2019 Lok Sabha Elections

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Article 370 grants special status to Jammu and Kashmir and limits Parliament's power to make laws concerning the state.(Photo: PTI)

Modi cannot remove Article 370, 35-A from J&K: Farooq Abdullah

He said the prime minister should make efforts to unite the people of the country instead of dividing them.

24 May 2019 6:36 PM

The 2014 BJP campaign was of hope, in which Modi sold India a vision for the future, but 2019 was about reminding people of what might happen if not voted again. (Photo: AP)

17th Lok Sabha election results: What brought about the Modi wave?

Verdict of 2019 cleared that Opposition needs to create a narrative --- the need for strong Oppn that checks government remains.

24 May 2019 5:17 PM

The saffron party also gave the TMC a run for its money bagging 40.25 per cent of the vote share counted so far compared to 43.28 per cent clinched by TMC. (Photo: File)

'BJP will follow tit for tat policy to counter TMC,' says Dilip Ghosh

The people have given Banerjee a "befitting reply" for her arrogance, Ghosh said.

24 May 2019 4:57 PM

Modi is also expected to address the MPs following his election as their leader. (Photo: PTI)

NDA MPs to meet Saturday to formally elect Modi as leader

The BJP said the meeting will take place in Parliament's Central Hall at 5 pm.

24 May 2019 4:44 PM

Asserting that all their MLAs were with them, Deputy CM G Parameshwara said the coalition would continue under Kumaraswamy's leadership and that there was no threat to the government. (Photo: ANI)

After LS poll rout, K'taka cabinet reposes faith in Kumaraswamy

Accusing opposition BJP of trying to destabilise the government, Parameshwara said the ruling coalition would not allow them to succeed.

24 May 2019 4:22 PM

Mamata Banerjee calls meeting of TMC MPs, party leaders

The Congress bagged two seats down from four last time and has won a vote share of 5.61 per cent.

24 May 2019 3:44 PM

Delhi, which is mostly a battle of prestige for political parties, went to polls on May 12 in the sixth phase of Lok Sabha elections. (Photo: Biplab Banerjee)

Can't blame EVMs, polarisation favoured BJP: AAP

Three of AAP's candidates lost their deposits getting less than 16.66 per cent votes.

24 May 2019 3:21 PM

In UP, the BJP and its ally, Apna Dal, have won 64 of the 80 seats while the SP-BSP alliance has managed just 15 seats. (Photo: ANI)

Hema Malini, Ravi Kishan set for Lok Sabha, other stars fail to shine in UP

Celebrity turned politicians Raj Babbar from Congress and Jaya Prada from the BJP couldn’t win for their respective parties.

24 May 2019 2:52 PM

The 2018 state polls verdict was against former chief minister Vasundhara Raje while the support for Narendra Modi remained strong. (Photo: File)

‘Feeling of regret’ led BJP’s victory in Hindi heartland states

The large voter turnout in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections in Hindi heartland states -- MP, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh -- has benefitted BJP.

24 May 2019 2:31 PM

Congress' biggest loss was in its bastion Amethi where Congress president Rahul Gandhi was defeated by Union minister Smriti Irani, who had lost the seat in 2014. (Photo: File)

17th Lok Sabha elections, UP; BJP wins 62 seats in UP, SP-BSP alliance gets 15

Congress won the lone Raebareli seat of Sonia Gandhi in UP that sends highest number of MPs to Lower House.

24 May 2019 2:01 PM

Raj Babbar, who contested from Fatehpur Sikri ,lost by a margin of over 4,95,065 votes to BJP's Rajkymar Chahar. (Photo: ANI)

UP Cong chief Raj Babbar sends resignation to Rahul Gandhi over loss in state

The BJP and its ally Apna Dal(S) have won 64 seats, while the SP-BSP alliance won 15 seats between them.

24 May 2019 1:18 PM

Rahul Gandhi is likely to offer his resignation at the meet, party sources said. (Photo: File)

Rahul may offer to resign, CWC meet to be held tomorrow

The party has convened a meeting of the Congress Working Committee, the highest decision making body of the party at 11 am on Friday.

24 May 2019 12:50 PM

Gaurav Gogoi, the sitting Congress MP in Kaliabor constituency and son of former Assam chief minister Tarun Gogoi, won by a huge margin of 2,09,994 votes against Moni Madhab Mahanta of the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP), an ally of the ruling BJP. (Photo: Twitter I Gaurav Gogoi)

17th Lok Sabha, Assam; BJP bags seven LS seats, Cong wins three, AIUDF one

BJP won 7 seats and lead in 3 others, Congress bagged 3 and the AIUDF 1 out of a total of 14 seats of Assam

24 May 2019 12:26 PM

Jagan is likely to take oath on May 30 in Vijayawada. (Photo: File)

YSR Congress' Jagan enters national politics with PK formula

It was virtually 10-year wait that came to a happy end for Jagan, who nurtured ambition of becoming CM after his father's death.

24 May 2019 11:50 AM

Pence congratulated Modi for BJP's win in the general elections and said it was a strong display of Indian people's commitment to democracy. (Photo:ANI)

Canada's Justin Trudeau, US Mike Pence congratulate PM Modi

In a statement, Trudeau highlighted the bilateral ties between Canada and India and said that he would continue to work with Modi.

24 May 2019 11:46 AM

In a first, Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) could not manage to win even a single seat in the 17th Lok Sabha elections which concluded on May 19. (Photo: ANI)

2019 Lok Sabha polls: In a first, RJD draws a blank in Bihar

The RJD, led by Lalu Prasad Yadav's son Tejashwi Yadav, fought the election in alliance with the Congress and others.

24 May 2019 9:24 AM

Kejriwal congratulated Modi for the BJP's victory. (Photo: File)

Will work with PM Modi for betterment of Delhi people: Kejriwal

He also congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the 'historic' win of the NDA in the Lok Sabha election.

24 May 2019 9:20 AM

Union Minister Smriti Irani said that it's a 'new morning' for Amethi. (Photo: File)

‘New morning, new determination’: Smriti Irani after winning in Amethi

The BJP leader on Friday won the Amethi parliamentary seat with a margin of 55,120 votes. Irani polled a total of 4,67,598 votes.

24 May 2019 8:50 AM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo: PTI)

Modi must now unite all of India to take it forward

Nearly 200 million Muslims can’t be brushed under the carpet, or brushed into the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal.

24 May 2019 2:35 AM

Union Ayush Minister Shripad Naik established a huge margin over Congress' Girish Chodankar. (Photo: Twitter I Shripad Naik)

17th Lok Sabha elections; Cong wins South Goa LS seat, BJP leading in North Goa

Congress candidate Francis Sardinha defeated BJP's Narendra Sawaikar in South Goa.

23 May 2019 9:44 PM

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