Counting of votes was done for all 543 Lok Sabha constituencies across 28 states and 8 union territories.
The seven-phase polling for all LS seats ended on Saturday, June 1. The elections commenced with Phase 1 on April 19, Phase 2 on April 26, Phase 3 on May 7, Phase 4 on May 13, Phase 5 on May 20, Phase 6 on May 25, and the final phase on June 1, 2024.
Ahead of Lok Sabha elections counting, CEC Rajiv Kumar on Monday said, "Postal ballot counting will start first. After only half an hour, we will start EVM counting. There is no doubt about it."
The Election Commission of India has declared results for all Lok Sabha constituencies, with the BJP winning 240 of the 543 seats and the Congress 99.
The last result to be announced was that of Beed constituency in Maharashtra, where NCP (Sharad Pawar) candidate Bajrang Manohar Sonwane defeated the BJP's Pankaja Munde by 6,553 votes.
While the Lok Sabha has 543 members, counting was held for 542 seats after the BJP's Surat candidate Mukesh Dalal was elected unopposed.
BJP's Rabindra Narayan Behera comes out as winner from Jajpur Lok Sabha seat by a margin of 1587 votes
BJP's Pradeep Panigrahy defeats BJD's Bhrugu Baxipatra by over 1,65,000 votes in Berhampur Lok Sabha seat
BJP's Sambit Patra emerges as winner from Puri Lok Sabha seat by a margin of over 1,04,000 votes
Latest trends from all 21 seats of Odisha
BJP's Naba Charan Majhi wins Mayurbhanj Lok Sabha seat by a margin of over 2,19,000 votes
BJP's Avimanyu Sethi emerges as winner from Bhadrak Lok Sabha seat by a margin of over 91,000 votes
BJP's Rudra Narayan Pani emerges winner from Dhenkanal Lok Sabha seat by a margin of over 76,000 votes
BJP's Pratap Sarangi wins Balasore Lok Sabha seat by a margin of over 1,47,000 votes
BJP's Balabhadra Majhi wins Nabarangpur Lok Sabha seat by a margin of over 87,000 votes
BJP's Bibhu Prasad Tarai emerges winner from Jagatsinghpur Lok Sabha seat by a margin of over 40,000 votes
BJP's Balabhadra Majhi comes out victorious from Nabarangpur Lok Sabha seat by a margin of over 87,000 votes
BJP's Bibhu Prasad Tarai emerges winner from Jagatsinghpur Lok Sabha seat by a margin of over 40,000 votes
BJP's Baijayant Panda wins Kendrapara Lok Sabha seat by a margin of over 66,000 votes
BJP's Ananta Nayak wins Keonjhar Lok Sabha seat by a margin of over 97,000 votes
With a third term for Prime Minister Narendra Modi appearing certain, the BJP on Tuesday asserted that the Lok Sabha poll victory for its alliance underlines people's faith and confidence in PM Modi's "Viksit Bharat".
BJP's Pradeep Purohit wins Bargarh Lok Sabha seat by a margin of over 2,50,000 votes
BJP's Dharmendra Pradhan emerges as winner from Sambalpur Lok Sabha seat by a margin of over 1,19,000 votes
BJP's Bhartruhari Mahtab wins Cuttack Lok Sabha seat by a margin of over 57,000 votes
BJP's Aparajita Sarangi emerges victorious from Bhubaneswar Lok Sabha seat by a margin of over 35,000 votes
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi wins from Uttar Pradesh's Raebareli Lok Sabha seat
Union Minister Anurag Thakur wins from Himachal Pradesh's Hamirpur Lok Sabha seat
BJP candidate Kangana Ranaut wins from Himachal Pradesh's Mandi Lok Sabha seat
Union Minister and BJP candidate Kiren Rijiju wins from Arunachal West Lok Sabha constituency
Union Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia emerges as winner from Madhya Pradesh's Guna Lok Sabha seat
PM Narendra Modi: People have placed their faith in NDA, for a third consecutive time! This is a historical feat in India’s history.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi wins from Kerala's Wayanad Lok Sabha seat
BJP’s Tejasvi Surya wins from Bangalore South Lok Sabha constituency
Congress leader Shashi Tharoor wins from Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha seat
Union Home Minister Amit Shah wins from Gandhinagar by a margin of over 7 Lakh votes
Prime Minister Narendra Modi emerged victorious from Varanasi seat for the third consecutive term by defeating Congress candidate Ajay Rai. The PM's victory margin is 1,52,513, which is less than his victory margins of 2019 and 2014.
