Election results 2024 Highlights: PM Modi says NDA forming govt, Uddhav says INDIA bloc to decide on PM face tomorrow

Radical Sikh preacher Amritpal Singh and Sarabjeet Singh Khalsa, the son of one of the assassins of Indira Gandhi, are have made their maiden entry to Parliament.

Singh won the Khadoor Sahib by a margin of 1,97,120 votes over his nearest rival and Congress candidate Kulbuir Singh Zira while Sarabjeet Singh Khalsa won in Faridkot by 70,053 over AAP’s Karamjit Singh Anmol.

Both Singh and Khalsa contested the polls as Independents.

The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Tuesday won all five assembly seats in Gujarat where byelections were held last month, increasing its tally in the 182-member state assembly to 161.

Elections to Porbandar, Manavadar, Khambhat, Vaghodiya and Vijapur assembly constituencies were necessitated after the sitting Congress and independent MLAs resigned and joined the BJP.

The BJP fielded all the turncoats from their respective seats in the bypolls held on May 7.

Arjun Modhwadia won from Porbandar by a huge margin of over 1.16 lakh votes. He polled 1.33 lakh votes against 16,355 received by Congress’ Raju Odedara.

Modhwadia had won the 2022 assembly election from Porbandar as a Congress candidate, defeating BJP’s babu Bokhiria. As a BJP candidate, Bokhiria had defeated him in the 2012 and 2017 elections.

BJP’s C J Chavda won from Vijapur by defeating Congress’ Dinesh Patel by over 56,000 votes.

Arvind Ladani retained Manavadar, defeating his Congress rival Haribhai Kansagara by over 31,000 votes.

Khambhat and Vaghodiya candidates Chirag Patel and Dharmendrasinh Vaghela also retained their respective seats. They defeated Congress’ Mahendrasinh Parmar and Kanu Gohil, respectively, by the margins of over 38,000 and 82,000.

In the 2022 assembly elections, the BJP had won 156 seats. With Tuesday’s results, the ruling party’s strength rose to 161.

Buoyed by the INDIA bloc’s show in the Lok Sabha polls, Shiv Sena (UBT) president Uddhav Thackeray on Tuesday pushed for staking a claim to form the next government at the Centre and said the opposition alliance’s leaders will meet on Wednesday in New Delhi to decide on the Prime Minister’s face.

Addressing a news conference here after results and trends showed the BJP will miss the simple majority mark of 272 seats, Thackeray said leaders of the Congress and other parties are holding talks with Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Telegu Desam Party (TDP) head Chandrababu Naidu to explore the possibility of their entry into the bloc.

The Kumar-led JD(U) and the TDP are constituents of the BJP-headed NDA which looks set to win more than 290 Lok Sabha seats as per latest trends and results, enough to form the next government in the 543-member House.

Thackeray alleged both Naidu, a former CM of united Andhra Pradesh, and Kumar were troubled by the BJP.

Both leaders are key to formation of the next government at the Centre.

“The common man has shown his power,” Thackeray said after the INDIA alliance crossed the 200- seat mark as per results and trends.

“There is a need to stake a claim to form the next government. The INDIA alliance meeting on Wednesday (in Delhi) will decide on the Prime Minister’s face,” he added.

Shiv Sena’s Ravindra Waikar wins Mumbai North West seat, defeating Shiv Sena (UBT) nominee Amol Kirtikar by 48 votes.

Union minister Dharmendra Pradhan has won the Sambalpur Lok Sabha seat by 1,19, 836 votes, according to the Election Commission of India.

Uttarakhand | BJP leader Trivendra Singh Rawat wins from Haridwar Lok Sabha constituency and receives his winning certificate pic.twitter.com/UsX5P1rE8p

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BJP’s Bansuri Swaraj wins New Delhi seat, defeats AAP’s Somnath Bharti by margin of over 78,000 votes

Addressing party workers at the BJP headquarters in New Delhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that it is for the first time since 1962 any government has come to power for a third time after completing its two terms.

Addressing BJP workers at the party headquarters in New Delhi, Prime Minister Narendra Modi thanked all citizens for their support. He said the NDA is set to form the government for the third time. He added that the victory reflects the trust in India’s Constitution.

BJP President JP Nadda said that the Indian Economy will break into the top 3 in Modi 3.0.

BJP MP Arjun Singh loses Barrackpur seat in Bengal by over 64,438 votes to TMC’s Partha Bhowmick: EC

Election results 2024 Live: Prime Minister Narendra Modi reaches the BJP headquarters. Party president JP Nadda, Home Minister Amit Shah, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and other senior BJP leaders are there to receive him.

The new government is likely to take oath before June 9, reports News18.

Bihar Chief Minister and Janata Dal United leader Nitish Kumar is likely to be in Delhi tomorrow.

Union Cabinet meeting tomorrow (June 5) at 11:30 am.

