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IndiaJun 04, 2024

Election Result 2024: Congress defeated BJP in Jalandhar seat. Overtook, Moon ahead in early trends

Counting of votes for Jalandhar Lok Sabha seat has started. First the ballot papers were counted, after which the EVM was opened. According to the first trend, Congress candidate and former CM Charanjit Singh Channi is leading. There are 9 assembly constituencies under this constituency, which include urban Jalandhar West, North, Central and Cantonment seats, while rural constituencies include Kartarpur, Adampur, Phillaur, Shahkot and Nakodar constituencies. The main contest from here is between Charanjit Singh Channi of Congress, Sushil Kumar Rinku of BJP and Pawan Kumar Tinu of AAP. Apart f
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IndiaJun 03, 2024

Congress leader Jairam Ramesh accused Amit Shah of influencing the election results

Before the counting of votes across the country, including Punjab, Congress leader Jairam Ramesh accused Union Home Minister Amit Shah of influencing the election results by threatening the district magistrates of 150 constituencies, but for the second day in a row, he told the Election Commission. They did not submit evidence in this regard, the Election Commission had given them a deadline of 7 pm today and said that if no concrete evidence is found, action will be taken. Jairam Ramesh had alleged on June 1 that Union Home Minister Amit Shah was calling and threatening the District Magistr
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IndiaJun 03, 2024

The results of 543 seats across the country including 13 Lok Sabha seats of Punjab will be released tomorrow

The results of 543 seats across the country including 13 Lok Sabha seats of Punjab are going to be released tomorrow. At the same time, in all the exit polls that have come before, the ruling BJP-led alliance NDA is expected to get a big victory. Most exit polls have predicted a return of the NDA with a victory of more than 350 seats. At the same time, News 24-Today Chanakya NDA. It is estimated to get more than 400 seats. The Congress-aligned opposition has rejected the survey and said India Alliance will win 295 seats. Congress leader Jairam Ramesh had accused Home Minister Amit Shah of cal
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IndiaJun 03, 2024

The resignation of Sheetal Angural who rebelled from the Aam Aadmi Party and joined the BJP was accepted

Sheetal Angural, MLA from Jalandhar West of Punjab, has received a big blow. Assembly Speaker Kultar Singh Sandhwa has accepted his resignation, Angural had applied to withdraw his resignation as soon as the elections were over. Along with this, the Jalandhar West seat has now become vacant. It may be mentioned that Sheetal Angural left the Aam Aadmi Party and joined the BJP on March 27, but as soon as the Lok Sabha elections ended, she left the Bharatiya Janata Party and removed the 'Modi da Parivar' tag from her social media page. put on When asked if he is still with the BJP, Angural refu
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IndiaJun 01, 2024

Exit poll: Congress may win 6-8 seats in Punjab

The exit poll for the Punjab Lok Sabha elections 2024 was announced on Saturday. According to exit poll predictions by ABP Cvoter, AAP is likely to get 3-5 seats and SAD is poised to get 0 seats. Meanwhile, it predicted 1-3 seats for BJP and 6-8 seats for Congress. While Matrize and P MARQ predicted 1-4 seats for SAD and Two for others. In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the Congress had bagged eight of the 13 Lok Sabha seats with a voteshare of 40.12%. The SAD and the BJP, then fighting as allies, won two seats each with a vote share of 9.63 and 27.76%, respectively. The Aam Aadmi Party was dec
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IndiaJun 01, 2024

An APRO employee posted on duty in the polling staff died

In the midst of the elections in Jalandhar, an interesting news has come out from Nakodar. There has been news of the death of an APRO employee posted on duty in the polling staff at Nakodar. The deceased has been identified as Surinder Kumar, who is said to be a resident of Jalandhar. According to the information received, Surinder Kumar was on duty in Muhammad Bali School at booth number 85 of Nakodar. Surinder Kumar's health suddenly deteriorated while on duty. On the spot, he was taken to a hospital in Jalandhar, where the doctors declared him dead.
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IndiaJun 01, 2024

Exit Poll: NDA To Get Over 350 Seats, INDIA Bloc 125-150

Most exit polls are predicting the return of NDA with winning over 350 seats. This will be historic third term for Prime Minister Narendra Modi. INDIA bloc will be left far behind. India News- D-Dynamics, Republic Bharat- Matrize, Jan ki baat, Republic TV - P MARQ and India News poll strait are predicting a return of the Narendra Modi-led NDA government, winning over 350 seats, with the Opposition’s INDIA bloc managing somewhere between 125 and 150. In 2019, an average of 13 exit polls put the NDA’s combined tally at 306 and the UPA’s at 120 underestimating the NDA’s performance, whic
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IndiaJun 01, 2024

Lok Sabha Elections: 55.20 percent voting in Punjab till 5 pm

Punjab recorded a voter turnout of 55.20 per cent as of 5 pm. There are 13 lok sabha seats in punjab. INDIA bloc allies — the Congress and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) — are contesting separately while the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) are contesting the Lok Sabha polls on their own for the first time since 1996.
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IndiaJun 01, 2024

BJP will surely cross 400 mark: Amit Shah

The Bharatiya Janata Party led NDA is poised to cross the 400 seats mark as set by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, claimed Union home minister Amit Shah. Shah said people were turning out in great numbers to vote for the BJP as they want to see Narendra Modi as the Prime Minister of India for the third term. BJP's senior leader Shah made this claim during the Lok Sabha elections. The Lok Sabha Election Result 2024 will be announced on 4 June 2024 by the Election Commission of India.

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