Lok Sabha election result 2019 WINNERS: After sealing its electoral victory with a 300-plus win, the BJP on Friday began discussing the process of government formation while the Congress dealt with the fallout of defeat with a spate of resignations from its state leaders.
Lok Sabha election result 2019 WINNERS LATEST updates: After sealing its electoral victory with a 300-plus win, the BJP on Friday began discussing the process of government formation while the Congress dealt with the fallout of defeat with a spate of resignations from its state leaders.
Putting behind its debacle in the Assembly elections held just six months ago, the BJP staged a remarkable comeback in Chhattisgarh in the Lok Sabha polls, winning nine of the 11 seats at stake.
Bhojpuri singer and Delhi BJP president Manoj Tiwari, who contested from the North East Delhi constituency against Congress veteran and former chief minister Sheila Dikshit and AAP's Dilip Pandey, won with a margin of over 3.66 lakh votes. Tiwari later said they (BJP) were sure of victory but did not expect such a "huge" mandate.
MK Kanimozhi, daughter of late Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) supremo M Karunanidhi, had a comfortable win in Thootukudi constituency by a margin of more than a lakh votes. BJP state president Tamilisai Soundarajan, who was pitted against Kanimozhi, failed to create an impact.
In a sweeping victory in Maharashtra, the BJP and the Shiv Sena bagged a total of 41 seats together out of the 48 parliamentary constituencies. The NCP has pocketed four seats, while for Congress, they could manage just one.
The Lok Sabha election 2019 results were declared in all 20 seats in Kerala. Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) had a comfortable win by securing 15 seats.
BJP's West Bengal unit chief Dilip Ghosh won the Medinipur seat by defeating Trinamool Congress' (TMC) Manas Ranjan Bhunia with a margin of 88,952 votes. Ghosh secured 6,85,433 votes while Bhunia received 5,96,481.
Out of the 542 parliamentary constituencies, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) have won in 288 seats and is in the leading position in 15 others. Congress has emerged victorious in 50 seats, while it continues to lead in two seats.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Kirron Kher was declared the winner from Chandigarh Lok Sabha seat by 46,970 votes. Kher was pitted against Congress' Pawan Kumar Bansal.
Union minister Satyapal Singh has won from Baghpat by defeating Rashtiya Lok Dal (RLD) candidate Jayant Chaudhary with a margin of 23,502 votes.
Two-time BJP MP CR Patil Thursday came close to surpassing the all-time victory margin in Lok Sabha polls as he won the Navsari seat in Gujarat by garnering 6.89 lakh more votes than his rival — the highest margin in 2019 polls. So far, the highest victory margin of 6.96 lakh votes in Lok Sabha polls belongs to Pritam Munde, who won the by-election to Beed seat in Maharashtra in October 2014.
Deepak (Dev) Adhikari of TMC retains Ghatal Lok Sabha seat from West Bengal, however, the actor-turned-politician's win margin saw a drop of over one lakh votes as compared to the 2014 results.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi wins Varanasi Lok Sabha seat by a margin of over 3.8 lakh votes.
Results for 58 seats declared; Sonia Gandhi, Amit Shah among key winners. BJP's Pralhad Joshi defeated the Congress' Vinay Kulkarni in Karnataka's Dharwad. Rahul Gandhi has conceded Amethi to BJP leader Smriti Irani, however, the Congress chief has extended his lead in Wyanad Lok Sabha constituency by over 4.3 lakh votes. Gandhi had contested the Lok Sabha seats from both Wayanad in Kerala as well as Amethi, the Gandhi family pocket borough.
BJP chief Amit Shah is leading in Gandhinagar by over 5.5 lakh votes. Congress' Dr CJ Chavda is trailing with 3,33,891 votes.
Only Congress bastion which the Gandhi family retained was Uttar Pradesh's Rae Bareily. According to News18, Sonia Gandhi has managed to retain the UP seat.
BJP candidate and Malegaon blast accused Sadhvi Pragya Thakur has won from Bhopal, according to News18. Thakur has managed to trump Congress' Digvijaya Singh. Uttara Kannada LS BJP candidate Anant Kumar Hegde also won from his constituency.
According to official Election Commission numbers, BJP is leading in 295 constituencies. News18 reports that Milind Deora has won from Mumbai South.
BJP Union Minister Giriraj Singh has the Begusarai constituency from Bihar. He has defeated CPM's candidate and popular student leader Kanhaiya Kumar.
Congress president Rahul Gandhi, who concde the Amethi Lok Sabha seat in Uttar Pradesh, has won the Wayanad constituency in Kerala.
BJP'S Anurag Thakur has almost swept the Hamirpur seat in Himachal Pradesh, meanwhile BJP chief Amit Shah is leading by over two lakh votes in Gujarat's Gandhinagar and is all set to win the seat.
With the counting of votes underway across 1,100 centres to elect the new Lok Sabha and numbers trickling in fast, all eyes are on the candidates who will emerge victorious at the end of the day as leads have started to consolidate already with may candidates surging ahead with over two lakh votes.
The results of the 17th Lok Sabha elections, which were held in seven phases between 11 April and 19 May, were declared on Thursday.
Over 8,000 candidates were in the fray for 542 Lok Sabha seats across the country in 2019 general election. The two-month-long political battle saw the involvement of over 90 crore voters.
The election to the Lok Sabha constituency of Vellore in Tamil Nadu was canceled in wake of cash seizures by the Election Commission.
This was the first general election where voter-verified paper audit trail (VVPAT) units were deployed in all seats.
