'Big decisions will be taken in third term, this is Modi's guarantee': PM Modi after Lok Sabha Election result

PM Modi ends his victory speech 

PM Modi hails JP Nadda's contribution in Lok Sabha Elections 

WATCH: PM Modi begins his address to BJP workers with chants of "Jai Jagannath"

From green energy to green mobility, we will work towards making India a third largest economy: PM Modi

We will not stop until defence sector becomes self-reliant: PM Modi

Big decisions will be taken in third term, this is Modi's guarantee

This is the first time in Odisha that a BJP minister will lead the state: PM Modi

PM Modi, during his address, hailed his  government for securing the third term.

Prime Minister takes a dig at "anti-India" elements.

PM Modi hails influencers, and opinion makers for their contribution in shaping India's elections.

PM Modi has praised the Election Commission for successfully conducting polls.

PM Modi is currently addressing party workers at the BJP headquarters in New Delhi.

BJP chief JP Nadda said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be sworn in to the office for historic third time.

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Arun Govil has won the election from Meerut seat by a margin of 10,585 votes. He defeated Samajwadi Party's Sunita Verma and received a total of 546469 votes.

BJP national president JP Nadda welcomed Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the party office and addressed the party workers over NDA's victory in the elections.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has reached BJP headquarters. He will address party workers shortly as NDA is set to form the government for the third consecutive term.

Sanjeev Balyan has lost the election to Samajwadi Party's Harendra Singh Malik by a margin of over 24,000 votes.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi to address BJP workers at party headquarters shortly, after Lok Sabha election results 2024.

Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee said she will try to ensure that Modi is out of power and INDIA bloc is in, as Lok Sabha election results are underway.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi | , "UP ki janta ne kamaal karke dikha diya...The people of UP understood the politics of the country and the danger to the Constitution, and they safeguarded the Constitution. I thank them for supporting Congress party and INDIA alliance..."

TMC chairperson Mamata Banerjee | , "... I am happy that the Prime Minister did not get the majority figure. The Prime Minister has lost credibility, he should resign immediately because he had said that this time they would cross 400 seats..."

"I am very happy... I want to tell the people of UP that they have shown a lot of discretion. I am most proud of UP...," said Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on election results.

On being asked which seat will he keep since he won election in Rae Bareli and Wayanad, Rahul Gandhi said that he will think and decide.

On being asked whether Congress will try to pitch for government formation as some of NDA partners were with them earlier too, Rahul Gandhi said that they will first consult their alliance members and then decide.

Rahul Gandhi said that our fight in this election was to safeguard the constitution and save government institutions. 

Mallikarjun Kharge said that election results is a defeat for Prime Minister Narendra Modi as the BJP failed to achieve an absolute majority.

Addressing a presser on Lok Sabha elections results 2024, Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge said that this is peoples' mandate, victory for democracy.

PM Modi wins Varanasi for third time in a row against Congress' Ajay Rai in Lok Sabha elections

Trinamool Congress' SK Nurul Islam leads against BJP's Rekha Patra in Basirhat 

Congress leader and candidate from Mandi Lok Sabha seat Vikramaditya Singh said, "I thank the public of Mandi who voted for me in large numbers….I congratulate BJP candidate Kangana Ranaut for winning Mandi Lok Sabha seat….The arrival of PM Modi, Yogi Adityanath and Nitin Gadkari had an impact on polls… The people of Himachal Pradesh have given a clear-cut mandate(Congress winning 4 assembly by-poll seats) against attempts to disrupt the Congress government by BJP party….The factor of PM Modi did not work in the nation…BJP is struggling to cross the mark of 250 Lok Sabha seats….INDIA alliance has performed very well…INDIA alliance can also form the government by forging alliance…."

Asaduddin Owaisi leads by more than 3 Lakh votes in Hyderabad against BJP's Madhvi Latha

Congress candidate from Jalore and former Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot's son, Vaibhav Gehlot says, "The BJP has been winning the Jalore seat for the last 20 years. It is a difficult seat for the Congress. The results are not in our favour but a further strategy is to stand with the people... I want to congratulate BJP candidate Lumbaram... Being is the Oppostion, we will fulfil that duty with responsibility..." Vaibhav Gehlot lost by a margin of 2,01,543 votes here.

