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Photos | 2019 Lok Sabha election results: PM Modi arrives at BJP’s party office

India will have its say on who will administer the country for the next five years by the end of today. At 7 pm, NDA was ahead in 349 seats, while the UPA is leading in 86. All exit polls have predicted that the incumbent Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led NDA will return to power. If that happens, Prime Minister Narendra Modi, will win a second term in office. At the national level, it was a battle between the NDA and the United Progressive Alliance (UPA), led by Congress president, Rahul Gandhi, who was, however, not the alliance or party’s declared prime ministerial face.

Updated on: May 23, 2019 7:41 PM IST

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PM Modi arrives at the BJP office for a parliamentary board meeting. “Thank you India! The faith placed in our alliance is humbling and gives us strength to work even harder to fulfil people’s aspirations.” Modi tweeted earlier in the day. As counting goes on across the country, trends show the Modi-led BJP would be easily able to cross the halfway mark of 272 seats in the 17th Lok Sabha elections. (Arvind Yadav / HT Photo)

Updated on May 23, 2019 7:41 PM

PM Modi arrives at the BJP office for a parliamentary board meeting. “Thank you India! The faith placed in our alliance is humbling and gives us strength to work even harder to fulfil people’s aspirations.” Modi tweeted earlier in the day. As counting goes on across the country, trends show the Modi-led BJP would be easily able to cross the halfway mark of 272 seats in the 17th Lok Sabha elections. (Arvind Yadav / HT Photo)

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A view of the counting centre at Sarvodaya Kanya Vidyalaya Bharat Nagar in New Delhi. All exit polls have predicted that the incumbent Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) will return to power. While exit polls often get it wrong the actual results seem headed that way as the votes are being counted. (urhaan Kinu / HT Photo)

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A view of the counting centre at Sarvodaya Kanya Vidyalaya Bharat Nagar in New Delhi. All exit polls have predicted that the incumbent Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) will return to power. While exit polls often get it wrong the actual results seem headed that way as the votes are being counted. (urhaan Kinu / HT Photo)

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Final results may be delayed by a few hours due to an EVM and VVPAT cross-check. Officials of the Election Commission will count the votes cast across one million booths in all the 543 parliamentary seats spread across the country. The Election Commission’s guidelines say if there is any discrepancy in the vote count between EVMs and VVPATs, then the paper trail will prevail. (Satish Bate / HT Photo )

Updated on May 23, 2019 7:41 PM

Final results may be delayed by a few hours due to an EVM and VVPAT cross-check. Officials of the Election Commission will count the votes cast across one million booths in all the 543 parliamentary seats spread across the country. The Election Commission’s guidelines say if there is any discrepancy in the vote count between EVMs and VVPATs, then the paper trail will prevail. (Satish Bate / HT Photo )

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Security outside Sewri counting centre in Mumbai. The elections, held over seven phases, in 542 constituencies, witnessed the highest ever turnout in Indian history at 67.1% (tentative figure from the Election Commission) beating the previous record of 66.4% in the 2014 polls. (Kunal Patil / HT Photo)

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Security outside Sewri counting centre in Mumbai. The elections, held over seven phases, in 542 constituencies, witnessed the highest ever turnout in Indian history at 67.1% (tentative figure from the Election Commission) beating the previous record of 66.4% in the 2014 polls. (Kunal Patil / HT Photo)

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A view inside the strong room at the Jija Bai Industrial Training Institute for women, in south Delhi. The counting exercise is on in over 4,000 counting centres amid concerns raised by opposition parties over alleged tampering of EVMs. They have asked the Election Commission to ensure transparency in counting. Election Commission officials said results are expected only by late evening. (Sanjeev Verma / HT Photo)

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A view inside the strong room at the Jija Bai Industrial Training Institute for women, in south Delhi. The counting exercise is on in over 4,000 counting centres amid concerns raised by opposition parties over alleged tampering of EVMs. They have asked the Election Commission to ensure transparency in counting. Election Commission officials said results are expected only by late evening. (Sanjeev Verma / HT Photo)

