Elections to the Indian Parliament have been conducted in 7 phases and the results have been released.
Congress and Trinamool Congress at the national level to defeat the ruling BJP at the center in this parliamentary election. Various parties including Samajwadi Party, Communist Party, DMK, Aam Aadmi Party formed a team called ‘India Alliance’.
In Tamil Nadu, the alliance included the Liberation Tigers of India, MDMK, Indian Union Muslim League and Kongunadu National People’s Party.
The ruling BJP also formed a National Democratic Alliance comprising various parties including the United Janata Dal led by Bihar Chief Minister, the secular Janata Dal led by former Prime Minister Deve Gowda, the Shiv Sena led by Maratha Chief Minister Eknath, and the Nationalist Congress Party led by Ajit Pawar.
In Tamil Nadu, the National Democratic Alliance consists of AAP, AAM, DMK, Indian Democratic Party, Tamil Nadu People’s Development Association, Indian People’s Education Development Association, New Justice Party, A.D. M.K. Volunteers’ Rights Recovery Committee was the party.
Mayawati’s Bahujan Samaj, former Telangana Chief Minister Chandrasekhara Rao’s PRS. The parties involved contested without joining any team.
Prime Minister Modi contested from Varanasi constituency for the 3rd time.
This time, former Congress President Rahul Gandhi contested from the Wayanad constituency in the state of Kerala, where he contested the last election.
The question arose as to who will contest in Raebareli and Amethi, the traditional constituencies of the Congress party in Uttar Pradesh.
While speculations were rife that Priyanka might be fielded in Raebareli, it was Rahul Gandhi himself who entered the field. KL Sharma was fielded by the Congress against Amethi Union Minister Smriti Irani.
Hemant Soran, who was the Chief Minister of Jharkhand, and Arvind Kejriwal, the Chief Minister of Delhi, were arrested by the enforcement department in this election. Various issues like corruption, caste-wise enumeration, reservation took center stage.
Prime Minister Modi went on a whirlwind campaign tour across the country. He also came to Tamil Nadu many times and participated in the campaign meetings.
On behalf of the Congress party, Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka were campaigning across the country. Sonia Gandhi campaigned in certain places. The impact of the election campaign was hotter than the summer sun.
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. K. Stalin, ADMK. Chief Secretary Edappadi Palaniswami and Naam Tamilar Party Chief Coordinator Seeman were also involved in the cyclone campaign.
In this situation, out of the total 543 parliamentary constituencies, elections were held for 542 constituencies. BJP candidate was elected unopposed in Surat constituency.
After this, in the first phase, polling was held for 102 constituencies on April 19. This includes 40 constituencies from Tamil Nadu and Puducherry.
Subsequently, polling was held for 6 consecutive phases on April 26, May 7, 13, 20, 25 and June 1.
alternating lead
Counting of votes across the country started yesterday morning. Ever since the election results started coming out, the BJP alliance was leading in most of the seats. Especially in Rajasthan, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Bihar and other states, the BJP alliance candidates were leading in large numbers. In the states of Madhya Pradesh and Delhi, the BJP was in the position of capturing all the seats.
At the same time, India alliance including Congress also took the lead in many places. Both the alliances were leading in many places alternately.
Due to this, the Mumbai stock market also faced a major decline.
B. Janata Amogam
At the end of the counting of votes, the alliance led by Janata Party won 296 seats and won a landslide victory. In this, BJP alone has won 239 seats.
Contesting the Varanasi constituency, PM Modi faced a slight setback at first but won by a margin of over 1.5 lakh votes.
Similarly, Union Home Minister Amit Shah, who contested from the Gandhinagar constituency in Gujarat, won by a margin of about 7½ lakh votes.
At the same time, Union Minister Smriti Irani, who contested from the Amethi constituency, lost her chance to Congress candidate KL Sharma.
Congress alliance
India alliance including Congress had won 231 constituencies. It is noteworthy that the Congress party alone won 99 seats. Parties that do not belong to either party hold 16 seats.
Contesting in Wayanad and Raebareli constituencies, Rahul Gandhi won both the constituencies by a margin of lakhs of votes. In this election, the Indian alliance has won more constituencies in Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra than anyone expected.
Similarly, Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress has won 31 out of 42 seats in West Bengal.
DMK alliance won 40 seats
As always, the election result of Tamil Nadu has made the whole of India look back. DMK The All India led alliance has won all 40 parliamentary constituencies in Tamil Nadu-Puducherry. Only in Virudhunagar and Dharmapuri constituencies, the leading position alternated. In the end those 2 constituencies were DMK. went into the possession of the alliance.
Similarly, DMK also won the Coimbatore parliamentary seat, which many were expecting.
No absolute majority
No party got the required 272 seats to form a new government. BJP secured only 239 seats alone. So the new government at the center will be a coalition government.
So there is a possibility of formation of coalition government led by Janata Party. BJP has convened a meeting of the alliance parties today (Wednesday).
Similarly, the Congress party has also convened a meeting of leaders of the All India Party.
The results pushed back the polls
All the post-election polls released on 1st had said that the BJP alliance would get more than 350 seats and the All India alliance would get only 125 seats. But the election results belie those polls.
At the same time DMK in Tamil Nadu. It was said that the coalition would have a great victory. DMK also won 40 constituencies. It is noteworthy that the alliance captured.
Vidhan Sabha by-elections
Similarly, Congress candidate Dr. Tarakai Cuthbert won the by-election in Vilavankode assembly constituency of Kumari district in Tamil Nadu.
In Odisha and Andhra Pradesh Assembly Elections, the ruling parties suffered massive defeats. BJP is in power in Odisha and Telugu Desam led by Chandrababu Naidu in Andhra Pradesh.
