and the Modi government in 5 years. I appreciate that people have supported it. We will work for Bihar’s progress.

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BSP’s Atul Rai won with a vote margin of 1,19,028 votes from the Ghosi Lok Sabha seat, while the BJP’s Satish Gautam win from the Aligarh Lok Seat with a vote margin of 2,28,370 votes.

Pakodi Lal Kol of Apna Dal won from the Robertsganj reserved constituency. The vote margin was 54120. Apna Dal is an ally of the BJP.

Farooq Abdullah, Punjab Congress’ Ludhiana, Patiala candidates register wins

Jammu and Kashmir National Conference candidate Farooq Abdullah has won from Srinagar. Meanwhile, Congress’ Ravneet Singh Bittu and Preneet Kaur win from Punjab’s Ludhiana and Patiala respectively.

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Nothing is impossible, says Smriti Irani after leaving behind Rahul Gandhi by a considerable margin in Amethi

After her victory became imminent in Amethi, Irani tweeted a line from a poem by Dushyant Kumar.

कौन कहता है आसमां में सुराख नहीं हो सकता ...

— Smriti Z Irani (@smritiirani) May 23, 2019

BJP’s victory makes headlines in Pakistan, Imran Khan congratulates Modi

Pakistan PM Imran Khan said he looked forward to working with Modi for peace, progress and prosperity in South Asia.

The BJP’s victory made headlines in Pakistan. Dawn news headlined its top story as, ‘India wins again, says Modi; BJP set to secure historic victory in general election as votes are counted’.

The Express Tribune carried an agency story titled ‘Modi stuns opposition with massive’ election win. Geo TV, however kept the coverage simple by providing data only on the initial trends. State-run Radio Pakistan in its South Asia segment carried a story titled ‘Modi’s BJP leads in early India vote count’.

Almost all media outlets including ARY News, The Nation and The News also covered the story.

Narendra Modi removes ‘chowkidar’ from his Twitter handle

Modi tweeted, “The people of India became Chowkidars and rendered great service to the nation. Chowkidar has become a powerful symbol to safeguard India from the evils of casteism, communalism, corruption and cronyism.”

Now, the time has come to take the Chowkidar Spirit to the next level.

Keep this spirit alive at every moment and continue working for India’s progress.

The word ‘Chowkidar’ goes from my Twitter name but it remains an integral part of me. Urging you all to do the same too!

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) May 23, 2019

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BJP’s candidate Pragya Thakur and Congress candidate Digvijaya Singh at the counting center in Bhopal

Bhopal: BJP's candidate Pragya Thakur and Congress candidate Digvijaya Singh at the counting center. #ElectionResults2019 #MadhyaPradesh pic.twitter.com/7sWGzxnkAR

— ANI (@ANI) May 23, 2019

World leaders congratulate Narendra Modi

PM of Vietnam Nguyen Xuan Phuc congratulated Modi, adding that he looked forward to working together to further promote the depth and effectiveness of the relations. Bangladeshi PM Sheikh Hasina too sent a congratulatory message too, wishing peace, happiness and prosperity for the people of India.

Singapore PM Lee Hsien Loong welcomed India’s deepening engagement in the region, while Sri Lankan president Maithripala Sirisena said his country looks forward to continuing the warm and constructive relationship with India in the future.

Russian President Vladimir Putin confirmed his readiness to work together to build up the full range of bilateral relations and constructive interaction in international affairs. “I am convinced that, as the Prime Minister of India, you will further strengthen the centuries-old friendship between our peoples and the all-round development of a particularly privileged strategic partnership between Russia and India,” the Kremlin said in a statement.

Nepalese PM KP Sharma Oli tweeted, “I extend warmest congratulations to Prime Minister @narendramodi ji for landslide election victory in the Lok Sabha Elections 2019. I wish all success ahead. I look forward to working closely with you.” Abu Dhabi’s Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al Nahyan alo congratulated Modi.

Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe called Modi and congratulated him for the resounding victory of his party. Both leaders noted the advances made in the bilateral relationship in the last five years and reiterated their commitment towards further strengthening the India-Japan special strategic and global partnership to achieve their shared vision of peace, progress and prosperity.

Hope Smriti Irani looks after Amethi, Rahul Gandhi says at press conference

At a press conference held at 6 pm at Congress’ Delhi headquarters, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi congratulated Modi and the BJP cadre for their victory. At this time, UPA was trailing with leads in just 93 seats. His statement came after becoming the first person from the Gandhi family to lose party bastion Amethi. “I congratulate Smriti Irani and hope she fulfils the people’s trust and treats the constituency with love. I hope Modi will look after the interest of the country,” he said.

​“Janta maalik hai aur maalik ne order diya hai (we are the people’s and they have given their order). It was an ideological fight and the BJP and Congress’ visions are different. I thank the Congress party workers and respect the people’s choice of Modi as PM. We want to tell those who follow Congress’ ideology to not be afraid,” he said.

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Politics of development should replace hatred, says AAP’s Bhagwant Mann

Bhagwant Mann says that now the politics of hatred should end and instead politics of development should start. While giving the credit of his victory to development in Sangrur from where he won, Mann said that he used all the funds allotted to an MP for betterment of his constituency.

