Lok Sabha Election Result 2024 highlights: 'Our fight is not over,' says Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge

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• 04 Jun 2024, 11:26 PM

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• 04 Jun 2024, 11:24 PM

  BJP-led NDA crosses half-way mark by winning 273 seats in Lok Sabha elections

  
• 04 Jun 2024, 09:29 PM

  SP chief Akhilesh Yadav wins Kannauj Lok Sabha seat by a margin of 1,70,922 votes

  
• 04 Jun 2024, 09:00 PM

  Gurgaon (Haryana) seat won by BJP - Rao Inderjit Singh by 75079 votes

  
• 04 Jun 2024, 08:48 PM

  'INDIA bloc meeting on Wednesday will decide on PM's face': Uddhav Thackeray

  
• 04 Jun 2024, 08:42 PM

   PM Modi addresses BJP workers

  " ...On this sacred day, it is confirmed that NDA is making govt for the 3rd time. We are grateful to the people...," he said.

   

  WATCH  Prime Minister Narendra Modi says, " ...On this sacred day, it is confirmed that NDA is making govt for the 3rd time. We are grateful to the people..." pic.twitter.com/VCeSS9qdM9

  — ANI (@ANI) June 4, 2024

   

   

   

  
• 04 Jun 2024, 06:39 PM

  PM Modi's first reaction on Lok Sabha elections result, says 'People have...'

   

  People have placed their faith in NDA, for a third consecutive time! This is a historical feat in India’s history.
  
  I bow to the Janata Janardan for this affection and assure them that we will continue the good work done in the last decade to keep fulfilling the aspirations of…

  — Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) June 4, 2024

   

   

  
• 04 Jun 2024, 06:24 PM

  BJP Gautam Buddha Nagar candidate Mahesh Sharma won by 559472 votes

  
• 04 Jun 2024, 06:09 PM

  'We are going to have a meeting with our INDIA alliance partners tomorrow': Rahul Gandhi

  "We respect our alliance partners and we won't make statements to press without asking them," he said.

  
• 04 Jun 2024, 06:05 PM

  Congress leader Rahul Gandhi: "We fought this election not just against BJP but also the institutions, the governance structure of the country, the intelligence agencies CBI &EDI, judiciary because all these institutions were captured by Amit Shah & Narendra Modi ji..."

   

  WATCH  Delhi  Addressing a press conference, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi says, "We fought this election not just against BJP but also the institutions, the governance structure of the country, the intelligence agencies CBI &EDI, judiciary because all these institutions were… pic.twitter.com/VbhckSJEvW

  — ANI (@ANI) June 4, 2024

   

   

  
• 04 Jun 2024, 06:04 PM

  Kangana Ranaut receives the winning certificate as she wins from Himachal Pradesh's Mandi Lok Sabha seat

   

  WATCH  Kangana Ranaut receives the winning certificate as she wins from Himachal Pradesh's Mandi Lok Sabha seat. LokSabhaElections2024 pic.twitter.com/BLuxyNvO3o

  — ANI (@ANI) June 4, 2024

   

  
• 04 Jun 2024, 05:56 PM

  Congress leader Shashi Tharoor wins from Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha seat

  
• 04 Jun 2024, 05:55 PM

  "This election results are 'janta ka result'...It is clear this mandate is against Modi ji. This is his moral and political defeat," says Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge.

   

  WATCH  "This election results are 'janta ka result'...It is clear this mandate is against Modi ji. This is his moral and political defeat," says Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge. pic.twitter.com/zzwf1ZGpsl

  — ANI (@ANI) June 4, 2024

   

  
• 04 Jun 2024, 05:17 PM

  PM Modi wins from Varanasi Lok Sabha seat by 1,52,513 votes margin

  
• 04 Jun 2024, 04:57 PM

  Independent Candidate Mohmad Haneefa wins Ladakh Lok Sabha seat

  
• 04 Jun 2024, 05:01 PM

  Former CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan of Madhya Pradesh wins Vidisha seat, BJP bags Indore by a whopping margin.

