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1% Increase In Literacy Leads To 25% Rise In Female Voter's Turnout: Report
As per the SBI report, out of the 1.8 crore incremental female voters in the 2024 general elections compared to 2019, 45 lakh can be attributed to improved literacy levels.
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Overconfidence On Guarantees, Appeasement Allegations Reduced Congress Seats To Single Digits In Karnataka
Election Results 2024: However, even after a single-digit performance, Congress leaders are happy that they could take back 9 seats won by the BJP in the 2019 General Election.
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Crucial Losses In Awadh And Purvanchal: BJP's Seat Count Halves In Uttar Pradesh
In 2019, the BJP secured a resounding victory in Uttar Pradesh, capturing 62 out of 80 seats. However, in the latest elections, the party experienced a significant reduction in its seat tally, managing to secure only 33 seats.
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Over 30 Women Candidates Win Lok Sabha Polls, Compared To 78 In 2019
Women candidates such as Congress' Kumari Selja, the BJP's Kangana Ranaut and Hema Malini, Samajwadi Party's Dimple Yadav and RJD's Misa Bharti won in their respective constituencies in the general elections.
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Opinion | Exit Polls: Will BJP Score A Hat-Trick In Six Battleground States?
There are six battleground states in the 2024 election accounting for 259 seats - almost half of the Lok Sabha strength. In 2019, the NDA won 196 of these seats.
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Rs 1,100 Crore Cash, Gold Seized During Elections, 3 Times More Than 2019
Over Rs 1,150 crore in cash and jewellery have been seized by the Income Tax Department, during the ongoing Lok Sabha elections, sources said on Friday. This marks an 182% increase compared to the Rs 390 crore seized during the last general elections
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Mumbai Sees 52% Turnout, Sultry Weather, Long Queues Test Voters' Patience
Mumbai recorded a turnout of 52.27 percent, lower than that in 2019, in the general elections on Monday amid sultry weather and complaints of delays in the polling process.
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2 Officers On Poll Duty Die Of Heart Attack In Bihar
Polling in five constituencies in Bihar in the third phase of Lok Sabha elections passed off peacefully, with a provisional voter turnout of 60 per cent, almost one per cent less than that of the 2019 general elections, officials said.
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After Failed 2019 Experiment, Samajwadi Party Pins Hope On Congress In UP
The coming general election may throw some surprising results in Uttar Pradesh with the SP-BSP alliance now replaced by the SP-Congress pact under the INDIA bloc.
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Election Commission Repeats Its 2019 Reason For No Polls In J&K
The Election Commission has cited security as a reason for its inability to conduct assembly polls with Lok Sabha elections in Jammu and Kashmir. The poll panel has literally repeated what it had said in 2019 when general elections were announced.
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Opinion: Election 2024 Is Not A Done Deal. Three Voting Patterns Show Why
A large number of late deciders and a small share of 'loyal' voters, coupled with a focus on local candidates, can often alter the final outcome.
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Government's Explainer On Citizenship Law Amid Opposition Attacks
The Citizenship Amendment Act - passed by Parliament in 2019 and notified by the government Monday, to come into effect weeks before the general election - have triggered a back-and-forth with the opposition accusing the BJP of polarising voters.
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UP Congress Resolution Urges Rahul, Priyanka Gandhi To Fight Lok Sabha Polls From Amethi
Rahul Gandhi had lost the prized seat of Amethi to BJP's Smriti Irani in the 2019 general elections.
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BJP's Key Appointments For Delhi's 7 Lok Sabha Seats Ahead of 2024 Polls
The "Lok Sabha Prabharis", appointed "exclusively" for next year's general elections, have been given a headstart to prevent "any last-minute challenges", said one of the seven in-charges. The BJP won all the seven seats in the 2014 and 2019 polls.
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BJP, Trinamool Ramp Up Presence In Areas They Lost In Bengal In 2019 Polls
BJP President JP Nadda and Trinamool Congress National General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee campaigned, over the weekend, in several areas of West Bengal for the upcoming panchayat polls in the state.