Input by Sukhcharan Sukhi

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Smriti Irani leading in Amethi by margin 24,000 votes

After 15 rounds of counting, Smriti Iran iis leading in the Amethi Lok Sabha seat with 2,57,905 votes. Congress chief Rahul Gandhi is trailing by a margin of 24,084 votes, having bagged 2,33,821 votes.

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Ravi Shankar Prasad takes lead over Shatrughan Sinha

BJP workers celebrate as Ravi Shankar Prasad takes a comfortable lead over Congress’ Patna Sahib candidate Shatrughan Sinha. As of 5 pm, Prasad got 3,54,265 votes and Sinha trailed with 1,81,389 votes.

Bihar: Visuals of celebrations from BJP office in Patna. #ElectionResults2019 pic.twitter.com/PkI6mlCt11

— ANI (@ANI) May 23, 2019

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BJP’s Gopal Jee Thakur wins from Bihar’s Darbhanga

BJP candidate Gopal Jee Thakur has won from Bihar’s Darbhanga. He bagged 5,86,668 votes, with 60.79 percent voters having voted for him. RJD’s Abdul Bari Siddiqui trailed in the second position with 3,18,689 votes.

People rejected ‘negative politics, says Yogi Adityanath

Congratulating Prime Minister Narendra Modi for BJP’s imminent victory, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath said that the people have rejected the Opposition’s “negative” politics.

As of 4.30 pm, the NDA was leading in 339 seats. “I want to congratulate Modiji for the victory of BJP and its allies in the Lok Sabha polls. The people have discarded negative politics of opposition. They have showed that the politics of ‘pariwarwad’, ‘vanshwad’ and ‘jatiwad’ (nepotism and casteism) will not succeed anymore. The work done by Modiji for internal security, development of infrastructure and welfare of the people worked," Adityanath said.

LK Advani congratulated Narendra Modi, Amit Shah for ensuring BJP’s victory

Veteran BJP leader LK Advani congratulated Narendra Modi for steering BJP’s towards an unprecedented victory. He appreciated the effort put in by BJP chief Amit Shah and party workers for ensuring the saffron party’s victory. “It’s such a wonderful feeling that in a country as large and diverse as India, the electoral process has been so successfully completed and for that, my compliments to the electorate and all the agencies involved. May our great nation be blessed with a bright future ahead,” Advani said.

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Amarinder Singh says Navjot Singh Sidhu’s Pakistan visit cost Congress votes 

“Indians, especially servicemen will not tolerate anybody hugging the Pakistani Army Chief,” Captain Amarinder Singh said when asked about Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu.

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Amarinder Singh expresses disappointment over Gurdaspur loss

Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh has expressed surprise over Gurdaspur result from where BJP’s Sunny Deol, a novice in politics has secured an unassailable lead. Singh told ANI, “Sunil Jakhar ji is a fine candidate, he had done a lot of work there. This is one thing I didn’t understand that people gave preference to an actor than to experience.”

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Dimple Yadav loses initial lead, trails with around 10k votes in Kannauj

Samajwadi Party leader and sitting MP Dimple Yadav is trailing in Kannauj constituency in Uttar Pradesh. Dimple Yadav is wife if former Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav and daughter-in-law of Mulayam Singh Yadav. Kannauj is a Lok Sabha constituency in UP’s Doab region. She was contesting against BJP’s Subrat Pathak.

Hopefully new govt at Centre will do justice with Jammu and Kashmir, says Farooq Abdullah

National Conference president Farooq Abdullah, who is all set to win from the Srinagar Lok Sabha constituency, Thursday expressed hope that the new government at the Centre would do justice with the state and engage in a dialogue with Pakistan to resolve the Kashmir issue.

Speaking to reporters at the NC headquarters, Farooq Abdullah thanked his party leaders, workers and the people of Srinagar constituency for their support.

He is leading in Srinagar by 67,159 votes over PDP candidate Aga Mohsin. He has bagged 82,166 votes till now.

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Digvijaya Singh set to lose to Pragya Thakur in Bhopal Lok Sabha constituency, stares at end of political career

In the high-decibel Bhopal constituency election in Madhya Pradesh, deep saffron is set to beat light saffron. BJP candidate from Sadhvi Pragya Thakur, a Malegaon blast accused and representative of the radical right has taken a substantial lead of 1.45 lakh votes against Congress candidate and two-term Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Digvijaya Singh. Singh — known for cultivating the Muslim voters assiduously and coining the term “Hindu terror” to describe Thakur and others — tried every trick in the trade to portray himself as a friend of the Hindus.

Congress office wears deserted look as BJP establishes lead on majority seats alone 

The Congress headquarters in the capital wore a deserted look with counting trends showing only a marginal improvement in the partys tally from the previous Lok Sabha elections. Senior party leaders were conspicuous by their absence as the trends showed the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ahead on 298 seats while the cCongress was leading in 52 seats, as per the Election Commission website. Congress spokespersons present at the party headquarters were also keen to know the trends to firm up before giving their opinion. Some Congress workers who gathered outside the party office blamed the results trends on the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs). They also held a protest carrying placards demanding that EVMs should not be used in elections.

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BJP leads on 10 seats in Chhattisgarh

The BJP is maintaining a lead on the 10 out of total 11 Lok Sabha seats in Chhattisgarh while the Congress is leading only in Bastar (ST) constituency, as per the trends available so far. In the 2014 general elections, the BJP had bagged 10 seats and the Congress one.

The Congress had won the assembly elections late last year by dislodging the BJP from power.

