Lok Sabha Elections 2019
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Lok Sabha election results 2019: No matter what, PM Modi cannot remove Articles 35A, 370: Farooq Abdullah
Updated on May 24, 2019 09:58 PM IST
Article 370 of the Constitution grants special status to J&K and limits Parliament’s power to make laws concerning the state.
Hindustan Times, Jammu | HT Correspondent
Lok Sabha election results 2019: BJP gets 86 per cent of migrant vote in Kashmir valley
Of the total six Lok Sabha seats of the state, National Conference has swept Kashmir valley by winning or leading in all the three constituencies here while BJP has won the three seats of Jammu and Ladakh divisions.
Updated on May 24, 2019 08:24 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Srinagar | Ashiq Hussain
Lok Sabha Elections Results 2019: What led to Congress Lok Sabha poll debacle in Uttarakhand
According to a political analyst Congress paid a heavy price because of its failure to highlight the state government’s failure to tackle issues like farmers’ distress and unemployment
Published on May 24, 2019 05:57 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Dehradun | Deep Joshi
Lok Sabha Elections Results 2019: BJP’s Pokhriyal retains Haridwar, Congress distant second
Former Uttarakhand CM Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank defeated Congress’ Ambrish Kumar by over 2.5 lakh votes in the Haridwar Lok Sabha seat.
Published on May 24, 2019 05:56 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Dehradun | Nihi Sharma
Lok Sabha Elections Results 2019: Former CM Harish Rawat loses in Naintal by over 3 lakh votes
Despite Rawat’s defeat in 2017 assembly polls from two seats Haridwar Rural and Kiccha, the central leadership gave him ticket to contest 2019 Lok Sabha polls from Nainital-Udham Singh Nagar seat.
Published on May 24, 2019 05:45 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Dehradun | Nihi Sharma
Lok Sabha elections 2019: Close shave for BJP on tribal seats of Jharkhand
Even though BJP sees Dumka as a big ticket win where its candidate Sunil Soren defeated JMM supremo Shibu Soren by 36,815 votes, it faced neck and neck fight in Khunti and Lohardaga.
Published on May 24, 2019 05:35 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Ranchi | Sanjoy Dey
Lok Sabha Elections Results 2019: BSP wrests 4 seats from BJP in east Uttar Pradesh
The BJP had won the Lalganj, Jaunpur, Ghosi and Ghazipur Lok Sabha seats in the 2014 general elections but lost these to the BSP this time.
Updated on May 24, 2019 05:17 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Varanasi | HT Correspondent
Lok Sabha elections 2019: AJSU makes Lok Sabha debut with a win in Giridih
The BJP and AJSU had entered a pre-poll alliance in the 2014 state assembly elections. Despite winning the Giridih seat for five consecutive terms, BJP was not hesitant to allot the Giridih seat to AJSU in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls.
Published on May 24, 2019 05:16 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Dhanbad | Subhash Mishra
Lok Sabha election results 2019: ‘Outsider’ tag hurts Congress’ Kirti Azad as he loses in Dhanbad
During his electoral campaign, Azad tried to brush off his ‘outsider’ image on several occasions, terming himself as Jharkhand’s son of soil.
Published on May 24, 2019 04:58 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Ranchi | Pankaj Kumar
To set government-formation ball rolling, PM Modi to meet President today after Cabinet huddle
The meeting will be followed by the Prime Minister meeting President Ram Nath Kovind to hand over the resolution recommending the dissolution of the 16th Lok Sabha and the resignations of the council of ministers, ANI reported.
Updated on May 24, 2019 04:52 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | HT Correspondent
Lok Sabha Elections Results 2019: Only Congress winner in Jharkhand, Geeta Koda first woman MP from Singhbhum
Geeta Koda of Congress defeated Jharkhand BJP president Laxman Gilua by over 70,000 votes in Singhbhum Lok Sabha seat.
Published on May 24, 2019 04:41 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Chaibasa | Manoj Choudhary
Lok Sabha election results 2019: ‘Bihar can now bargain for better deals from Centre’
Politically, the victory has put a stamp of people’s mandate on the NDA alliance and dismissed the Opposition’s charge that the 2015 assembly polls mandate had been betrayed in the state.
Updated on May 24, 2019 05:23 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Patna | Vijay Swaroop
Lok Sabha Elections 2019: Dumka denies Shibu Soren his record ninth term
Shibu Soren, the eight-time MP from Dumka, who was in the contest to secure a record ninth term, lost by a margin of over 47,000 votes to BJP’s Sunil Soren.
Updated on May 24, 2019 04:27 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Ranchi | Gautam Mazumdar
PM Modi betters his 2014 victory margin in Varanasi
This time, Modi polled 674,664 voters while his nearest rival Shalini Yadav of the Samajwadi Party secured 195,159 votes. The Congress’s Ajay Rai was in third place, polling 152,548 votes
Published on May 24, 2019 04:26 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Varanaasi | Sudhir Kumar, Varanasi
Lok Sabha election results 2019: Patna Sahib has given decisive mandate for Modi, says Ravi Shankar
Prasad, a first-time Lok Sabha candidate of the Bharatiya Janata Party, defeated Shatrughan Sinha, who moved to the Congress after two successive wins, in 2009 and 2014, on a BJP ticket.
