A spokesperson of the Election Department said here today that the voting percentage in the four parliamentary constituencies of Himachal Pradesh was approximately recorded at 71 percent including postal ballots.
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is set to return to power in Arunachal Pradesh, surpassing its previous record of 41 seats in 2019, as the party won 46 seats in the 60-member Assembly and secured a majority in the Assembly elections.
The exit polls on Sunday have predicted victory for the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly polls held on May 13.
The German Foreign Office has congratulated Indians for successfully conducting the "world's largest democratic elections." It said that Germany is looking forward to working with India's new government and taking cooperation to the next level.
The 13 parliamentary constituencies of Punjab that went to polling on Saturday saw an estimated voter turnout of 62.80 percent, according to the data shared by the Election Commission.
Post-announcement of exit polls on Saturday, Venkat Ramana Reddy said, "We hope voters choose TDP and bring the party back to power. Many exit poll surveys predict NDA alliance will form the government in Andhra Pradesh. A few exit polls are biased. We are confident in the NDA alliance's
After exit poll predictions showed the BJP-led NDA gaining a comfortable majority in the Lok Sabha elections, Shiv Sena (UBT) leader Sanjay Raut on Sunday called it a "corporate game" and said that the INDIA Alliance is going to form the government by winning 295-310 seats.
According to India Today-Axis My India exit polls, NDA is predicted to win 361-401 seats in the Lok Sabha polls. The INDIA bloc is expected to win 131-166 seats, it said and gave 8 to 20 seats to other parties.
The exit polls predicted that the ruling BJP-led NDA is poised to improve its performance over its 2019 record when it won 352 seats. Two polls predicted the BJP also improving its numbers from the 303 seats it won in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls.
Over three dozen people have lost their lives, and more than two lakh have been affected across the northeastern states due to flash floods, heavy rains, and landslides caused by Cyclone Remal over the past few days.
Recounting the attack on him by the "RJD workers", on the day of seventh phase of Lok Sabha polling in Bihar, BJP leader Ram Kripal Yadav said that three to four shots were fired at his covoy on the Patna-Jehanabad road.
After the predictions of the exit polls that say the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) will emerge victorious for the third straight time in the Lok Sabha polls, BJP MP Ravi Shankar Prasad targeted Congress and said the party is performing poorly as they didn't