Lok Sabha elections: BJP wins 240 seats, INDIA bloc above 230-mark

The Bharatiya Janata Party’s final seat tally for the Lok Sabha elections stood at 240, a significant fall from 2019 when it had clinched 303 seats, according to the data released by the Election Commission.

The overall tally of the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance reached 292 seats. In the 2019 general elections, the alliance had won in 353 constituencies.

Any party or alliance requires 272 seats in the 543-member Lower House to form a government at the Centre.

The Congress won 99 seats, significantly improving on its 2019 tally when it had managed to get only 52 seats. The Opposition INDIA bloc collectively bagged 232 seats.

Among the bloc’s constituents, the Samajwadi Party emerged as the single-largest party in Uttar Pradesh, winning 37 of the 80 seats in the state. In 2019, the Akhilesh Yadav-led party had won only five seats.

West Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress also improved its tally from 22 Lok Sabha seats in 2019 to 29 seats in 2024. The Chief Minister MK Stalin-led Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam emerged victorious in 22 seats in Tamil Nadu. The Rashtriya Janata Dal won four seats in Bihar.

In Maharashtra, the Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackrey) won nine seats and the Nationalist Congress Party – Sharadchandra Pawar eight.

Both parties emerged out of a split in the undivided Shiv Sena...

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