BJP's Baijayant Panda leading from Kendrapara Lok Sabha seat by over 20,000 votes
BJP's Baijayant Panda leading from Kendrapara Lok Sabha seat by over 14,000 votes
The BJP dominated in Uttarakhand with leading in all five Lok Sabha seats on Tuesday, according to the Election Commission trends.
While Ajay Bhatt is leading by 2,55,634 votes in Nainital, Ajay Tamta is ahead by 1,75,391 votes in Almora, Anil Baluni by 94,376 votes in Garhwal (Pauri), Trivendra Singh Rawat by 65,724 votes in Haridwar and Mala Rajya Lakshmi Shah by 1,35,632 votes in Tehri Garhwal.
Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has surpassed his mother Sonia Gandhi's 2019 victory margin from the Rae Bareli constituency and is now leading by 2,27,535 votes against his nearest rival BJP's Dinesh Pratap Singh.
Contesting from Rae Bareli seat for the first time, Rahul was ahead of the BJP candidate since the beginning of the counting.
Bengaluru South Lok Sabha Results: BJP’s Tejasvi Surya leading from the LS seat by over 2.3 lakh votes
Chirag Paswan of Lok Janshakti Party(Ram Vilas) is leading from Hajipur Lok Sabha seat by over 54000 votes.
BJP candidate and actor-turned-politician Suresh Gopi appears poised for a win in the Thrissur Lok Sabha seat with a comfortable lead of over 71,000 votes against his nearest rival, according to the Election Commission figures on Tuesday.
Gopi, till around 1 pm, got 3,80,655 votes, surpassing the 2,93,822 total votes he received in the 2019 LS polls in Thrissur.
As per ECI trends, BJP is leading on 241 seats, Congress on 95 seats & Samajwadi Party leading on 36 seats.
BJP's Baijayant Panda leading from Kendrapara Lok Sabha seat with over 10394 votes.
haratiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and Union Home Minister Amit Shah was leading by more than 2.31 lakh votes over his nearest Congress rival Sonal Patel in the Gandhinagar Lok Sabha seat in Gujarat, officials said on Tuesday. Shah has so far got 2.99 lakh votes, while Sonal Patel received 68,000 votes.
As per initial trends by ECI for 534 seats, BJP is leading on 232 seats, Congress leading on 98 seats, Samajwadi Party leading on 36 seats.
Union Minister and BJP candidate from Thiruvananthapuram, Rajeev Chandrasekhar leading from the seat with a margin of over 4,900 votes. Congress candidate Shashi Tharoor trailing.
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh leading from Lucknow seat
EARLY TRENDS: BJP’s Baijayant Panda leading from Kendrapara Lok Sabha seat
The BJP-led NDA surged ahead on Tuesday, leading in over 200 parliamentary seats out of 350 where trends were available. Opposition INDIA bloc led in 120 seats, according to television reports. India Today reported NDA leading in 205 seats and INDIA bloc in 129; ABP News gave NDA 230 seats and INDIA bloc 120; NDTV showed NDA leading in 194 seats and INDIA bloc in 135.
Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar announced that counting of votes for the Lok Sabha elections has begun across states and Union Territories. Postal ballots were counted first, followed by electronic voting machines (EVMs) after 30 minutes. Both postal and EVM vote counts are ongoing. Counting is held for 542 seats, as BJP's Surat candidate Mukesh Dalal was elected unopposed.
BJP's Kangana Ranaut leading in Mandi Lok Sabha seat
BJP's Aparajita Sarangi is leading from Bhubaneswar LS seat
The BJP was leading in three Lok Sabha seats in Telangana on Tuesday, as counting of voted polled in the May 13 elections for 17 Parliamentary segments in the state was underway.
According to initial trends, Congress, the ruling party in the state was ahead in Khammam LS seat.
TV channels indicated that BJP candidates were ahead in Adilabad, Karimnagar and Malkajgiri.
The BJP was ahead in 11 seats, Congress in four and JD(S) in two as the counting of postal ballots was taken up first in 28 Lok Sabha segments in Karnataka.
JD(S) leader and former Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy and Union Minister Pralhad Joshi (BJP) were ahead in the Mandya and Dharwad Lok Sabha segments, respectively, official sources said.
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