Election Results highlights: INDIA shrinks BJP numbers but PM set for 3rd term (2024)

ElectionResults 2024 highlights: The BJP-led NDA was leading in about 300 seats while the INDIA bloc's lead crossed 227 seats defying all exit poll predictions as counting gets underway across 542 seats on June 4

The counting of votes for Lok Sabha Elections 2024 began at 8 am. All eyes are on whether the exit poll predictions will hold ground and Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) comes back to power with a historic third straight term.

A party or a coalition needs to win at least 272 of the 543 Lok Sabha seats to be in power at the centre. With one seat, Surat already decided in NDA's kitty unopposed, votes for 542 seats will be counted today.

Narendra Modi will be the first Prime Minister after Jawaharlal Nehru to win three straight terms, if the NDA emerges victorious under his leadership in the Lok Sabha Elections 2024.

What did the exit polls predict?

While most of the exit polls predicted a smooth victory with over 350 seats for PM Modi-led NDA, at least three major exit polls – India Today-My Axis India, India TV-CNX, and News24-Todays Chanakya – have predicted 400 plus seats for the ruling coalition in general elections.

While the BJP is confident of easily crossing the majority-mark and has even planned out celebrations, the Opposition’s INDIA bloc has rubbished the exit polls.

What was the result in 2014 & 2019?

In the Lok Sabha Elections 2019, pollsters had predicted around 285 seats for the NDA. And in reality the NDA bagged 353 seats, of which the BJP got 303 alone. The Opposition’s UPA managed only 93 seats of which the Congress got 52. In the Lok Sabha Elections 2014, the NDA was estimated to win around 257-340 seats. However, the NDA won 336 seats and Narendra Modi became the Prime Minister for the first time.

Check updates on Lok Sabha Election 2024 results in these states – Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Bihar, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Delhi.

05 Jun 2024, 11:21:23 AM IST

Election Results 2024 Live: BSP says ‘will give Muslims opportunity only after…’

After a huge slump in the Lok Sabha elections 2024, Mayawati's Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) has declared that it will carefully consider giving opportunities to Muslim candidates in future elections.

“We gave enough representation to Muslims in this Lok Sabha election as well as in previous elections but we did not get adequate support and they couldn’t understand us well. Therefore from now onwards, we will only give them opportunity after thinking properly so that the party won’t suffer such loss," ANI quoted the BSP as saying.

04 Jun 2024, 10:47:41 PM IST

Election Results 2024 Live: Modi set to win historic 3rd term but with surprisingly narrow margin

Election Results 2024 Live: Modi looked set on Tuesday to retain power at the head of a ruling coalition but his BJP lost its simple majority for the first time in a decade since 2014.

The INDIA bloc mounted surprisingly massive gains, with Congress recording its highest tally since 2014.

NIFTY 50 and the S&P BSE Sensex both tumbled about 6% each, posting their steepest decline on an election outcome day since 2004, when a BJP-led coalition lost power.

04 Jun 2024, 10:35:23 PM IST

Election Results 2024 Live: Congress's Gaurav Gogoi wrests Jorhat from BJP

Election Results 2024 Live: Congress leader Gaurav Gogoi on Tuesday snatched the Jorhat seat in Assam from the ruling BJP by defeating sitting MP Topon Kumar Gogoi by a margin of 1,44,393 votes, according to the Election Commission.

Gaurav received 7,51,771 votes, while Topon could corner 6,07,378 votes.

There were a total of four candidates in the fray in Jorhat.

04 Jun 2024, 10:33:53 PM IST

Election Results 2024 Live: Leaders of a particular religion worked against NDA in NE, says Himanta

Election Results 2024 Live: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma claimed on Tuesday that the NDA lost the Lok Sabha seats in Nagaland and Meghalaya as leaders of a particular religion worked against the ruling alliance.

He also indicated that it was an achievement for the BJP-led NDA to bag 11 seats out of the total 14 in Assam, a state with 40 per cent Muslim voters.

Talking to reporters at the BJP state head office here, Sarma said, “Leaders of a particular religion openly worked against BJP and NDA in Nagaland and Meghalaya, and that religion has tremendous followers. That made the difference."

04 Jun 2024, 10:18:56 PM IST

Election Results 2024 Live:Yashwant Sinha calls for Nitish, Naidu's immediate switch

Election Results 2024 Live: “Chandrababu Naidu and Nitish Kumar should immediately switch from the NDA to the INDI Alliance to save India's constitution and democracy. History will judge their actions." Yashwant Sinha tweeted late on Tuesday.