Bhim Army chief Chandrashekhar Ravan wins Nagina Lok Sabha constituency by 146000 votes.

"First of all, I want to congratulate the public of Kaiserganj. Second, I want to congratulate the people of Devipatan Mandal, which has four seats out of which we are winning three seats. The people have proved that it is the bastion of the BJP," says BJP leader Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh as his son and candidate from Kaiserganj, Karan Bhushan Singh, leads in the constituency.

Atul Garg, who replaced former Union minister V K Singh as BJP's Ghaziabad Lok Sabha candidate, is leading by a margin of over 2.66 lakh votes

Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge's son-in-law Radhakrishna Doddamani wins Gulbarga seat in Karnataka by 27,205 votes.

Former CM Basavaraj Bommai, Yediyurappa's son B Y Raghavendra of BJP win Haveri and Shimoga LS seats, respectively.

Former Chhattisgarh Chief Minister and Congress candidate Bhupesh Baghel was trailing by more than 46,000 votes against the BJP's sitting MP Santosh Pandey in the Rajnandgaon Lok Sabha seat. As per the latest Election Commission data, Pandey had secured 6,43,165 votes while Baghel had got 5,97,015 votes.

Union Minister and BJP candidate from Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha seat Rajeev Chandrashekhar said, "It is disappointing given that we worked very hard….We ran a very positive campaign….3.4 lakh people supported us which is a record number….I believe we are on the right track….I am disappointed that I could not win…My commitment to Thiruvananthapuram and people of Thiruvananthapuram remains steadfast…."

As per the current trends the TMC is leading on 29 out of 42 Lok Sabha seats, the BJP is leading on 12 and the Congress on 1.

Former Bihar CM and Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) founder Jitan Ram Manjhi wins from Gaya Lok Sabha seat.

Tejasvi Surya won from Bengaluru South by a margin of 265649 votes.

HAM will always remain with Narendra Modiji. Tomorrow we all are reaching Delhi and once again we will make Narendra Modi the Prime Minister: Jitan Ram Manjhi

Congress leader and candidate from Rajgarh Lok Sabha seat said, "I congratulate Mallikarjun Kharge, under whose leadership Congress party has performed well….BJP will not secure majority under any condition….As a result, infighting will happen in BJP….As far as the Rajgarh Lok Sabha seat is concerned, polling did not happen according to my expectations….Only half of the counting is completed, let’s see what happens…..”

Kush Sinha, TMC Candidate from Asansol Shatrughan Sinha's son says, "I am very happy that he is winning. Last time also he won by a huge margin... I want to thank the people of Asansol that they voted for the right candidate..."

LJP (Ram Vilas) chief and leading candidate from Hajipur, Chirag Paswan says, "I want to congratulate My Prime Minister Modi because, for the third time under his leadership, NDA govt is going to be formed. This 3rd term under the leadership of PM Modi will take the country to new heights, which he has promised the country..."

BJP's Mahesh Sharma increases his lead to over 5 lakh votes in UP's Gautam Buddh Nagar LS seat: EC

Suresh Gopi, BJP candidate who is leading from Thrissur Lok Sabha constituency said, "I am in totally an ecstatic mood. What was very impossible became gloriously possible...it was not a 62-day campaign process, it was an emotional carriage for the past 7 years...I work for Kerala as a whole. My first pick will be to have AIIMS..."

Congress candidate Geniben Thakor leads by 28500 votes in Banaskantha seat of Gujarat.

BJP wins Chitradurga constituency in Karnataka and Jaipur constituency in Rajasthan

Both Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah called up TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu and congratulated him: TDP sources 

Former Punjab CM and Congress candidate Charanjit Singh Channi, wins from Jalandhar Lok Sabha seat; defeats BJP candidate Sushil Kumar Rinku by a margin of 1,75,993 votes.

In the first reaction from the Gandhi family, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra took to X to congratulate the people of Amethi, "Kishori bhaiya, I never had any doubts, I was sure from the beginning that you will win. Hearty congratulations to you and my dear brothers and sisters of Amethi!"

