NOTA, or the none of the above, has secured 202,212 votes in the Lok Sabha elections in Madhya Pradesh’s Indore, next only to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Shankar Lalwani who has secured 11,60,627 votes. The Congress had asked people to vote NOTA after its candidate from the Indore Lok Sabha seat, Akshya Kanti … Read more
Nitish Kumar, the Chief Minister of Bihar and leader of Janata Dal United (JDU), has become the talk of the town following the opposition INDIA alliance’s defiance of exit polls and apparent victory of 231 seats, which is just 31 seats shy of the halfway point required to form the government. ‘Paltu Kumar’ is his … Read more
Amit Shah, the Union Home Minister and head of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), defeated Sonal Patel, the nearest Congress opponent, by an astounding margin of more than 7.44 lakh votes on Tuesday to win the Gujarat Lok Sabha seat of Gandhinagar, the Election Commission of India revealed. After the ballots for the coveted seat … Read more
Telugu Desam Party (TDP) chief N Chandrababu Naidu will take oath as the new Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh on June 9, sources said. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend the event, sources said. With the TDP-led alliance heading for a landslide victory with a clear lead in 158 out of 175 assembly constituencies, Mr … Read more
The opposition INDIA group led by the Congress and Samajwadi Party is leading on 43 of the 80 Lok Sabha seats, dealing a serious blow to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-dominated National Democratic Alliance, which holds the most seats in the Lower House of Parliament. Currently, the BJP can only hold 33 seats in the … Read more
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is leading in all 7 seats, while AAP and Congress are trailing in all constituencies. The saffron party is contesting all seven seats, while AAP is fighting on 4 and Congress 3 – Chandni Chowk, North East Delhi, and North West Delhi. The AAP has fielded its candidates in East Delhi, … Read more
A third term for Prime Minister Narendra Modi appears certain with the NDA hovering around the 300 mark. But the day belongs to the resurgent Opposition, which performed way over the modest expectations raised by exit polls. Here are the Top 10 points in this big story: Get the latest news updates and stay informed … Read more
Rahul Gandhi, the Congress leader, now has the largest winning margin in Uttar Pradesh and is expected to win big in Rae Bareli. According to Election Commission figures released at 3:15 pm, Mr. Gandhi has more than 3 lakh votes more than his closest opponent, BJP candidate Dinesh Pratap Singh. In contrast, Prime Minister Narendra … Read more
Ravi Kishan, an actor turned politician and BJP leader, leads from the Gorakhpur seat in Uttar Pradesh with 74,536 votes. Kishan is up against Bhojpuri film actress Kajal Nishad of the Samajwadi Party (SP) and Bahujan Samajwadi Party (BSP) candidate Javed Simanani. Gorakhpur went to the polls on June 1 in the seventh and last … Read more
Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Mukesh Kumar Meena stated that the announcement of the final results for the simultaneous elections held in Andhra Pradesh for the Legislative Assembly and the Lok Sabha will begin after 1 p.m. on Tuesday, June 4. Addressing a press conference on June 3 (Monday) at the Secretariat, Mr. Meena said that … Read more
Ex-Brahmos Aerospace engineer Nishant Agarwal was sentenced to life in jail by a Nagpur court on Monday for allegedly spying for Pakistan’s ISI. Nishant Agarwal was detained in 2018 on suspicion of providing Pakistan’s intelligence agency, ISI, with information on the Brahmos missile. Agrawal served as a senior system engineer with Brahmos Aerospace, a joint … Read more
Lok Sabha elections, with nearly a billion eligible voters, ended on Saturday. Votes are to be counted on Tuesday and results will be known later that day. Here are some takeaways from the six-week election : But such surveys have a mixed record because of difficulties polling in a nation of 1.4 billion people. Voting … Read more
According to an exit poll conducted by India Today and Axis My India, the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is on track to take Andhra Pradesh from Jagan Mohan Reddy’s ruling YSRCP party. The study forecasts that the NDA, which includes the BJP, the Telugu Desam Party (TDP), and the Jana Sena Party (JSP), would win … Read more
Following Rahul Gandhi, the Congress MP, calling the exit polls “Modi media polls” that showed the BJP-led NDA gaining a majority to form government for a third term, Union Minister Pralhad Joshi stated that the Congress party does not believe in national institutions such as the Supreme Court and the Election Commission, and does not … Read more
The seventh and last phase of the Lok Sabha election ended this evening, with exit polls suggesting that Prime Minister Narendra Modi would serve a record third term. The NDA has been able to secure three of the five43 Lok Sabha seats, which is its ideal score. Most people believe that the BJP will fall … Read more