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IndiaJun 04, 2024

NDA leads with 290 seats, Smriti Irani trailing behind from Amethi

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is leading on more than 290 seats and the Congress-led INDIA bloc has gained traction on over 228 seats, defying exit poll predictions.Kishori Lal from Congress is currently in the lead with a margin of 62,802 votes. union minister Smriti Irani of the BJP is in second place. A tough fight between the NDA and the INDIA bloc is being witnessed in Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, and Tamil Nadu. BJP is trailing in Uttar Pradesh as the Samajwadi Party and Congress-led INDIA are leading in 42 seats, while BJP-led NDA is leading i
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IndiaJun 04, 2024

Charanjit Channi's victory in Jalandhar is certain, the number of votes is over 3 lakh

The results of the elections held on June 1 in 13 Lok Sabha seats in Punjab are being announced today. Its counting has started from 8 am. In the early trends, Congress candidate Charanjit Singh Channi is leading from Jalandhar. Congress candidate Charanjit Singh Channi is running ahead. Sushil Rinku is at number two, Pawan Kumar Tinu is at number three, Mahendra Singh KP is at number four and Balwinder Kumar is at number five. Charanjit Singh Channi's victory is certain, only the announcement remains. Charanjit Singh Channi has crossed the mark of 3 lakhs. Charanjit Channi is leading with a
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IndiaJun 04, 2024

Ferozepur: Sher Singh Ghubaya leading by 1054 votes

The trend of counting of votes at Ferozepur for Lok Sabha Elections-2024 shows Sher Singh Ghubaya from INC is leading. 29 candidates are contesting the Lok Sabha elections 2024 in Ferozepur Lok Sabha-10 Constituency. Nardev Singh Bobby Mann from SAD Polled 130104 votes, BJP's candidate Rana Gurmit Singh Sodhi Polled 129758, Jagdeep Singh Kaka Brar from AAP got 132542 and BSP's candidate Surinder Kamboj Polled 4176 votes.
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IndiaJun 04, 2024

The statement of Congress candidate Vijayinder Singla from Sri Anandpur Sahib came out

Counting of votes in Lok Sabha constituency Sri Anandpur Sahib continues continuously. Let us tell here that a total of 61.98 percent voting took place in Sri Anandpur Sahib. Strict security arrangements have been made for the counting of votes. Sri Anandpur Sahib - 67.79, Balachore - 64.34, Banga - 60.60, Chamkaur Sahib - 63.98, Garhshankar - 60.93, Kharar - 56.80, Nawanshahr - 60.50 Rupnagar - 67.18 and S.A.S. In Nagar- 60.16 percent votes were polled.Along with this, the statement of Vijayindra Singla has come out. They say that it is the mandate of the people that five-six rounds have take
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IndiaJun 04, 2024

Kangana Ranaut lead in Mandi with over 4 lakh votes

Actor-politician Kangana Ranaut is ahead of her nearest Congress rival Vikramaditya Singh in the Mandi Lok Sabha seat in Himachal Pradesh with more than 4 lakh ballots. As vote counting for the 2024 general elections is currently underway, Ranaut is ahead with 4,9,558 votes, according to the Election Commission of India's data of early leads. Meanwhile, Vikramaditya Singh, son of the late Virbhadra Singh, a six-time Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh, is in second place with 3,05,347 votes, the poll body revealed.
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IndiaJun 04, 2024

Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Results: Independent candidate from Faridkot Sarabjit Singh ahead, AAP's Karamjit Anmol behind

Counting of votes for Faridkot Lok Sabha seat continues continuously. Independent candidate Sarabjit Singh Khalsa is leading from Faridkot with 117444 votes. Aam Aadmi Party candidate Karamjit Singh Anmol is trailing behind. Karamjit Anmol got 76897 votes, Amarjit Sahoke got 52747 votes and Rajwinder Singh got 52286 votes. BJP candidate Hans Raj Hans got only 30613 votes. It is expected that the win-loss situation in Faridkot seat will be clear by afternoon. Faridkot Lok Sabha seat has Faridkot, Kotakpura, Jaito, Moga, Nihalsihanwala, Baghapurana, Giddarbaha, Rampuraful and Dharamkot assembly
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IndiaJun 04, 2024

Congress candidate Raj Babbar leading in Gurugram

Actor and Congress candidate Raj Babbar is leading with over 37698 votes in Gurugram, leaving behind BJP's Rao Inderjit Singh in the key Haryana seat.Singh is the sitting MP from the Gurgaon seat, pitted against the actor-turned-politician Babbar from Congress.Inderjit was in the Congress 10 years ago, but he joined the BJP during the 2014 general elections.Rao Inderjit Singh a veteran leader who has represented the Gurugram seat three times.
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IndiaJun 04, 2024

If I don't win the elections this time, I will quit politics: Neetu Shatar Wala

In Punjab, the passion of Neetu shutters to contest elections remains in discussion. From Jalandhar, the Neetu shutters have announced that they will not win the elections and quit politics this time. First of all Neetu Shatter Wale thanked all the voters who have voted for him.
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IndiaJun 04, 2024

Dr. Dharamvir Gandhi leads from Patiala seat

Counting of votes in 13 Lok Sabha seats of Punjab is going on. In the initial trends, Dr. Dharamvir Gandhi of Congress is leading from Patiala with 1352 votes. He has received 95,889 votes so far. Dr. Balbir Singh from Aam Aadmi Party leads with 90,785 and Praneet Kaur from BJP has got 94,565 votes. The main competition from here is among Praneet Kaur, Dr. Dharamvir Gandhi and Dr. Balbir. This year 63.63 percent voting took place in this seat, which is 4.15 percent less than last time's 67.78 percent.

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