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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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IndiaJun 04, 2024

Lok Sabha Elections: Harsimrat Badal ahead with 62808 votes in Bathinda

The counting of votes has started in the Bathinda Lok Sabha seat and the trends are continuously emerging. Harsimrat Kaur Badal is leading in this seat after the fifth round, while AAP's Gurmeet Singh Khudiya is second. There is going to be a very exciting competition during the Lok Sabha elections. Among the 13 Lok Sabha seats of Punjab, Bathinda is included in the list of hot seats. The reason for this is that former Union Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal is a candidate from here. All the members of the Badal family, who have a big influence in the politics of the state, were defeated in the l
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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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