Lok Sabha election result: BJP-led NDA ahead, but margin narrower than predicted
While the National Democratic Alliance was ahead in 293 seats, the INDIA bloc was leading in 235 constituencies, according to the Election Commission.
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The counting of votes for the 2024 Lok Sabha election is underway. As per the trends at 1.40 pm, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party was leading in 237 seats, data from the Election Commission showed.
The Congress was leading in 99 seats. Its INDIA bloc partner, the Samajwadi Party, was leading in 36 seats while the Aam Aadmi Party was leading in three. The Jammu & Kashmir National Conference was leading in two seats.
The Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) was leading in 11 seats, the Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) in eight seats, the Communist Party of India (Marxist) in four seats, the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam in 21 seats, the Trinamool Congress in 30 seats and the Rashtriya Janata Dal in three seats.
The Telugu Desam Party was leading in 16 seats while the Janata Dal (Secular) was leading in two. The Eknath Shinde-led Shiv Sena was leading in five seats and the Janata Dal (United) in 15. All four parties are the BJP’s allies.
The YS Jagan Mohan Reddy-led YSRCP was leading in four seats. The Naga Peoples Front and the Zoram People’s Movement were leading in one seat each.
The counting of postal ballots started first, in accordance with the Conduct of Election Rules, 1961. The counting of votes...
