As Results Trickle In, A Look At Highest, Closest Victory Margins In 2019
NDTV
As per the Election Commission, a total of 8,360 candidates had their fate sealed in EVMs across all the 543 parliamentary constituencies in the country.
The counting of votes for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, conducted over seven polls from April 19 to June 1, is currently underway. As per the Election Commission, a total of 8,360 candidates had their fate sealed in EVMs across all the 543 parliamentary constituencies in the country. This time, a total of 64.2 crore voters, including 31.2 crore women, participated in the electoral process.
Let's now take a look at who secured the biggest and closest wins in the 2019 general elections in terms of votes.
During the 2019 polls, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader CR Patil almost shattered the all-time record of victory margin in a parliamentary election. Back then, he defeated his Congress rival in Gujarat's Navsari seat by 6.89 lakh votes, the highest in the 17th Lok Sabha.
Voting for the 288 seats in the Maharashtra Assembly - the last major election this year - took place in a single phase on Wednesday; the majority mark is 145.
The AAP surprised many by releasing an early-bird first list of 11 candidates - of whom three are recent joinees from the Congress and three from the BJP - for next year's Delhi Assembly election.
The builder said he got a video call from a man wearing a police uniform who claimed to be an officer from the Narcotics Control Bureau.
This tragedy is not an isolated incident, but emblematic of the broader devastation wrought by the ongoing conflict in Manipur
Senior police officer Dinesh P told the media that Katyal misused his contacts at St Stephen's and the connections he made during his stint in corporate affairs to drop names
Ajita Pandey, is a snake rescuer from Bilaspur, India. She has saved thousands of snakes, spreading awareness about their ecological value.
A Delhi court had issued an attachment order against Bikaner House in favour of Enviro Infra Engineers Pvt Ltd. The recovery amount from this heritage property is Rs 50 crore
Adani Group has asserted that these were mere allegations and must be seen only as that. It also said it would explore a legal course of action.
Telangana Chief Minister Revanth Reddy has ordered a thorough probe into the incident that occurred at Maganoor Zilla Parishad Government High School and sought a detailed report.
The Squirrel Cage Jail, an architectural marvel, is one of only three remaining revolving jails in the US, and it’s renowned for its eerie and unsettling design.
The possible involvement of an outsider in releasing the snake inside the train's coach is among the angles being investigated.