With the BJP falling short of majority in Lok Sabha, its allies in NDA have started bargaining hard for plum ministries at the Centre. The allies, including Coalition-era veterans N Chandrababu Naidu and Nitish Kumar, are learnt to have put forward their demands in the NDA meeting held yesterday. No official word on what they … Read more
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will take oath for a third time on Saturday, and in so doing, become the first (and only) three-term leader of the country since Congress stalwart and India’s first PM, Jawaharlal Nehru. Prime Minister Modi has reached Rashtrapati Bhavan to meet President Droupadi Murmu and resign from the top post. He would then … Read more
According to the most recent Election Commission data on results and trends for the 2024 Lok Sabha election, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is not able to secure a majority of votes, which is a first for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party. This data contradicts the findings of the exit polls. The BJP wants … Read more
Trinamool Congress (TMC) MP and national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee has won in West Bengal’s Diamond Harbour by a margin of 7,10,930 votes in the Lok Sabha election according to the Election Commission of India. The TMC leader, who is the nephew of West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, is running for a third consecutive … Read more
Baramulla, one of Kashmir valley’s most important seats, has seen a major political upturn this Lok Sabha Elections. Engineer Rashid an independent candidate and two-time MLA from Langate constituency defeated National Conference leader Omar Abdullah by a margin of 1 lakh votes. Omar in a post on X, conceded his defeat even before official election … Read more
Rajnath Singh, Union Minister for Defence, won in his third electoral bid from Uttar Pradesh’s Lucknow constituency in the Lok Sabha election according to the Election Commission of India. Singh’s closest rival for the seat is Ravidas Mehrotra of the Samajwadi Party was short of 1,35,159 votes, according to the ECI. Mohammad Sarwar Malik of … Read more
The Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) campaign to make inroads in Tamil Nadu has met a disappointing end as state unit chief K Annamalai has lost. Annamalai lost the Lok Sabha elections from the Coimbatore seat to Ganapathy Rajkumar P of the DMK by a margin of 1,18,068 votes. As per the trends so far, the … Read more
After hours of counting, it appears that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will serve a third term. Nevertheless, the aspiration of surpassing the 400-point milestone has been shattered due to an energetic display by the INDI Alliance. Here’s how prominent figures like Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Rahul Gandhi, Akhilesh Yadav, and many more are doing while … Read more
Union minister Nitin Gadkari on Tuesday won from the Nagpur Lok Sabha constituency for the third time in a row, defeating his nearest Congress rival by a margin of 1,37, 603 votes. The senior BJP leader polled 6,55,027 votes against 5,17,424 votes received by Congress’ Vikas Thakre in 20 rounds of counting. BSP candidate Yogesh … Read more
BJP’s Bansuri Swaraj, daughter of the late Sushma Swaraj, won the New Delhi constituency on her Lok Sabha debut. Ms Swaraj, fielded by the BJP in place of outgoing MP and Union Minister Meenakshi Lekhi, trounced AAP’s Somnath Bharti to win the seat by a margin of 78,370 votes. The BJP won all seven seats … Read more
BJP leader Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Tuesday won from Vidisha Lok Sabha constituency in Madhya Pradesh by a whopping 8,21,408 votes, defeating his nearest Congress rival. The former MP chief minister polled 11,16,460 votes while Congress’ Pratap Bhanu Sharma, a two-time parliamentarian, managed to get 2,95,052 votes. This was Mr Chouhan’s sixth victory from Vidisha, … Read more
Union Minister Pralhad Joshi on Tuesday retained the Dharwad Lok Sabha seat, which he has been holding since 2004. He got 7,16,231 votes, winning by a margin of 97,324 votes over Vinod Asooti of Congress who secured 6,18,907 votes. Pralhad Joshi, the union minister of Parliamentary Affairs, Coal and Mines, had also served as the … Read more
Radical Sikh preacher Amritpal Singh and Sarabjeet Singh Khalsa, the son of one of the assassins of Indira Gandhi, are have made their maiden entry to Parliament. Amritpal Singh won the Khadoor Sahib by a margin of 1,97,120 votes over his nearest rival and Congress candidate Kulbuir Singh Zira while Sarabjeet Singh Khalsa won in … Read more
The Congress made significant gains in Haryana wresting five Lok Sabha seats and giving a setback to ruling BJP, whose tally was down from 10 to five in the state, where the assembly polls are also due later this year. As the Congress made a comeback, its Rohtak candidate Deepender Singh Hooda won with the … Read more
Union minister and BJP candidate Dharmendra Pradhan won the Sambalpur Lok Sabha seat by defeating his nearest BJD rival Pranab Prakash Das by 1,19, 836 votes, according to the Election Commission of India. Mr Pradhan secured 5,92,162 votes while Mr Das got 4,72,326 votes. Congress candidate Nagendra Kumar Pradhan came third with 89,113 votes. Get … Read more