The political parties have intensified their efforts for the formation of a government after announcement of results for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.

The BJP led NDA has secured absolute majority in the General Elections by winning 292 seats. Results of all 543 Lok Sabha seats have been declared. The BJP alone has secured 240 seats. Telugu Desam Party won 16 seats and JD(U) 12.

The I.N.D.I.A bloc has bagged 233 seats. Others have won 18 seats in the lower house of Parliament.

The Congress secured 99 seats. Samajwadi Party got 37 seats while Trinamool Congress 29. DMK managed to win 22 seats.  

Union Cabinet meeting was held at Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s residence in New Delhi today. Union Ministers Amit Shah, Nitin Gadkari, Rajnath Singh and other cabinet ministers were present in the meeting. The meeting came a day after NDA’s victory in the Lok Sabha polls.

A meeting of BJP led NDA alliance MPs is expected to take place on Friday in New Delhi. Newly elected MPs of BJP, TDP, JDU, LJP (R), Shiv Sena (Shinde Faction) and other constituents parties of NDA are likely to attend the meeting.

Meanwhile, the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is scheduled to meet in New Delhi today to chalk out the future course of action to form the government under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the third consecutive term.

Telugu Desam Party (TDP) Chief N Chandrababu Naidu also held a press conference at his residence in Amaravati in Andhra Pradesh this morning before leaving for Delhi to attend the NDA meeting. Mr Naidu thanked the people of the state for giving TDP a historic victory. He reiterated that this victory is the combined efforts of TDP, Jana Sena and the BJP. He also said that NDA will usher in prosperity for Andhra Pradesh.

Meanwhile, INDIA bloc meeting is also scheduled to be held in the national capital this evening.  In a social media post, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge said that Alliance leaders will be meeting at 6 PM to discuss the election results and strategy thereafter.  

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has arrived in New Delhi. He is scheduled to participate in the NDA alliance meeting. On being asked about the government formation, Nitish Kumar said that the government will be formed now. JDU MP Sanjay Jha who was accompanying Mr Kumar said NDA has emerged victorious in Bihar. He also added that Mr Kumar will attend the NDA meeting this evening.  

Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) leader Chirag Paswan has also arrived in New Delhi to attend the NDA meeting. His party has bagged five seats in the Lok Sabha elections from Bihar.

The JD(U) today said that it fully supports the Narendra Modi-led NDA alliance. On being asked if the party will consider switching sides under any circumstances, Party spokesperson K C Tyagi said that the reasons JDU came out of the I.N.D.I.A bloc still exist and there is no question of going back.

Mr Tyagi also said that his party seeks special status for the development of Bihar. He also alleged that I.N.D.I.A bloc has become the Centre of rumour mongering and neither Congress nor I.N.D.I.A bloc  has the numbers to form the government.

Meanwhile, RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav also arrived in the national capital to attend the INDIA bloc meeting. He told the media that voting in the Lok Sabha polls was held to safeguard the Constitution and Democracy. He also said, they would see what is decided after the INDIA bloc meeting in the evening.

Prominent candidates who have won include Prime Minister and BJP leader Narendra Modi from Varanasi, Union Ministers Amit Shah from Gandhinagar, Arjun Ram Meghwal from Bikaner, Gajendra Singh Shekhawat from Jodhpur,  Jyotiraditya M. Scindia from Guna and BJP leader Om Birla, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi from both Rae Bareli and Wayanad, Samajwadi Party leader Dimple Yadav from Mainpuri seat and Shatrughan Sinha of TMC from Asansol.

Prominent Candidates who have lost include BJP leader and Union Minister Arjun Munda from Khunti and Smriti Irani from Amethi, National Conference leader Omar Abdullah from Baramullah and PDP leader Mehbooba Mufti from Anantnag seat.

In Uttar Pradesh, out of 80 constituencies, Samajwadi Party has won 37, the BJP 33, Congress six, and Rashtriya Lok Dal two. No BSP candidate managed to win the election in the state.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has won from Varanasi defeating Ajay Rai of Congress by a margin of more than 1 lakh 50 thousand votes. Rajnath Singh of BJP won his Lucknow seat by over one lakh 35,000 votes.