President Draupadi Murmu to host council of ministers for dinner tomorrow evening.

The descendants of royal lineages, now BJP contenders in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, have shown strong performances, many having won, and others leading by significant margins in their respective constituencies. Some of the royal candidates are Jyotiraditya Scinida, Dushyant Singh, Mahima Kumari Mewar, Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi thanks people for briging to power for a third time.

“People have placed their faith in NDA, for a third consecutive time! This is a historical feat in India’s history. I bow to the Janata Janardan for this affection and assure them that we will continue the good work done in the last decade to keep fulfilling the aspirations of people. I also salute all our Karyakartas for their hard work. Words will never do justice to their exceptional efforts,” says Modi on X.

Telugu Desam Party chief N Chandrababu Naidu will be in Delhi tomorrow. He has cancelled his press briefing today.

– SAD’s Harsimrat Kaur Badal wins from Bathinda Lok Sabha seat in Punjab, defeats AAP’s Gurmeet Singh Khuddian.
– Actor-turned-politician Shatrughan Sinha wins from Asansol seat in West Bengal.
– BJP’s Vivek Bunty Sahu defeats Congress’ Nakul Nath in Chhindwara seat of Madhya Pradesh.
– Cong’s KL Sharma wins Amethi seat by defeating Union minister Smriti Irani by margin of 1,66,022 votes

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address Bharatiya Janata Party leaders and workers at the party office shortly.

– Union minister Narayan Rane of BJP defeats Shiv Sena (UBT) rival from Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg seat in Maharashtra by margin of 47,848 votes.
– Congress’ Sher Singh Ghubaya wins Ferozepur seat in Punjab, defeats AAP’s Jagdeep Singh Kaka Brar.
– Himachal Pradesh: Congress candidate from Kangra seat Anand Sharma loses to BJP’s Rajiv Bhardwaj by margin of 2,51,895 votes.
– SP candidate Dharmendra Yadav wins Azamgarh seat in Uttar Pradesh, defeats BJP’s Dinesh Lal Yadav Nirahua.
– Shiv Sena’s Shrirang Barne retains Maval seat in Maharashtra; defeats Sanjog Waghere Patil of Shiv Sena (UBT) by margin of 96,615 votes

#WATCH | Delhi: BJP workers burst crackers and celebrate outside the party headquarters. pic.twitter.com/A9E3J0lsH3

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Union minister Jyotiraditya Scindia won from his traditional Guna Lok Sabha seat in Madhya Pradesh with a margin of 5,40,929 votes, defeating Congress’s Yadvendra Rao Deshraj Singh.

Scindia, a former Congress leader, won on the BJP ticket for the first time. He polled 9,23,302 votes while his Congress rival received 3,82,373 votes, the Election Commission data showed.

The scion of erstwhile royal family of Mysuru Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar, and former Ministers Kota Srinivas Poojary and K Sudhakar, all from the BJP,  won the Lok Sabha polls in Karnataka.

Wadiyar won the Mysore Lok Sabha seat by a margin of 1,39,262 deferating his nearest opponent M Lakshmana of the Congress.

While Wadiyar secured 7,95,503 votes, Lakshmana got 6,56,241.

BJP president in Telangana and Union Minister G Kishan Reddy retained the Secunderabad Lok Sabha seat, winning by over 49,000 votes.

Kishan Reddy got 4,73,012 votes, while Congress candidate D Nagender secured 4,23,068 votes.

BJP MP Gopal Jee Thakur retained the Darbhanga Lok Sabha seat in Bihar, defeating his nearest RJD rival by a margin of over 1.78 lakh votes, the Election Commission said.

Thakur polled 5.67 lakh votes, as against 3.88 lakh by Lalit Yadav, a former state minister who was contesting on the RJD ticket.

“I respect Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury a lot. He is a senior leader. I give my best wishes to him. I will open a sports academy to encourage children to represent the state and country. The people have given their support to me.”

Former Tripura chief minister and BJP candidate Biplab Kumar Deb on Tuesday won the Tripura West Lok Sabha seat, defeating his nearest rival Asish Kumar Saha of the Congress by over six lakh votes. Deb, a Rajya Sabha MP, polled 8,81,341 votes as against 2,69,763 by Saha.

“I express my gratitude to all the BJP party workers and supporters, those who have worked in the service of the constituency and the party with utmost dedication and fidelity. Today, I am grateful to PM Narendra Modi and CM Yogi Adityanath that their governments have completed the pending works of 30 years in just 5 years. I congratulate those who win. I will continue to be in the service of the people of Amethi.”

Congress MP Rahul Gandhi gives credit to party general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra for huge mandate in Uttar Pradesh. “UP ne kamaal karke dikha diya. (UP has done wonders). It understood the political pulse,” says Rahul.

The INDIA bloc is leading on 42 seats, NDA on 37 and Others 1 out of 80 Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh.