India election 2019

1500 Trinamool workers to join BJP in West Bengal

Nearly 1500 Trinamool workers will be joining the Bharatiya Janata Party in West Bengal's Midnapore on Saturday. 

May 25, 2019, 14:47 PM IST

BJP wins 36.1% votes in Assam, Congress 35.3%

In terms of seats the BJP has won nine of the 14 seats, Congress three, one by All India United Democratic Front and the remaining one by an Independent contestant.

May 25, 2019, 14:31 PM IST

Shiv Sena wants four berths in Modi cabinet

The Shiv Sena won 18 seats in the Lok Sabha election 2019. 

May 25, 2019, 14:26 PM IST

Congress worker shaves head after losing bet against BJP counterpart in MP

Not the one to shy away from a bet, BL Sen shaved his head after incorrectly predicting Rahul Gandhi would become the PM after Lok Sabha election 2019.

May 25, 2019, 14:05 PM IST

BJP's vote share in Haryana surges with victory on 10 seats

The BJP, which won seven of the eight Lok Sabha seats it contested in 2014, had managed to get a vote share of 34.7 per cent as compared to 17.21 per cent in 2009 when it failed to win any seat.

May 25, 2019, 14:05 PM IST

BJP dents TRS vote-share in Telangana

K Chandrasekhar Rao-led TRS secured lower than expected nine seats, while the BJP four seats.

May 25, 2019, 13:51 PM IST

At 46% BJP gets highest ever vote share in J-K, leads in 27 assembly segments

As per official data released by EC, the BJP has taken 46.4 per cent vote share by securing 16,48,041 votes out of total 3,479,155 votes polled in multi-phased elections in six Lok Sabha seats in the state.

May 25, 2019, 13:43 PM IST

After Lok Sabha election win, Gautam Gambhir's direct attack at Arvind Kejriwal

AAP had accused Gautam Gambhir of distributing pamphlets which showed Atishi Marlena in a deplorable manner.

May 25, 2019, 13:37 PM IST

Lok Sabha election 2019: BJP garnered over 51 per cent votes in Karnataka

Against its previous tally of 17 Lok Sabha seats in 2014, the saffron party won 25 out of the total 28 this time while an independent candidate Sumalatha Ambareesh backed by it wrested the JDS bastion of Mandya.

May 25, 2019, 13:37 PM IST

BJP retains Maharashtra tally despite marginal rise in 2014 vote share

While the BJP's vote share increased only marginally to 27.59 per cent from previous 27.56 per cent, that of the Sena has gone up to 23.29% from 20.82% of 2014. 

May 25, 2019, 13:35 PM IST

Our teamwork helped people trust our governance: PM Narendra Modi hails PMO staff

Narendra Modi also thanked the family members of the PMO staff for supporting him during his tenure in the office.

May 25, 2019, 13:32 PM IST

What went wrong in Amethi for Congress?

Rahul Gandhi, who was elected three times consecutively from the constituency in 2004, 2009 and 2014, lost this time by over 55,000 votes.

May 25, 2019, 13:28 PM IST

BJP gets over 58 per cent vote share in Rajasthan

The saffron party had contested on 24 seats and its ally Rashtriya Loktantrik Party (RLP) on one seat, which it won. 

May 25, 2019, 13:25 PM IST

Rahul Gandhi adamant on quitting as Congress chief during CWC meet: Sources

 Rahul Gandhi reportedly offered to resign in the presence of UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi, ex-PM Manmohan Singh and other senior leaders of the party.

May 25, 2019, 13:04 PM IST

Trinamool Congress emergency meet on Saturday, suspends MLA Subhrangshu Roy

Shubhrangshu represented Bijpur Vidhan Sabha constituency which falls under Barrackpore Lok Sabha seat. BJP's Arjun Singh won the Barrackpore seat defeating Trinamool's Dinesh Trivedi.

 

May 25, 2019, 11:04 AM IST

PM Narendra Modi to visit his mother to seek her blessings on Sunday

PM Modi will also visit Varanasi on Monday (May 27) to thank people here for putting their faith in him once again.

May 25, 2019, 10:53 AM IST

Lok Sabha election 2019: BJP gets 62.21 per cent vote share in Gujarat as party sweeps all 26 seats

Over 1.86 crore people voted in favour of the BJP in Gujarat and 93 lakh chose to vote for the Congress.

May 25, 2019, 10:44 AM IST

Lok Sabha election 2019: NDA's vote share in Bihar swells to 53.5%, BJP leads with 23.6%

The BJP-JD(U)-LJP alliance in Bihar registered a historic victory in the 2019 Lok Sabha Election, winning 39 out of 40 seats in the state. The BJP had contested on 17 seats and won all. Nitish Kumar's JD(U) had also fielded candidates on 17 seats and lost only one seat. Ram Vilas Paswan's Lok Janshakti Party contested on six seats and it also emerged victorious on all the seats.

May 25, 2019, 10:29 AM IST