Congress leader, Rahul Gandhi has been declared elected from Rae Bareli seat defeating BJP rival Dinesh Pratap Singh by a margin of over 3 lakh 90 thousand votes. Akhilesh Yadav of Samajwadi Party has won in Kannauj.

Other Prominent winners of BJP include Dr. Mahesh Sharma from Gautam Buddha Nagar, Jitin Prasad from Pilibhit, Swami Sachchidanand Hari Sakshi from Unnao, Arun Govil from Meerut, Hema Malini from Mathura and Ravi Kishan from Gorakhpur.

Smriti Irani of the BJP has lost to Kishori Lal of Congress in Amethi and Ajay Kumar of BJP to Utkarsh Verma ‘Madhur’ of Samajwadi Party in Kheri. Maneka Gandhi of BJP has also lost to Rambhual Nishad of Samajwadi Party in Sultanpur constituency.  

In Bihar, out of 40 Lok Sabha constituencies the BJP and the Janata Dal (United) have won 12 seats each. Dr. Sanjay Jaiswal, Radha Mohan Singh, Giriraj Singh and Ravi Shankar Prasad are among winning BJP leaders. While, Congress candidates Manoj Kumar, Tariq Anwar and Mohammad Jawed have won their elections. Lok Janshakti Party (Ramvilas) has won five seats, Rashtriya Janata Dal four seats, Congress three and CPIM (ML) has won two seats.

In Delhi, BJP have won on all seven seats. Bansuri Swaraj won from New Delhi seat beating Somnath Bharti of AAP, Praveen Khandelwal secured Chandni chowk seat defeating Congress leader Jai Prakash Agarwal. Ramvir Singh Bidhuri won from South Delhi. Manoj Tiwari defeated Kanhaiya Kumar of Congress by more than one lakh 38 thousand votes. Harsh Malhotra has won East Delhi seat, Kamaljeet Sehrawat has won West Delhi seats and Yogendra Chandoliya won from North-West Delhi seat.

In Punjab, out of all 13 seats. Congress has won 7, Aam Aadmi Party 3, Shiromani Akali Dal 1 and Independent 2 seats.

In Haryana, BJP and Congress haver won five seats each.  

In lone Lok Sabha seat in Chandigarh, Congress candidate Manish Tewari has won against BJP candidate Sanjay Tandon.

Out of five seats in Jammu and Kashmir, BJP and the National Conference have won two seats each while Independent candidate has one seat. National Conference candidate and former Chief Minister Omar Abdullah was defeated by Independent candidate Engineer Sheikh Rashid in Baramullah Lok Sabha seat. BJP candidate and Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh won Udhampur Parliamentary seat. PDP leader Mehbooba Mufti was defeated by National Conference candidate Mian Altaf Ahmad in Anantnag-Rajouri constituency.

In lone Parliamentary seat in Ladakh, Independent candidate Haji Hanifa has been declared elected.  

In Himachal Pradesh, the BJP has won all four Lok Sabha seats. Winning candidates include Union Minister Anurag Singh Thakur and actress Kangana Ranaut.

In Uttarakhand, the BJP has bagged all five Lok Sabha seats.

In Rajasthan, result of all 25 Lok Sabha seats has been declared. BJP has won 14 seats and 8 seats have gone in favour of Congress. CPI(M), Rashtriya Loktantrik Party and Bharat Adiwasi Party have bagged one seat each.

In Gujarat, the BJP has registered massive win by securing 25 seats out of total 26. One seat has gone to the Congress.

In Maharashtra, out of 48 seats, the BJP has won 9 seats, Congress 13, Shiv Sena (Uddhav) 9, Shiv Sena (SHS) 7, NCP (Pawar) 8, NCP one and Independent one.  

In Goa, Congress has won the South Goa seat, while BJP has bagged the North Goa seat.

