Election Results 2024 highlights: Kharge says 'INDIA bloc will continue to fight BJP's fascist rule'

Lok Sabha Election Result 2024 Live: Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Manoj Jha lashed out at the Bharatiya Janata Party after the party fell short of the majority mark on its own in the Lok Sabha elections, and said that people have given them a "shock" because of their "attitude."

He also attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi and claimed that his "replacement" is being searched within the BJP-RSS after the election results.

Chandrababu Naidu and Pawan Kalyan along with BJP in charge Sidharth Nath Singh will arrive in Delhi at 2:30 pm to attend the NDA meeting.

Election Results 2024 LIVE Updates: Union Minister and BJP MP from Secunderabad G. Kishan Reddy arrives in Delhi ahead of the NDA meeting scheduled for today.

Speaking to the media, he said, “There is no difficulty, all the parties are with us. We have spoken with everyone. This is not a new alliance, we were in the alliance even before the elections. We have worked together...There is no problem. NDA got the mandate.”

Election Results 2024 LIVE Updates: Tamil Nadu CM and DMK chief M.K. Stalin boards his flight to Delhi for the INDIA alliance meeting today.

Election Results 2024 LIVE Updates: Union Minister and BJP MP from Nagpur, Nitin Gadkari, arrives in Delhi for the NDA meeting today. Talking to the media, he said, “People have placed their trust in me for the third time and given me the opportunity to serve the country for the third time. I will utilise this to work for the development of the country.”

Election Results 2024 LIVE Updates: The NDA leaders will meet at Prime Minister Modi's residence, 7 Lok Kalyan Marg today. The meeting is scheduled to take place at around 3:30 pm.

Election Results 2024 LIVE Updates: Maldives President Mohamed Muizzu congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), and the BJP-led NDA on their success in the 2024 general elections for the third consecutive term.

The Maldivian president further said that he is looking forward to working with PM Modi to advance shared interests in pursuit of the prosperity of both nations.

Election Results 2024 LIVE Updates: Bihar chief minister Nitish Kumar will be attending the NDA meeting today in Delhi. He will leave for the national capital at 10:45 am.

Election Results 2024 LIVE Updates: Maharashtra chief minister Eknath Shinde will be attending the NDA meeting today. He will leave for Delhi at 11 am.

BJP - 240

Congress - 99

Samajwadi Party - 37

Trinamool Congress - 29

DMK - 22

TDP - 16

JD(U) - 12

Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackrey) - 9

NCP (Sharad Pawar) 7, leading in 1

Shiv Sena - 7

Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) - 5

YSRCP - 4

RJD - 4

CPI(M) - 4

Indian Union Muslim League - 3

AAP - 3

Jharkhand Mukti Morcha - 3

Janasena Party - 2

CPI(ML)(L) - 2

JD(S) - 2

Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi - 2

CPI - 2

RLD - 2

National Conference - 2

United People's Party, Liberal - 1

Asom Gana Parishad - 1

Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) - 1

Kerala Congress - 1

Revolutionary Socialist Party - 1

NCP - 1

Voice of the People Party - 1

Zoram People's Movement - 1

Shiromani Akali Dal - 1

Rashtriya Loktantrik Party - 1

Bharat Adivasi Party - 1

Sikkim Krantikari Morcha - 1

Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam - 1

Aazad Samaj Party (Kanshi Ram) - 1

Apna Dal (Soneylal) - 1

AJSU Party - 1

AIMIM - 1

Independent - 7

Election Results 2024 LIVE Updates: The Congress said that the loss of seats represent Prime Minister Narendra Modi's “moral defeat”.

"This election results are 'janta ka result'. This is the victory of people and the democracy. We were saying that the fight is Modi vs the people. In the 18th Lok Sabha election, we humbly accept the result. People have not given a full majority to any party. BJP asked to vote for one person, the mandate has gone against Modi. It is his political and moral loss. The person who sought votes on his name, it's a huge loss for him," Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge said at a press conference.

Election Results 2024 LIVE Updates: In Maharashtra, the Congress won 13 seats, Shiv Sena (UBT) won 9 seats and NCP won 8. The BJP-led alliance won 17 seats.

Election Results 2024 LIVE Updates: In Uttar Pradesh, the Samajwadi Party won 37 seats, emerging as the single-largest party. The Congress won 6 seats. The BJP, which had scored landslide victories in 2014 and 2019, won 33 seats.

Election Results 2024 LIVE Updates: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in his first reaction, said that people have placed their faith in the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance for a third time in the Lok Sabha elections and that he would continue the good work done in the last decade to keep fulfilling their aspirations.

“I bow to the Janata Janardan for this affection and assure them that we will continue the good work done in the last decade to keep fulfilling the aspirations of people,” Modi wrote on X (formally Twitter).

“I also salute all our Karyakartas for their hard work. Words will never do justice to their exceptional efforts,” he added.

Election Results 2024 LIVE Updates: With support from key allies N Chandrababu Naidu's Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and Nitish Kumar's JD(U), which won 16 and 12 seats in Andhra Pradesh and Bihar, respectively, and other alliance partners, the NDA crossed the halfway mark.

Election Results 2024 LIVE Updates: Members of the INDIA bloc are slated to hold a meeting at Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge's residence on Wednesday evening. According to reports, the top opposition leaders will likely discuss whether to contact their former allies, Nitish Kumar and Chandrababu Naidu, to form the government.

Election Results 2024 LIVE Updates: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has secured a third term, but the BJP will need to rely on the support of other parties in his coalition - JD (U) chief Nitish Kumar and TDP's chief Chandrababu Naidu, falling 32 seats short of the 272 majority mark - a stunning blow for the PM, who had hoped for a landslide victory '400 paar'.

For the first time, since the BJP swept to power in 2014, it did not secure a majority on its own - far fewer than the record 303 it won in the 2019 election.

Election Results 2024 LIVE Updates: The BJP which was seeking a third consecutive term in office and a third straight single-party majority, won 240 seats, while the Congress got 99 seats, according to the Election Commission of India (ECI). However, NDA's overall tally stood at 292.