Maneka Gandhi trails from Sultanpur in Uttar Pradesh

Ex-TN CM O Panneerselvam trails behind IUML in Ramanathapuram LS seat.

"I think it’s time to accept the inevitable. Congratulations to Engineer Rashid for his victory in North Kashmir. I don’t believe his victory will hasten his release from prison nor will the people of North Kashmir get the representation they have a right to but the voters have spoken and in a democracy that’s all that matters."

Baramati, Maharashtra | NCP-SCP supporters celebrate as party candidate Supriya Sule leads by more than 12,000 votes. Counting of votes still underway.

Both Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah called up TDP chief N Chandrababu Naidu and congratulated him, TDP sources said.

As per official ECI trends, TDP is leading on 16 Lok Sabha seats and is leading on 131 Assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh. Counting for both elections is underway.

Congress candidate from Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha seat, Shashi Tharoor leading from the seat with a margin of 3,947 votes. Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Union Minister and BJP candidate trailing.

The NDA appeared falling significantly short of its target of bagging 45-plus of the 48 Lok Sabha seats in Maharashtra, going by the latest trends in counting of votes. The BJP was leading in 12 seats and allies Shiv Sena in 7 and NCP in 1 constituency as per the latest trends.

The BJP is leading in all seven Lok Sabha seats in Delhi 

Union Minister Nitin Gadkari is leading from Nagpur Lok Sabha

BJP wins Rajkot and Vadodara Lok Sabha seats in Gujarat

Former Chhattisgarh CM & BJP leader Raman Singh said, "After the counting of voters for 6-7 rounds, NDA is going to get around 290 seats. BJP-led NDA will form its government in the country. BJP will also reach around 270 seats. In Odisha and Andhra Pradesh too, BJP will form its government..."

Union Minister and BJP candidate, Arjun Munda trailing from Khunti

Congress candidate from Jalore and former Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot's son, Vaibhav Gehlot trailing by a margin of 1,58,448 votes here. Counting of votes is underway. BJP candidate Lumbaram leading here.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi appears to have cemented his victory in the Wayanad Lok Sabha seat by attaining a huge lead of over 2 lakh votes against his rivals, according to the figures given by the Election Commission.

BJP candidate and Union minister Anurag Thakur leading with margin of 1,47,723 votes in Himachal's Hamirpur LS seat: Election Commission.

JKNC vice-president and Baramulla Lok Sabha candidate Omar Abdullah trailing from the seat. 

Samajwadi Party candidate from Mainpuri Lok Sabha seat, Dimple Yadav leading from the seat with a margin of 79,734 votes.   

 "Sab achha hai bhaiya, sthiti bahut achhi hai," says BJP candidate from Meerut Lok Sabha seat, Arun Govil.

Misa Bharti, RJD candidate and elder daughter of party supremo Lalu Prasad, is leading by 26,816 votes over her nearest rival, Ram Kripal Yadav of BJP, in Patliputra Lok Sabha constituency. However, Rohini Acharya, Lalu's other daughter who is an RJD nominee from Saran Lok Sabha constituency, is trailing by 6,633 votes over her nearest rival and BJP candidate Rajiv Pratap Rudy.

K Annamalai trails behind in Tamil Nadu's Coimbatore by 11,909 votes. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam's (DMK) P Ganapathy Rajkumar is leading.

BJP's Rajeev Chandrasekhar increases lead by over 5,000 votes against Congress' Shashi Tharoor in Thiruvananthapuram LS seat.

Congress candidate from Rohtak Lok Sabha seat, Deepender Singh Hooda said, "Counting is going on and as per the initial trends, I think those are in line with our expectations. I thank the people of Haryana. I think people are blessing us more than our expectations..."

Congress leader and party's candidate from Gurgaon (Haryana) Lok Sabha seat Raj Babbar says, "Counting is going very well...The public's decision will come by evening...The people of Gurgaon constituency are moving forward"

In Krishnanagar's seat, TMC's Mahua Moitra is leading by a margin of 9,592 votes over her nearest rival Amrita Roy of the BJP, according to the EC website.

