Lok Sabha Election Results 2019

While the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) hopes to maintain - if not improve - its tally, the INDIA bloc will need to make a dent in the NDA's numbers to really gain some edge.

The results of the 1967 elections and the simultaneous polls in a few states in 2014 and 2019 show that strong regional parties tend to benefit in the Lok Sabha elections when polls are held together.

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.

"In Uttar Pradesh, PM Modi has been blessed for the fourth time consecutively -- 2014 Lok Sabha, 2017 Vidha Sabha, 2019 Lok Sabha and now, in the 2022 Vidhan Sabha elections," BJP president JP Nadda said.

In battleground West Bengal, the BJP, following its emphatic performance in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, made its intentions clear right at the beginning - that they would go for the jugular.

A team of "specialists" from universities like Oxford and Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), a creative social media campaign and a complete change of strategy helped script Hemant Soren's remarkable turnaround in Jharkhand after the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha's Lok Sabha debacle earlier this year. A 10-point agenda was prepared and executed ove...

The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM)-Congress alliance had a decisive victory in Jharkhand as votes were counted on Monday, leaving the BJP with another big state loss this year. The BJP conceded defeat, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeting his "best wishes" to the JMM-led alliance. The JMM has won 30 seats and the Congress 16 while the BJP got 2...

The JMM-led three-party alliance stormed to power in Jharkhand on Monday, ousting the BJP in yet another state in the Hindi heartland after the saffron party's stupendous performance in the Lok Sabha elections, a development that could have profound implications for the country.

Post-election tussle between BJP and Shiv Sena likely to push back formation and swearing-in of new Maharashtra government to month-end, with the two parties squabbling over portfolios and the Chief Minister's post

The results of Maharashtra and Haryana assembly elections on Thursday sprung surprise as the BJP failed to reach the halfway mark in both the states months after the party was reelected in the Lok Sabha polls with a 300 plus majority.

Elated over the party's performance in the assembly polls in Maharastra and Haryana, the leader of Congress in Lok Sabha, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury Thursday said the so-called "Modi magic" is fast waning.

The by-elections to 51 assembly seats and two Lok Sabha constituencies across 17 states and the Union Territory of Puducherry has thrown up a few surprises, especially in BJP-ruled Bihar and Gujarat. The BJP and its allies, which held nearly 30 of the assembly seats, ended up with 26. The Congress won 12, keeping an even tally. Asaduddin Owaisi's A...

The seat was vacated by former Congress minister Adoor Prakash after he won the Attingal Lok Sabha polls.

The BJP-Shiv Sena coalition was on course to retain power albeit with a reduced majority in Maharashtra where the opposition Congress-NCP alliance put up a good show while the BJP-ruled Haryana appeared headed for a hung assembly and JJP chief Dushyant Chautala set to become the kingmaker. In the first Assembly elections after the BJP''s triumph in...

Voters in a Maharashtra village have alleged EVM malfunction during Lok Sabha bypoll on Monday, saying it resulted in votes cast for any candidate going to BJP's account, a claim denied by election officials.

While the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) hopes to maintain - if not improve - its tally, the INDIA bloc will need to make a dent in the NDA's numbers to really gain some edge.

The results of the 1967 elections and the simultaneous polls in a few states in 2014 and 2019 show that strong regional parties tend to benefit in the Lok Sabha elections when polls are held together.

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.

"In Uttar Pradesh, PM Modi has been blessed for the fourth time consecutively -- 2014 Lok Sabha, 2017 Vidha Sabha, 2019 Lok Sabha and now, in the 2022 Vidhan Sabha elections," BJP president JP Nadda said.

In battleground West Bengal, the BJP, following its emphatic performance in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, made its intentions clear right at the beginning - that they would go for the jugular.

A team of "specialists" from universities like Oxford and Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS), a creative social media campaign and a complete change of strategy helped script Hemant Soren's remarkable turnaround in Jharkhand after the Jharkhand Mukti Morcha's Lok Sabha debacle earlier this year. A 10-point agenda was prepared and executed ove...

The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM)-Congress alliance had a decisive victory in Jharkhand as votes were counted on Monday, leaving the BJP with another big state loss this year. The BJP conceded defeat, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeting his "best wishes" to the JMM-led alliance. The JMM has won 30 seats and the Congress 16 while the BJP got 2...

The JMM-led three-party alliance stormed to power in Jharkhand on Monday, ousting the BJP in yet another state in the Hindi heartland after the saffron party's stupendous performance in the Lok Sabha elections, a development that could have profound implications for the country.

Post-election tussle between BJP and Shiv Sena likely to push back formation and swearing-in of new Maharashtra government to month-end, with the two parties squabbling over portfolios and the Chief Minister's post

The results of Maharashtra and Haryana assembly elections on Thursday sprung surprise as the BJP failed to reach the halfway mark in both the states months after the party was reelected in the Lok Sabha polls with a 300 plus majority.

Elated over the party's performance in the assembly polls in Maharastra and Haryana, the leader of Congress in Lok Sabha, Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury Thursday said the so-called "Modi magic" is fast waning.

The by-elections to 51 assembly seats and two Lok Sabha constituencies across 17 states and the Union Territory of Puducherry has thrown up a few surprises, especially in BJP-ruled Bihar and Gujarat. The BJP and its allies, which held nearly 30 of the assembly seats, ended up with 26. The Congress won 12, keeping an even tally. Asaduddin Owaisi's A...

The seat was vacated by former Congress minister Adoor Prakash after he won the Attingal Lok Sabha polls.

The BJP-Shiv Sena coalition was on course to retain power albeit with a reduced majority in Maharashtra where the opposition Congress-NCP alliance put up a good show while the BJP-ruled Haryana appeared headed for a hung assembly and JJP chief Dushyant Chautala set to become the kingmaker. In the first Assembly elections after the BJP''s triumph in...

Voters in a Maharashtra village have alleged EVM malfunction during Lok Sabha bypoll on Monday, saying it resulted in votes cast for any candidate going to BJP's account, a claim denied by election officials.