India, All india, 23rd May 2019, News & Stories from India

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According to latest EC data on counting trends, Gandhi was ahead of P P Suneer by about 4.31 lakh votes in the seat, his second, clearly heading for a win. (Photo: File)

17th Lok Sabha result, Kerala: Cong ahead, Rahul wins Wayanad with record margin

Rahul Gandhi has won from Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency, as he registered an unassailable lead against his nearest CPI rival.

23 May 2019 8:53 PM

Reflecting the coalition's plight, Congress leader in the Lok Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge in Gulbarga and former Prime Minister and JD(S) supremo H D Deve Gowda in Tumkur were trailing their BJP rivals, Election Commission trends showed. (Photo: File)

17th Lok Sabha result, Karnataka: BJP sweeps in, leaves Cong-JD(S) in tizzy

87-year old Gowda was trailing by a margin of 12,387 votes in Tumkur against BJP's G S Basavaraj.

23 May 2019 8:40 PM

Srinivas Reddy won Mahbubnagar Lok Sabha seat by over 77000 votes. (Photo: File)

17th Lok Sabha result, Telangana: TRS bags 8, BJP 3, Congress 2

Sanjay Kumar defeated B Vinod Kumar (TRS), who was the deputy floor leader of the party in Lok Sabha,in Karimnagar by over 89,000 votes.

23 May 2019 8:25 PM

The Modi wave has not only swept through the Hindi heartland and Gujarat, as it was expected but also rippled through West Bengal, Odisha, Maharashtra and Karnataka. (Photo: File)

Regional kingmaker hopefuls fall by the wayside

In this general election, some regional parties had hoped they would be kingmakers, but unfortunately have been discarded by the wayside.

23 May 2019 6:17 PM

A man was found walking around with an LCD screen displaying results on his back at a Mumbai Metro Railway station a twitter user posted. (Photo: Twitter/ @Jesal_Sampat)

Mumbai man wears TV on his back shows metro commuters live election results coverage

As per poll trends, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is likely to retain power at Centre for the second term.

23 May 2019 4:20 PM

The saffron party did not give up their existing allies which helped BJP to retain its pan-India image. (Photo: File)

5 things that BJP did right since 2014

The five years of hard work of party volunteers, leaders has made it possible for the BJP to notch up this success.

23 May 2019 3:13 PM

'I will live up to the expectations of the people,' he promised. (Photo: File)

'Was expected, it is people's victory,' says Jaganmohan Reddy

'I sincerely thank the people who overwhelmingly voted for YSRC and blessed it,' Jaganmohan Reddy said.

23 May 2019 2:03 PM

It would be the first time in 48 years that an incumbent Prime Minister, heading a majority government, would be voted to power again with a majority. (Photo: File)

Creating history: Modi touches Indira milestone

PM Modi in a press conference expressed his confidence that his government would return to power will full majority.

23 May 2019 1:50 PM

The Prime Minister is also expected to address party workers. (Photo: File)

BJP parliamentary board to meet, PM Modi's speech likely

The board is likely to pass a resolution to thank voters for their support and also hailing Modi's leadership.

23 May 2019 12:40 PM

Taking a leaf out of his father’s campaign, Jagan had launched a statewide 3,640 km long foot march over the last 14 months to take his fight against Chandrababu Naidu’s TDP to the people. (Photo: File)

Andhra: Special status and the march that propelled Jagan to power

YSR Congress is set to win the first full-fledged election in the state handsomely.

23 May 2019 12:10 PM

BJP’s Manoj Tiwari led former Congress chief minister Sheila Dikshit from North East Delhi. (Photo: PTI | Representational )

BJP score 7-0 in Delhi again, blow away Congress, AAP

The BJP had won all 7 seats in 2014 too.

23 May 2019 11:01 AM

'Roshan Baig has tried to help the BJP and sabotage my campaign. But in his own constituency Shivaji Nagar, people have supported me overwhelmingly and blessed me. Workers of the Congress party have defied his diktats and supported me,' Rizwan Arshad said. (Photo: ANI)

Roshan Baig helped BJP, tried to sabotage my campaign: Rizwan Arshad

Earlier on Tuesday, Baig had called Congress general secretary KC Venugopal a 'buffon'.

23 May 2019 9:48 AM

Vadra also posted three photos alongside the message. (Photo: ANI)

With you all the way, no matter what: Robert Vadra to Rahul on LS result day

Vadra's post has two other photos, one each with his wife and brother-in-law.

23 May 2019 9:00 AM

DMK has stitched a formidable alliance with the Congress for the Lok Sabha polls. (Photo: File)

'Rahul Gandhi will be our new Prime Minister,' says Stalin

Stalin was the first person in the UPA camp who proposed the name of Rahul as the prime ministerial candidate.

23 May 2019 8:27 AM

The ruling AIADMK has 114 members at present and the DMK has 97 members. (Photo: File)

Tamil Nadu assembly results: Hard fight but AIADMK kept state

This is the first time that the two political parties AIADMK and DMK have contested elections without their supreme leaders.

23 May 2019 7:50 AM

On specific information, Barman along with a team of senior health department officials rushed to the hospital and directly entered into the labour room where the operation was going on. (Photo: ANI | Twitter)

Tripura minister catches doctor red-handed while conducting abortion

The Health Minister also said that this practice has been going on from the last two and a half years.

23 May 2019 7:20 AM

According to sources, the party meeting would take place on May 25, while Jagan’s swearing-in is likely to happen on May 30. (Photo: YSR Congress website)

Andhra results: YSRCP's Jagan set to rule state, swearing-in on May 30

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Thursday resigned from his post following the TDP's loss in the Assembly elections.

23 May 2019 7:02 AM

The average turnout over nine phases in 2014 was 66 per cent, the highest ever in the history of Indian general elections. (Photo: AP)

2019 Lok Sabha election results: India chooses Modi 2.0 in clean sweep

As many as 5 exit polls projected the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance is all set to retain power at the Centre.

23 May 2019 6:46 AM

The stability mandate: What our people want and deserve

Political parties across the spectrum need to now understand that the elections are over.

23 May 2019 5:15 AM

The EC has not clarified whether there would be any further action (such as counting of all VVPATs in a constituency or Assembly segment) if there is adiscrepancy in the counts of one of the five VVPATs.

How votes are counted by Election Commission

If there is a discrepancy between VVPAT count and EVM results, the printed paper slips count is taken as final.

23 May 2019 5:12 AM

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