JKNC vice-president and Baramulla Lok Sabha candidate Omar Abdullah said, "It has been 2 hours since counting, we should wait for some time...Exit polls do not have a major impact on the results, we have seen that there are differences between the exit poll and the real poll but we have to agree that all exit polls cannot be wrong. It is wrong to expect that all exit polls will be wrong and there will be a massive difference in the results..."

Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) candidate Joba Majhi leads in Singhbhum. BJP candidate Geeta Koda is trailing behind

BJP candidate Manish Jaiswal leads in Hazaribagh

Jagan Mohan Reddy-led YSRCP leads in Ongole, Kadapa, Rajampet, Tirupati and Araku Lok Sabha seats in Andhra Pradesh.

Jana Sena Party (JSP) leads in Kakinada and Machilipatnam Lok Sabha seats in Andhra Pradesh.

Telugu Desam Party (TDP) also leads in Hindupur, Nellore, Narsaraopet, Vijayawada, Guntur, Eluru, Amalapuram, Visakhapatnam, Vizianagaram and Srikakulam Lok Sabha seats in Andhra Pradesh.

Congress General Secretary in-charge Communications, Jairam Ramesh says, "These trends show that the present (PM) is going to become former. This is his moral and political defeat. It has never happened before that the Prime Minister trails from his own constituency. The trends in Varanasi are just the trailer..."

Congress is leading in Sitapur, Barabanki, Amroha, Rae Bareli, Amethi, Allahabad, Fatehpur Sikri and Saharanpur Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh.

Himachal Pradesh: BJP candidate from Mandi and actor Kangana Ranaut offers prayers at her residence.

AIMIM chief and candidate from Hyderabad (Telangana), Asaduddin Owaisi leading by a margin of 15461 votes, as per the official ECI trends.

The BJP was leading in Tripura's two Lok Sabha seats as the counting of votes was underway on Tuesday, according to the Election Commission's website. BJP’s Biplab Kumar Deb was ahead of his nearest rival Asish Kumar Saha in Tripura West parliamentary seat by 2,06,388 votes. In the Tripura East Lok Sabha seat, BJP candidate Kriti Devi Debbarman was leading by 1,96,900 votes over her nearest rival Rajendra Reang of the CPI(M). The voting for the Tripura West Lok Sabha seat was held on April 16, and the Tripura East on April 26.

AIADMK candidate Tamilmani leads in Namakkal, the first LS segment where Tamil Nadu's main opposition is leading.

Leader of the opposition in the outgoing Lok Sabha Gaurav Gogoi is leading in Assam's key Jorhat constituency over his nearest BJP rival and sitting MP Topon Gogoi by over 17,065 votes, Election Commission officials said. Gogoi shifted to Jorhat in this elections after his erstwhile Kaliabor constituency was realigned to create the Kaziranga seat in the delimitation exercise in the state last year. He won the Kaliabor seat in 2019 by over 2.09 lakh votes.

Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi from Jammu & Kashmir National Conference leads 

BJP's Krishan Pal Singh Gujjar leads by 7000 votes

The BJP-led NDA was ahead with leads in 227 parliamentary seats out of 392 for which trends were available, with opposition INDIA bloc ahead in at least 137, Election Commission data showed. BJP alone was leading on 187 seats and won Surat uncontested, while Congress was ahead in 70 seats at 9:45 am. Union Minister Smriti Irani was trailing in Amethi and former Union Minister Maneka Gandhi in Sultanpur. Union Minister Nitin Gadkari was leading with a slender margin in Nagpur.

Chirag Paswan's LJP leading in all 5 seats in Bihar

As per early trends, Sensex slumps by over 2500 points

As per the latest election trends by the ECI, Anupriya Patel, Union Minister and NDA candidate (Apna Dal Sonelal) from Mirzapur is leading from her seat by a margin of 420 votes. Counting is underway.

PM Modi trails by 6000 votes in Varanasi

Congress ahead in 8 seats in Haryana

In Maharashtra, Union ministers Nitin Gadkari and Piyush Goyal, and Supriya Sule, daughter of NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar leading from their constituencies.

Congress candidate from Kerala's Wayanad Lok Sabha seat Rahul Gandhi leading from the seat with a margin of 8718 votes.    

