Election Results 2019
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BJP enlisting Gopal Kanda's support in Haryana is political turnabout at its worst: Party forgets 2012 protests as it turns to HLP chief to play saviour
After the fractured mandate it recieved in Haryana elections, the BJP is in talks with the chief of Haryana Lokhit Party, Gopal Goyal Kanda, a tainted MLA and a controversial figure, for his support to form the new government in the state. Kanda, one of the eight MLAs that the BJP is looking to for support in Haryana, has turned kingmaker with one seat.

Canada election Results 2019: Justin Trudeau loses Parliament majority, gains second term in power; says voters rejected 'negativity'
The results were a victory for Trudeau, whose clean-cut image took a hit after old photos of him in blackface and brownface surfaced last month.

Narendra Modi in Varanasi: 'Chemistry with voters triumphed over poll math'; PM cautions analysts to see what trends indicate
Narendra Modi in Varanasi; Lok Sabha Election 2019 LIVE Updates: Prime Minister-elect Narendra Modi visited Kashi Vishwanath Temple in Varanasi and addressed party <em>karyakartas</em> to thank them and the voters for "reposing" faith in him and the party for the second consecutive time. After offering prayers at the Kashi Temple, the prime minister-elect, flanked by party chief Amit Shah and Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath, told the BJP workers that he was lucky to be contesting from Varanasi.

BS Yeddyurappa rules out forming Karnataka govt with JD(S), favours fresh Assembly polls if coalition with Congress collapses
Amid speculation that the JDS-Congress coalition may collapse following its drubbing in the Lok Sabha polls, Karnataka BJP chief BS Yeddyurappa said his party favoured fresh Assembly elections in such an event.

EC yet to receive final tally of matched VVPAT slips, EVM votes; official says no discrepancy reported from 542 seats
The Election Commission has yet to receive a final tally of mandatory matching of paper trail machine slips with EVM results of five randomly picked polling booths in each Assembly segment across all constituencies.

Lok Sabha Election Results: There's not much a deflated Opposition can do but regroup, reassess faults and rethink political routine
How can the Opposition pick itself up from this shattering defeat in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections? The rest of us who are not in politics will likely never fully understand the meaning of a loss of this magnitude.

World media lauds Narendra Modi on historic win, but sceptics warn of a totalitarian five-year spell that neglects minorities
As astonishing as it is, an incumbent democratic government's return to power with a pro-incumbency wave and an even bigger mandate was not left unnoticed by the media. And most of the international media credited it to Modi's persona and 'seducing' leadership which was able to tilt the voters in its favour.

Jagan Mohan Reddy surpasses father YSR with 22 LS, 151 Assembly seats in Andhra, dashes Naidu's state, national ambitions
YS Jagan Mohan Reddy's YSRC defeated N Chandrbabu Naidu's TDP in both the Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in Andhra Pradesh, turning Naidu's hopes of playing kingmaker in New Delhi to dust

Odisha Congress chief Niranjan Patnaik resigns, takes 'moral responsibility' for poor show in Lok Sabha, Assembly polls
Odisha Pradesh Congress Committee president Niranjan Patnaik on Friday announced his resignation from the post in the wake of the party's electoral debacle in the state.

Lotus blooms in North East: BJP, allies win 18 of 25 seats as anti-citizenship bill sentiment becomes distant memory
Despite protests against the citizenship bill in the North East, the BJP and its allies won 18 of the 25 seats up for grabs in the Lok Sabha elections.

Tamil Nadu bypoll results 2019: DMK adds 13 members to Assembly, AIADMK retains power with 22 wins
In the Tamil Nadu Assembly bypolls held along with the Lok Sabha elections, the ruling AIADMK won nine of the 22 segments and the DMK bagged 13.

#SidhuQuitPolitics: Twitterati reminds Navjot Singh Sidhu of April vow to leave politics if Rahul Gandhi lost Amethi to Smriti Irani
Twitter users are calling for Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu resignation in Punjab, as he had promised to quit politics if Rahul Gandhi lost Amethi.

HD Deve Gowda's grandson Prajwal Revanna wants to resign from Karnataka's Hassan seat to make way for ex-PM
HD Deve Gowda's grandson Prajwal Revanna won the Lok Sabha elections from Karnataka's Hassan seat, but he has offered to resign for his grandfather.

Lok Sabha Election 2019 Results: BJP's CR Patil wins Navsari seat by 6.89 lakh votes; dozen saffron party MPs in five-lakh-margin club
Some of the BJP candidates have also recorded some of the biggest margins of victory in this election.

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DECODE ELECTIONS 2019: With our Editors, Part 2
As per early trends, Rahul Gandhi is leading in Wayanad and Smriti Zubin Irani in Amethi. Join our editors Sanjay Singh, Ajay Singh, and Sreemoy Talukdar discussing top leads and trails for Verdict 2019.

DECODE ELECTIONS 2019: With our Editors, Part 1
Day-long updates, analysis, and debates on General Elections 2019.