04 Jun 2024, 10:16:11 PM IST

Election Results 2024 Live: Fadanvis calls for a meeting on Wednesday

Election Results 2024 Live: According to News18, BJP leader and Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis has called for a meeting of all senior BJP leaders in the state, tomorrow, June5.

04 Jun 2024, 10:12:01 PM IST

Election Results 2024 Live: INC takes lead in Maharashtra

Election Results 2024 Live: In Maharashtra, the Congress has won 6 seats and maintains lead on 7, taking the total to 13. Meanwhile, BJP has lead in 2 Lok Sabha seats, and has won 8 seats.

The INDIA bloc total in Maharashtra is leading or winning in 29 of the 48 Lok Sabha seats.

04 Jun 2024, 10:06:58 PM IST

Election Results 2024 Live: Latest poll trends

Bharatiya Janata Party - 203 (Won) 37 (Leading)

Indian National Congress - 79 (Won) 20 (Leading)

Samajwadi Party - 32 (Won) 5 (Leading)

All India Trinamool Congress - 22 (Won) 7 (Leading)

Janata Dal (United) - 11 (Won) 1 (Leading)

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam - 8 (Won) 14 (Leading)

Telugu Desam - 7 (Won) 9 (Leading)

Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackrey) - 6 (Won) 3 (Leading)

04 Jun 2024, 10:04:44 PM IST

Election Results 2024 Live: ‘INDIA bloc has to make the political decisions’, says Sachion Pilot

Election Results 2024 Live: Congress leader Sachin Pilot reiterates Tahckeray's claim on INDIA bloc. Pilot said, “… The alliance has to make the political decisions. There will be an INDIA Alliance meeting tomorrow. The counting would also be complete by then and we will get the final numbers… The public has given a clear message to the ruling party that the kind of governance they were giving is unacceptable…"

Election Results 2024 Live: AAP's vote share up by six per cent

Election Results 2024 Live: In a consolation to the ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) that failed to win even a single Lok Sabha seat in Delhi, its vote share registered an impressive increase of nearly six per cent as compared to 2019 polls while the winner BJP lost its polled votes by nearly two per cent as compared to 2019 polls, according to results announced on Tuesday.

The Congress that failed to win any seat out of three contested by it in Delhi, lost its vote share by over three per cent as compared to 2019 Lok Sabha elections.

04 Jun 2024, 09:23:52 PM IST

Election Results 2024 Live: NDA registers clean sweep in MP, Himachal, Delhi, and Uttarakhand

Election Results 2024 Live: The BJP-led NDA has registered clean sweep in Madhya Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh, Delhi, and Uttarakhand, which are also loyalist states of the right-wing saffron party.

04 Jun 2024, 09:20:54 PM IST

Election Results 2024 Live: PM Modi thanks Nitish Kumar, Naisu in speech

As India looks to the next government that will be formed, Prime Minister Narendra Modi kept Nitish Kumar and Chandrababu Naidu in his speeches, almost like a special mention.

This assumes importance, because BJP has fallen short of majority, and for NDA to form government for the third term, JD(U) and TDp will have to retain their support.

Chandrababu Naidu was arrested eight months back and spent two months in jail in a corruption case probed by his arch-rival's administration, Nitish Kumar was written off by many after the latest of his many flip-flops.

04 Jun 2024, 09:16:03 PM IST

Election Results 2024 Live: Mansukh Mandaviya set to win Porbandar constituency

Election Results 2024 Live: A grassroot worker of BJP, who rose to the ranks of Union Health Minister, during the peak Covid pandemic, is set to win from Porbandar constituency

04 Jun 2024, 09:13:48 PM IST

Election Results 2024 Live: 'Khata-khat, khata-khat, khata-khat'... Rahul Gandhi leads Cong's stunning fightback

Election Results 2024 Live: Lampooned as ‘Shehzada’ and dismissed as a serial ‘reinventor’ constantly looking for an identity, Rahul Gandhi may have just had the last laugh this Lok Sabha election.

He carried out a padyatra from Kanyakumari to Kashmir, a hybrid one from Manipur to Mumbai and pretty much set the narrative for the Congress, staying the course as the moral compass of the party - and the INDIA bloc - who refused to be deterred by setbacks.

As votes were counted for the Lok Sabha election on Tuesday, the former Congress president derided by so many through the campaign was one of the drivers of his party leading or winning close to 100 seats, almost double the 52 from 2019.

-PTI

04 Jun 2024, 09:11:25 PM IST

Election Results 2024 Live: Shiv Sena's Ravindra Waikar wins Mumbai North

Election Results 2024 Live: Shiv Sena's Ravindra Waikar wins Mumbai North West seat, defeating Shiv Sena (UBT) nominee Amol Kirtikar by 48 votes.

