The political parties have intensified their efforts for the formation of a government after announcement of results for the Lok Sabha elections.
The BJP led NDA has secured absolute majority in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections by winning 292 seats. Results of all 543 Lok Sabha seats have been declared. The BJP alone has secured 240 seats. Telugu Desam won 16 seats and JD(U) 12.
The I.N.D.I.A bloc has bagged 233 seats. Others have won 18 seats in the lower house of Parliament. The Congress secured 99 seats. Samajwadi Party got 37 seats while Trinamool Congress 29. DMK managed to win 22 seats.
The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is scheduled to meet in the capital today to chalk out future course of action to form the government under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the third consecutive term.
Speaking to the media, Lok Janshakti Party leader Chirag Paswan has said that Union Home Minister Amit Shah congratulated him for his party’s performance in the Lok Sabha elections and also mentioned about NDA meeting scheduled for today. Mr. Paswan said that he will take part in this meeting.
Telugu Desam Party (TDP) Chief N Chandrababu Naidu held a press conference at his residence in Amaravati in Andhra Pradesh this morning before leaving for Delhi to attend the NDA meeting.
Mr Naidu thanked the people of the state for giving TDP a historic victory. He reiterated that this victory is the combined efforts of TDP, Jana Sena and the BJP. He also said that NDA will usher in prosperity for Andhra Pradesh.
JD(U) President and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar along with close aide Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lallan Singh and other associates also left Patna for New Delhi this morning to take part in NDA meeting. LJP (Ramvilas) Chief Chirag Paswan will also attend the meeting.
Meanwhile, INDIA bloc meeting is also scheduled to be held in the national capital this evening. The meeting is expected to take place at Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge’s residence.
RJD leader Tejashwi Prasad Yadav is also reaching Delhi from Patna to attend the INDIA bloc meeting.
Prominent candidates who have won include Prime Minister and BJP leader Narendra Modi from Varanasi, Union Ministers Amit Shah from Gandhinagar, Arjun Ram Meghwal from Bikaner, Gajendra Singh Shekhawat from Jodhpur, Jyotiraditya M. Scindia from Guna and BJP leader Om Birla, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi from both Rae Bareli and Wayanad, Samajwadi Party leader Dimple Yadav from Mainpuri seat and Shatrughan Sinha of TMC from Asansol.
Prominent Candidates who have lost include BJP leader and Union Minister Arjun Munda from Khunti and Smriti Irani from Amethi, National Conference leader Omar Abdullah from Baramullah and PDP leader Mehbooba Mufti from Anantnag seat.
In Uttar Pradesh, out of 80 constituencies, Samajwadi Party has won 37, the BJP 33, Congress six, and Rashtriya Lok Dal two. No BSP candidate managed to win the election in the state.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has won from Varanasi defeating Ajay Rai of Congress by a margin of more than 1 lakh 50 thousand votes. Rajnath Singh of BJP won his Lucknow seat by over one lakh 35,000 votes.
Congress leader, Rahul Gandhi has been declared elected from Rae Bareli seat defeating BJP rival Dinesh Pratap Singh by a margin of over 3 lakh 90 thousand votes.
Akhilesh Yadav of Samajwadi Party has won in Kannauj. Other Prominent winners of BJP include Dr. Mahesh Sharma from Gautam Buddha Nagar, Jitin Prasad from Pilibhit, Swami Sachchidanand Hari Sakshi from Unnao, Arun Govil from Meerut, Hema Malini from Mathura and Ravi Kishan from Gorakhpur.
Smriti Irani of the BJP has lost to Kishori Lal of Congress in Amethi and Ajay Kumar of BJP to Utkarsh Verma ‘Madhur’ of Samajwadi Party in Kheri. Maneka Gandhi of BJP has also lost to Rambhual Nishad of Samajwadi Party in Sultanpur constituency.
In Bihar, out of 40 Lok Sabha constituencies the BJP and the Janata Dal (United) have won 12 seats each. Dr. Sanjay Jaiswal, Radha Mohan Singh, Giriraj Singh and Ravi Shankar Prasad are among winning BJP leaders.
While, Congress candidates Manoj Kumar, Tariq Anwar and Mohammad Jawed have won their elections. Lok Janshakti Party (Ramvilas) has won five seats, Rashtriya Janata Dal four seats, Congress three and CPIM (ML) has won two seats.
In Delhi, BJP have won on all seven seats. Bansuri Swaraj won from New Delhi seat beating Somnath Bharti of AAP, Praveen Khandelwal secured Chandni chowk seat defeating Congress leader Jai Prakash Agarwal.
Ramvir Singh Bidhuri won from South Delhi. Manoj Tiwari defeated Kanhaiya Kumar of Congress by more than one lakh 38 thousand votes. Harsh Malhotra has won East Delhi seat, Kamaljeet Sehrawat has won West Delhi seats and Yogendra Chandoliya won from North-West Delhi seat.
In Punjab, out of all 13 seats. Congress has won 7, Aam Aadmi Party 3, Shiromani Akali Dal 1 and Independent 2 seats. In Haryana, BJP and Congress haver won five seats each.
In lone Lok Sabha seat in Chandigarh, Congress candidate Manish Tewari has won against BJP candidate Sanjay Tandon.