  
• 04 Jun 2024, 04:44 PM

  BJP candidate Arun Govil leading by 11398 votes in Meerut (UP) Lok Sabha seat

  
• 04 Jun 2024, 04:42 PM

  BJP sitting MP Shankar Lalwani wins by record margin of 11,75,092 votes from Indore Lok Sabha seat
  
  2,18,674 votes for NOTA from the seat.

  
• 04 Jun 2024, 04:39 PM

  Congress MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury trailing from Behrampore seat

   Former cricketer and TMC candidate Yusuf Pathan leading by 59351 votes from the seat

  
• 04 Jun 2024, 02:26 PM

  TMC leads in Bengal

  TMC has put up a stellar performance in West Bengal. TMC’s Krishnanagar candidate Mahua Moitra currently leads by a margin of over 65,000 votes. Abhishek Banerjee extended his lead to over 5 lakh votes in Diamond Harbour. Asansol candidate Shatrughan Sinha leads by a margin of over 36,000 votes.

  
• 04 Jun 2024, 02:21 PM

  Congress candidate Charanjit Singh Channi has secured a win from the Jalandhar seat with a 164903 votes lead.

   

  
• 04 Jun 2024, 02:21 PM

  BJP's Manju Devi wins Jaipur

  
  
   BJP’s Manju Sharma has won the Jaipur seat from Rajasthan by a margin of 33,1767 votes. She was fighting against Pratap Singh Kachariyawas of the Congress.

  
• 04 Jun 2024, 12:40 PM

  Prajwal Revanna loses

  
  
  Rape-accused JD(S) MP Prajwal Revanna loses Hassan seat by 44,000 votes to Congress' Shreyas Patil 

  
• 04 Jun 2024, 11:52 AM

  BJP's Maneka Gandhi trails from Sultanpur

  
  
  BJP MP and candidate from Sultanpur (Uttar Pradesh), Maneka Gandhi trailing by a margin of 10,078 votes.

  Samajwadi Party (SP) candidate Rambhual Nishad leading here. Counting underway.

  
• 04 Jun 2024, 11:51 AM

  Congress marginally leads AAP in Punjab Lok Sabha elections

  In Punjab, the Congress is marginally leading in vote share with 26.45 percent, narrowly surpassing the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), which has garnered 26.43 percent. 

  
• 04 Jun 2024, 11:09 AM

  Kerala Election Results: Congress leads in 16 seats, LDF in 2, BJP in 2

  
• 04 Jun 2024, 11:27 AM

  Rahul Gandhi leads in Rae Bareli, Smriti Irani trailing in Amethi

  
  
  Union Minister Smriti Irani is currently trailing by 30,000 votes in Amethi, from where she was seeking re-election. Congress candidate Kishori Lal Sharma is ahead of her, according to the Election Commission.

  Meanwhile, Congress candidate Rahul Gandhi is currently leading by 50,589 votes in Rae Bareli, ahead of BJP candidate and Uttar Pradesh minister Dinesh Singh.

  
• 04 Jun 2024, 11:25 AM

  BJP heading for clean sweep in Madhya Pradesh, leads in all 29 seats
  
  Digvijaya and Nakul Nath trailing.

  
• 04 Jun 2024, 11:05 AM

  BJP-JD(S) in 20 of 28 seats, INDIA bloc leading in 8 seats in Karnataka

  
• 04 Jun 2024, 10:59 AM

  BJP ahead in 12 seats, JD(U) leads in 7

  
  
  In a setback to NDA, BJP ahead in 12 seats, JD(U) leads in 7 of the 40 seats.
   

  
• 04 Jun 2024, 10:57 AM

  Gaya: HAM(S) candidate Jitan Ram Manjhi ahead with 8159 votes.

  
• 04 Jun 2024, 10:22 AM

  'Naysayers have been saying that we will get lesser seats than last time but we know the ground reality'

  
  
  "I have said that we will cross 100. Naysayers have been saying that we will get lesser seats than last time but we know the ground reality.  People sitting in AC rooms are giving answers but we knew we will cross 100 seats and I am sure of our victory," says Congress spokesperson Shama Mohamed

  
• 04 Jun 2024, 09:32 AM

  Congress crosses 100-mark 

  
  
  Congress crosses 100-mark, while BJP is inching towards majority mar, according to early trends.

