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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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IndiaJun 04, 2024

Bhagwant Mann's 13-0 claim turned out to be a blow? Congress is making a bet

The counting of votes cast for the Lok Sabha elections has started. NDA is leading in early trends. Apart from this, the India alliance is also giving a strong fight. If we talk about Punjab, here the Congress is getting great response in the initial trends. In the initial trends, Congress is seen at the forefront and AAP is behind. Right now, the most talked about is Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann's claim of 13-0. Let us tell you that Mann had claimed that AAP will win all the Lok Sabha seats in Punjab, but the trends so far are pointing to something else. Congress, which won 8 seats last time
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IndiaJun 04, 2024

Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Results: Congress candidate from Ludhiana Raja Waring ahead in the first round

Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Results: Congress candidate from Ludhiana Raja Waring ahead in the first round Counting of votes in Ludhiana Lok Sabha seat of Punjab is going on. The first postal ballot has been counted. Raja Waring is leading his opponents by 1640 votes in the first round. BJP's Ravneet Singh Bittu is on the second number. It is expected that the win-loss situation in Ludhiana seat will be clear by 2 pm. Voting for this seat was held on June 1. 43 candidates are in the fray from here. Counting centers have been set up at 14 places. This time there is a three-way contest for the Ludh
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IndiaJun 04, 2024

NDA ahead in leads, INDIA beats predictions

The BJP-led National Democratic Alliance crossed the halfway mark of 272 in early trends, but appeared to be falling short of the overwhelming majority forecast by most exit polls, as vote count for the 543 Lok Sabha seats heated up on Tuesday. Defying predictions, the opposition INDIA bloc was putting up a spirited fight with a strong showing in the bellwether state of Uttar Pradesh. Early leads show the NDA, which already has one seat in its kitty after the BJP candidate won unopposed in Surat, leading on 289 seats. On the other hand, the INDIA bloc was ahead in 225 seats.
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IndiaJun 04, 2024

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Cabinet Minister Gurmeet Singh Meethair leads from Sangrur by 50 thousand votes

The counting of Lok Sabha elections has started. Simranjit Singh Mann of Shiromani Akali Dal Amritsar from Sangrur seat is the current Member of Parliament, who re-entered Parliament after defeating Aam Aadmi Party in the by-election in 2022. In the first trends of this time's election results, Aam Aadmi Party candidate Gurmeet Singh Meet Hair is leading. The current MP Simranjit Singh Mann is running at number two and Congress candidate Sukhpal Khaira is running at number three. Gurmeet Singh Meet Hair ahead with 50 thousand votes Gurmeet Singh Meet Hair (AAP) - 108764 Simranjit Singh Mann S

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