Election Results 2019

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.

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.