  
• 04 Jun 2024, 08:35 AM

  Expect good result: Saurabh Bharadwaj

  
  
  "I wish good luck to every party of the INDIA alliance. As per our feedback, we expect a good result,"says Delhi Minister and AAP leader Saurabh Bharadwaj.

  
• 04 Jun 2024, 08:24 AM

  "Everyone should accept it with respect...": Congress leader Manish Tewari ahead of counting of votes

  
  
  Ahead of the counting of the votes, Congress MP and party candidate from Chandigarh Manish Tewari on Tuesday said that whatever the decision of the Lok Sabha elections comes he will "respect" that, adding that this is the capability of Indian democracy.
  
  "It is Tuesday, Hanuman's day. People have expressed their opinions. The opinions are locked in the EVMs. The EVMs will open and the opinion will come out. Whatever the people's decision will be, everyone should accept it with respect. This is the capability of Indian democracy," Tiwary said.
  
  The mammoth exercise to count votes polled for the Lok Sabha seats in the 2024 elections will begin at 8 am on Tuesday.

  
• 04 Jun 2024, 07:42 AM

  "Kafan bandh ke aaye...": Pappu Yadav urges party workers to be battle-ready to save democracy on counting day

  
  
   Independent candidate from Bihar's Purnea, Pappu Yadav urged all workers to come to the counting centres ready with "kafan" prepared to sacrifice their lives while saving democracy on the day of the counting of votes on Tuesday.

  "Agar zabardasti loktantra ki maut hogi, toh Mahabharata ka sangram hoga (If democracy is killed forcefully, a fight like the Mahabharata will commence). To save democracy every worker in Purnea and Bihar should come ready to die tomorrow. Kafan bandh ke aaye (come with your shrouds). Har maathe pe kafan ho (May all of you come with shrouds over your head)," Yadav said in a press conference on Monday.
   

  
• 04 Jun 2024, 07:41 AM

  PM Modi likely to match Nehru's feat

  
  
  Should he secure another term, Prime Minister Modi stands poised to match the historical feat of former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, who remains the only leader to get elected as PM for three straight terms.

  
• 04 Jun 2024, 07:40 AM

  Vote counting set to begin amid tight security

  
  
  The counting of votes for all seven phases of the Lok Sabha elections is set to start at 8 a.m. on Tuesday amid tight security arrangements across all counting centres. The process will commence with the counting of postal ballots and will continue till the final tallies are prepared.

  
• 04 Jun 2024, 07:14 AM

  Assam, Manipur, Arunachal: 25 Lok Sabha seats up for grabs in 8 Northeastern states

  
  
  The BJP looks to retain Assam, which has 14 seats up for grabs. Manipur, and Tripura, Meghalaya and Arunachal, have two parliamentary seats each. Mizoram, Nagaland and Tripura have one seat each.
   

  
• 04 Jun 2024, 06:57 AM

  Akhilesh accuses UP Govt of illegally detaining opposition party workers ahead of counting day

  
  
  Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Monday accused the district magistrates and the police administration of several districts of Uttar Pradesh of illegally detaining political workers of opposition parties so that they do not participate in the counting of votes on Tuesday.
  
  "The honourable Supreme Court, the Election Chief @ECISVEEP @CEOUP and the Police Chief @dgpup @Uppolice should immediately take cognizance of the fact that in many districts of Uttar Pradesh, apart from Mirzapur, Aligarh, Kannauj, the District Magistrate and the Police Administration are illegally detaining the political workers of the opposition in their homes so that they cannot participate in the counting of votes tomorrow," Yadav said in a post on 'X' on Monday.

  
• 04 Jun 2024, 06:56 AM

  Uncontested polls: EC's role comes in when candidates withdraw under duress

  Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar on Monday said in cases of uncontested polls, the Election Commission steps in when other candidates in the fray withdraw nominations under duress. He also indicated that any provision that bars a person from being declared winner in case of uncontested polls may not be in accordance with the law.
  
  He was responding to a question at a press conference on a Supreme Court ruling on 'none of the above' option vis-a-vis candidates who are elected to Lok Sabha or assemblies unopposed.