BJP improves tally in Assam, bags nine of 14 seats
India | May 24, 2019 12:54 ISTThe BJP has surpassed its 2014 tally in Assam, securing nine of the 14 Lok Sabha seats, even as its allies, the AGP and the BPF, drew a blank in the state.
The BJP has surpassed its 2014 tally in Assam, securing nine of the 14 Lok Sabha seats, even as its allies, the AGP and the BPF, drew a blank in the state.
Top Congress leaders will deliberate on party losses at a meeting of the working committee slated on Saturday where party chief is speculated to make this move.
The Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) on Thursday dubbed BJP's victory in the Lok Sabha polls as a triumph of national forces and hoped that the opposition parties would welcome mandate with humility.
Top party leaders, including UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi and former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, are expected to attend the meeting.
The Lok Sabha election results are a resounding endorsement of PM Modi`s popularity and demand. PM Modi set for the second term in office with bigger mandate.
The TRS's share in total votes polled is 41.3 per cent as against 34.9 per cent in 2014. On the other hand, the BJP almost doubled its base in the state as its vote share increased to 19.5 per cent from 10.5 per cent.
The highest service voters 24,245 are in the Hamirpur Lok Sabha seat, followed by 21,836 in Kangra, 13,474 in Mandi and 8,473 in Shimla, a state electoral officer said.
Vaithilingam polled 4,44,981 votes while his nearest rival K Narayanasamy of AINRC, a doctor-turned-politician garnered 2,47,956 votes.
The Delhi chief minister has been a vocal critic of Modi and has lashed out at him on several occasions during election campaigns, accusing the prime minister of indulging in politics of hatred.
India's long-drawn general election saw a huge victory for the Narendra Modi-led NDA government. Celebrations by the BJP supporters began well before Prime Minister Narendra Modi's victory was declared in the noon. In
The victory margins were massive this time. BJP's West Delhi candidate Parvesh Singh Verma won by a margin 5,78,486 votes, breaking his own victory margin record of 2014.
The BJP repeated it superlative performance in five key Hindi-speaking states of Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh, as the party along with its allies not only bagged or was leading in 165 out of 185 Lok Sabha seats, but also enjoyed a massive vote swing in its favour.
As the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) approaches towards a clean sweep in Rajasthan, the increasing vote margins on many crucial seats prove the slogan "Modi tujhse bair nahin", which once echoed in 2018 in Jhunjhunu.
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BJP President Amit Shah on Thursday dubbed Prime Minister Narendra Modi as the world's "most popular" leader and credited him for party's spectacular victory in Lok Sabha polls.
Congress has been able to secure victory in three of last four Lok Sabha elections from Mumbai North West.
This is a difficult hour for thousands of Congress party workers as PM Modi-led BJP has stormed to power decimating the Grand old Party in almost majority of India in elections 2019. Modi’s style, charisma and development pitch just uprooted all caste arithmetic as many Congress and Opposition leaders faced humiliating defeat. Rahul Gandhi’s defeat in Amethi is nothing but the last nail in an already bleeding party. For the party to regroup and rise, it needs to realise and accept the mistakes. Brand Modi has literally shattered all caste arithmetic and dynasty blocs.
In last four Lok Sabha elections, Congress has been able to win twice in Mumbai South while BJP and Shiv Sena have been able to register victory one time each.
"Game Of Thrones", which lasted 8 seasons since starting in 2011, ended on May 19, which was also the day the seven-phase elections concluded.
With counting of votes reaching its last round in Kerala, the Congress and its United Democratic Front (UDF) were poised to grab 19 of the 20 seats, leaving only one seat to the ruling Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M).
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