Lok Sabha election results 2019

Captain Amarinder Singh's own seat in danger now: Shiromani Akali Dal's Harsimrat Kaur Badal

With BJP looking forward to yet another landslide victory in the Lok Sabha elections, Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Harsimrat Kaur Badal on Thursday said that people have told the Congress that the power is in their hands.

May 23, 2019, 21:40 PM IST

PM Narendra Modi vows 'every moment of my life, every fibre of my being devoted to nation'

Striking a conciliatory political tone, he also reached out to his rivals, urging everyone to put the rancour of the bitter and often nasty campaign behind them. What's past is past, he said. 

May 23, 2019, 21:39 PM IST

Lok Sabha elections results 2019: Record victory for Narendra Modi's ministers; Puri and Alphons go down

Prime Minister Narendra Modi retained Varanasi by over 4.79 lakh votes. He increased his victory margin as compared to 2014 by over one lakh votes, trouncing Samajwadi Party's Shalini Yadav.

May 23, 2019, 21:35 PM IST

9 former Congress CMs bite the dust in Lok Sabha election 2019

Those who faced defeat in Lok Sabha election 2019 include former Delhi CM Sheila Dikshit from North East Delhi, Bhupinder Singh Hooda from Sonipat in Haryana, Harish Rawat (Nainital-Udhamsingh Nagar in Uttarakhand) and ex-Madhya Pradesh CM Digvijaya Singh from Bhopal. The others who lost are ex-Maharashtra CM Ashok Chavan from Nanded, Sushil Kumar Shinde from Maharashtra’s Solapur, Mukul Sangma from Tura in Meghalaya, Nabam Tuki from Arunachal West and Veerappa Moily from Chikkballapur in Karnataka.

May 23, 2019, 21:19 PM IST

Abu Dhabi Crown Prince congratulates PM Narendra Modi on his election victory

Prime Minister Modi on Thursday led his Bharatiya Janata Party towards a super-sized victory for a second term in office.

May 23, 2019, 21:15 PM IST

Mayawati terms LS poll results as 'unprecedented', questions EVMs again

She added that after this results, whatever confidence people had in EVMs will disappear.

May 23, 2019, 21:08 PM IST

PM Narendra Modi makes 3 promises to India after record mandate in Lok Sabha election 2019

"If there is a winner today, it is India, it is democracy, it is the people of this country. We dedicate this win to India."

May 23, 2019, 20:57 PM IST

Will work with PM for betterment of people in Delhi: Arvind Kejriwal

The BJP is also set for an astounding victory in Delhi, where it is leading in all the seven seats. 

May 23, 2019, 20:53 PM IST

Mehbooba Mufti loses Anantnag seat to NC's Justice (retd) Hasnain Masoodi

Congress's state unit president Ghulam Ahmad Mir was the runner up with 33,504 votes, they said.

May 23, 2019, 20:49 PM IST

BJP retains Mapusa Assembly by-poll in Goa

Joshua D`Souza registered his victory against Congress` Sudhir Kandolkar, a stronghold of the BJP for the last 20 years.

May 23, 2019, 20:45 PM IST

Erstwhile royal family member Diya Kumari wins Rajsamand seat by over 5 lakh votes

Kumari got 8,63,039 votes as against 3,11,123 votes of Devkinandan.

May 23, 2019, 20:44 PM IST

Former Haryana Chief Minister Bhupinder Hooda loses from Sonipat

The dismal performance of the Congress' senior leader in Sonipat is a setback for the party in Haryana.

May 23, 2019, 20:39 PM IST

After 15 years, Jharkhand elects women MPs

Jharkhand had last elected any woman MP in 2004 from Khuti.

May 23, 2019, 20:33 PM IST

Twitter records 396 million tweets on #LokSabhaElections2019, 3.2 mn alone on results day

Lok Sabha election 2019: Twitter saw more than 396 million tweets, a number which is nearly a 300 per cent rise from the Lok Sabha Election 2014.

May 23, 2019, 20:30 PM IST

Rahul Gandhi says issue of resignation between him and working committee

Party leaders said reports of Gandhi offering to resign were "mischievous and incorrect".

May 23, 2019, 20:29 PM IST

Rahul Gandhi a fine leader, Congress will bounce back: Amarinder Singh

Amarinder Singh said he did not agree with the "brand of nationalism being promoted by the BJP" as every citizen of India was a nationalist and the nation's strength was in its diversity.

May 23, 2019, 20:24 PM IST

Narendra Modi 'mahanayak' of BJP's grand victory: Amit Shah

Hitting out at opposition parties for forming alliances to defeat Modi, he said that BJP was fighting for 50 per cent votes and today the party has garnered over 50 per cent vote share in 17 states including Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.

May 23, 2019, 20:19 PM IST

Opposition, media couldn't see 'Modi wave', but people did: Jitendra Singh

The BJP leader said people voted for him due to the "major development work" carried in the constituency, saying neither the media nor the Opposition could see it, but the people did.

May 23, 2019, 20:10 PM IST

Chandrababu Naidu at crossroads as TDP faces rout in assembly, Lok Sabha polls

Chandrababu had to drop his PhD programme in economics after he became a minister.

May 23, 2019, 20:00 PM IST

BJP repeats 2014 sweep in Gujarat, pockets all 26 seats; Amit Shah's debut from Gandhinagar a hit

The home state of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP president Amit Shah has once again rejected the Congress.

May 23, 2019, 19:55 PM IST