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Congratulations to Prime Minister @NarendraModi and his BJP party on their BIG election victory! Great things are in store for the US-India partnership with the return of PM Modi at the helm. I look forward to continuing our important work together!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 23, 2019
Now, the time has come to take the Chowkidar Spirit to the next level.
— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) May 23, 2019
Keep this spirit alive at every moment and continue working for India’s progress.
The word ‘Chowkidar’ goes from my Twitter name but it remains an integral part of me. Urging you all to do the same too!
Congress President Rahul Gandhi said that they will accept the people's verdict with humility.
“Today it doesn't matter what I think is wrong. What matters is that the people of India have decided that Narendra Modi should be Prime Minister. And as an Indian I fully respect that,” Gandhi said in a press conference.
Chinese President Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu were among the global leaders who congratulated Modi as he looked set to return to power.
President Xi extended "heartfelt" congratulations to Prime Minister Modi on his election victory and vowed to work with him to take the bilateral ties to a new height. “I attach great importance to the development of China-India relations and would like to work with you to guide the development directions of the bilateral relations, enhance mutual political trust, expand pragmatic cooperation and promote the closer developmental partnership between the two countries to a new height,” Xi wrote in a letter to Modi, according to PTI.
Putin congratulated Modi on the convincing victory of his party in the elections and expressed his readiness to work together to build up the full range of bilateral relations.
“I am convinced that, as the Prime Minister of India, you will further strengthen the centuries-old friendship between our peoples and the all-round development of a particularly privileged strategic partnership between Russia and India,” Putin said in a congratulatory message.
Japanese Prime Minister Abe Shinzo called Prime Minister Modi and congratulated him for the resounding victory of his party in the elections. During the conversation, both leaders noted the advances made in the bilateral relationship in the last five years and reiterated their commitment towards further strengthening ties, PTI reported.
Netanyahu congratulated Modi and vowed to strengthen their "great friendship" as well as bilateral ties.
“The election results are a re-approval of your leadership and the way you lead the world's greatest democracy. Together we will continue to strengthen the great friendship between us and India and Israel and lead it to new heights,” Netanyahu tweeted in Hebrew, Hindi and English.
Afghanistan President Ashraf Ghani congratulated Modi on a strong mandate and said the government and the people of Afghanistan look forward to expanding cooperation between the two democracies in pursuit of regional cooperation, peace and prosperity for all of South Asia.
Nepalese Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli congratulated his Indian counterpart and hoped to work closely with him in future. “I extend warmest congratulations to Prime Minister @narendramodi ji for landslide election victory in the Lok Sabha Elections 2019. I wish all success ahead. I look forward to working closely with you,” he tweeted.
Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and main Opposition leader Mahinda Rajapaksa congratulated Prime Minister Modi on his victory in the elections. “Congratulations on your victory and the people's re-endorsement of you leadership,” Sirisena tweeted.
Bangladesh's Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina congratulated her Modi on his election victory and said this "emphatic verdict is a reflection of the trust and confidence reposed" by the people.
Bhutan's Prime Minister Lotay Tshering offered heartiest congratulations to Prime Minister Modi and said he looks forward to working closely with him in years to come.
With inputs from PTI
Last month, Khan had also said that there would be a better chance of peace between the neighbouring countries if the BJP came back to power.
Thank you India! The faith placed in our alliance is humbling and gives us strength to work even harder to fulfil people's aspirations.
— Chowkidar Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) May 23, 2019
I salute every BJP Karyakarta for their determination, perseverance & hardwork. They went home to home, elaborating on our development agenda.
मेरे दोस्त @narendramodi आपके प्रभावशाली चुनावी जीत पर हार्दिक बधाई! ये चुनावी नतीजे एक बार फिर दुनिया के सबसे बड़े लोकतंत्र में आपके नेतृत्व को साबित करते हैं। हम साथ मिलकर भारत और इज़राइल के बीच घनिष्ट मित्रता को मजबूत करना जारी रखेंगे । बहुत बढ़िया, मेरे दोस्त 🇮🇱🤝🇮🇳
— Benjamin Netanyahu (@netanyahu) May 23, 2019
Size of the country (Land mass+population) X Size of the Economy X Size of the election mandate = Leader’s Power Quotient. By the measure of this crude formula, @narendramodi is about to become the most powerful, democratically elected leader in the world today...
— anand mahindra (@anandmahindra) May 23, 2019
This was the first time Gandhi stepped out of the Congress bastion of Amethi to contest from a second seat in Wayanad—a move that was attacked by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the election campaigning.
Congress, however, had said that Gandhi chose to contest from Wayanad to fight the “discriminatory attitude” of the BJP towards the southern states in India.
The Wayanad seat, formed in 2009, is considered a stronghold of the Congress party. The seat was won by former Kerala Congress President MI Shanawaz in 2009 and 2014 and fell vacant after he died in 2018.
What Happened In 2014?
AIADMK, which contested the election alone, bagged 37 of the total 39 constituencies. BJP won one seat—Kanyakumari, bagged by Pon Radhakrishnan, who became the minister of state for road transport and highways. Anbumani Ramadoss of Paatali Makkal Katchi, a BJP ally, retained his Dharmapuri seat.
AIADMK accounted for 44.9 percent of the total votes polled. DMK drew a blank despite getting the second largest share of votes.
What Happened In 2014
The TMC had won 34 of the 42 Lok Sabha seats in West Bengal, with a vote share of 39.79 percent. The Congress was a distant second with four seats and 9.69 percent vote share. While the Left had 25.32 percent vote share, the BJP had 17.02 percent. Both the parties bagged two seats each.
