The latest India Today–CVoter survey reveals the BJP's continued dominance in national politics while the Congress struggles within the INDIA opposition bloc. The NDA maintains a strong lead as the opposition faces internal challenges ahead of the Lok Sabha elections.
In Wayanad, both LDF and BJP candidates officially entered the contest by filing their nominations.
Priyanka Gandhi Vadra faces scrutiny over her Rs 77 crore asset declaration, with BJP alleging tax evasion. Robert Vadra calls these allegations a distraction.
There are 13 ministers from the NDA in the Modi 3.0 council of ministers from the five southern states, including crucial ministries like finance, foreign affairs and civil aviation. This shows the focus of PM Modi on southern states that have given it 21 more seats when it faced a slide in the Hindi heartland.
Aazad Samaj Party (Kanshi Ram) leader Chandrashekhar Azad's win in Nagina marks a turning point in Uttar Pradesh politics. With growing support and bold advocacy, his rise signals a shift in UP's political landscape. But can he become a challenger to Mayawati?
Shivraj Singh Chouhan, after revitalising Madhya Pradesh's economy and agriculture, joins Modi 3.0 Cabinet as the new agriculture minister. His appointment follows BJP's sweeping victories in MP, including all 29 seats in the 2024 Lok Sabha election.
In this edition of Elections Unlocked, we will look into five Lok Sabha seats that gave surprising results in this election. The seats include West Bengal's Basirhat, Ayodhya-Faizabad, and Allahabad Lok Sabha of Uttar Pradesh. In addition, Thrissur of Kerala also fell into this category after the BJP's Suresh Gopis secured a historic win. And the last seat is Odisha's Ganjam.
The Trinamool Congress's Haji Nurul Islam won the Basirhat Lok Sabha seat by a massive margin. The local, while speaking to India Today, credited Mamata Banerjee's Lakshmi Bhandar scheme for victory in Basirhat.
Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma turned the contest for the Jorhat Lok Sabha seat into a prestige fight. After Congress candidate Gaurav Gogoi won the seat with a 1.4-lakh margin, Sarma is facing an unusual rebuke from within the BJP, exposing the old-vs-new friction in the Assam unit.
According to data, PM Modi held rallies in 18 Lok Sabha seats of Maharashtra. Despite the PM's rigorous campaigns, the BJP-led NDA failed to secure a win in majority of the seats.
Describing it as a "historic election", US President Joe Biden also lauded the nearly 650 million voters in India who took part in the 45-day exercise held in seven phases from April 19 to June 1.
Narendra Modi is likely to take oath on June 8 at 8 pm as the BJP-led NDA scraped past the majority mark to win 293 seats.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin has expressed confidence that TDP supremo and key NDA leader N Chandrababu Naidu will play a 'crucial' role in the union government, advocating for southern states' rights.
Alfred Kanngam Arthur, the newly elected Congress MP from one of the seats of Manpur, said that it has become his duty to work to bring peace in the ethnic violence-hit state.
Congress's Karthi Chidambaram, who was re-elected from Tamil Nadu's Sivaganga, said that the BJP losing Faizabad seat, where Ayodhya is situated, was a divine message from Lord Ram.
In an exclusive interview with India Today, Congress leader Shashi Tharoor talked about his win in Thiruvananthapuram in the Lok Sabha elections, BJP's prospects in Kerala and on a slew of issues.
The Bahujan Samaj Party's performance in the 2024 general elections indicates a significant decline in support for the party, even among its core Jatav base.
The BJP suffered a setback in Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan and Haryana, despite being in power in Legislative Assembly in all these states.
DMK's Kanimozhi Karunanidhi retained her Thoothukkudi seat by bagging 5,40,729 votes. However, BJP's K Annamalai lost the DMK candidate in Coimbatore.
Even though the NDA's overall performance weakened in Bihar this election with only 30 seats, as opposed to 39 in 2019, Chirag Paswan's party only made gains with a 100 per cent strike rate.