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Smriti Irani leads by close to 10,000 votes in Amethi; BJP leads in 60 UP seats

Smriti Irani is leading by 9820 votes in Amethi. Rahul Gandhi trails. This is after the sixth round of counting.

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Sunny Deol leads Gurdaspur on urban votes, Akali support and star power 

Stars are aligning well for the Bharatiya Janata Party. The party’s candidate from Punjab’s Gurdaspur constituency, Bollywood actor Sunny Deol, is leading his nearest rival, Congress’ Sunil Jhakhar, by a margin of 50,000 votes. Gurdaspur, which borders Pakistan, is on the highway that links Jammu and Kashmir to the rest of the country. Unemployment is high in the region beset with migration, the two key issues for voters. Deol, too, raised these issues as the campaign entered the final lap.

When Deol entered the contest, a divide between rural and urban voters was evident, with Jhakhar getting more support from villages. The trend, however, reversed as the campaign picked up and Deol acquainted himself with area and local issues.

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BJP’s Sakshi Maharaj set to win from Uttar Pradesh’s Unnao, claim reports

BJP’s Sakshi Maharaj is set to win from the Unnao Lok Sabha  constituency with at least 56 percent votes. He was also the sitting MP from the central UP seat.

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Three former CMs trail in Jharkhand; BJP consolidtates lead at 12 seats

Former Chief Ministers Shibu Soren (JMM) and Babulal Marandi (Jharkhand Vikas Morcha-Prajatantrik) are trailing in Dumka and Koderma Lok Sabha seats respectively. While Soren is behind BJP’s Sunil Soren by 30,271 votes, Marandi is trailing to BJP’s Annapurna Devi by 1,82,554 votes in Koderma. Another former chief minister and BJP candidate Arjun Munda is trailing behind his Congress rival Kalicharan Munda by 29,497 votes in the Khunti Lok Sabha seat.

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NDA ahead in 12 seats, Congress in 2

The BJP-led NDA is leading in 12 Lok Sabha constituencies while the Congress is ahead in two seats in Jharkhand as per trends, election officials said Thursday. The BJP is leading in 11 Lok Sabha seats while its alliance partner Ajsu in one. Union Minister of state for Civil Aviation Minister and BJP candidate Jayant Sinha is leading by 1,16,819 votes against his nearest Congress rival Gopal Sahu in the Hazaribagh Lok Sabha constituency.

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Latest trends from Uttar Pradesh 

• Sultanpur: Ghatbhandan’s Chandra Bhadra Singh leads by 1567 votes; Maneka Gandhi Trails.
• Santkabir Nagar: Ghatbandhan’s Bhishm Shanker leads by 2942 votes against BJP Praveen Nishad
• Unnoa: BJP’s Sakshi Maharaj leads by 266684 votes leaving behind Ghatbandhan’s Anna Maharaj
• Jhansi: BJP’s Anurag Sharma leads by 126959 votes 
• Gautam Budh Nagar: BJP’s Central Minister Dr. Mahesh Sharma leads by 82410
• Rampur:Ghatbandhan’s Azam Khan leads by 67301 votes
• Mathura: Actress and BJP’s leader Hema Malini leads by 98372 votes
• Amethi: Central Minister Smriti Irani maintain the leads by 2688 votes against Rahul Gandhi
• Rai Bareily: Sonia Gandhi leads her constituency by 58477 votes
• Kanpur Dehat: Dimple leads with slim margin with 41379 votes while BJP’s Subrata Pathak gets 41057
• Saharanpur: Ghatbandhan’s Hazi Fazlurehman leads by 48474 votes
• Kairana: BJP’s Pradeep Chaudhary takes the lead by 11690 votes against Ghatbandhan’s Tabbasum Hasan
• Kushi Nagar: BJP’s Vijay Dubey leads by 94169 votes
• Lakhimpur Khiri: BJP’s Ajay Mishra leads
• Dahrora: BJP leads by 24734 votes
• Meerut: BJP’s Rajendra Agarwal leads by 7573 votes

AAP congratulates BJP, says it hopes Narendra Modi would do good work

The AAP on Thursday congratulated the BJP for its victory and said it hopes that Prime Minister Narendra Modi would do “good work” in his future tenure. The BJP was leading in all the seven seats in the national capital, with three of its candidates ahead by over one lakh votes, while the Congress and the AAP were trailing at the second spot in five and two seats respectively.

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Farooq Abdullah wins Srinagar constituency 

National Conference president Farooq Abdullah has won the Srinagar constituency with close to 50,000 votes, local reports said. PDP candidate Aga Mohsin got 20489 Votes while People’s Conference candidate got 15718 Votes. The BJP managed to secure only 1,205 votes. The Election Commission is yet to call out the results.

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BJP’s ‘historic victory’ due to Modi’s ‘astute’ leadership, Shah’s ‘dynamism’, says Rajnath Singh

With early trends indicating BJP’s return to power, senior leader and Home Minister Rajnath Singh Thursday termed it “historic” and credited it to Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “astute” leadership and party chief Amit Shah’s “dynamism”. 

In a series of tweets, Singh said the people of India have once again given a decisive mandate to the BJP-led NDA and reposed their faith in Modi’s leadership and vision of New India.