Published on May 24, 2019 04:19 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Patna | Ruchir Kumar
After resounding Lok Sabha win, BJP-Sena set sight on retaining power in Maharashtra Assembly
Arithmetically, the ruling BJP-Sena alliance in Maharashtra can win a majority in the Assembly as they have won more than two-thirds of the Lok Sabha seats in the state.
Updated on May 24, 2019 04:14 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Mumbai | Surendra P Gangan, Mumbai
Lok Sabha election results 2019: Debutants bite the dust in Bihar this electoral season
Kanhaiya’s election campaign was helped by Bollywood personalities, JNUSU office-bearers and faculty, and Gujarat MLA Jignesh Mewani. Like Giriraj, Kanhaiya is also a Bhumihar.
Updated on May 24, 2019 04:11 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Patna | Rakesh Singh
Lok Sabha Elections Results 2019: BJP-Sena maintains grip over Thane district, wins all three seats
In Thane and Kalyan, the Sena had a clear majority from the first round, against the NCP candidates.
Published on May 24, 2019 03:54 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Mumbai | Megha Pol and Sajana Nambiar, Mumbai
Raj Thackeray misses, Ambedkar impacts Congress-NCP prospects in Maharashtra
The Prakash Ambedkar-led Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA) appears to have played an instrumental role in defeating the Opposition alliance. On the other hand, Raj Thackeray-led MNS failed to make any impact on poll results.
Updated on May 24, 2019 03:47 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Mumbai | Faisal Malik, Mumbai
Lok Sabha election results 2019: After Xi Jinping’s message, China again praises India on ‘smooth’ election
Chinese president Xi Jinping had congratulated Modi on his win and then congratulated India for the second time in 24 hours on the “smooth” completion of the Lok Sabha election.
Published on May 24, 2019 03:41 PM IST
Beijing, China | Sutirtho Patranobis
Modi, Balakot, national security: BJP’s keys to winning Jammu
Bharatiya Janata Party has maintained huge leads in the two constituencies of Jammu and Udhampur while leading with a slender margin of nearly 10,000 votes in Ladakh
Published on May 24, 2019 03:39 PM IST
Jammu | Ravi Krishnan Khajuria
Lok Sabha election results 2019: ‘We respect the verdict of people’ says AAP State Chief Bhagwant Mann
AAP failed to secure any seat in Delhi and Haryana, Mann expressed satisfaction with the only seat in Punjab
Updated on May 24, 2019 03:43 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | Avtar Singh
Lok Sabha election results 2019: Why Jinnah is on the mind of BJP’s newly-elected Aligarh MP
The BJP, despite the arithmetic advantage of the SP-BSP ‘mahagatbandhan’ won 64 of the 80 Lok Sabha seats, demolishing the alliance partners, which got 15 seats between them.
Updated on May 24, 2019 03:35 PM IST
Aligarh | HT Correspondent
Lok Sabha Elections 2019: UP elects six Muslim MPs, up from one in 2014
In Uttar Pradesh, Muslim candidates put up by the SP-BSP alliance performed much better than others who were given tickets by these parties with the exception of the Congress.
Published on May 24, 2019 03:24 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Lucknow | M Tariq Khan, Lucknow
Lok Sabha election results 2019: ‘Those who had written us off proved wrong’ says Sukhbir Singh Badal
Sukhbir Singh Badal talks to HT about victory in Punjab and future plans for Akali Dal and BJP alliance.
Updated on May 24, 2019 02:52 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | Gurpreet Singh Nibber
Lok Sabha Elections Results 2019: Union minister Rajnath Singh wins big in Lucknow
BJP’s Lucknow candidate, Union home minister Rajnath Singh beat his nearest rival Poonam Shatrughan Sinha of the Samajwadi Party (SP) who bagged 2,85,724 votes.
Published on May 24, 2019 02:48 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Lucknow | Oliver Fredrick, Lucknow
Modi magic behind BJP sweep, says former Rajasthan CM Vasundhara Raje
Former Rajasthan chief minister Vasundhara Raje credited the victory of BJP in the state and across the country to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying, “This is not a wave or a tsunami, this is the magic of NaMo.
Updated on May 24, 2019 03:26 PM IST
HT Correspondent, Jaipur
Lok Sabha election results 2019: Modi wave with Akali Dal alliance helps party win two seats in Punjab
The Narendra Modi wave helped the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) put up a reasonably good show in Punjab, thereby winning 2 seats.
Updated on May 24, 2019 02:31 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | Ravinder Vasudeva
Day after stunning defeat, 3 resignations land up on Rahul Gandhi’s desk
Some more offers to quit are expected to follow as well but a Congress leader said the party may not rush into accepting the resignations.
Updated on May 16, 2020 05:39 PM IST
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | Aurangzeb Naqshbandi
Lok Sabha Elections Results 2019: Gurdaspur elects actor Sunny Deol
Voters of Hindu-dominated assembly segments played a vital role in the victory of BJP’s Gurdaspur candidate, actor-turned-politicial Sunny Deol, a Jat Sikh.
Published on May 24, 2019 02:14 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Gurdaspur | Surjit Singh, Gurdaspur