Out of five seats in Jammu and Kashmir, BJP and the National Conference have won two seats each while Independent candidate has one seat. National Conference candidate and former Chief Minister Omar Abdullah was defeated by Independent candidate Engineer Sheikh Rashid in Baramullah Lok Sabha seat.
BJP candidate and Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh won Udhampur Parliamentary seat. PDP leader Mehbooba Mufti was defeated by National Conference candidate Mian Altaf Ahmad in Anantnag-Rajouri constituency.
In lone Parliamentary seat in Ladakh, Independent candidate Haji Hanifa has been declared elected.
In Himachal Pradesh, the BJP has won all four Lok Sabha seats. Winning candidates include Union Minister Anurag Singh Thakur and actress Kangana Ranaut.
In Uttarakhand, the BJP has bagged all five Lok Sabha seats.
In Rajasthan, result of all 25 Lok Sabha seats has been declared. BJP has won 14 seats and 8 seats have gone in favour of Congress. CPI(M), Rashtriya Loktantrik Party and Bharat Adiwasi Party have bagged one seat each.
In Gujarat, the BJP has registered massive win by securing 25 seats out of total 26. One seat has gone to the Congress.
In Maharashtra, out of 48 seats, the BJP has won 9 seats, Congress 13, Shiv Sena (Uddhav) 9, Shiv Sena (SHS) 7, NCP (Pawar) 8, NCP one and Independent one. In Goa, Congress has won the South Goa seat, while BJP has bagged the North Goa seat.
In Madhya Pradesh, BJP has made clean sweep by winning all the 29 seats. In Chhattisgarh, the BJP has won 10 seats and one seat has gone to Congress.
In Odisha, BJP has made impressive show as it won 20 seats while the Congress just managed to win single seat. BJD failed to open its account.
In Jharkhand, Lok Sabha elections were held for 14 seats. BJP has won eight seats, AJSU Party -one, JMM-three and the Congress two.
In West Bengal, Trinamool Congress has bagged 29 seats. Abhishek Banerjee, Kirti Jha Azad and Shatrughan Prasad Sinha are prominent winners.
In Assam, BJP has won 9 seats. Its candidate and Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal has got Dibrugarh seat. Congress has won 3 seats, followed by United People’s Party (Liberal) and Asom Gana Parishad won one seat each. All the two seats in Tripura has gone in favour of the BJP.
In Arunachal Pradesh, BJP candidate and Union Minister Kiren Rijiju has won Arunachal West Parliamentary constituency while party candidate Tapir Gao defeated his nearest Congress rival in Arunachal East.
In Manipur, Congress has won both the seats. In Mizoram, Richard Vanlalhmangaiha of Zoram People’s Movement (ZPM) defeated his nearest rival K. Vanlalvena of Mizo National Front by over 68 thousand votes. Lone Nagaland seat has gone in favour of Congress candidate S.S Jamir.
In Meghalaya, Congress candidate Saleng A Sangma has won Tura seat defeating Agatha Sangma of National People’s party. Voice of the Pepole Party candidate Dr. Ricky Andrew J Singkon has bagged Shillong. Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM) candidate Indra Hang Subba has won in lone Sikkim Lok Sabha seat.
In Andaman and Nicobar Islands, BJP candidate Bishnu Pada Ray won lone Parliamentary seat.
BJP candidate Kalaben Delkar has won Dadra and Nagar Haveli seat, while Independent candidate Umeshbhai Babubhai Patel has won Daman and Diu Lok Sabha seat.
In Andhra Pradesh, out of 25 Lok Sabha Constituencies, TDP has got 16 seats. BJP 3, YSRCP four and Jan Sena Party two.
In Telangana, out of 17 Lok Sabha Constituencies, BJP and Congress have secured 8 seats each and AIMIM has one.
In Tamil Nadu, out of 39 Lok Sabha Constituencies, DMK has won 22 seats. Congress 9 and Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK), CPI and CPI (M) two seats each.
Congress candidate V. Vaithilingam registered win in the lone Lok Sabha seat in Union Territory of Puducherry.
In Kerala, the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) has registered a clean sweep with a clear lead in 18 of 20 Lok Sabha seats. First time in the history, BJP has opened its Lok Sabha account in the state with Suresh Gopi’s win in Thrissur. The CPI(M)-led LDF has won only one seat in Alathur constituency.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has retained his Wayanad constituency with over three lakh fifty thousand votes over his nearest rival Union Minister and BJP candidate of Thiruvananthapuram constituency Rajeev Chandrasekhar conceded defeat to Congress’s Shashi Tharoor for more than 15000 votes.
In Karnataka, out of 28 Lok Sabha Constituencies, BJP has won 17 seats. Congress 9 and JDS two.
In Odisha, ruling BJD has faced defeat in all constituencies while BJP showing its impressive performance has secured 20 seats. Congress just managed only one.
Meanwhile, in Odisha Assembly elections, the BJP has secured majority by winning 78 seats out of 147 members house, while the Telugu Desam Party has secured absolute majority in the Andhra Pradesh Assembly elections by wining 135 seats out of 175 members house.
It is worth recalling that results of 25 Assembly bye-election have also been declared. Out of these, the BJP secured 11 seats; Congress seven; Samajwadi Party and Trinamool Congress two each; CPI(ML), JMM and BAP one seat each.
Disclaimer: This press release is sourced from News On AIR, Prasar Bharti and Press Information Bureau India (PIB).