The Chinese government-controlled Global Times, while reporting on the 2024 Lok Sabha election result, said Modi's "ambition to compete with China in manufacturing will be difficult to accomplish" now. Pakistan's Dawn took the minority population angle. This is how the international media reported on the results.
The BJP secured 240 Lok Sabha seats, falling short of the 272-majority mark. This has forced the party to seek the support of its NDA allies to form a government at the Centre.
The BJP has performed quite well in a few states, while in the crucial states of Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal, the party suffered a massive drubbing. Odisha is one state where the BJP has swept both the Assembly and Lok Sabha elections and is all set to form the next state government.
Two jailed candidates, Amritpal Singh and Engineer Rashid, have been elected in the 2024 Lok Sabha election. Their getting elected has thrown up an unusual scenario. Will the two be able to take oath as MPs, and will they get to attend Parliament despite being undertrials?
The BJP lost the Faizabad seat where the Ayodhya Ram Mandir is located. Another setback was the defeat of its candidate from Shravasti, Saket Misra, the son of Nripendra Misra, the bureaucrat who heads the construction of the Ayodhya Ram Temple.
After the TDP's massive mandate in state assembly and general elections, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh asked N Chandrababu Naidu whether he could bargain special status for Andhra Pradesh from the BJP.
The JD(U)'s performance indicates that Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar took the right decision by leaving the Mahagathbandhan alliance in the state and joining the NDA.
If Rahul Gandhi kept up his attack on the BJP through his Bharat Jodo yatras, Priyanka Gandhi emerged as the Congress's 'campaigner-in-chief', delivering a sharp rebuttal to PM Modi's jibes.
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On top of the shock defeats of its ministers from Uttar Pradesh, the BJP also saw a reduced winning margin of its ministers contesting from the populous state of Uttar Pradesh.
The BJP saw a dismal show in Punjab and Haryana in the Lok Sabha election results declared. While the party failed to win any seats in Punjab, it lost five seats in neighbouring Haryana, where it had won all 10 seats last time.
BJP leader Narendra Modi is likely to be sworn in as the Prime Minister for a third straight term on June 8. Just notice the number eight. This isn't the first time that eight has appeared in PM Modi's big events. What does the number signify?
In this video, we delve into the fascinating journey of Chandrababu Naidu, from a young student leader to the kingmaker of India's largest democracy.
Once again, the BJP won all the Lok Sabha seats in Delhi to score a hat-trick of clean sweeps and this time against the combined forces of the AAP and the Congress.
The BJP saw a dismal show in Punjab and Haryana in the Lok Sabha election results declared. While the party failed to win any seats in Punjab, it lost five seats in neighbouring Haryana, where it had won all 10 seats last time.
BJP leader Narendra Modi is likely to be sworn in as the Prime Minister for a third straight term on June 8. Just notice the number eight. This isn't the first time that eight has appeared in PM Modi's big events. What does the number signify?
In this video, we delve into the fascinating journey of Chandrababu Naidu, from a young student leader to the kingmaker of India's largest democracy.
Once again, the BJP won all the Lok Sabha seats in Delhi to score a hat-trick of clean sweeps and this time against the combined forces of the AAP and the Congress.
The pot of dissent was simmering for a long time, triggered by the controversial statement of BJP leader Parsottam Rupala and fuelled by allegations of Kshatriya history distortion.
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav won the Kannauj Lok Sabha seat in Uttar Pradesh on Tuesday by a margin of 1,70,000 votes over his nearest rival and BJP MP Subrata Pathak.
The Congress, after being reduced to just 44 seats in 2014, is now a 99-MP party in the Lok Sabha. With improved numbers in the Lok Sabha, the Congress also rightfully claims the role of the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha. A post the Congress has been kept away from since 2014.
Former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan had a lot to celebrate on June 4 as the BJP made a clean sweep in the state, winning all 29 seats.
Thanking the voters of Raebareli and Amethi, Congress said 'truth, service and dedication' won.