What Happened In 2014?
The BJP, led by Narendra Modi and trusted aide Amit Shah, won 71 seats in Uttar Pradesh. While its ally Apna Dal bagged two seats, the SP and the Congress got five and two seats, respectively. The BSP drew a blank despite having the third-highest vote share of 19.60 percent. The BJP accounted for 42.30 percent of the votes polled, while the SP and Congress had 22.20 percent and 7.50 percent share, respectively.
One of the many key fights in Uttar Pradesh is that between Congress’ Sonia Gandhi and Dinesh Pratap Singh (BJP), where Gandhi is currently leading.
What The 2014 General Elections Showed
In Punjab, the Congress won three seats in the last general election with a 33.19 percent vote share. The Shiromani Akali Dal won four seats (26.37 percent), Aam Aadmi Party got four (24 percent) and the BJP two (8.77 percent).
The election before that, Congress won eight seats in Punjab with 45.23 percent voter share. The BJP won one seat with 10.06 percent while the Shiromani Akali Dal four seats with 33.85 percent voter share.
What The 2017 Assembly Election Showed
The Indian National Congress won the last elections in Punjab with 77 seats with 38.50 percent of the vote share. The Shiromani Akali Dal bagged 15 (25.24 percent) and the AAP won 20 seats (23.72 percent). Only 5.39 percent of electorate voted for the BJP, which fetched them three seats.
What Happened In 2014?
Chandrababu Naidu-led Telugu Desam Party grabbed 16 of the 42 seats that went on poll. Telangana Rashtriya Samiti won 11 while YSR Congress won nine seats.
A third of the votes polled in the state went to the TDP, while K Chandrashekara Rao’s TRS got 14.03 percent of the total votes. The overall voter turnout for the 74.64 percent in the previous federal elections.
What Happened In 2014
The BJP had won 17 seats with a 43.37 percent vote share. The Congress managed to elect only nine MLAs despite accounting for 41.15 percent of all ballots cast. The JD(S) bagged two seats with 11.07 percent vote share.
What Happened In 2014?
The BJD won in a landslide. Not only did the party corner 44.77 percent of the votes polled, it also won 20 of the 21 Lok Sabha seats in the state. The Congress, despite having the second-highest vote share of 26.38 percent, drew a blank. The BJP’s Jual Oram was elected as the Sundargarh MP with a vote share of 21.88 percent.
In 2014 assembly election, the BJD won 117 out of the 147 seats in the state. The Congress had won 16 seats, while the BJP bagged 10.
What Happened In 2014?
The United Democratic Front won 12 out of the 20 seats in the state with Indian National Congress winning eight seats. The Left Democratic Front comprising of the two communist factions— Communist Party of India and Communist Party of India (Marxist) finished second after claiming victory in eight seats.
The BJP-led National Democratic Alliance did not open its account. Indian National Congress managed to garner a third of the total votes polled, while the CPI (M) captured over 21 percent of the total votes cast.
Rival parties have shed differences in a bid to keep out the incumbent NDA government.
The highlight was the tie-up between the Bahujan Samaj Party and the Samajwadi Party in Uttar Pradesh. For years, Mayawati and Malayam Singh Yadav have fiercely contested against each other in the state. But after being nearly wiped out in 2014, the BSP supremo and Akhilesh Yadav came together.
While the Congress retained its allies in the Dravida Munnetra Kazhgam in Tamil Nadu, the Rashtriya Janata Dal in Bihar, and the Nationalist Congress Party in Maharashtra, it found a new one in the Janata Dal (Secular) in Karnataka—after the two teamed up to keep the BJP out in the state in the last assembly elections.
BJP hasn’t been sitting quiet either in forging alliances. They mend their relationship with the Shiv Sena in Maharashtra, won over the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam in Tamil Nadu and the Janata Dal (United) in Bihar, while retaining the Shiromani Akali Dal as its partner in Punjab.
Top opposition leaders met earlier this week to discuss the possibility of a forging a non-NDA alliance that can stake claim to forming a government. The meeting was attended by Congress leaders Ahmed Patel, Ashok Gehlot and Ghulam Nabi Azad, TDP’s Chandrababu Naidu, CPM’s Sitaram Yechury, AAP’s Arvind Kejriwal and DMK’s Kanimozhi, among others.
On numerous occasions, the BJP has criticised the opposition getting together as a ‘khichdi’, offering itself as a strong, stable alternative. But with exit polls indicating the return of the NDA, will these attempts prove futile.
The Election Commission is counting votes today for 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the largest democratic exercise in the world, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party widely expected to win.
The 2019 Lok Sabha elections, after a high-octane campaign and seven phases of voting across 542 constituencies and over 10 lakh polling stations in six weeks, has finally come to its climax.
Allegations, jibes and controversies ranging from the Rafale deal to the credibility of electronic voter machines dominated the headlines. And the election was largely seen as a battle between the opposition parties banding together against Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party.
The BJP focused on issues of nationalism, using the recent Balakot air strikes as a show of strength against neighbour Pakistan. The opposition, on the other hand, highlighted the Modi government’s shortcomings on jobs, economy and agrarian distress.
The BJP remains confident of securing a majority this time, too. Party chief Amit Shah said they are on course to secure over 300 seats, something that even the exits polls have predicted.
A resurgent Congress hopes to put up a challenge. Rahul Gandhi, who has focused on reviving the party after the 2014 debacle, has said that BJP will be voted out. Other opposition leaders including Mamata Banerjee, Mayawati and MK Stalin have also said that their objective is to ensure BJP doesn’t return to power.
But who takes the throne? Here are the latest updates and developments from Election Results 2019.
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