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TopicLok Sabha election results

Topic: Lok Sabha election results

Why 2024 marks the return of state politics to the Centre


In the 1990s and early 2000s, Indian voters started voting in the national election as if they were choosing their chief minister. It changed in 2014 with the rise of Modi.

The biggest story for the BJP and all political parties is that India is still a poor country

The jolt to the BJP’s politics is so severe that if and when the NDA government is formed, Modi will have to reset his image before he could resurrect the BJP.

Mukhtar Ansari’s brother and SP candidate Afzal leads in UP’s Ghazipur by 60,000+ votes

The shadow of slain gangster-turned-politician Mukhtar Anzari haunts Ghazipur as sitting MP Afzal Ansari fights BJP’s Parasnath Rai.

Modi regains lead after briefly trailing Congress’s Ajay Rai by 6,000 votes in Varanasi

Early trends showed PM Narendra Modi trailing Ajay Rai of the Congress in Varanasi. Reacting to the trends, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh wrote on X, 'This is what is called a trailer!'

Not just Modi’s personality, this key factor was behind BJP’s massive win in 2019 elections

Perceptions around BJP’s performance were hardly enough to put it on driving seat. And yet it got 50% votes in more than 200 constituencies.

Priyanka’s presence did Congress little good but helped BJP gain 5 seats in eastern UP

The Congress just about improved its 2014 vote share of 5.39% to 7.96% in the 41 seats of eastern UP but its presence stopped SP-BSP from winning in 5 seats.

Congress-JD(S) is the villain in the disastrous performance of their alliance in Karnataka

Against their expectations of getting between 10-14 seats, the Congress-JD(S) alliance is leading in just two of Karnataka's 28 seats.

AAP headed for wipeout in Delhi, leads in just 1 Punjab seat

Arvind Kejriwal’s ruling AAP is not even the No.2 party on 4 of Delhi’s 7 seats, while in Punjab, only Bhagwant Mann is leading in Sangrur.

Yogendra Yadav live: BJP not only outsmarted SP-BSP caste combine, but also Yogi’s poor image

Uttar Pradesh is causing less damage to the BJP than everyone previously thought.

On Camera

India’s real estate will meet the reality of agentic AI

New Delhi: The outsourcing industry, India’s largest white-collar employer, is a juggernaut that has all but stopped moving. The dollar revenue at the top...

Adani’s giant copper plant hits technical setbacks in first year

The 500,000 tonne-per-year plant produced just 94,000 tonnes of refined copper from April 2025 to February this year.

Indian drone tech company ideaForge signs MoU with Japanese firm to develop next-gen AI powered drones

By pairing Indian drone engineering with Japanese semiconductor expertise, the two firms aim to develop more advanced autonomous systems tailored to both defence & commercial use.

Trump, Netanyahu’s Iran gamble: The regime change rebound

American objectives are unmet. They neither have muscle nor motivation to resume the war. As for Iran, the regime didn’t just survive, it’s now led by more radical individuals.