In Madhya Pradesh, BJP has made clean sweep by winning all the 29 seats.

In Chhattisgarh, the BJP has won 10 seats and one seat has gone to Congress.

In Odisha, BJP has made impressive show as it won 20 seats while the Congress just managed to win single seat. BJD failed to open its account.  

In Jharkhand, Lok Sabha elections were held for 14 seats. BJP has won eight seats, AJSU Party -one, JMM-three and the Congress two.

In West Bengal, Trinamool Congress has bagged 29 seats. Abhishek Banerjee, Kirti Jha Azad and Shatrughan Prasad Sinha are prominent winners.

In Assam, BJP has won 9 seats. Its candidate and Union Minister Sarbananda Sonowal has got Dibrugarh seat. Congress has won 3 seats, followed by United People’s Party (Liberal) and Asom Gana Parishad won one seat each.

All the two seats in Tripura has gone in favour of the BJP.

In Arunachal Pradesh, BJP candidate and Union Minister Kiren Rijiju has won Arunachal West Parliamentary constituency while party candidate Tapir Gao defeated his nearest Congress rival in Arunachal East. In Manipur, Congress has won both the seats.  

In Mizoram, Richard Vanlalhmangaiha of Zoram People’s Movement (ZPM) defeated  his nearest rival K. Vanlalvena of Mizo National Front by over 68 thousand votes.

Lone Nagaland seat has gone in favour of  Congress candidate S.S Jamir.

In Meghalaya, Congress candidate Saleng A Sangma has won Tura seat defeating Agatha Sangma of National People’s party. Voice of the Pepole Party candidate Dr. Ricky Andrew J Singkon has bagged Shillong.    

Sikkim Krantikari Morcha (SKM) candidate Indra Hang Subba has won in lone Sikkim Lok Sabha seat.

In Andaman and Nicobar Islands, BJP candidate Bishnu Pada Ray won lone Parliamentary seat.

BJP candidate Kalaben Delkar has won Dadra and Nagar Haveli seat, while Independent candidate Umeshbhai Babubhai Patel has won Daman and Diu Lok Sabha seat.  

In Andhra Pradesh, out of 25 Lok Sabha Constituencies, TDP has got 16 seats. BJP 3, YSRCP four and Jan Sena Party two.

In Telangana, out of 17 Lok Sabha Constituencies, BJP and Congress have secured 8 seats each and AIMIM has one.

In Tamil Nadu, out of 39 Lok Sabha Constituencies, DMK has won 22 seats. Congress 9 and Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK), CPI and CPI (M) two seats each.

Congress candidate V. Vaithilingam registered win in the lone Lok Sabha seat in Union Territory of  Puducherry.

In Kerala, the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) has registered a clean sweep with a clear lead in 18 of 20 Lok Sabha seats. First time in the history, BJP has opened its Lok Sabha account in the state with Suresh Gopi’s win in Thrissur. The CPI(M)-led LDF has won only one seat in Alathur constituency.

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi has retained his Wayanad constituency with over three lakh fifty thousand votes over his nearest rival Union Minister and BJP candidate of Thiruvananthapuram constituency Rajeev Chandrasekhar conceded defeat to Congress’s Shashi Tharoor for more than 15000 votes.

In Karnataka, out of 28 Lok Sabha Constituencies, BJP has won 17 seats. Congress 9 and JDS two.

In Odisha, ruling BJD has faced defeat in all constituencies while BJP showing its impressive performance has secured 20 seats. Congress just managed only one.

Meanwhile, in Odisha Assembly elections, the BJP has secured majority by winning 78 seats out of 147 members house, while the Telugu Desam Party has secured absolute majority in the Andhra Pradesh Assembly elections by wining 135 seats out of 175 members house.

It is worth recalling that results of 25 Assembly bye-election have also been declared. Out of these, the BJP secured 11 seats; Congress seven; Samajwadi Party and Trinamool Congress two each; CPI(ML), JMM and BAP one seat each.