General election results 2019

Uttar Pradesh voters rejected clan and caste politics: Yogi Adityanath

He said the BJP fought the polls on issues of development, governance and nationalism. 

May 24, 2019, 22:38 PM IST

Shah Rukh Khan congratulates PM Narendra Modi for his win in Lok Sabha elections

Several other Bollywood celebrities, including Rajinikanth, Salman Khan, Akshay Kumar, Ajay Devgn, Kangana Ranaut, Karan Johar, Varun Dhawan, Shilpa Shetty, Abhishek Bachchan, Arjun Kapoor and Shahid Kapoor had also congratulated Modi on social media after the BJP's massive win.

May 24, 2019, 22:35 PM IST

Biju Janata Dal MLAs to meet on May 26, elect Naveen Patnaik as leader

Newly-elected MLAs of the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) are likely to meet and elect Naveen Patnaik as the leader of the BJD legislature party on May 26.

May 24, 2019, 22:33 PM IST

Victory shows people have embraced Narendra Modi's vision: Pragya Thakur

Earlier, she garlanded the statue of party ideologue Deendayal Upadhyay at BJP office. 

May 24, 2019, 22:23 PM IST

BJP's vote share increased to 51 per cent, faced no anti-incumbency: Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath

UP CM also outlined the public-welfare initiatives taken by BJP`s government in last five years and said, "This is the first elections where there was no anti-incumbency factor against central or state government."

May 24, 2019, 22:20 PM IST

Narendra Modi meets officials and staff of PMO after landslide win in Lok Sabha polls

Modi further said that people have great expectations from the government, which provide the PMO team the energy to work with utmost dedication. 

May 24, 2019, 22:20 PM IST

CM Mamata Banerjee pens poem 'I Do Not Agree', day after Lok Sabha election results

CM Banerjee wrote claiming that she doesn't believe in communalism and religious aggression, but is a believer of humanism.

May 24, 2019, 22:16 PM IST

BJP and Congress will look to challenge AAP in 2020 assembly polls

After its spectacular victory in Delhi, a resurgent BJP is keen to sustain the momentum till the Delhi Assembly polls early next year, while the Congress and AAP are realising the need to get their act together to fend off the saffron challenge.

May 24, 2019, 22:14 PM IST

Coalition can't succeed without alliance 'dharma': Bihar Congress leader

"I`m upset that there was a delay in seat sharing and process of the alliance. It was not right. Unless `dharma` of the alliance is followed wholeheartedly, it will not be successful. Look at how Modi ji and Nitish ji stitched coalition and won 39 seats out of 40 which we could not imagine," Singh said.

May 24, 2019, 22:11 PM IST

'Rahul Gandhi to re-contest from Amethi in 2024'

The Congress leader, requesting anonymity, said that Gandhi will never leave Amethi.

May 24, 2019, 22:11 PM IST

Over 1.78 lakh voters exercise 'NOTA' option in Assam Lok Sabha polls

Gauhati recorded 24 NOTAs through postal ballots, Mangaldoi 23, Silchar 22, Nowgong 20, Dhubri 15 and the lowest seven in Karimganj.

May 24, 2019, 22:09 PM IST

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley does not attend Cabinet, meets officials at home

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Friday did not attend the Union Cabinet meeting held in the evening as he was reportedly unwell. The Union Cabinet met and adopted a resolution for the dissolution of the 16th Lok Sabha, setting in motion the process of constituting the new House and formation of the government after the conclusion of the general elections.

May 24, 2019, 21:55 PM IST

Narendra Modi, Amit Shah meet LK Advani, Murli Manohar Joshi after landslide win in Lok Sabha polls 2019

Advani on Thursday had congratulated Modi for his "unprecedented victory". He had also credited BJP president Amit Shah for an "enormous effort" in taking the party's message to the voters.

May 24, 2019, 21:39 PM IST

Congress' Milind Deora says he accepts Mumbaikars' verdict with great humility

"I would like to congratulate Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP President Amit Shah and the whole National Democratic Alliance (NDA)," Deora added.

May 24, 2019, 21:29 PM IST

'Vasundhara Raje trying to mend ties with BJP leadership'

Asked about her present role, Union Minister and state in charge Prakash Javadekar, says: "She is a senior leader and our party`s national Vice President."

May 24, 2019, 21:20 PM IST

Lok Sabha election results 2019: BJP felicitates Jitendra Singh for highest ever winning margin in J&K

BJP state president Ravinder Raina, while speaking on the occasion, thanked all the voters of Jammu and Kashmir and whole of India for voting en mass in favour of the BJP. 

May 24, 2019, 21:13 PM IST

Ashok Gehlot, Sachin Pilot in Delhi amid demand for leadership change in Rajasthan Congress

Meanwhile, the BJP has demanded resignation from Gehlot on moral grounds.

May 24, 2019, 21:10 PM IST

PM Modi says 'a new dawn awaits, a new term beckons'

Taking to micro-blogging site Twitter, the PM said that though the sun has set on this term the brightness of the work will "continue to illuminate the lives of millions".

May 24, 2019, 21:06 PM IST

Record 8 women MPs from Maharashtra to grace 17th Lok Sabha

In fact, for the 48 Lok Sabha seats in Maharashtra, there were a total of 80 women candidates in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, of whom 8 have been elected. 

May 24, 2019, 21:04 PM IST

People of Amethi wanted development: Smriti Irani on her win over Rahul Gandhi

Irani had put up a strong fight in 2014 but lost to Gandhi. 

May 24, 2019, 20:42 PM IST