This Article is From May 16, 2009

Counting day highlights

New Delhi:
  • Advani fought a strong election, says Rahul Gandhi
  • Advani doesn't want to be Leader of Opposition 
  • Advani congratulates Sonia, Manmohan on UPA win
  • Lalu, some current ministers to stay: Congress
  • P Chidambaram wins from Sivaganga
  • BJP's Varun Gandhi, Maneka Gandhi win
  • Sajjad Gani Lone loses in Baramulla
  • Will try and get Rahul to be part of Cabinet, says PM
  • We will seek support of independents, says Cong
  • Lalu Prasad Yadav wins against BJP's Rajiv Pratap Rudy
  • Renuka Chowdhury loses in Khammam
  • Bihar has voted for development, says Nitish Kumar
  • Sonia calls Congress meet at 4.15 pm to take stock
  • Rajnath Singh wins from Ghaziabad
  • Kamal Nath wins in Chhindwara
  • H D Kumaraswamy wins in Bangalore Rural
  • H D Deve Gowda wins in Hassan
  • Farooq Abdullah wins in Srinagar
  • Naveen Jindal wins in Kurukshetra
  • Kapil Sibal wins in Chandni Chowk
  • Shatrughan Sinha wins in Patna Sahib
  • Karunanidhi to meet Sonia Gandhi
  • Chiranjeevi loses one assembly seat, wins one
  • Ram Vilas Paswan loses in Hajipur
  • Orissa: BJD wins in Kandhmal
  • Congress' Sachin Pilot, Shashi Tharoor win
  • Left will sit in Opposition, says Karat
  • We congratulate the Congress, says Bardhan
  • Pawar to support Manmohan Singh as PM
  • Absence of Vajpayee affected us, says Rajnath
  • Rajnath Singh goes to meet L K Advani
  • Rahul Gandhi re-energised Congress, says Anand Sharma
  • Results unexpected and disappointing, says BJP
  • CPI says it won't support Congress-led government
  • Congress says it will stake claim to form government
  • Sonia, Pranab leading with substantial margins
  • Andhra Pradesh heads for hung assembly    
  • Orissa assembly: Patnaik's BJD heading for majority
  • UPA sweeps Kerala, Rajasthan, West Bengal    
  • Sachin Pilot: Mandate for Congress, Sonia, Manmohan
  • Sachin Pilot: Rahul Gandhi's campaign has paid off   
  • Dayanidhi Maran: Manmohan Singh will be PM
  • Digvijay: Karat should be more positive towards Congress
  • Digvijay: Will talk to Left after consulting Mamata
  • UPA takes an early lead
  • West Bengal: Left faces worst tally in 40 years
  • J&K: Sajad Lone trailing in Baramulla
  • Farooq Abdullah leading in Srinagar
  • Delhi: Celebrations at Sonia Gandhi's 10 Janpath home     
  • Andhra: Chiranjeevi's PRP leads in 6 seats  
  • Bihar: JD (U) heads for a sweep     
  • Congress leads in 6 Delhi seats     
  • Jharkhand: NDA, UPA lead in 2 seats each
  • RJD's Lalu Yadav leads in Pataliputra
  • BJP's Shatrughan Sinha leads in Patna Sahib
  • Punjab: BJP's Vinod Khanna leading in Gurdaspur    
  • Tamil Nadu: DMK's Dayanidhi Maran leads  
  • Congress leads in 5 seats in Delhi    
  • Rajasthan: BJP's Manvendra Singh trailing    
  • Congress' Milind Deora trailing in Mumbai South
  • DMK's MK Azhagiri leading in Madurai
  • Rampur: SP's Jaya Prada trailing    
  • Gujarat: Congress gains in Kutch, Mehsana   
  • P Chidambaram leading in Sivaganga  
  • Congress' Kamal Nath trailing in Chhindwara  
  • Congress gaining in 3 seats in UP  
  • Congress gaining in Rajasthan  
  • DMK's MK Azhagiri leading in Madurai
  • Naveen Jindal leads   
  • Rampur: SP's Jaya Prada trailing
  • Counting of votes for 543 Lok Sabha seats began at 8 am on Saturday
  • Over 8,000 candidates' fate will be decided today
  • Overall voter turnout was 59-60%    
  • Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to chair last UPA Cabinet meeting on Monday
  • President to host dinner for outgoing ministers on Sunday
  • Counting also for Assembly elections in Orissa, Andhra, Sikkim 3 

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