India gave a historic third term to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the NDA in the 2024 Lok Sabha election. However, it didn't fail to send out a clear message by shoring up the Opposition's numbers, and reducing the majority for the NDA.
The Congress had distributed 'guarantee cards' to several households promising Rs 1 lakh every year to the woman head of every poor family.
Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut, in a press conference, praised Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and conveyed the party's thoughts on the prospects of Rahul Gandhi's Prime Ministership.
Despite rigorous campaigns by PM Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah, the BJP was unable to win even one of the five ST seats in Jharkhand.
As the results of Lok Sabha elections 2024 were declared, here's a look at how workers of different parties celebrated on counting day on June 4.
UP election results 2024: A host of factors like ticket distribution, PDA outreach, and anger among the Rajput community led to the impressive performance of the Samajwadi Party-Congress alliance.
The four GenZ MPs, Pushpendra Saroj, Priya Saroj, Shambhavi Choudhary and Sanjana Jatav, all 25-year-old, are set to become the youngest MPs in the 18th Lok Sabha.
Foreign media highlighted PM Modi's potential political setback as the BJP was not able to cross the majority mark in the Lok Sabha elections.
Once branded "unprepared and raw", Telugu Desam Party leader Nara Lokesh has finally come of age. If the TDP has emerged victorious in the Assembly elections and scored big in the 2024 Lok Sabha election, it is due to the sweat and blood that Nara Lokesh put in. His padayatra helped the TDP re-connect with the masses.
As per the final results declared by the Election Commission of India on Wednesday, the BJP won 240 seats, falling short of the majority mark of 272, while the Congress secured 99 in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
With the BJP falling short of a majority in the Lok Sabha and needing the NDA allies to form the government at the Centre, Bihar Chief Minister and JD(U) chief Nitish Kumar and TDP's N Chandrababu Naidu have emerged as potential kingmakers.
The Election Commission of India has declared results for all the 543 Lok Sabha seats that went to the polls from April 19 to June 1, with the Congress winning 99 constituencies and the BJP securing 240, falling short of the majority mark of 272.
According to the Election Commission data, Waikar bagged 4,52,644 votes, while his nearest rival, Amol Kirtikar of the Shiv Sena (UBT), got 4,52,596 votes in what was a nail-biting finish after a see-saw battle between the two candidates.
Although the BJP won eight seats in the Lok Sabha elections in Jharkhand, it lost all five tribal constituencies in the state.
The Samajwadi Party became the largest party in Uttar Pradesh by winning 37 seats in the state.
Angomcha Bimol Akoijam and Alfred Kan-Ngam Arthur emerged victorious in the Inner and Outer Manipur Parliamentary constituencies, respectively.
NCP (SP) candidate Supriya Sule has secured a massive victory from Maharashtra's Baramati Lok Sabha seat. She defeated her sister-in-law Sunetra Pawar by a margin of over 1.5 lakh votes, making it her fourth-consecutive win from the Pawar bastion.
In a post on X, written in Italian, she said that both countries would continue to work together to "strengthen the friendship that unites" Italy and India.
While several ministers like Nitin Gadkari, Anurag Thakur, and Amit Shah won the Lok Sabha polls, many big names in PM Modi's council of ministers lost the fight, including Smriti Irani, Rajeev Chandrasekhar, and Arjun Munda, among others.
In an exclusive interview with India Today, Mahua Moitra, the firebrand leader of the Trinamool Congress (TMC) who won from Krishnanagar Lok Sabha seat, shares her perspective on her party's victory in West Bengal, Lok Sabha results and more.
Union Minister of state and BJP's north Bengal face, Nisith Pramanik, lost the Lok Sabha election in West Bengal's Cooch Behar. Trinamool's Jagadish Chandra Basunia won the seat by over 39,000 votes.
BJP MP Tejasvi Surya, who won from Bangalore South Lok Sabha constituency, said that the third term of Narendra Modi is going to be even more aggressive in terms of reforms and ambitions.