04 Jun 2024, 09:01:24 PM IST

Election Results 2024 Live: Scindia, Jindal, Jitin Prasad win; loss for Preneet Kaur, Sita Soren

Election Results 2024 Live: Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia, industrialist Naveen Jindal and UP Minister Jitin Prasada are among the turncoats who won the Lok Sabha polls while Ashok Tanwar, Sita Soren and Preneet Kaur joined the list of those who had defected to the saffron party but could not succeed.

-PTI

04 Jun 2024, 08:59:49 PM IST

Election Results 2024 Live: Manish Tiwari wins Chandigarh

Election Results 2024 Live: Chandigarh, which remained a BJP camp under Kirron Kher, with its lone Lok Sabha seat, voted Congress leader Manish Tiwari to power.

On his victory from Chandigarh Lok Sabha constituency, Congress leader Manish Tewari says, "I thank every worker of INDIA alliance who fought this election as if it was their own. This victory is not mine but of every worker who worked day and night in the last 45 days, due to which we have won today..."

04 Jun 2024, 08:56:28 PM IST

Election Results 2024 Live: Congress wins 4 of 6 seats in Himachal assembly bypolls

Election Results 2024 Live: Four Congress turncoats, who recently joined the BJP in Himachal Pradesh, on Tuesday lost the by-elections from their respective assembly segments, the Election Commission figures showed.

With victory in four assembly segments, the strength of Congress MLAs has gone up to 38 in the house with an effective strength of 65. The result ensures that there is no immediate threat to the Congress government in the state for now.

04 Jun 2024, 08:52:00 PM IST

Election Results 2024 Live: Rajnath Singh wins Lucknow

Election Results 2024 Live: BJP candidate and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh wins Lucknow Lok Sabha seat with a margin of 1,35,159 votes: Election Commission.

04 Jun 2024, 08:50:25 PM IST

Election Results 2024 Live: Another BJP union minter defeated

Election Results 2024 Live: Union minister and BJP candidate Ajay Mishra Teni lost the Lakhimpur Kheri Lok Sabha seat to the Samajwadi Party’s Utkarsh Verma by a margin of 34,329 votes, according to Election Commission figures.

04 Jun 2024, 08:46:38 PM IST

Election Results 2024 Live: Wayanad or Rae Bareli, which constituency will Rahul Gandhi choose?

Election Results 2024 Live: “Thank you very much to the people of Wayanad and Raebareli for giving me immense love. If it was in my control, I would have liked to remain an MP from both the places." tweets rahul Gandhi

04 Jun 2024, 08:31:58 PM IST

Election Results 2024 Live: INDIA bloc will meet on Wednesday to decide on PM face

Election Results 2024 Live: Uddhav Thackeray says INDIA bloc will meet on Wednesday to decide on PM face. “Congress, other (leaders) are having parleys with them: Thackeray on whether Nitish Kumar, Chandrababu Naidu will join INDIA bloc.", said Uddhav Thackeray.

Election Results 2024 Live: Modi has no moral right to continue as PM, says Siddaramaiah

Election Results 2024 Live: Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah on Tuesday said Narendra Modi has no moral right to become prime minister again as the Lok Sabha polls verdict showed that there was no ‘Modi Wave’ anywhere and that his "popularity has diminished".

04 Jun 2024, 08:23:10 PM IST

Election Results 2024 Live: Latest EC trends

Election Results 2024 Live: Here are latest EC trends

Bharatiya Janata Party -143 (Won) 97 (Leading)

Indian National Congress - 57 (Won) 42 (Leading)

04 Jun 2024, 08:20:17 PM IST

Election Results 2024 Live: PM Modi arrives at BJP headquarters in Delhi

Election Results 2024 Live: After a muted Lok Saha win, PM Modi arrived at BJP headquarters in Delhi

04 Jun 2024, 08:16:11 PM IST

Election Results 2024 Live: BJP's Ramvir Singh Bidhuri wins from South Delhi

Election Results 2024 Live: BJP's Ramvir Singh Bidhuri won the South Delhi seat, defeating AAP's Sahi Ram Pahalwan by a margin of 1,24,333 votes.

Bidhuri is the leader of opposition in the Delhi Assembly.

He was fielded by the BJP in place of outgoing MP Ramesh Bidhuri. The BJP won all seven seats in Delhi in the 2014 and the 2019 general elections, and is set to repeat the feat this time too.

