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A large number of BJD supporters and women grass root leaders attended the function.
Updated : May 29, 2019

Biju Janata Dal president Naveen Patnaik takes oath as Odisha CM

Biju Janata Dal president Naveen Patnaik Wednesday took oath as the Chief Minister of Odisha for a fifth consecutive term.

Chandrani Murmu and Goddeti Madhavi.
Updated : May 27, 2019

Meet the youngest member of parliament - Chandrani Murmu from Odisha

Chandrani Murmu contested on a BJD ticket and won against two-time BJP MP Ananta Nayak by a margin of 66,203 votes.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi
Updated : May 27, 2019

PM Modi's election victory likely to improve flow of foreign capital for corporates in India: S&P

Corporates in India, especially the rated ones, remain hostage to a number of worries surrounding a slowdown in global growth and trade wars

Lok Sabha Elections Results 2019: Foreign media reaction
Updated : May 24, 2019

From muscular India to bad for India's soul: How global media reacted to PM Modi and BJP's win

Lok Sabha Election Results 2019: The NYT credited Amit Shah, who they called a Hindu hardliner, for the PM Modi-led BJP's victory.

Patil, who was fighting from Navsari Lok Sabha constituency in Gujarat, got 74.37 per cent of the total votes.
Updated : May 24, 2019

Election results 2019: Who is CR Patil, the BJP candidate who won with more votes than Modi

Lok Sabha election results: Around 74.37 per cent of the total votes were polled for Patil from Navsari Lok Sabha constituency in Gujarat

Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu with PM Narendra Modi. (File photo)
Updated : May 24, 2019

WATCH: Israel PM Netanyahu wishes PM Modi on phone, jokes about needing coalition

"Well, thank you for your congratulations on my victory, but there's one difference: You don't need a coalition, I do," Netanyahu said over the phone.

As BJP celebrates its stupendous victory in Lok Sabha election 2019, two of its heavyweights Sambit Patra and Baijayant Panda lost in Odisha.
Updated : May 24, 2019

Odisha Election Results 2019: BJP heavyweights Sambit Patra, Baijayant Panda bite dust in Odisha Lok Sabha polls

While, BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra was defeated by sitting Biju Janata Dal (BJD) MP Pinaki Mishra by a margin of 11,714 votes from the Puri Parliament constituency, former MP Baijayant Panda lost to actor-turned Rajya Sabha MP Anubhav Mohanty by a margin of 1,52,584 votes from Kendrapara Lok Sabha seat.

Lok Sabha elections 2019
Updated : May 23, 2019

'Not EVM, but Hindu minds have been rigged,' says Asaduddin Owaisi

Owaisi is fighting from the Hyderabad constituency and is seeking re-election for the fourth time. His opponent in Hyderabd is Dr Bhagavanth Rao of BJP

Updated : May 23, 2019

Election results: Pragya Thakur wins from Bhopal against Digvijaya Singh

People have shown faith in me. I thank them for reposing trust in me. It will be a victory of dharma (righteousness) over adharma (impiety), said Pragya Thakur

Lok Sabha Elections Result 2019: PM Modi-led BJP wins
Updated : May 23, 2019

Election Results 2019: From advice to wishes, here's what India Inc had to say to PM Modi

Lok Sabha Election Results 2019: Anand Mahindra, Kiran Mazumdar Shaw, Uday Kotak, Harsh Goenka congratulated and spoke about what they want from PM Modi.

Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra
Updated : May 23, 2019

Fully respect people's decision, congratulations to PM Modi: Priyanka Gandhi

Modi led his Bharatiya Janata Party towards what is certain to be a resounding victory for a second term in office. "It is the people's decision and we fully respect it. We congratulate the BJP workers, leaders and Prime Minister Narendra Modi," Priyanka Gandhi told reporters at the AICC headquarters in Delhi.

The wishes started pouring in for PM Modi as soon as the counting trends began to indicate towards BJP winning more than 300 out of a total of 542 Lok Sabha seats which the party scaled on its own.
Updated : May 23, 2019

Lok Sabha Election Results 2019: World leaders congratulate PM Modi on thumping poll victory

As the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is all set for a comfortable win in Lok Sabha election 2019, leaders across the world congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his thumping electoral victory.

Updated : May 23, 2019

Congratulations to Narendra Modi for steering BJP towards this unprecedented victory, says LK Advani

Heartiest congratulations to Shri Narendrabhai Modi for steering the BJP towards this unprecedented victory, said Advani

Tirath Singh Rawat is leading over his closet Congress rival Manish Khanduri
Updated : May 23, 2019

Lok Sabha Election result 2019: BJP's Tirath Singh Rawat takes a lead from Pauri Garhwal; Khanduri's son trails

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is leading in four out of five seats of Uttarakhand, a state where it won all five seats in 2014

Lok Sabha election results 2019: The Mainpuri Lok Sabha seat is the citadel of the Samajwadi Party and has held it since 1996.
Updated : May 23, 2019

Lok Sabha Election result 2019: Mulayam Singh Yadav leads in Mainpuri; Prem Singh Shakya trails

Lok Sabha election results 2019: SP founder Mulayam Singh Yadav has won this seat four times in 1996, 2004, 2009 and 2014.

Election Results 2019: Nagpur, home of RSS, is one of the most important seats for the BJP in Maharashtra.
Updated : May 23, 2019

Maharashtra election result 2019: BJP-Shiv Sena alliance may win over 40 seats

Election Results 2019: With BJP securing most of the seats in Maharashtra once again, it will have to focus on perennial problems of farmer suicide, agricultural distress and joblessness in the state.

Lok Sabha election 2019
Updated : May 21, 2019

Lok Sabha election 2019: How EVMs are secured once voting ends

Lok Sabha election 2019: With just one day left for the final counting of votes, it is crucial to understand how EVMs are secured after polling concludes.

Updated : May 21, 2019

Lok Sabha election 2019: Satta market expects BJP to get near 250 seats; 80 for Congress

After the election dates were announced, the illegal betting market predicted the number of seats that BJP would win on May 23. In mid-March, the BJP's tally stood at 245-251.

Image Credits: Reuters
Updated : May 21, 2019

Congress urges workers to ignore ominous exit polls, be vigilant

India's main opposition Congress party has told its workers not to lose heart and to remain vigilant at vote-count centres after exit polls predicted a clear election victory for Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Updated : May 19, 2019

Lok Sabha Election 2019 Phase 7: Himachal Pradesh votes today; Congress, BJP to fight for 4 seats

A relatively small state in terms of population, Himachal Pradesh has always seen the bipolar elections, and power keeps shifting between the BJP and the Congress

In the last phase of 2019 Lok Sabha election, Jharkhand's Rajmahal, Godda and Dhumka parliamentary constituencies are going to poll today.
Updated : May 19, 2019

Lok Sabha Election 2019 Phase 7: Jharkhand to vote today for 3 seats; JMM, BJP candidates in fray

A total of 4,315 polling booths have been set up for Phase 7 polls in Jharkhand