National Conference has won two out of the three seats in the valley and is leading on one seat. Farooq Abdullah defeated Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate Aga Syed Mohsin.
Out of total 80 seats in Uttar Pradesh, Congress managed to bag only the Rae Bareli parliamentary seat of Sonia Gandhi.
The 65-year-old Prasad has held various ministerial portfolios, including that of Law and Justice, under Prime Minister Narendra Modi as well as Atal Bihari Vajpayee governments.
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.
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.
According to the election officials, 5,061 voters opted for NOTA here.
Uttar Pradesh, since the 1980s, has been dominated by criminals-turned politicians and almost every party pampers them for electoral gains.
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.
The YSR Congress Party (YSRCP), led by YS Jaganmohan Reddy, on Thursday stormed to power in Andhra Pradesh with a landslide victory, winning 150 seats in the 175-member Assembly. The Telugu Desam Party (TDP), which was in power, bit the dust across the state.
AIMIM candidate, journalist-turned-politician Imtiyaz Jaleel Syed trounced the sitting four-time Sena senior leader Chandrakant Khaire in a see-saw drama that ended at around 4 a.m. on Friday.
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The results of Rohtak and Faridabad seats were declared early Friday morning.
Interestingly, before the general election, both leaders were allegedly denied tickets. Reportedly, the party decided not to give Lok Sabha poll tickets to those above 75 years of age.
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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.
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According to the Election Commission website, Irani polled 4,68,514 votes while Gandhi secured 4,13,394 votes in Amethi.
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