Lok Sabha Election Results 2019 LIVE Updates | EC likely to meet today to finalise list of winning candidates

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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.
JUST IN | Union Cabinet meeting has begun.
PM Modi to call on President Ram Nath Kovind later today

After winning a historic mandate, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet President Ram Nath Kovind later today. Earlier in the day, he met senior BJP leaders LK Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi at their residences.
Only one Left candidate manages to secure deposit in West Bengal

All but one Left Front candidate now have the ignominy of losing their security deposit in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls in West Bengal, a state which it had ruled continuously for 34 years till 2011.

Except CPI(M)'s Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya, who got 21.04 per cent of the votes polled in Jadavpur, no other Left candidate has been able to achieve the required 16.6 per cent of the votes to retain their deposit money of Rs 25,000 each, according to EC data.
Mamata Banerjee is a vindictive woman: BJP MP from Barrackpore

Arjun Singh, elected BJP MP from Barrackpore, said, "Mamata Banerjee is a vindictive woman, if you are with her your are right, if you're not with her you're wrong. She knew if I leave it will be a big setback for her and it is evident. That is why she resorted to violence."
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Senior Congress leader Digvijaya Singh who lost to BJP's Pragya Singh Thakur from Bhopal LS constituency: Today in this country, the ideology of the killer of Mahatma Gandhi won, and the ideology of Gandhi lost. This is a cause of concern for me.
JUST IN | NDA Parliamentary meet tomorrow at 5pm
JUST IN | Official EC results for Odisha Assembly results: BJD wins 112 seats, BJP wins 23 seats, Congress wins 9 seats, CPI(M) & an independent candidate win 1 seat each.
JUST IN | DMK Parliamentary Committee meeting to be held at the party headquarters in Chennai at 5 pm tomorrow, ANI has reported.
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The Karnataka government is reportedly on the brink after the Congress-JD(S) combine failed to consolidate a significant number of votes in the state. Even though former chief minister and Congress leader Siddaramaiah has ensured that there is no threat to the government.

An informal cabinet meeting has been called to take stock of the election results, incumbent Deputy Chief G Parameshwara said. In the press briefing, he said that all MLAs are together and there is no threat to the state government.
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Congress Uttar Pradesh Chief Raj Babbar sends his resignation to party chief Rahul Gandhi over poor performance of the party in these elections.
41,781 voters opted for NOTA in Haryana, maximum 7,943 in Ambala

Over 41,000 voters pressed the none of the above (NOTA) button in the Lok Sabha polls in Haryana where the ruling BJP won all 10 seats.
The share of NOTA in Haryana was 0.68 per cent of the total votes polled, as per the Election Commission data.
The maximum number of voters who opted for NOTA were in Ambala (7,943) while the least were in Bhiwani-Mahendergarh (2,041).
61/69: BJP score in three Hindi heartland states that Congress won five months ago

The BJP has won 61 of 65 Lok Sabha seats in the three Hindi heartland states of Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan that the Congress won in the Assembly polls barely five months ago.
The saffron party has bagged 28 of 29 seats in Madhya Pradesh, 24 of 25 in Rajasthan and nine of 11 in Chhattisgarh.
The Congress, its main competitor, has been wiped out in the three states it governs.
JUST IN | Yogendra Mishra, President of District Congress Committee, Amethi, resigns from the post taking responsibility for the defeat.
PM Narendra Modi and BJP chief Amit Shah called on party veterans LK Advani and Murli Manohar Joshi, a day after the party-led NDA returned to power at the Centre with a massive mandate.
UPDATE | As the Election Commission of India has declared results of 540 Lok Sabha constituencies, BJP's tally has reached to 302 seats and is leading on one. The second largest party is the Congress, which is far behind the saffron party with bagging just 52, according to the latest data shared by.
BJP gets over 58% vote share in Rajasthan

The BJP, which won 24 of the 25 Lok Sabha seats in Rajasthan where it had lost the 2018 assembly polls to the Congress, saw its vote share increase from 54.94 percent in 2014 to 58.5 percent in this general election.
The saffron party had contested on 24 seats and its ally Rastriya Loktantrik Party (RLP) on one seat, which it won.
The Congress, which could not win a single Lok Sabha constituency in the desert state, also witnessed an increase in vote share from 30.36 percent in 2014 to 34.2 percent this time, according to Election Commission data.