Lok Sabha Election Results 2019 LIVE Updates | President Ram Nath Kovind dissolves 16th Lok Sabha

Catch live election results of the 2019 Lok Sabha polls. Top Congress leaders from across the country get together to review the party's drubbing in the polls

PM Narendra Modi likely to meet President Ram Nath Kovind this evening and stake claim to form the government, NDTV has reported.
JUST IN | President Ram Nath Kovind today dissolved the 16th Lok Sabha with immediate effect on recommendation of the Union cabinet, the Rashtrapati Bhavan said in a statement.
UPDATE | YSRCP chief Jaganmohan Reddy unanimously elected as Legislative party leader in a meeting held in Amaravati, Andhra Pradesh.
Tamil Nadu CM Edappadi Palaniswami, Deputy CM O Panneerselvam and Uttarakhand CM Trivendra Singh Rawat arrive for NDA meeting, to be held today.
JUST IN | Congress’ Randeep Singh Surjewala has clarified that reports of Congress President Rahul Gandhi offering his resignation are incorrect. (ANI)
DMK President MK Stalin and newly elected MPs, MLAs and other leaders of the party pay tribute to M Karunanidhi, in Chennai. The leaders also met party general secretary K Anbazhagan at his residence. (ANI)
BJD MP Pinaki Misra: I am very grateful that people of Puri parliamentary constituency showered me with so much affection and as a token of thanks, I have decided to give my entire salary and allowances from Parliament to CM Relief Fund so that it can be used for people of Puri.
JUST IN | Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting begins at party office
Former PM Manmohan Singh, P Chidambaram, Siddaramaiah, Ghulam Nabi Azad, Mallikarjun Kharge and Punjab CM Captain Amarinder Singh have also arrived for Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting.
JUST IN | UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi arrives for Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting. (ANI)
PM Narendra Modi will be in Gujarat tomorrow evening to seek the blessings of his mother after his BJP-led NDA returned to power with a massive majority in the Lok Sabha elections.
On Monday, he will be in Varanasi, the LS seat he retained in the elections by a margin of 4.79 lakh votes.
After a humiliating defeat in the Lok Sabha polls, top Congress leaders will deliberate on party losses at a meeting of the working committee slated today in which party chief Rahul Gandhi is likely to offer his resignation. (PTI)
Union Minister and Lok Janshakti Party chief Ram Vilas Paswan has mocked the Congress for eyeing the prime minister's post, but ending up with a tally which falls short to even help it get the chair of leader of the opposition.
Suspended TMC MLA Subhrangshu Roy to join BJP

Suspended TMC MLA Subhrangshu Roy has said he would join the BJP within a few days, a "new innings" in which he will be able to "breathe freely".
The Trinamool Congress earlier on May 24 suspended Roy for six years for anti-party comments.
Subhrangshu, the TMC legislator from Bijpur, is the son of BJP leader Mukul Roy. (PTI)
EC likely to meet today to finalise list of winning candidates

With the last of the Lok Sabha election results pouring in yesterday, the Election Commission is likely to meet today to finalise the list of winning candidates to be handed over to President Ram Nath Kovind, sources said. (PTI)
President Ram Nath Kovind today hosted a banquet in honour of the outgoing Union Council of Ministers, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, at the Rashtrapati Bhavan. (Image: Twitter/@rashtrapatibhvn)
JUST IN | Odisha Governor Ganeshi Lal accepts the resignation of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and his council of Ministers in order to enable the formation of a new Council of Ministers following the Assembly Elections held in April-May 2019.
JUST IN | Union Cabinet passes resolution to dissolve the 16th Lok Sabha.