Lok Sabha Elections 2019
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NOTA performs better than 159 candidates in Jharkhand LS polls
Updated on May 25, 2019 10:35 AM IST
The votes exercised in favour of NOTA was even more than the victory margin in two tribal dominated parliamentary constituencies of Khunti and Lohardaga
Hindustan Times, Ranchi | Sanjoy Dey
Highlights- ‘President has invited me to form the govt’: PM Modi
The Congress Working Committee, the party’s highest decision making body, met on Saturday to review the outcome of the Lok Sabha elections where it won only 52 seats, marginally improving on its worst performance in the 2014 elections when it won 44 seats. The newly elected lawmakers of the ruling National Democratic Alliance will meet in New Delhi on Saturday to elect Modi as their leader and pave the way for his swearing in as Prime Minister, most likely on May 30.Follow updates here:
Updated on May 26, 2019 12:02 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | HT Correspondent
After electoral shock in Bengal, Mamata Banerjee comes up with poetry
Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee sprung a surprise Friday evening with her literary skills that has always remained a conversation starter for both her fans and detractors.
Published on May 25, 2019 10:23 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Kolkata | HT Correspondent
Trinamool braces for huge challenge from BJP in next Assembly polls
It takes 147 legislators to form a government in Bengal and by current statistics the BJP is within striking distance if Assembly elections were held now.
Updated on May 25, 2019 01:04 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Kolkata | Snigdhendu Bhattacharya
RJD decimated in Seemanchal and Kosi; Kishanganj only saving grace for Congress
Power couple Pappu Yadav and Ranjeet Ranjan, who were labelled as potential upsetters, lost from Madhepura and Supaul respectively to JD(U). Md Taslimuddin’s political legacy in Seemanchal received a huge blow and was unable to withstand the BJP-JD(U) combination.
Updated on May 25, 2019 10:10 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Patna | Aditya Nath Jha
‘This verdict is a slap on the faces of those who banked on caste politics’
State BJP spearhead and deputy chief minister Sushil Kumar Modi on Friday said the same tempo would be maintained in the 2020 assembly elections in the state
Updated on May 25, 2019 10:01 AM IST
Donald Trump calls to congratulate PM Modi, will meet at G-20 Summit in Japan
In a tweet, Donald Trump hailed Modi as a “great man and leader for the people of India”.”Just spoke to Prime Minister @NarendraModi where I congratulated him on his big political victory. He is a great man and leader for the people of India - they are lucky to have him!” he tweeted.
Updated on May 25, 2019 09:25 AM IST
Washington | Press Trust of India
Rahul Gandhi offers to resign at CWC meet, gets free hand to overhaul party
Rahul Gandhi, who had fronted the opposition campaign against Prime Minister Narendra Modi, has owned responsibility for the crushing defeat.
Updated on May 16, 2020 06:03 PM IST
Hindustan Times, NewDelhi | Aurangzeb Naqshbandi
BJP leaders claim change of guard likely in state
Congress general secretary in charge of Rajasthan, Avinash Pande, however, played down the issue of change of guard in the state.
Published on May 25, 2019 09:17 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Jaipur | HT Correspondent
Of seven women candidates, BJP’s three emerge winners
BJP’s Diya Kumari, a member of an erstwhile royal family, won against Congress candidate Devkinandan (Kaka) on Rajsamand seat.
Published on May 25, 2019 08:48 AM IST
Nikita Bishnoi
BJP makes dent in assembly seats of Gehlot, ministers
The BJP and its ally, Rashtriya Loktantrik Party, won all 25 Lok Sabha seats in Rajasthan. The BJP gained votes in assembly constituencies of Gehlot, and deputy CM Sachin Pilot.
Updated on May 25, 2019 09:17 AM IST
Hindustan Times, Jaipur | HT Correspondent
Lok Sabha elections 2019: ‘State polls will be walkover for NDA’, says Bihar deputy CM Sushil Kumar Modi
“The verdict is a slap on the face of those who banked on caste politics [and] treated voters as [their] fiefdoms,” Sushil Kumar Modi said.
Updated on May 25, 2019 08:07 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Arun Kumar
‘Believe in constructive cooperation with Centre’: Naveen Patnaik
Naveen Patnaik talks about the secret behind beating anti-incumbency and why people have stuck with the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) despite the saffron sweep in the country.
Updated on May 25, 2019 08:04 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Debabrata Mohanty
After big election victory, NDA set for Rajya Sabha majority next year
The NDA’s majority in the Rajya Sabha would help in easy passage of legislations in Parliament, something that has proved to be a major hurdle in recent years.
Updated on May 16, 2020 06:01 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New delhi | Saubhadra Chatterji
Lok Sabha election results 2019: South only silver lining in Congress flop show
Both in 1989 and 1977, when the share of southern states in Congress’ Lok Sabha tally was more than 2019, the absolute number of Congress MPs from the rest of India was significantly higher than what it is today.