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1% Increase In Literacy Leads To 25% Rise In Female Voter's Turnout: Report
As per the SBI report, out of the 1.8 crore incremental female voters in the 2024 general elections compared to 2019, 45 lakh can be attributed to improved literacy levels.
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Overconfidence On Guarantees, Appeasement Allegations Reduced Congress Seats To Single Digits In Karnataka
Election Results 2024: However, even after a single-digit performance, Congress leaders are happy that they could take back 9 seats won by the BJP in the 2019 General Election.
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Crucial Losses In Awadh And Purvanchal: BJP's Seat Count Halves In Uttar Pradesh
In 2019, the BJP secured a resounding victory in Uttar Pradesh, capturing 62 out of 80 seats. However, in the latest elections, the party experienced a significant reduction in its seat tally, managing to secure only 33 seats.
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Over 30 Women Candidates Win Lok Sabha Polls, Compared To 78 In 2019
Women candidates such as Congress' Kumari Selja, the BJP's Kangana Ranaut and Hema Malini, Samajwadi Party's Dimple Yadav and RJD's Misa Bharti won in their respective constituencies in the general elections.
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Opinion | Exit Polls: Will BJP Score A Hat-Trick In Six Battleground States?
There are six battleground states in the 2024 election accounting for 259 seats - almost half of the Lok Sabha strength. In 2019, the NDA won 196 of these seats.
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Rs 1,100 Crore Cash, Gold Seized During Elections, 3 Times More Than 2019
Over Rs 1,150 crore in cash and jewellery have been seized by the Income Tax Department, during the ongoing Lok Sabha elections, sources said on Friday. This marks an 182% increase compared to the Rs 390 crore seized during the last general elections
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Mumbai Sees 52% Turnout, Sultry Weather, Long Queues Test Voters' Patience
Mumbai recorded a turnout of 52.27 percent, lower than that in 2019, in the general elections on Monday amid sultry weather and complaints of delays in the polling process.
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2 Officers On Poll Duty Die Of Heart Attack In Bihar
Polling in five constituencies in Bihar in the third phase of Lok Sabha elections passed off peacefully, with a provisional voter turnout of 60 per cent, almost one per cent less than that of the 2019 general elections, officials said.
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After Failed 2019 Experiment, Samajwadi Party Pins Hope On Congress In UP
The coming general election may throw some surprising results in Uttar Pradesh with the SP-BSP alliance now replaced by the SP-Congress pact under the INDIA bloc.
-
Election Commission Repeats Its 2019 Reason For No Polls In J&K
The Election Commission has cited security as a reason for its inability to conduct assembly polls with Lok Sabha elections in Jammu and Kashmir. The poll panel has literally repeated what it had said in 2019 when general elections were announced.
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Opinion: Election 2024 Is Not A Done Deal. Three Voting Patterns Show Why
A large number of late deciders and a small share of 'loyal' voters, coupled with a focus on local candidates, can often alter the final outcome.
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Government's Explainer On Citizenship Law Amid Opposition Attacks
The Citizenship Amendment Act - passed by Parliament in 2019 and notified by the government Monday, to come into effect weeks before the general election - have triggered a back-and-forth with the opposition accusing the BJP of polarising voters.
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UP Congress Resolution Urges Rahul, Priyanka Gandhi To Fight Lok Sabha Polls From Amethi
Rahul Gandhi had lost the prized seat of Amethi to BJP's Smriti Irani in the 2019 general elections.
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BJP's Key Appointments For Delhi's 7 Lok Sabha Seats Ahead of 2024 Polls
The "Lok Sabha Prabharis", appointed "exclusively" for next year's general elections, have been given a headstart to prevent "any last-minute challenges", said one of the seven in-charges. The BJP won all the seven seats in the 2014 and 2019 polls.
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BJP, Trinamool Ramp Up Presence In Areas They Lost In Bengal In 2019 Polls
BJP President JP Nadda and Trinamool Congress National General Secretary Abhishek Banerjee campaigned, over the weekend, in several areas of West Bengal for the upcoming panchayat polls in the state.
