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Election Results 2024: Senior Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday secured victory from the Wayanad parliamentary constituency of Kerala by a margin of 3,64,422 votes against Communist Party of India's (CPI) Annie Raja and Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) K Surendran. Moreover, he is all set to win from his second seat in Uttar Pradesh's Rae Bareli as he is leading by almost 4 lakh votes against his closest rival and BJP candidate, Dinesh Pratap Singh.Rahul Gandhi has not yet revealed the constituency he will represent in the Lower House of Parliament, and it remains to be seen how Congress plays out and manages to retain both seats. In a press conference, Rahul Gandhi thanked the people of Wayanad and Rae Bareli and said that he would make a decision soon.

Stock market today: The Lok Sabha Election 2024 results triggered a stock market bloodbath, with panic selling dominating the Tuesday deals. The Nifty 50 index, for instance, recorded its most significant intraday loss in over four years, closing 1379 points lower at 21,884. The BSE Sensex crashed 4,389 points to finish at 72.079, while the Bank Nifty index tanked over 4,000 points to end at 46,928.

Follow Uttar Pradesh Election Results 2024 LIVE Updates here“I won both seats, and I thank the voters of Rae Bareli and Wayanad. But it has to be decided which seat I will be an MP from.

Congress MP Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday during a press conference said that INDIA will hold a meeting with alliance members and take a call tomorrow on the possibilities of forming a government.

Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh, Union Minister Ramdas Athawale discussed the issues faced by the ruling coalition. Athawale emphasized the need to accept the electoral results. In Maharashtra, the splitting of Shiv Sena and the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) led to voter preference for Uddhav Thackeray and Sharad Pawar, which negatively impacted the NDA's performance, the minister said. Athawale, the MoS for social justice and empowerment, also suggested that voters might have misunderstood the BJP’s role, thinking it caused the split, whereas the factions joined BJP voluntarily, Athawale said.

foodgrain production in India is estimated at 3,288.52 lakh tonne in 2023-24, which is lower than 3,296.87 lakh tonnes of foodgrain production of 2022-23, according to the third advance estimates of production released by agriculture ministry on Tuesday.

Congress party performed significantly better this time than it did in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.

India doesn’t address concern over taxation, the chief of IATA warned on Tuesday.

Indian Railways continued to register highest ever freight loading in May 2024.

Stock market meltdown: Zomato, Nykaa, Paytm, other new-age tech stocks crash up to 17%In addition, the state-run State Bank of India (SBI) had a significant role in the collapse. SBI plummeted by an enormous 19 per cent, reaching an intraday low of ₹732.

₹10,000 or less. In many poor states, they have spoken about their lived experience, in spite of the official numbers painting a bright picture of the larger economy.The figure of 8% real GDP growth in FY24 has not really found itself trickling down to a vast majority of masses.

Follow Lok Sabha Election Results 2024 Live Updates hereAgainst the backdrop of the vote counting for the Lok Sabha polls, the official election trends and results show how they contradict most of the exit polls and political strategists' predic. One such prediction was made by political strategist and commentator Prashant Kishor last month in an interview with news agency PTI.Kishor had claimed that the BJP, "in all likelihood", would emerge as the "No.1" party in West Bengal. "They could very well be No.1 in Bengal...many of you will be surprised, but in all likelihood, to my mind...BJP is going to emerge as No.

Abdul Rashid Sheikh won comfortably in the Lok Sabha Elections 2024 from Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla Parliamentary Constituency on Tuesday, June 4.The Union Territory witnessed its first general elections after the abrogation of Article 370 on August 5, 2019.Sheikh, also known as Engineer Rashid, polled 454950 votes in North Kashmir's Baramulla Parliamentary Constituency. His rival and former chief minister of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir, Omar Abdullah, conceded defeat and congratulated the independent candidate, who fought the elections behind bars.Abdul Rashid, or Engineer Rashid, is a former two-time MLA from Langate in North Kashmir.

Amit Shah, Gandhinagar Election Results 2024 Live Updates: BJP leader leads by 7 lakh votes, crosses 2019 vote marginBanaskantha is unique as it's the only Gujarat constituency where both the BJP and Congress have nominated women candidates. Geniben Nagaji Thakor, a two-term Congress MLA, earned the moniker ‘giant killer’ after defeating the sitting assembly speaker in 2017.On the other hand, BJP's Rekhaben Hiteshbhai Chaudhari, an engineering professor making her electoral debut, is lagging.Even as the counting was underway, Geniben Thakor said it was a victory for the people of Banaskantha.Also Read: Election Results 2024 Live Updates: Maharashtra, UP, Bengal showed biggest ‘khela’ says INDIA; Smriti Irani loses Amethi“Satyamev Jayate," she said in her first reaction after gaining a comfortable lead.“Heartiest congratulations to our sister Ganiben for winning from Banaskantha by more than fifteen thousand votes," state Congress president Shaktisinh Gohil said on X.Notably, several BJP heavyweights are also leading by substantial margins: Union Home Minister Amit Shah is ahead by a significant margin of 7,11,908 votes.Additionally, Union Ministers Mansukh Mandaviya and Parshottam Rupala are leading by margins exceeding 3.80 lakh and 4.65 lakh votes respectively.

stood among the top gainers.

up a decent performance in the last Lok Sabha polls in Uttar Pradesh winning 10 seats stitching an alliance with arch rival Samajwadi Party, Mayawati-led BSP drew a blank in the current general elections, dealing a severe blow to its reputation of representing the voice of Dalits in the state.

results: For the past decade, the BJP has been the most dominant political force in India. However, they are now feeling the pressure as vote counting progresses. The Congress-led Opposition India bloc, which many underestimated, has mounted an unexpected and strong challenge against the saffron party in today's elections.

The NSE Nifty index closed 1379.41 points down at 21884.5, while BSE Sensex ended down 4389.73 points at 72079.05.

constituency which has topped headlines, is set to be the Congress' throne this time as its candidate Shreyas Patel has secured a margin of over 40,000 votes against ex-JD(S) candidate and rape accused, Prajwal Revanna.

BJP on Tuesday won the Chitradurga Lok Sabha seat in Karnataka with a margin of 48,121 votes. Karjol, who secured 6,84,890 votes, defeated Congress candidate B N Chandrappa (6,36,769).

Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai defeated Congress' Anandaswamy Gaddevarmath by 43,513, according to the latest update from the Election Commission of India (ECI). Bommai got 7,05,538 votes, while Gaddevarmath received 6,62,025 votes. Bommai was the state's CM from 2021 to 2023. He had taken over from veteran BJP leader BS Yediyurappa after he announced retirement from electoral politics. Bommai was voted out of office in 2023 and Congress formed the government in the state. The election in Karnataka was held in two phases on April 26 and May 7. Haveri voted on May 7.