Congress Lok Sabha Elections 2019

The most fascinating aspect of this election is that the Congress, which was routed in most direct contests with the BJP in 2019, has come out strong this time, winning almost 30% of such seats.

As many as 24 Muslim candidates across the country have won the Lok Sabha elections and they include former cricketer Yusuf Pathan of the Trinamool Congress from Bahrampur in West Bengal and Congress' Rakibul Hussain from Dhubri in Assam.

After the Congress registered significant growth from its 2014 and 2019 Lok Sabha election numbers, party leader Shashi Tharoor said on Wednesday that people wanted change, and it reflected in the votes.

Election Results 2024: However, even after a single-digit performance, Congress leaders are happy that they could take back 9 seats won by the BJP in the 2019 General Election.

In 2019, the BJP secured a resounding victory in Uttar Pradesh, capturing 62 out of 80 seats. However, in the latest elections, the party experienced a significant reduction in its seat tally, managing to secure only 33 seats.

Women candidates such as Congress' Kumari Selja, the BJP's Kangana Ranaut and Hema Malini, Samajwadi Party's Dimple Yadav and RJD's Misa Bharti won in their respective constituencies in the general elections.

The BJP's vote share suffered a decline this time while the Congress and the Samajwadi party garnered more votes compared to what they did in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, according to the latest Election Commission data on Tuesday.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, who is headed to a gigantic victory in Uttar Pradesh's Rae Bareli, has surpassed his mother Sonia Gandhi's 2019 victory margin.

Lok Sabha Election 2024 Results LIVE: The Congress is on course to win over 100 Lok Sabha seats - after winning just 44 in 2014 and 52 in the 2019 election.

The BJP, which won all seven Delhi Lok Sabha seats both in 2014 and 2019, was yet again leading on all seven seats in the national capital after 10 hours of counting.

As of 9:45 pm, the Trinamool Congress has won 22 of the 42 seats and is leading in seven other seats in the state. The BJP has won six seats and are leading in six others. The Congress has won one seat.

There are six battleground states in the 2024 election accounting for 259 seats - almost half of the Lok Sabha strength. In 2019, the NDA won 196 of these seats.

This was one of the tougher phases for the BJP in 2019 as it could win just 44% of the seats on offer.

Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge has backed the INDIA bloc to come up trumps against the BJP in the 2024 Lok Sabha election, arguing that mega wins in 2014 and 2019 - in which it scored 282 and 303 seats - meant it had reached a saturation point.

The Congress believes it has a good chance to net a few seats in Haryana, while the BJP reckons that the leads it secured in 2014 and 2019 would be difficult to bridge.

The most fascinating aspect of this election is that the Congress, which was routed in most direct contests with the BJP in 2019, has come out strong this time, winning almost 30% of such seats.

As many as 24 Muslim candidates across the country have won the Lok Sabha elections and they include former cricketer Yusuf Pathan of the Trinamool Congress from Bahrampur in West Bengal and Congress' Rakibul Hussain from Dhubri in Assam.

After the Congress registered significant growth from its 2014 and 2019 Lok Sabha election numbers, party leader Shashi Tharoor said on Wednesday that people wanted change, and it reflected in the votes.

Election Results 2024: However, even after a single-digit performance, Congress leaders are happy that they could take back 9 seats won by the BJP in the 2019 General Election.

In 2019, the BJP secured a resounding victory in Uttar Pradesh, capturing 62 out of 80 seats. However, in the latest elections, the party experienced a significant reduction in its seat tally, managing to secure only 33 seats.

Women candidates such as Congress' Kumari Selja, the BJP's Kangana Ranaut and Hema Malini, Samajwadi Party's Dimple Yadav and RJD's Misa Bharti won in their respective constituencies in the general elections.

The BJP's vote share suffered a decline this time while the Congress and the Samajwadi party garnered more votes compared to what they did in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, according to the latest Election Commission data on Tuesday.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, who is headed to a gigantic victory in Uttar Pradesh's Rae Bareli, has surpassed his mother Sonia Gandhi's 2019 victory margin.

Lok Sabha Election 2024 Results LIVE: The Congress is on course to win over 100 Lok Sabha seats - after winning just 44 in 2014 and 52 in the 2019 election.

The BJP, which won all seven Delhi Lok Sabha seats both in 2014 and 2019, was yet again leading on all seven seats in the national capital after 10 hours of counting.

As of 9:45 pm, the Trinamool Congress has won 22 of the 42 seats and is leading in seven other seats in the state. The BJP has won six seats and are leading in six others. The Congress has won one seat.

There are six battleground states in the 2024 election accounting for 259 seats - almost half of the Lok Sabha strength. In 2019, the NDA won 196 of these seats.

This was one of the tougher phases for the BJP in 2019 as it could win just 44% of the seats on offer.

Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge has backed the INDIA bloc to come up trumps against the BJP in the 2024 Lok Sabha election, arguing that mega wins in 2014 and 2019 - in which it scored 282 and 303 seats - meant it had reached a saturation point.

The Congress believes it has a good chance to net a few seats in Haryana, while the BJP reckons that the leads it secured in 2014 and 2019 would be difficult to bridge.