“Spoke to Prime Minister Shri @narendramodi and the BJP National President Shri @AmitShah over the phone and congratulated them for @BJP4India led NDA’s stupendous victory in these Lok Sabha Elections. “This historic victory in the General Elections is the outcome of Modiji’s visionary leadership, Amit Shahji’s dynamism and the hard work of millions of BJP karyakartas on the ground,” he said.

I thank the people of India for once again giving a decisive mandate to @BJP4India led NDA and reposing faith in Shri @narendramodi’s astute leadership and his vision of New India. Shri Modi is now all set to build a New India. 3/3

— Rajnath Singh (@rajnathsingh) May 23, 2019

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BJP’s Hans raj Hans leads fron North West Delhi but AAP could challenge singer-turned-politician’s candidature 

Hans Raj Hans, the BJP Candidate from North West Delhi is leading and is likely to win the seat. However, the Aam Aadmi Party has alleged that he is unfit to fight from a reserved SC constituency as he has already converted to Islam. This is likely to blow up into a larger controversy.

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RLD faces tough fight from BJP in UP

The Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD), which had entered into an alliance with the Samajwadi Party and the Bahujan Samaj Party, is witnessing a tough fight on the three seats it is contesting in Uttar Pradesh.

In Muzaffarnagar, RLD chief Ajit Singh is leading by a margin of 23,356 votes against Sanjeev Balyan of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Singh’s son, Jayant Chowdhury, is trailing from Baghpat by a margin of 9,558 votes behind BJP candidate Satya Pal Singh.

In Mathura, the BJP’s Hema Malini has taken a lead of 67,793 votes over RLD’s Kunwar Narendra Singh.

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Voter disenchantment, NC-Congress alliance likely causes of PDP’s poor show in Jammu and Kashmir

The Congress and PDP are trailed by a huge margin in Jammu and Kashmir — especially in Jammu region — with the BJP winning over 55 percent votes in Udhampur and Jammu parliamentary constituencies. The BJP candidate has a lead of near 1 lakh votes in Jammu, while the Minister of State in Prime Minister’s office Dr Jitendra Singh has a lead of nearly 1.7 lakh votes on Udhampur seat, a record here.

In Anantang, former chief minister and PDP president Mehbooba Mufti has only bagged 23 percent votes at 11,718; and the party managed to secure a meagre 12 percent and 19 percent votes in Baramula abd Srinagar, respectively.

In contrast, NC president Farooq Abdullah has recieved a decisive 59 percent vote share in the Srinagar constituency. The results also mark the rise of BJP ally People’s Conference in the Valley, which has got over 58 thousand votes in Baramulla. The poll results seem to be about the BJPs resounding promise of being tough with Pakistan in Jammu region, while in Kashmir, the regional alliance between NC and Congress and the Awami Ittehad party seems to have cut the PDP’s votes. Furthermore, PDP’s abysmal performance could also be a direct result of voter disenchantment  overPDP’s alliance with BJP.

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BJP’s Sakshi Maharaj leads in Unnao

Sakshi Maharaj of BJP is leading by 173633 votes in Unnao. Sakshi has polled 333678 votes, while Annu Tondon of Congress has got 76,629 votes. Anna Maharaj who was fielded by the alliance has got 160045 votes.

Input by Vishal Singh

Bihar Lok Sabha Election Results Latest Updates

Begusarai, a reality check for Kanhaiya and the Left

Begusarai was the place to be and the contest to watch in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, at least until a few days ago. Former JNU student union president Kanhaiya Kumar, who made headlines when he was charged with sedition, was the beacon of hope and harbinger of change for the liberalists and the secularists. 

Those who understood the dynamics of Begusarai knew the fight would be between Singh and Hassan and Kanhaiya would get some respectable votes but would finish a distant third.
 

And they were right. Trends at 11.30am showed that Singh had established a clear lead that should seem him home. Hassan was at number two and Kanhaiya was struggling at number three. Kanhaiya’s fate is representative of the misplaced political belief and outdated ideology that the Left is still trying to propagate. The Leftists have been almost wiped out, even in three states — Tripura, West Bengal and Kerala–which were once their bastions. 

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Congress leads in Punjab under Captain Amarinder Singh’s charge 

The Congress is leading in eight out of total 13 Lok Sabha seats in Punjab while the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) and the BJP in two Lok Sabha seats each, as per the initial EC trends. The BJP is leading in Gurdaspur and Hoshiarpur seats while the Aam Aadmi Party is leading from Sangrur seat in Punjab. The Congress is leading in Amritsar, Faridkot, Anandpur Sahib, Jalandhar, Khadoor Sahib, Ludhiana, Fatehgarh Sahib and Patiala seats while the Akali Dal is leading in Bathinda and Ferozepur seats.

The Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh had said that he will resign from his post if the Congress does not win elections under his command.

Himachal Pradesh Lok Sabha Election Results Latest Updates

BJP set to win all four seats in Himachal Pradesh

The ruling BJP is surging ahead in all four Lok Sabha seats of Himachal Pradesh , with its candidates securing unassailable leads, according to latest Election Commission trends. In Mandi, the sitting BJP MP Ram Swaroop is leading by over 154418 votes over his nearest rival Aashray Sharma of the Congress.

BJP candidate Kishan Kapoor was leading by 201699 votes over his nearest rival Pawan Kajal of Congress in Kangra, a state election officer said. Sitting BJP MP Anurag Thakur is leading by over 201242 votes over his nearest rival Ram Lal Thakur of Congress in Hamirpur. In Shimla, BJP candidate Suresh Kashyap is leading by 180491 votes over his nearest rival Dhani Ram Shandil of Congress.