In the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, the Congress fielded candidates in three of the seven Lok Sabha seats in Delhi and the Aam Aadmi Party in four as part of a seat-sharing agreement between the two constituents of the INDIA bloc.

04 Jun 2024, 08:14:24 PM IST

Election Results 2024 Live: Union cabinet meeting likely to be held tomorrow, in Delhi.

04 Jun 2024, 08:08:23 PM IST

Election Results 2024 Live: BJP set to lose majority

Election Results 2024 Live: Prime Minister Narendra Modi was the message and the messenger for the BJP in the Lok Sabha polls, dwarfing all his rivals in the gruelling campaign.

But as results poured in on Tuesday, the message seemed to have been overshadowed by the resurgent opposition, which restricted the right-wing party to far below the majority mark of 272 in the 543-member Lok Sabha. The BJP-led NDA, however, is expected to cross the magic figure comfortably.

04 Jun 2024, 08:03:23 PM IST

Election Results 2024 Live: NDA performs strongly in metros while INDIA bloc dominates rural areas

Election Results 2024 Live: Election Results 2024 Live:The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) has shown significant strength in the metro cities in the Lok Sabha elections, securing substantial leads in urban centers such as Delhi, Bangalore and Pune.

However, Mumbai region defied the trend.

The INDIA bloc has demonstrated its prowess in the rural regions, capturing the majority of votes in the countryside.

04 Jun 2024, 08:02:51 PM IST

Election Results 2024 Live: AAP bags three Lok Sabha seats in Punjab,

Election Results 2024 Live: The ruling Aam Aadmi Party in Punjab could manage to victory in just three Lok Sabha seats in Punjab, falling way short of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann's stated target of winning all 13 parliamentary constituencies of the state.

On the other hand, the Congress has bagged six seats and is leading on one while the Shiromani Akali Dal won just one seat.

04 Jun 2024, 07:48:19 PM IST

Election Results 2024 Live: PM Modi thanks AP, Odisha

Election Results 2024 Live: PM Modi thanked Andhra Pradesh and Odisha for the resounding victory in the Assembly polls

04 Jun 2024, 07:35:05 PM IST

Election Results 2024 Live: Ashok Gehlot says ‘this is the win of the people’

Election Results 2024 Live: Former Rajasthan CM & Congress leader Ashok Gehlot says, "This election became NDA vs the people...This is the win of the people...I had said earlier too that there will be shocking results from Rajasthan...I had belief in the people and party workers..."

04 Jun 2024, 07:27:28 PM IST

Election Results 2024 Live: ‘This is hisotorical…’ says PM Modi

Election Results 2024 Live: “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 people. I also salute all our Karyakartas for their hard work. Words will never do justice to their exceptional efforts." PM Modi.

04 Jun 2024, 07:21:13 PM IST

Election Results 2024 Live:'How's the josh?'- it’s still high, Sir' tweets Smriti Irani, conceding defeat

Election Results 2024 Live: BJP leader Smriti irani took to microblogging site X to say "Such is life... A decade of my life going from one village to another, building lives, nurturing hope & aspirations, working on infrastructure ― roads, naali, khadanja, bypass, medical college and more.

To those who stood by me through loss and victory, I am forever grateful. To those celebrating today, congratulations. And to those asking, "How's the josh?" I say- it’s still high, Sir."

04 Jun 2024, 07:15:30 PM IST

Election Results 2024 Live: BJP wins Banglore South

Election Results 2024 Live: BJP Yuva Morcha national president & sitting MP, Tejasvi Surya wins from Karnataka's Banglore South Lok Sabha constituency.

04 Jun 2024, 06:53:44 PM IST

Election Results 2024 Live: BJP defeated in Ayodhya constituency

Election Results 2024 Live: BJP conceded defeat on Tuesday in the constituency where the inauguration of Ram Mandir just months ago by PM Modi was seen as an event that would cement his legacy and the party's poll victory.

The BJP looks set for heavy losses in the bellwether northern state of Uttar Pradesh, as the opposition Samajwadi Party and Congress race ahead in more than half of its 80 seats, including in Ayodhya city in the Faizabad constituency where Modi inaugurated the temple in January.

04 Jun 2024, 06:51:42 PM IST

Election Results 2024 Live: Priyanka Gandhi praises people of UP, says ‘most proud’

Election Results 2024 Live: Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra said, "I am very happy... I want to tell the people of UP that they have shown a lot of discretion. I am most proud of UP..."

