Lok Sabha Election Results 2024 Live Updates: Contrary to exit polls that predicted a landslide for the ruling alliance, the NDA ended their run at 293, with the BJP managing to get only 240 seats this time.
Lok Sabha Election Results 2024 Live: A day after the results for the Lok Sabha elections were announced, the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance and the Opposition’s INDIA bloc are both going into a huddle today in New Delhi to chalk out their future course of action. With the BJP failing to go past the majority mark on their own, their allies Chandrababu Naidu and Nitish Kumar are reaching Delhi today for a meeting in the evening.
Where did the numbers stand? Contrary to exit polls that predicted a landslide for the ruling alliance, the NDA ended their run at 293, with the BJP managing to get only 240 seats this time. The Opposition’s INDIA bloc stood at 232, with the Congress doubling its 2019 tally and grabbing 99 seats.
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Where have the BJP lost ground? The biggest upset for the BJP was in Uttar Pradesh where it had won 62 seats in 2019 and 71 seats in 2014. The BJP’s numbers almost halved as it won just 33 seats. The BJP also faced setbacks in several states where the party dominated in 2019. Among them were Maharashtra, Haryana, Rajasthan and Karnataka. The party took a hit in West Bengal as well.
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Lok Sabha Election Results 2024 Live Updates: Both the NDA and INDIA bloc are meeting in Delhi today as parleys begin after the BJP failed to go past the majority mark. Follow this space for latest news and updates
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First uploaded on: 05-06-2024 at 12:33 IST