Uttar Pradesh Lok Sabha Election Results Latest Updates

Gathbandhan hardly making any impact as of now 

As per the trends and results pouring in from different Lok Sabha seats of Uttar Pradesh, the much touted caste-alliance of Yadavs and Dalits, seems to have failed at making an impact in Lok Sabha elections. Earlier, it looked like Gathbandhan will give a good fight to the BJP in the state but the hidden Modi wave has failed them. Take the example of the Gorakhpur parliamentary constituency, which was one of the constituencies won by the Gathbandhan in 2018 polls, but it now appears to be swaying in the favour of BJ once again.

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Giriraj Singh marches ahead in Bihar’s Begusarai 

Giriraj Singh has further solidified his lead in Begusarai. He is now ahead of Kanhaiya Kumar by over 77,000 votes. Meanwhile, in Patna Sahib, Ravi Shankar Prasad is leading Shatrughan Sinha by over 25,000 votes. In Patliputra, Misa Bharti is leading Ram Kripal Yadav by over 9,000 votes

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Smriti Irani leads with over 4,300 votes; Congress’ lead in UP falls to lone seat of Rae Bareli

BJP’s Smriti Irani leading with over 4300 votes from Amethi . The Congress right now is leading only in Rae Bareli from where Sonia Gandhi is contesting. In 2014, Congress had managed to save the Gandhi’s pocket borough of Amethi and Rae Bareli but this time Smriti Irani is giving a tough fight to Rahul Gandhi.

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BJP’s Hema Malini leading from Mathura Lok Sabha seat

Sitting MP and BJP candidate Hema Malini leading by 22,893 votes against nearest rival and SP-BSP-RLD alliance candidate Kunwar Narendra Singh in Mathura.

Delhi Lok Sabha Election Results Latest Updates

Congress candidate from Chandani Chowk alleges seal of strong rooms found broken, files complaint with EC 

Congress candidate from Chandni Chowk JP Agarwal has filed a complaint with the Returning officer. His complaint is that seals of strong rooms in Matia Mahal, Ballamaran & Chandni Chowk were found to be broken. 

#Breaking

Congress candidate from Chandni Chowk @inc_jpagarwal formally gives a complaint letter to the Returning officer. His complaint is that seals of strong rooms in Matia Mahal, Ballamaran & Chandni Chowk were found to be broken.@news18dotcom #Verdict2019WithNews18 pic.twitter.com/Rh79oHqhy8

— Saahil Murli Menghani (@saahilmenghani) May 23, 2019

Markets soar as BJP strengthens lead across Hindi heartland

Sensex hits 40,000 mark for the first ever time, rallies nearly 900 points and Nifty crossed 12,000 points as a win for Prime Minister Modi becomes more and more likely from early trends. The BJP is leading in Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Delhi and Jharkhand. The NDA alliance is ahead in Bihar.

Punjab Lok Sabha Election Results Latest Updates

Ludhiana constituency trends: Congress lead by 15000  over PDA

Congress candidate Ravneet Singh Bittu is leading with 10,4223. PDA’s Simarjeet Singh Brains is at the second spot with 89210 votes. SAD-BJP alliance candidate, Maheshinder Singh Grewal has polled 8,0467 votes till now while AAP’s Prof Tejpal Singh Gill is at the last spot with 4,395 votes

Input by K G Sharma , 101Reporters

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Sunny Deol leads in Gurdaspur

BJP candidate Sunny Deol is leading with 2,2604 votes in Gurdaspur constituency of Punjab. Congress state chief Sunil Jakhar is trailing from the BJP bastion which was represented by late Bollywood actor and BJP politician Vinod Khanna. 

Input by Gurpreet Chawla/101Reporters

Rajasthan Lok Sabha Election Results Latest Updates

BJP ahead in 23 of 25 seats in Rajasthan 

The BJP was ahead in 23 seats in Rajasthan while its alliance party RLP and the Congress were leading in one seat each, according to Election Commission trends. The BJP had contested 4 seats and its alliance partner Rashtriya Loktantrik Party (RLP) headed by former BJP leader Hanuman Beniwal, contested one seat. Of the total 25 seats, the Congress is leading in only one seat of Bharatpur, according to the Election Commission. The BJP is leading in Ajmer (Bhagirath Chaudhary), Alwar (Balak Nath), Banswara (Kanakmal Katara), Barmer (Kailash Chaudhary), Bhilwara (Subhash Chand Baheria), Bikaner (Arjun Ram Meghwal), Chittorgarh (Chandra Prakash Joshi), Churu (Rahul Kaswan), Dausa (Jaskaur Meena), Pali (PP Chaudhary), Rajsamand (Diya Kumari), Sikar (Sumedhanand), Tonk Sawaimadhopur (Sukhbir Singh), Udaipur (Arjun Lal Meena).

