Election results 2024 LIVE updates: Will it be Modi 3.0 or the INDIA block breaker? The counting begins

8:18 am

Election results LIVE updates: First leads arrived

The first leads came in when the counting of votes began at 8 a.m.

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8:15 am

Election results 2024 LIVE updates: Counting of votes begins with postal ballot

The counting of votes has started with postal voting.

8:14 am

India begins counting votes cast in the Lok Sabha elections

Counting of votes begins for 48 Lok Sabha seats in Maharashtra.

8:03 am

Counting of postal votes will start first, votes for Andhra and Odisha Assemblies are also to be counted

The counting of postal votes starts first. Counting is also underway for the assembly elections in Andhra Pradesh and Odisha, as well as by-elections for the assembly constituencies.

08:00

The BJP will soon start counting and lead unchallenged in Surat, Indore

With counting starting at 8 am today, June 4, BJP is already leading in two Lok Sabha seats of Indore and Surat. Congress candidate from Surat, Nilesh Kumbhani’s nomination form was rejected by the district election officer after three petitioners filed affidavits stating that the signatures on the form were not theirs. A similar story unfolded in Indore when Congress candidate Akshay Kanti Bam withdrew his nomination, leaving the BJP candidate as the only contender for the seat.

7:58 am

Congress rejects exit polls, Rahul Gandhi expects 295 seats for INDIA bloc

Major exit polls predict a huge victory for the BJP. ABP-CVoter has predicted 368 seats for the BJP-led NDA, while the INDIA bloc would win 167. Today’s India Today-Axis My India & News24-Chanakya expects as many as 361 to 401 seats. Meanwhile, the opposition INDIA bloc is expected to secure around 145 seats. TV9 Bharatvars also gave a solid 342 seats to the NDA, of which 166 went to the opposition.

7:56 am

With the exit polls predicting a landslide for the BJP, all eyes are on the results today

The exit polls released on Saturday evening predict a landslide victory for the Bharatiya Janata Party-led (BJP-led) National Democratic Alliance (NDA). All eyes are now on today’s results. Excited by the exit polls data, BJP workers are preparing celebrations across the country, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi likely to address party workers at the party headquarters. The united opposition, the INDIA bloc, on the other hand, has rejected the exit poll data. When Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was asked about the number of seats expected by his party in a viral video, he referred to Sidhu Moosewaala’s song “295” and said that the INDIA bloc will win 295 seats in the general elections.