New Delhi —India's 2024 election results show Prime Minister Narendra Modi set to win his third term in office, with the political alliance led by his Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) on track to win a solid majority of the seats up for grabs in India's Parliament. Final numbers were exp...
Over 970 million voters will elect 543 members for the lower house of Parliament for five years during the staggered elections that will run until June 1. The votes will be counted on June 4. (AP Video by Piyush Nagpal) Each phase was held on a single day, with voting in several ...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s National Democratic Alliance coalition has won a majority in parliament, according to official results from India’s Election Commission.
Final results are expected to be announced late Tuesday or on Wednesday. The winners will become members of the Indian Parliament's lower house "Lok Sabha," or the House of People. (UNI/Handout via Xinhua) Election officials count votes at a ballot counting station in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh...
Voters will elect Members of Parliament to fill 543 seats in the 545-seat lower house of parliament, called the Lok Sabha. The other two seats are nominated by the country's president. The party that wins a majority in the election will form the next government and appoi...
The 54-year-old is contesting for a seat in India's parliament from Baramulla in north Kashmir. With over a million voters to appeal to, Mr Abdullah sets off for 10 hours of gruelling campaigning, trying to reach as many constituents as possible...
His Bharatiya Janata Party lost dozens of seats bringing its projected total down to 240 —falling short of an outright majorityin the country's lower house of parliament. It was a marked difference from the sweeping mandates of 2014 and 2019, when the BJP garnered 282 and 303 seats ...
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One of the TMC candidates for the 2024 election is Mahua Moitra, a persistent critic of Mr Modi. The former investment banker was expelled from parliament last year over allegations of accepting bribes from a businessman in exchange for parliamentary questions - charges Ms Mitra says are false....
NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s Parliament has approved landmark legislation that reserves one-third of the seats in its powerful lower house and in state legislatures for women to ensure more equal representation, ending a 27-year impasse over the bill amid