NEW DELHI: Narendra Modi will become the first non-Congress Prime Minister to return to power after a full five-year term.The BJP leading on 335 seats, while the UPA is way behind on 99 Lok Sabha seats. Other regional parties have been limited to 108 seats.
Among the BJP’s star leaders, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is leading by over 92,000 votes in Varanasi, while BJP President Amit Shah is leading by over 3.50 lakh votes from Gujarat’s Gandhinagar.
Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh is leading by more than 50,000 votes in Lucknow. While there’s a tight contest between Rahul Gandhi and BJP’s Smriti Irani in Amethi, the Congress President is leading over 1 lakh votes in Kerala’s Wayanad.
SP patriarch Mulayam Singh is leading from Mainpuri. His son and SP chief Akhilesh Yadav and daughter-in-law Dimple Yadav are ahead from Azamgarh and Kannauj.
The Congress party also failed to carry forward the momentum from its recent election victories in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh. It is, however, faring better in Punjab and Kerala.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be at the BJP headquarter at 5 PM today. The BJP is heading towards a clear majority in the Lok Sabha election 2019.
As per latest trends available for all the 542 constituencies, BJP is leading in 292 while INC is leading in 51, DMK in 22, AITC in 24, YSRC in 25, Shiv Sena in 20, JDU in 16, BJD in 14 and BSP in 11 constituencies.
The BJP’s victory is due to developmental work done by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, said the party spokesperson Shahnawaz Hussain.
Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy of YSR Congress Party is all set to take over as Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh. YSRCP was leading in 152 of the 175 Assembly and 24 of 25 Lok Sabha seats in Andhra Pradesh.