Delhi Lok Sabha Election Results Latest Updates

Bharatiya Janata Party leading on all 7 seats in Delhi

The Bharatiya Janata Party is ahead on all seats in Delhi. BJP is ahead by over 4,000 votes in West Delhi seat. Party candidate Parvesh Verma is leading over Congress party’s Mahabal Mishra. In South Delhi, Ramesh Bidhuri (BJP) leading by 11,600 against Congress party’s Vijender Singh and AAP’s Raghav Chadha. North West Delhi BJP candidate Hans Raj Hans (BJP) leading by 11070 against Congress party’s Rajesh Lilothia and AAP’s senior leader Gugan Singh. In East Delhi, Gautam Gambhir is in lead over Congress’ Arvindar Lovely, AAP’s Atishi is at the third spot. Meanwhile, Meenakshi Lekhi is maintaining her lead in South Delhi. 

The Congress is at the second spot in five of the seven constituencies as of now.

Madhya Pradesh Lok Sabha Election Results Latest Updates

Pragya Singh Thakur leads over Digvijaya Singh with over 22k votes in Bhopal

Bharatiya Janata Party’s Pragya Thakur is now leading from Bhopal against Digvijaya Singh with over 22,000 votes. In the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, Alok Sanjar of BJP won in this seat by defeating the INC candidate by a margin of 3,70,696 votes which was 34.88% of the total votes polled in the constituency. BJP had a vote share of 67.19% in 2014 in the seat. There were a total of 28 contestants in 2014.

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AAP’s Atishi trails behind Gautam Gambhir in East Delhi

AAP’s star campaigner and key candidate Atishi is trailing behind BJP’s Gautam Gambhir in East Delhi.   The duo fought a pitched battle with allegations flying thick and fast. While Atishi accused Gambhir of distributing a derogatory pamphlet about her, the latter slammed the AAP candidate for manufacturing lies.

In 2014 BJP candidate Maheish Girri had defeated AAP’s Rajmohan Gandhi, grandson of Mahatma Gandhi, by a margin of 1,90,463 votes.

Uttar Pradesh Lok Sabha Election Results Latest Updates

Ajit Singh Trailing in Muzaffarnagar

Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) chief Ajit Singh is trailing against Bharatiya Janata Party leader Sanjeev Kumar Balyan from Muzaffarnagar Lok Sabha constituency, which went to polls on April 11. Sanjeev Kumar Balyan of BJP had defeated Kadir Rana of the BSP by a margin of 4,01,150 votes in the 2014 general elections. Balyan is the minister of state for water resources, river development and Ganga rejuvenation under Cabinet minister Uma Bharti.

Madhya Pradesh Lok Sabha Election Results Latest Updates

In Madhya Pradesh, Jyotiraditya Scindia trails from bastion Guna; Nakul Nath ahead in Chhindwara

In Madhya Pradesh, early leads suggest a Congress rout which had only recently won the Assembly election in state, putting an end to 15-year-rule of the BJP. The BJP is leading on 27 out of the 29 seats. Congress veteran Jyotiraditya Scindia is trailing from his bastion Guna, where he has remained undefeated until now.  However, Kamal Nath’s son Nakul Nath has held on to his early lead in Chhindwara till this point.

Uttar Pradesh Lok Sabha Election Results Latest Updates

Sonia Gandhi’s lead narrows down to 800 votes; Jaya Prada moves ahead of Azam Khan

Sonia Gandhi is leading from Rae Bareli but with only around 800 votes. Meanwhile, Jaya Prada, who was trailing behind Azam Khan in Rampur in early trends, has now gained a lead.

Delhi Lok Sabha Election Results Latest Updates

BJP takes lead in Delhi seats

BJP is ahead by over 4,000 votes in West Delhi seat. Party candidate Parvesh Verma is leading over Congress party’s Mahabal Mishra. 

In South Delhi, Ramesh Bidhuri (BJP) leading by 11,600 against Congress party’s Vijender Singh and AAP’s Raghav Chadha. North West Delhi BJP candidate Hans Raj Hans (BJP) leading by 11070 against Congress party’s Rajesh Lilothia and AAP’s senior leader Gugan Singh. 

Input by Ashish Mani Tiwari /101 Reporters

Delhi Lok Sabha Election Results Latest Updates

BJP’s Manoj Tiwari leading from North East Delhi
 

North East Delhi is seeing a triangular contest between political heavyweights, Manoj Tiwari of BJP, Sheila Dikshit, the Delhi Congress chief and AAP’s Dilip Pandey. In 2014, BJP’s Manoj Tiwari won from here with 59,6125 votes, AAP’s Anand Kumar came in second with 45,2041 and Jai Prakash Agarwal of the Congress came in third with 21,4792. Even in a group of Congress supporters at Priyanka Gandhi’s roadshow here on 8 May, Modi supporters could be seen. “We know Manoj Tiwari hasn’t done anything for this area. We are voting for Modi. We don’t want Rs 15 lakh in our accounts for free. If Modi becomes prime minister again, we will find the ability to earn Rs 15 crore on our own,” Prakash Thakur, a resident of North East Delhi, told Firstpost. Suresh Kumar, a BJP Karyakarta from the constituency, had told Firstpost that the Delhi cadre knows that this election isn’t about Manoj Tiwari but about Modi.

Madhya Pradesh Lok Sabha Election Results Latest Updates

Pragya Singh Thakur leads over Digvijaya Singh, as per early trends from Bhopal 

Pragya Singh Thakur is leading on Bhopal seat. She contested against Congress candidate and two-term former Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh Digvijaya Singh. A strong BJP bastion, Bhopal seat has been dominated by the saffron party for the last 30 years. Pragya, an accused in the Malegaon blast case, was brought in at the last moment by the BJP, after Congress announced Digvijaya as its candidate.