Congress' Rahul Gandhi leads in Rae Bareli

BJP candidate Sukant Majumdar is ahead from Balurghat, BJP's Manoj Tigga in Alipurduar and Trinamool candidate Asit Mal ahead in Bolpur

Bulandshahr: BJP's Bhola Singh is 8350 votes ahead of Congress' Shivram Valmiki

In Thiruvananthapuram, Rajeev Chandrasekhar is ahead by 132 votes

Naga People's Front (NPF) candidate Kachui Timothy Zimik was leading in the Outer Manipur seat, according to the Election Commission. Zimik was leading over his nearest rival Alfred Kanngam S Arthur of the Congress by 2,283 votes.

After trailing, NC's Omar Abdullah leads in Baramullah

Congress MP and candidate from Kerala's Thiruvananthapuram, Shashi Tharoor says, "...We will see how it goes by the end of the day, we can talk about it then."

BJP leads in all 7 seats in Delhi

NDA leads in 301 seats  

BJP's Bansuri Swaraj leads in New Delhi

JD(S) leader HD Kumaraswamy said, "We are going to win comfortably. All three candidates of our party will win. Our BJP friends also will get a minimum of 20 seats..."

In Asansol Lok Sabha TMC's Shatrughan Sinha leads

Amit Shah leading from Gandhinagar in Gujarat

Kangana Ranaut trailing from Mandi in Himachal

Union Minister and BJP candidate from Bikaner Lok Sabha seat, Arjun Ram Meghwal said, "4th June 2024 will always be remembered as a very important day in the history of the Indian Parliament. The results that will come today will lay a strong foundation for a developed India and the whole country is waiting for it and Narendra Modi will become the Prime Minister for the third time. The people of Bikaner have blessed us thrice and are going to bless us for the fourth time as well."

Counting of votes at a counting centre in Gautam Budh Nagar parliamentary constituency underway. 

JD(S) leader HD Kumaraswamy offers prayers at Gangadhareshwara Swamy Temple in Bengaluru

BJP's Hema Malini leads from Mathura

In UP, Akhilesh Yadav leads from Kannauj

Hanuman Beniwal leads from Nagaur in Rajasthan

BJP's Atul Garg from Ghaziabad leading

Samajwadi Party's Dimple Yadav leading from Mainpuri

BJP's Mahesh Sharma leading from Gautam Budh Nagar

Navneet Rana leads from Amravati in Maharashtra

Counting of votes for Lok Sabha elections begins

PM Modi eyes a record-equalling third straight term in power amid the I.N.D.I.A bloc's hope of springing a surprise as the counting of votes for the Lok Sabha election is set, bringing an end to a marathon polling exercise stretching over 80 days. While most experts have long seen the BJP-led NDA as the favourite in the polls, a lot is at stake for the ruling combine in terms of the scale of victory it can pull off and new territories it can conquer. The opposition's stakes are higher still amid its reducing national footprint. Counting of votes shortly

Congress candidate from Amritsar Gurjeet Singh Aujla said, "Counting for the 18th Lok Sabha is about to begin. A new, democratically elected government will be formed in the country. We hope the INDIA alliance forms the government. In Punjab, we will win 8-9 seats and overall, we will win more than 295 seats."

AAP leader Sandeep Pathak said, "I think the results will be good. We fought very well on the two seats in Gujarat. The response by the public has been good. In Kurukshetra, Delhi a and Punjab, we worked extraordinarily...As an observer and seeing the general feedback, I can say that our confidence is very high in for the seats in Punjab, Delhi, Kurukshetra and Gujarat.

BJP candidate from New Delhi Lok Sabha seat, Bansuri Swaraj said, "...I am completely confident that today the people of India will choose the public welfare policies of BJP, will choose the development policies of our Prime Minister Narendra Modi...I know Teesri Baar Phir Modi Sarkar."

Ahead of counting, BJP candidate from Hyderabad, Madhavi Latha said, "I am pretty excited and all of them who have voted for BJP in the entire country are looking forward for especially this particular seat that we win and bring justice to Hyderabad. We all know that PM Modi in the entire two terms has tremendously worked for the nation and he has not just worked and left the love but he has also left a beautiful autograph of 'Modi Ka Pariwar' in the hearts of all Indians. I'm so sure that the entire country today would have been in their prayers, blessing and wishing for '400 paar' and these blessings have a tremendous storm of positivity in the nation along with winning the Hyderabad seat..."