Updated on May 25, 2019 08:07 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Vijdan Mohammad Kawoosa
Lok Sabha election results 2019: At 14.6%, Lok Sabha to have most women ever
Two factors have contributed to this result. First, the consolidation of the BJP has helped most of its women candidates to get elected.
Updated on May 25, 2019 08:04 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Gilles Verniers, Sofia Ammassari
Lok Sabha election results 2019: NDA to meet today to elect PM Modi as leader
A BJP functionary said Prime Minister Modi is likely to fly to Varanasi, his parliamentary constituency, on May 28 and that he may to spend a day in his home state, Gujarat, on May 29.
Updated on May 25, 2019 07:47 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Kumar Uttam
Lok Sabha election results 2019: BJP’s performance a result of deep social churn
With strong leads in terms of vote share vis-à-vis its next rival in central and western India, a steadily increasing geographical footprint and aggregate vote share, BJP seems to have become the new political hegemon
Published on May 25, 2019 07:42 AM IST
New Delhi | Avinash M Tripathi
From faith to gender and profession to caste: A profile of the 17th Lok Sabha
Due to the consolidation of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) 2014 performance, many incumbents have been re-elected. Overall we find little changes in the composition of the 2019 Lok Sabha as compared to the 2014 Lok Sabha.
Updated on May 25, 2019 07:39 AM IST
New Delhi | Priyamvada Trivedi, Basim U Nissa and Saloni Bhogale
Modi govt 2.0: Space flight, solar shift in 1,000-day plan
The plan will include several initiatives, from empowering women in agriculture to sending an Indian into space, as Modi seeks to fulfil his promise of creating a “New India” in his second term, they added.
Updated on May 16, 2020 05:59 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Rajeev Jayaswal
Lok Sabha results 2019: BJP’s win margins rose in 2019
Opponents of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) were convinced the BJP’s sweeping victory in 2014 atop the Modi Wave was a black swan event — a rare event that happens by chance and is unlikely to be repeated again.
Published on May 25, 2019 07:30 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Neelanjan Sircar
BJP cements its position as central pole of Indian polity
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) under the leadership of Narendra Modi has swept India once again.
Published on May 25, 2019 07:28 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Abhinav Prakash Singh
Sabarimala stir boosted UPA, not BJP
The Left parties have recorded their worst ever parliamentary performance, with just five Lok Sabha seats, in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.
Updated on May 25, 2019 07:26 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Roshan Kishore and Vijdan Mohammad Kawoosa
After big loss, can Rahul Gandhi rebuild ailing Congress?
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) yielded an inch to gain a mile through the deft alliances it had stooped to stitch. The Congress foolishly clung to the inch and was left regretting its action.
Updated on May 25, 2019 09:40 AM IST
Vinod Sharma
How BJP used data to craft landslide win
Behind the landslide victory of BJP in the 2019 elections was a carefully crafted campaign that targeted individual voters based on data compiled by a team, mapping its outreach through more than 160 control rooms and working closely with party workers.
Updated on May 25, 2019 07:16 AM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Anisha Dutta
Day after poll result, a cocktail of emotions runs through Amethi
From Thursday, when Congress suffered only its third defeat here since 1967, most Amethi residents had very little sleep as they celebrated or rued the result. Amethi has seen Congress lose only twice earlier – in 1977, 1998.
Updated on May 16, 2020 05:57 PM IST
Amethi | Manish Chandra Pandey
Navjot Kaur takes on Captain Amarinder Singh, says husband narrowed Bathinda vote gap
She also made it clear that her husband did not make comment against anyone at the Bathinda rally and he only spoke against those indulging in anti-party activities.
Updated on May 25, 2019 08:42 AM IST
Amritsar | HT Correspondent
Lok Sabha elections 2019: Over 90% candidates in Haryana lost security deposit
All the 10 candidates of Indian National Lok Dal and Bahujan Samaj Party-Loktantra Suraksha party (LSP) alliance forfeited their deposits.
Published on May 25, 2019 12:55 AM IST
Ambala | Sunil Rahar
Lok Sabha election results 2019: Karnataka Congress-Janata Dal decides to battle it out
Kumaraswamy was affected by the verdict as both his son, Nikhil Kumaraswamy, and his father, HD Deve Gowda, lost the election from Mandya and Tumkur seats, respectively.
Updated on May 24, 2019 11:39 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Bengaluru | Vikram Gopal
Lok Sabha election results 2019: UP’s BJP, SP winners rake up Jinnah, Vande Mataram issue
Gautam, who has won a consecutive term from Aligarh Lok Sabha constituency, said, “Among my priorities is to send the portrait of Muhammad Ali Jinnah which is locked inside a room in AMU to Pakistan.”
Updated on May 24, 2019 11:32 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Agra/Meerut | HT Correspondents