Lok Sabha Elections 2024: The counting of votes for the Lok Sabha elections will be announced today (June 4). After the election process going on for the last two and a half months, now people's eyes are on the results. This time, while the BJP is confident of forming the government for the third time with an absolute majority, the Congress-led opposition Bharatiya Janata Party is expecting opposite results in the exit polls. Meanwhile, in the trends of the election results, BJP's clean sweep seems certain in Himachal, Delhi, Madhya Pradesh and Uttarakhand.
BJP leading in four states
In Himachal Pradesh, BJP candidates Rajiv Bhardwaj, Kangana Ranaut, Anurag Singh Thakur and Suresh Kumar Kashyap are leading in all four Lok Sabha seats of Himachal Pradesh, Kangra, Mandi, Hamirpur and Shimla. At the same time, BJP is leading in seven seats of Delhi. BJP is leading in 29 seats of Madhya Pradesh. There are a total of 80 Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh. This time a total of 851 candidates are in the fray. BJP is leading in 37 seats. While Congress is leading in seven seats, SP in 33 seats and RJD in two seats.
Will NDA score a hat-trick or will India give a surprise?
All parties and alliances are claiming their victory in the Lok Sabha elections. But today it will be clear whether the NDA will come to power for the third time or the opposition alliance will surprise India. Congress MP Rahul Gandhi has claimed that India will get 295 seats. Whereas the NDA claims to win 400 seats.
How many candidates from which party are in the election fray?
Of the six national parties, the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) fielded the most number of candidates at 488. This was followed by the BJP at 441, Congress at 328, CPI (M) at 52 and Aam Aadmi Party at 22. Among state-level parties, the Samajwadi Party fielded 71 candidates, while the Trinamool fielded 48 candidates. The AIADMK fielded 36 candidates, the CPIA at 30, the YSRCP at 25, the RJD at 24 and the DMK at 22. Among informal parties, the Social Unity Centre of India (Communist) fielded 150 candidates, while the People's Party of India (Democratic) fielded 79 candidates.