04 Jun 2024, 06:49:26 PM IST

Election Results 2024 Live: CM Mamata Banerjee seeks PM Modi's ‘immediate resignation’

Election Results 2024 Live: Seeking PM Modi's 'immediate resignation", West engal CM Mamata Banerjee said that she would try to ensure that Modi “is out of power and INDIA bloc is in" following the results.

The Trinamool Congress chief claimed that the people of India had ‘broken’ PM Modi's morale after he ‘broke’ many politicial parties.

04 Jun 2024, 06:46:25 PM IST

Election Results 2024 Live: BJP leading in all Delhi-NCT seats

Election Results 2024 Live: BJP is leading in all seven seats of Delhi-NCT. These seven seats include – Chandni Chowk, East Delhi, New Delhi, North-East Delhi, South Delhi, North-West Delhi, West Delhi.

In 2019, BJP had won all seven seats in Delhi Lok Sabha constituencies.

04 Jun 2024, 06:40:05 PM IST

Election Results 2024 Live: Arun Govil wins from Meerut

Election Results 2024 Live: Ramayan fame actor Arun Govil wins from Meerut Lok Sabha constituency seat in Uttar Pradesh. He contested against Samajwadi Party candidate Sunita Verma.

Govil got 546469 votes in Meerut.

04 Jun 2024, 06:27:43 PM IST

Election Results 2024 Live: Rahul Gandhi is all praise for UP voter base

Election Results 2024 Live: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi says, "UP ki janta ne kamaal karke dikha diya...The people of UP understood the politics of the country and the danger to the Constitution, and they safeguarded the Constitution. I thank them for supporting Congress party and INDIA alliance..."

04 Jun 2024, 06:18:30 PM IST

Election Results 2024 Live: Smriti Irani breaks silence after loss, says ‘I will continue to be…’

Election Results 2024 Live: Union Minister and BJP's candidate from Uttar Pradesh's Amethi Lok Sabha seat, Smriti Irani says, "...I express my gratitude to all the BJP party workers and supporters, those who have worked in the service of the constituency and the party with utmost dedication and fidelity...Today, I am grateful to PM Narendra Modi and CM Yogi Adityanath that their governments have completed the pending works of 30 years in just 5 years. I congratulate those who win. I will continue to be in the service of the people of Amethi..."

04 Jun 2024, 06:14:21 PM IST

Election Results 2024 Live: Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna loses by a margin of 42,649 votes.

Election Results 2024 Live: Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna, accused of sexually assaulting several women, and facing a SIT probe for the same, lost by a margin of 42,649 votes.

04 Jun 2024, 06:10:57 PM IST

Election Results 2024 Live: Rahul will not stay for Rae Bareli and Wayanad seats

Election Results 2024 Live: Congress leader Rahul Gandhi said that he won Wayanad in Kerala and Rae Bareli in Uttar Pradesh. He mentioned that he would not be able to stay MP for both Lok Sabha Constituency. 'Cant stay on both seats, haven't decided', said Rahul Gandhi.

04 Jun 2024, 06:08:18 PM IST

Election Results 2024 Live: Latest trends as per ECI

Bharatiya Janata Party - 58 (won) 183 (leading)

Indian National Congress - 22 (won) 76 (leading)

04 Jun 2024, 06:06:39 PM IST

Election Results 2024 Live: INDIA bloc to meet tomorrow

Election Results 2024 Live: INDIA bloc to meet tomorrow to discuss government formation, confirms Rahul Gandhi.

04 Jun 2024, 06:03:32 PM IST

Election Results 2024 Live: Rahul Gandhi flags Adani stocks

Election Results 2024 Live: Rahul Gandhi says Adani stocks tumled onTuesday because the nation does not want PM Modi.

04 Jun 2024, 06:02:29 PM IST

Election Results 2024 Live: Rahul Gandhi thanks all ‘Babbar Sher’

Election Results 2024 Live: Rahul Gandhi thanks INDIA bloc allies. The Congress leader said that wherever the INDIA loc fought, it won. The Congress leader also thanked the ‘Babbar Sher’ of the party.

04 Jun 2024, 06:00:42 PM IST

Election Results 2024 Live: Fought against ED, CBI, says Rahul Gandhi

Election Results 2024 Live: Rahul Gandhi said that the Congress fought to save the Constitution, and that the Granbd OLd Party fought against tyhe ED and CBI which were ‘captured and threatened’ by PM Narendra Modi and BJP leaeder Amit Shah.

04 Jun 2024, 05:57:21 PM IST

Election Results 2024 Live: SP candidate Dimple Yadav wins in Mainpuri

Election Results 2024 Live: Akhilesh Yadav's wife, Dimple Yadav wins Uttar Pradesh's Mainpuri

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