Home Minister Amit Shah claims BJP has a lead on at least 190 seats after the first three phases of the seven-phase Lok Sabha elections 2024. He adds, Telangana, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, and Kerala together will make BJP the biggest party in the south, while their other biggest wins will be in East and Northeast. In 2019, the southern states voted poorly in favour of the BJP, with Kerala giving zero seats to BJP.