Political pundits believe that the BJP gave ticket to Pragya to polarise Hindu votes. But on ground, it’s Narendra Modi factor that has played a big role in garnering votes for the BJP, as Pragya is new in politics and unknown to Bhopal voters. Ahead of the last phase of polling, Pragya Thakur got into a controversy with her remark on Mahatma Gandhi’s assassin Nathuram Godse. She made this remark during a public rally in Madhya Pradesh in response to Kamal Hassan’s remark, who had said ‘Nathuram Godse a terrorist’.

Bihar Lok Sabha Election Results Latest Updates

Kanhaiya Kumar trails from Begusarai 

Bihar’s Begusarai is one of the most closely watched battles where Kanhaiya Kumar, a former president of Jawaharlal Nehru University Students’ Union (JNUSU), is challenging BJP’s dominance in the Lok Sabha constituency. The CPI candidate, however, is trailing from the constituency.

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Varun, Maneka Gandhi appear to retain stronghold secure strong leads 

BJP’s Maneka Gandhi is leading by 1,100 votes from Sultanpur leaving behind Sanjay Singh of INC. Likewise, her son Varun Gandhi is also in lead from the Mau constituency. The mother-son duo had swapped their seats in these elections.

Input by Asgar Naqvi, 101 Reporters

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Sonia Gandhi leads in Rae Bareli  

Congress’ Sonia Gandhi is leading from her pet seat. She has till now polled 5380 votes while BJP’s Dinesh Singh has polled 2430 votes.

Input by Asgar Naqvi, 101Reporters.

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BJP sails ahead in 21 of 23 Rajasthan seats

The BJP is leading on 23 of 25 seats in Rajasthan while the Congress is ahead on four seats. The BJP had won all 25 seats in 2014 Lok Sabha election.

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BJP leads in Mandsaur

BJP’s candidate from Mandsaur, Sudhir Gupta is leading by 25,000 votes. This rural general constituency has an estimated Scheduled Caste population of 16.78% and a Scheduled Tribe population of 5.36 percent. The estimated literacy level of Mandsour is 71.48 percent. 

Input by Vijith Rao

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Rahul Gandhi trailing in Amethi, Salman Khurshid trails in Farrukhabad; Congress yet to secure a lead in UP 

If early trends are anything to go by, Congress president Rahul Gandhi appears to be losing out to BJP’s Smriti Irani in the Congress bastion Amethi. Another Congress veteran to be trailing in polls in Salman Khurshid who is trailing behind BJP’s Mukesh Rajput.

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Counting stops in Amethi due to server failure

News18 has reported that the counting has stopped in Amethi constituency due to a server failure. The technical fault is expected to be resolved shortly.

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In Uttar Pradesh, BJP ahead in early trends with 7 seats, SP-BSP ahead at 1

As of now, the SP-BSP alliance is leading from one seat in Uttar Pradesh, which is Aonla parliamentary constituency that is currently held by Dharmendra Kumar of BJP. In the 2014 Lok Sabha Elections, Dharmendra Kumar beat Kunwar Sarvraj Singh of SP by receiving 41.20 percent of the votes cast in this constituency.  

Meanwhile, the BJP is maintaining its early lead in 7 Uttar Pradesh seats.

Madhya Pradesh Lok Sabha Election Results Latest Updates

In MP, BJP leads in three of three seats for which trends are out 

The Bharatiya Janata Party is leading in all three seats of Madhya Pradesh for which trends have been out. Amid leading candidates were Union Minister Virendra Kumar Singh who is the sitting MP of Sagar constituency is leading from his constituency.

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Rajnath Singh leads in Lucknow

As per initial trends Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh who is contesting from Lucknow, is leading. It may also be mentioned that the opposition has given an easy walkover to the BJP by fielding weak candidates like Poonam Sinha (gathbandhan) and Acharya Pramod Krishnan (Congress).

Input by Saurabh Sharma, 101Reporters

North States Lok Sabha Election Results Latest Updates

Counting begins across all states amid row over VVPAT counting; trends expected by noon

Counting of votes began Thursday for all states in UTs in India, including the northern region comprising Delhi, Haryana, Punjab, Jammu and Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh.

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Will Gathbandhan pip BJP once again in its stronghold Kairana?

The Kairana Lok Sabha constituency has translated into a prestige battle for both the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the alliance of SP, BSP and RLD.  The Kairana seat was said to be the strong hold of BJP until the 2014 Lok Sabha election. However, Gathbandhan’s Tabassum Hasan wrested it out of saffron party’s control in the 2018 byelections who defeated BJP’s Mriganka Singh.

Mriganka is the daughter of late BJP MP Hukum Singh who was the sitting MP from this seat and had raised the issue of Kairana exodus a few days before his demise. This time the BJP has fielded Pradeep Chaudhary against Tabassum Hassan but the ground reports from Kairana suggests that Mriganka might shift her vote bank to either Congress or to the Gathbandhan candidate after she was not given the ticket by the BJP.

