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Omar Abdullah lashed the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) for not having any representation from the minorities in the list of its Members of Parliament (MP) elected to the Lok Sabha in the recently-concluded general elections. Abdullah's statement comes right at a time when the newly-elected MPs were meeting on June 7 to elect Narendra Modi as their leader, paving the way for him to take oath as prime minister for a third term.Follow Live Updates on Lok Sabha Election Results 2024 HereThe swearing-in is likely to be held on Sunday.“It’s not just the BJP, the NDA is Muslim mukth, Christian mukth, Buddhist mukth, Sikh mukth and yet the government will claim to represent 140 crore Indians," Abdullah said in a tweet.The NDA finally won 293 seats (MPs), which is a comfortable number above the 272-seat majority mark in the 543-member Lok Sabha.

National Democratic Alliance arrived at Parliament complex on Friday to elect Narendra Modi as their leader, paving the way for him to take oath as prime minister for a third term. Besides NDA MPs, senior leaders of the alliance, including chief ministers, will be part of the meeting where BJP president J P Nadda is expected to propose a resolution in support of Modi's leadership, with allies and MPs likely to endorse it.

BJD president Naveen Patnaik on Thursday sought to boost the morale of the defeated party leaders and assured them that he would continue to lead them from the front. Patnaik lost power in Odisha after 24 years as his BJD failed to secure the majority in the state assembly, and even did not secure any Lok Sabha seat.

It takes market about one week after poll results to revert to pre-election levels, says JPMorganBenchmark equity indices Sensex and Nifty made a strong comeback on Wednesday, surging over 3 percent each after suffering significant losses in the previous session due to below-expectation Lok Sabha poll results.Recovering from Tuesday's downturn, the 30-share BSE Sensex jumped 2,303.19 points, or 3.20 percent, to close at 74,382.24, driven by value buying in banking, auto, and oil shares. Meanwhile, the NSE Nifty climbed 735.85 points, or 3.36 percent, to 22,620.35.Despite the NDA securing a comfortable majority in the 543-member Lok Sabha with over 272 seats, the BJP fell short of the magic number for the first time since 2014, relying heavily on its allies for government formation.

Acha, dekhten hai, Rashtrapati Bhavan ko bataya? Acha theek hai dekhten hai [We will see, did he tell this to President, okay we'll see]," Tharoor said while speaking with news agency ANI on Wednesday. Several reports claimed on Wednesday that Prime Minister Narendra Modi may take oath for a third time on Saturday, June 8.Tharoor's statement came a day after the Election Commission declared the Lok Sabha Elections 2024 results.

prime minister chaired a meeting of the Union Cabinet, which recommended the dissolution of the 17th Lok Sabha, whose term ends on 16 June.According to people familiar with the development, the Cabinet meeting also took stock of the Lok Sabha election results and discussed likely government formation.As per election results on Tuesday, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) saw its seat count dip to 240—a loss of 63 seats from the 303 it won five years earlier. While the ruling party is far from a simple majority of 272 seats in the 543-member Lok Sabha, the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) has crossed the halfway mark with 293 seats, securing a clear third term.The opposition INDIA alliance managed 233 seats, led by the Indian National Congress, which nearly doubled its Parliament strength to 99 seats.In the 2019 election, the NDA had won 353 seats, while the main opposition, the Congress party-led United Progressive Alliance, had secured a modest 91 seats.Rating agency Moody's on Wednesday said the victory of the NDA in the recently concluded Indian general election would result in policy continuity.

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) winning 293 seats in the 543-member Lok Sabha Elections 2024. Modi will be the second Prime Minister after Jawaharlal Nehru to come to power in India for three straight terms.Modi, however, failed to equal Nehru in another aspect of elections. Nehru had won an outright majority in his third election held in 1962.

National Democratic Alliance (NDA) looks set for a third term with 293 seats in the 543-member Lok Sabha. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) bagged 240 seats, short of the 272-seat majority. This leaves the saffron party scrambling for support from two of its allies, Chandrababu Naidu and Nitish Kumar.

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is poised to secure a third straight term in power at the centre, albeit with the help of allies as the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) couldn't achieve the landslide victory that most exit polls had predicted. The results and trends of the Lok Sabha Elections 2024 announced on June 4 indicated that the NDA has won 293 seats, while the opposition INDIA bloc has bagged 232 seats.The BJP alone could win 240 seats in the 543-member Lok Sabha.

Lok Sabha Elections 2024, at least four leaders from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have clinched significant victories, boasting the largest victory margins. Shankar Lalwani, the MP from Indore, secured a resounding win with a staggering margin of over 11.72 lakh votes.

NEW DELHI , CHENNAI : New Delhi: Mandate 2024 marked the return of coalition politics to India after a decade of absolute majority, requiring respect for the wishes of smaller allies and raising the prospect of slower economic reforms. Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) saw its seat count dip to 240 as per trends late evening—a loss of 63 seats from the 303 it won five years earlier. While BJP is far from a simple majority of 272 seats in the 543-member Lok Sabha, the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) it leads is set to cross the half-way mark.

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) secured a simple majority in the 543-member Lok Sabha. The election results announced on June 4, however, indicated that the NDA has not achieved the landslide victory that most exit polls had predicted.The NDA was hovering around 292 seats as on 9 pm, according to Election Commission of India numbers. The opposition INDIA bloc was leading in 232 seats, again belying all exit poll predictions.

Shatrughan Sinha won from the Asansol Lok Sabha seat in West Bengal on Tuesday, the ECI said. The TMC leader defeated his nearest rival S S Ahluwalia of the BJP by a margin of 59,564 votes.

Political families with multiple members in the fray are having a good run in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections with most of them either winning or leading in their respective constituencies. Most prominent among them are the family members of the two former chief ministers — Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav in Bihar and Samajwadi Party (SP) founder Late Mulayam Singh Yadav in Uttar Pradesh — and former prime minister and JD(S) chief H D Deve Gowda in Karnataka.

BJP's vote share suffered a decline this time while the Congress and the Samajwadi party garnered more votes compared to what they did in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, according to Election Commission data on Tuesday. The BJP, which contested more seats this time than in 2019 but is likely to fall short of the magic figure of 272, garnered 36.91 per cent of the total votes polled, a drop of around 0.39 percentage points as of 6.15 pm.

Uttar Pradesh, Mayawati-led Bahujan Samaj Party is trailing behind in all 80 Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh. Currently, the BSP has garnered about 1.92 per cent votes in the country and 9.16 per cent votes in Uttar Pradesh, as per Election Commission data.

Congress party, which had put forward 328 candidates for the Lok Sabha elections, was leading in 99 constituencies nationwide on June 4, surpassing the predictions of various exit polls on June 1.

Lok Sabha Elections 2024. From the 527 seats for which the trends are available, the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) was ahead on 283 seats while the opposition INDIA bloc was leading on 221 seats. The others were ahead in 23 seats.

Athawale on Sunday said the ruling National Democratic Alliance (NDA) will get more number of Lok Sabha seats than predicted by the exit polls. Addressing a press conference here, Athawale expressed confidence that the BJP-led NDA will get more than 400 seats in the 543-member Lok Sabha.

poll surveys predicted 400-paar for BJP-led alliance, an old video of late Rajya Sabha member and journalist Cho Ramaswamy started gaining traction where he is seen calling Prime Minister Narendra Modi as 'merchant of death.'

Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut on Sunday described the exit polls as a "corporate game and a fraud" and claimed there was pressure on the media companies which conduct it. Speaking to reporters here, the Rajya Sabha member claimed the opposition INDIA bloc will win 295 to 310 seats in the 543-member Lok Sabha and form government.