The BJP has already drawn first blood with Mukesh Dalal winning the Surat Lok Sabha seat unopposed after the nomination of the Congress' Nilesh Kumbhani was rejected over irregularities in the signature of proposers and other candidates withdrew before the polls.

All necessary arrangements have been made for the counting of votes for polls to 25 Lok Seats in Gujarat where the BJP is looking to repeat a clean sweep while the Congress aims to stop the saffron juggernaut.

Among the prominent Congress candidates are four-time Rajya Sabha MP Sharma from Kangra seat and scion of erstwhile Rampur estate Vikramaditya Singh, who is son of six-time chief minister Virbhadra Singh and state Congress chief Pratibha Singh from Mandi seat.

While Varanasi is considering electing PM Modi for the third time in a row, all eyes are set on Rahul Gandhi who is contesting from Rae Bareili after losing Amethi in 2019.

All eyes are set on Uttar Pradesh which has 80 seats with many stalwarts in the election fray, including Prime Minister Narendra Modi. 

Union minister Anurag Thakur, actor Kangana Ranaut, four-time RS MP Anand Sharma and sitting Public Works minister Vikramaditya Singh are the bigwigs to watch for in the four Lok Sabha and six assembly seats in Himachal Pradesh 

Three-tier security has been activated in and around the counting centres in Jammu and Udhampur Lok Sabha constituencies. The counting of over 23.94 lakh votes in these constituencies will determine the fate of 34 candidates, including senior BJP leader and Union Minister Jitendra Singh, current Jammu MP Jugal Kishore Sharma and former ministers Choudhary Lal Singh and Raman Bhalla of the Congress.

The stage is set for counting of votes for Assam's 14 Lok Sabha seats to decide the fate of 143 candidates, including Union minister Sarbananda Sonowal and Lok Sabha deputy leader of opposition Gaurav Gogoi. Counting will start from 8 am on Tuesday in 152 halls across 52 centres in the state, and adequate security arrangements have been put in place, an election official said.

Necessary arrangements have been made for the counting of votes polled in the election to the 17 Lok Sabha constituencies in Telangana, with about 10,000 personnel geared up to take part in the exercise.

As Uttarakhand prepares for counting of votes on Tuesday, all attention is riveted on whether the BJP sweeps all the five Lok Sabha seats in the state for a record third straight term or its citadel is dented by its principal rival Congress which had drawn a blank in both 2014 and 2019 general elections.

There are 66 candidates in the fray for the three Lok Sabha seats of Kashmir valley. Among the key candidates for the three seats are president of PDP Mehbooba Mufti, vice president of National Conference Omar Abdullah, separatist turned mainstream politician Sajad Gani Lone and former MLA Sheikh Abdul Rashid alias Engineer Rashid, who is currently lodged in Tihar jail in a UAPA case.

Stringent security arrangements have been made for the counting of votes for three Lok Sabha constituencies of Kashmir as additional security personnel have been deployed at key places in the valley

As Chhattisgarh prepares for the counting of votes on Tuesday, all eyes are focussed on whether the ruling BJP betters its 2019 poll performance and succeeds in whitewashing Congress or whether the Opposition party manages to turn the tables on its saffron rival.

Among those whose fate will be decided on Tuesday are senior Congress leader and former chief minister Digvijaya Singh from Rajgarh, Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia from Guna, state BJP chief VD Sharma from Khajuraho, former Union minister Kantilal Bhuria from Ratlam-Jhabua and Kamal Nath's son and sitting MP Nakul Nath from Chhindwara.

Counting of votes will begin at 8am in all 52 districts of the state, where Lok Sabha polls were held in four-phases on April 19, 26, May 7 and 13.The voter turn out in the state was 66. 87 per cent, with the figure being 69.37 per cent from men and 64.24 per cent for women

Prime Minister Narendra Modi eyes a record-equalling third straight term in power amid the INDIA opposition bloc's hope of springing a surprise as the counting of votes for the Lok Sabha election is set for Tuesday, bringing an end to a marathon polling exercise stretching over 80 days.