Punjab Lok Sabha Election Results Latest Updates

Visuals from Jalandhar in Punjab as security personnel guard counting centres

Punjab: Visuals from outside a counting centre in Jalandhar as counting of votes for #LokSabhaElections2019 to begin at 8 am. pic.twitter.com/5DotoLEWua

— ANI (@ANI) May 23, 2019

Uttar Pradesh Lok Sabha Election Results Latest Updates

In Amethi, Smriti Irani’s increasing visibility is a challenge for Rahul Gandhi

Amethi is one of the key constituencies, keenly watched today as Union Minister Smriti Irani has given a very tough fight to Congress’ President and sitting MP Rahul Gandhi. The BJP has been saying that Rahul Gandhi has accepted defeat after he filed his nominations and contested from Wayanad, Kerala. It may also be mentioned that Smriti Irani has been visiting regularly in Amethi even before the elections were announced and had been doing very active politics. Last time in 2014 Rahul Gandhi polled 408651 votes and Smriti Irani was the second runner up by polling 300748 votes.

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Tight security arrangements in Shahjahanpur

In Uttar Pradesh’s Shahjahanpur, police officials were seen frisking political party workers and candidates allowed around the counting centres. 

Input by Bhim Manohar, 101Reporters

Gorakhpur Lok Sabha Election Results Latest Updates

Ravi Kishan starts day by offering prayers

In Uttar Pradesh’s Gorakhpur, BJP’s candidate and Bhojpuri actor Ravi Kishan started his day by paying obeisance to god at his home just before the counting process begins.

Input by Asgar Naqvi, 101 Reporters

North States Lok Sabha Election Results Latest Updates

Explained: Why will results be delayed this time

There has been enough noise about Election Commission counting the VVPAT for a small but randomised sample in all Assembly segments of the nation. But did you know that the counting is also likely to continue till longer? In fact, election officials in most states have already put out statements claiming that clear trends will only start coming in by noon. This because of two reasons. 

• This is the first time that results of voting machines will be matched with slips generated by paper trail machines. The exercise will take place in five polling stations selected at random per Assembly segment. This effectively means the EVM-VVPAT matching will take place in 20,600 out of nearly 10.3 lakh polling stations. The percentage of VVPAT’s being counted has increased from 0.4 percent to around 4 percent now. 
• The counting of votes recorded in EVMs will start only after postal ballots are counted. And the service voters who were eligible to cast their votes through postal ballot stood at 18 lakh, out of which, 16.49 lakh voters have already sent their postal ballots to their respective returning officers.

North States Lok Sabha Election Results Latest Updates

Congress dominates early morning Twitter trends 

Acerbic exchanges are common enough in the in the heat of election season. However, a new phenomenon in recent elections have been Twitter wars and parties crafting specific strategies for social media domination. The early morning trends were favouring Congress party.  

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Drones, virtual reality and good old analysis, TV channels pull out the stops for counting day 

Drones that fly overhead to give a “bird’s eye view”, Rs 1 lakh cash prize if you guess the winner right and good old analysis, television channels are moving from the fantastical to the mundane to entice viewers on counting day Thursday.

With millions in India and abroad preparing to tune into television channels and log in to news networks on their phones and other devices as votes for the Lok Sabha election are counted, media houses are making sure they grab TRPs. Many are using VFX and lurid graphics and others are pitching the fact that they have the best network of on-ground reporters and in-studio analysts. 

And, as the clock draws close 7 am on Thursday, all are promising poll results from ground zero first and fast.

Delhi Lok Sabha Election Results Latest Updates

Buoyed by exit poll projections, Delhi BJP leaders order ladoos, motichoor cakes to celebrate win

Buoyed by exit polls predicting a sweeping victory for the BJP in Delhi, the party’s unit here has already ordered delicacies like ‘motichoor cakes’ and ‘kamal barfis’, a day before counting of votes for the Lok Sabha polls on Thursday.

Delhi BJP president Manoj Tiwari, asserting the party’s victory on all seven Lok sabha seats in the national capital, said 350-kg of fine quality “ladoos” have been ordered for celebrations at the central office on DDU Marg and the Delhi unit’s office on Pant Marg. The party has also placed orders for a 7-kg special ‘motichoor cake’ and nine similar cakes, each weighing between 4-5 kgs, at the Bengali Pastry shop, the Delhi BJP’s social media team’s co-convener Neelkant Bakshi said. The cakes will be cut at the BJP’s central office, Bakshi said. 

Delhi BJP spokesperson Praveen Shankar Kapoor has ordered a 50-kg lotus shaped ‘kamal barfi’. The price per kg is Rs 2,000. The Congress, which hopes for a “good show” in the polls, maintained a cautious note, with its leaders saying celebrations will be held after declaration of results.

Jharkhand Lok Sabha Election Results Latest Updates

Counting of votes to be held across 24 centres in Jharkhand

Counting for the 14 Lok Sabha seats in Jharkhand will begin at 8 am across 24 districts amid tight security, officials said. EC sources said that the counting centers at Dumka, Godda, Hazaribag, Ranchi and Jamshepdur have been categorized as sensitive due to political and social reasons, adding, more security force would be deployed there. 

Twenty companies of Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs), apart from thousands of state police personnel would be deployed to maintain law and order during the counting process, L Khiangte said.

North States Lok Sabha Election Results Latest Updates

Counting for 9 northern states, 2 UTs to start at 8 am

The results of the Lok Sabha election will be known today (Thursday, 23 May) for northern states Delhi, Haryana, Punjab, Jammu and Kashmir, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, and Chhattisgarh. The counting for all states is scheduled to begin at 8 am. Though trends will be available at regular intervals during the counting, results will be declared only after approval from the Election Commission.