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Elections were held on 542 of the 543 Lok Sabha seats and a party or alliance needs 272 seats to form a government.
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The counting process for the general elections where people will select who will rule the world`s largest democracy for the five years.
Elections were held on 542 of the 543 Lok Sabha seats and a party or alliance needs 272 seats to form a government.
Lok Sabha Election Results 2019 LATEST Updates:
According to early trends, here are the top leads and trails:
Rahul Gandhi leads in Wayanad; trails in Amethi
Smriti Irani leads in Amethi
Amit Shah leads in Gandhinagar
Digvijaya Singh leads in Bhopal; Sadhvi Pragya trails
9:30 am: Pragya Singh Thakur -- the saffron-robed woman long known for her alleged involvement in the Malegaon blasts -- is leading in Bhopal over the Congress`s Digvijaya Singh as votes are being counted
9:35 am: Early trends of counting suggest that Congress President Rahul Gandhi is trailing to BJP’s Smriti Irani from the grand old party`s bastion in Amethi.
9:50 am: The National Democratic Alliance has taken an early lead in over 200 seats.
Maharashtra, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Delhi and Mumbai are all set to go in the BJP camp based on initial trends.
Congress president Rahul Gandhi is trailing to BJP’s Smriti Irani in Amethi, but the party’s tally has improved over the 2014 result.
BJP President Amit Shah leading by over 125000 votes from Gujarat`s Gandhinagar pic.twitter.com/xgFEaoQLWF
— ANI (@ANI) May 23, 2019
10: 30 am: The BJP is currently ahead on over 280 seats, with the partners in NDA pushing the total tally to over 340 seats, leads show as results of the general elections pour in.
10:50 am: BJP leading in 291 out of 537 constituencies
Among the 542 Lok Sabha constituencies which voted in 2019, according to trends in 537 constituencies, BJP is leading in 291 while Congress is leading in 50; DMK in 22; All India Trinamool Congress in 25, YSR Congress Party in 24 and Shiv Sena in 19 constituencies.
12:05 pm: According to official Election Commission trends, out of 542 constituencies, BJP is leading in 292 while Indian National Congress is leading in 51; DMK in 22, All India Trinamool Congress in 24, YSR Congress Party in 25, Shiv Sena in 20, JD(U) in 16, BJD in 14 and BSP in 11 constituencies
As per latest trends available for all the 542 constituencies, BJP is leading in 292 while INC is leading in 51, DMK in 22, AITC in 24, YSRC in 25, Shiv Sena in 20, JDU in 16, BJD in 14 and BSP in 11 constituencies #ElectionResults2019
— Election Commission #DeshKaMahatyohar (@ECISVEEP) May 23, 2019
1:30 pm: The Narendra Modi wave has crushed any challenge posed by the Congress or the united opposition as the BJP looks set to improve on its humongous 2014 tally.The BJP is currently ahead on over 280 seats, with the partners in NDA pushing the total tally to over 340 seats.
In the last election, the NDA had 336 seats while BJP accounted for 282.