As the Lok Sabha election results are being counted, the BJP has gained a lead in all the seven seats in Delhi, leaving behind Arvind Kejriwal's AAP and the Congress party. In seats ranging from East Delhi, North East Delhi to South Delhi and New Delhi, all of BJP's candidates are leading in the race.
From North East Delhi, which is a contest between political heavyweights, Manoj Tiwari, who is BJP's state unit chief is leading with Congress's Delhi chief and former chief minister Sheila Dikshit, trailing behind. In East Delhi, which saw a controversial campaign between AAP's Atishi and BJP's Gautam Gambhir, Mr Gambhir is leading as well. Punjabi folk singer and BJP candidate from North West Delhi, Hans Raj Hans is leading against AAP's Gugan Singh and Congress's Rajesh Lilothia.
From New Delhi constituency, BJP's sitting lawmaker is leading against Congress's Ajay Maken and AAP's Brijesh Goyal. From South Delhi, BJP's Ramesh Bidhuri is leading against AAP's Raghav Chadha and boxer and Congress candidate Vijender Singh.
BJP's Delhi chief Manoj Tiwari has expressed confidence of the BJP winning more than 350 seats.
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The BJP is leading in all seven Lok Sabha seats in Delhi, in what seems to be a repeat of its performance in the 2014 general elections, when it swept the national capital. Three of the BJP's seven candidates are leading with a margin over 2.4 lakh votes over the Congress and Aam Aadmi Party candidates.
I congratulate Sh Narendra Modi for this historic win and look forward to working together for the betterment of the people of Delhi.
- Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) May 23, 2019
"I congratulate Prime Minister Modi on the electoral victory of BJP and allies. Look forward to working with him for peace, progress and prosperity in South Asia," tweeted Imran Khan, a former cricketer who became Pakistan's Prime Minister in August last year." it
Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said "India's wins yet again" after the BJP's massive victory in the national election.
As per the Election Commission website, all BJP candidates have comfortable leads in all the seven seats ensuring victory for the party.
In North East Delhi, the sitting MP and chief of Delhi BJP unit, Manoj Tiwari, is leading by over 2.5 lakh votes against the three-time former chief minister Sheila Dikshit, reported news agency ANI.
Cricketer-turned-politician Gautam Gambhir of BJP is leading by over 2 lakh votes in East Delhi, leaving behind Arvinder Singh Lovely of Congress and Atishi of AAP, reported ANI.
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Perhaps in one of their bleakest political moments, the Gandhis - Congress president Rahul Gandhi, his mother Sonia Gandhi and sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra - held a meeting on Thursday to discuss the party's debacle, the second in a row after 2014.
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Ms Dikshit is currently trailing behind Manoj Tiwari from the Delhi constituency.
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hearty congratulations ... You made it !!! God bless.
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As the BJP heads for a thumping victory, Twitter exploded with a number of trends welcoming back Prime Minister Narendra Modi for a second term. BJP is headed for a victory bigger than in 2014 - being set to cross the 300 mark on its own - as leads showed a NDA sweep in the national elections.
As the BJP headed for a landslide victory and a second term riding on a stunning performance in states like Bengal, Mamata Banerjee said: "Congratulations to the winners. But all losers are not losers."
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Mr Sharma has polled 98,993 votes so far across the five assembly segments of Noida, Jewar, Dadri, Sikandrabad and Khurja that constitute the Gautam Buddh Nagar parliamentary seat, it said.
Although the counting was in progress, the trends released by the Election Commission for all 542 seats that went to the polls indicated the BJP was leading on 290 seats while the Congress on only 52 seats.
The party has planned a huge gathering for a grand welcome for Narendra Modi as it has invited people to reach its headquarters in large numbers.
"You are invited to join BJP's victory celebrations at BJP headquarters at 6/A Deendayal Upadhyay Marg," the message read.
BJP chief Amit Shah is also likely to reach the party headquarters around 2 p.m.
Parliamentary Borad, the BJP's highest decision making body, is also to meet late in the evening or on Friday, a party official said.
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He is pitted against Congress heavyweight and former union minister Jai Prakash Agarwal from Chandhi Chowk.
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"Prime Minister Narendra Modi -- Many Congratulations for securing such a big victory for the BJP. I am thankful to the people," Ms Swaraj tweeted.
Amid a devastating outlook for the Congress as votes were counted on Thursday in the national election, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra was seen driving to the home in Delhi of her brother Rahul Gandhi, the party chief.
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"Last time, the nation was looking for hope and made the BJP win with around 300 seats. But, this time, it is all about people''s trust in Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and they all are happy with his performance. I am sure we will come to power with over 350 seats," Mr Tiwari told ANI.
On Monday, the Sensex registered its biggest single-day gain since September 2013 after exit polls showed the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) party led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi will retain power for a second consecutive term.
As per the early trends for the Lok Sabha election results, BJP candidate Gautam Gambhir is leading from East Delhi.
The people's verdict on who rules the world's largest democracy for the next five years, will soon be known as counting of votes started for the general elections, held after the most polarised campaign the country has seen. Prime Minister Narendra Modi - whose BJP became the first party to gain majority on its own in three decades - seeks a second term in power in face of challenge from a re-energised Congress under Rahul Gandhi and 21 other opposition parties. Exit polls have predicted that the BJP would retain power with a comfortable majority. The opposition has pointed out that the exit polls often get it wrong. Elections were held on 542 of the 543 Lok Sabha seats and a party or alliance needs 272 seats to form government.
The BJP, confident of winning the national election and returning to power with a huge majority, has asked some 20,000 workers to come to the party headquarters in Delhi this evening. The large gathering is being planned for a grand welcome for Prime Minister Narendra Modi, said party leaders.
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"The results will be definitely in favour of Congress. We are expecting that Congress will win and form the government. Rahul Gandhi will be the PM. The fight in Delhi is between BJP and Congress," Mr Maken told ANI.
Pitted against BJP's Meenakshi Lekhi, Maken is eyeing to wrestle back the New Delhi Lok Sabha seat, which he lost to Lekhi in 2014 general elections.
The Congress leader met supporters at his office ahead of the counting and expressed confidence that his party will form the government at the centre even as several exit polls predict victory for the Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led NDA government.
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Mr Maken is contesting in New Delh against BJP's Meenakshi Lekhi and AAP's Brijesh Goyal.
Election Result: Post the exit poll results Sunday, celebrations are in full swing for the BJP as the ruling party in Delhi has started already begun preparations even before the Lok Sabha election results are announced tomorrow.
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Election Result 2019: The people's verdict on who rules the world's largest democracy for the next five years, will soon be known as counting of votes begin today for the general elections, held after the most polarized campaign the country has seen. Prime Minister Narendra Modi -- whose BJP became the first party to gain majority on its own in three decades -- seeks a second term in power in face of challenge from a re-energised Congress under Rahul Gandhi and 21 other opposition parties. Exit polls have predicted that the BJP would retain power with a comfortable majority. The opposition has pointed out that the exit polls often get it wrong.
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