Around 642 million people voted in Lok Sabha elections held over seven phases in a mammoth six-week period. The counting of votes began starting with postal ballot papers amid tight security.
As the counting of the votes for the Lok Sabha polls is underway, the early trends till 9 am showed that the Bharatiya Janata Party is ahead on 75 seats, while the Congress is leading on 25 seats, as per the Election Commission of India.
As the counting of votes in Lok Sabha polls is underway, Apni Party candidate from Anantnag-Rajouri Zafar Iqbal Manhas said that the people have already exercised their franchise adding that he is ready to accept the mandate of public.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Kamaljeet Sehrawat from West Delhi expressed her confidence, asserting that the people's support is with the BJP and there is no significant competition from the opposition.
As the counting of the votes for the 18th Lok elections is underway, Union Minister and BJP candidate from Bikaner Lok Sabha seat Arjun Ram Meghwal exuded confidence in winning the Bikaner seat and said that the results of the general elections will lay a strong foundation for a developed In
With the counting of the votes in Lok Sabha polls underway, the Bharatiya Janata Party is leading on 42 seats, as per the initial trends by the Election Commission.
With counting progressing in Lok Sabha polls, the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance is leading on more than 100 seats as per the latest trends according to TV channels.
Earlier Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar had said that a "very robust system" has been put in place. "There are around 10.5 lakh booths. Each booth will have 14 tables. There are observers and micro-observers. Nearly, 70-80 lakh people are involved in the process," he said.
"I am pretty excited and all of them who have voted for BJP in the entire country are looking forward to especially this particular seat, that we win and bring justice to the Lok Sabha seat in Hyderabad," Latha said speaking to reporters on counting day.