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Early celebrations at BJP Headquarters, in New Delhi. As per Election Commission data, BJP is leading the trends in all seven Lok Sabha seats in Delhi, with three of its candidates ahead by over one lakh votes, while the Congress and the AAP were trailing at the second spot in five and two seats respectively. (Sanchit Khanna / HT Photo)

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Early celebrations at BJP Headquarters, in New Delhi. As per Election Commission data, BJP is leading the trends in all seven Lok Sabha seats in Delhi, with three of its candidates ahead by over one lakh votes, while the Congress and the AAP were trailing at the second spot in five and two seats respectively. (Sanchit Khanna / HT Photo)

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Anticipating losses in UP and some other states, the BJP focused on expanding its presence in Bengal, which sends 42 Lok Sabha MPs. It has successfully increased its vote share by more than 20 percentage points from 17.02% in 2014 to about 39% (till 1 pm) and was leading in 16 seats against their 2014 tally of only two seats. (Arijit Sen / HT Photo)

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Anticipating losses in UP and some other states, the BJP focused on expanding its presence in Bengal, which sends 42 Lok Sabha MPs. It has successfully increased its vote share by more than 20 percentage points from 17.02% in 2014 to about 39% (till 1 pm) and was leading in 16 seats against their 2014 tally of only two seats. (Arijit Sen / HT Photo)

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BJP supporters celebrate trends in Varanasi. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is leading by over 400,000 votes against his SP rival. The BJP-led NDA was ahead on 58 seats in trends for the the Lok Sabha election on Thursday with the SP-BSP combine at 19 seats, in the politically crucial state of Uttar Pradesh that send 80 lawmakers to Lok Sabha. (Rajesh Kumar / HT Photo)

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BJP supporters celebrate trends in Varanasi. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is leading by over 400,000 votes against his SP rival. The BJP-led NDA was ahead on 58 seats in trends for the the Lok Sabha election on Thursday with the SP-BSP combine at 19 seats, in the politically crucial state of Uttar Pradesh that send 80 lawmakers to Lok Sabha. (Rajesh Kumar / HT Photo)

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Mumbai Regional Congress office at CST wears a deserted look. The BJP-Shiv Sena alliance is currently running ahead in all six seats of Mumbai establishing comfortable leads against Congress and NCP rivals. As per trends available so far, Congress leader Milind Deora is trailing in Mumbai-South against sitting Shiv Sena MP Arvind Sawant by 17,774 votes, reported news agency PTI. (Bhushan Koyande / HT Photo)

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Mumbai Regional Congress office at CST wears a deserted look. The BJP-Shiv Sena alliance is currently running ahead in all six seats of Mumbai establishing comfortable leads against Congress and NCP rivals. As per trends available so far, Congress leader Milind Deora is trailing in Mumbai-South against sitting Shiv Sena MP Arvind Sawant by 17,774 votes, reported news agency PTI. (Bhushan Koyande / HT Photo)

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Election Official at a counting centre in Ahmedabad. The BJP is leading in four of the 26 Lok Sabha seats in Gujarat, including Gandhinagar where party president Amit Shah is contesting, while the Congress is ahead in one seat, as per initial trends. (Siddharaj Solanki / HT Photo)

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Election Official at a counting centre in Ahmedabad. The BJP is leading in four of the 26 Lok Sabha seats in Gujarat, including Gandhinagar where party president Amit Shah is contesting, while the Congress is ahead in one seat, as per initial trends. (Siddharaj Solanki / HT Photo)

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In Odisha, too, the BJP launched a campaign offensive to wrest seats away from the BJD. Out of 21 Lok Sabha seats in Odisha, the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) candidates are ahead in 12 seats while the BJP is leading in nine constituencies as per initial trends. (Arabinda Mahapatra / HT Photo)

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In Odisha, too, the BJP launched a campaign offensive to wrest seats away from the BJD. Out of 21 Lok Sabha seats in Odisha, the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) candidates are ahead in 12 seats while the BJP is leading in nine constituencies as per initial trends. (Arabinda Mahapatra / HT Photo)

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Labourers at a building construction site watch election trends on a mobile phone in Guwahati. The BJP is currently ahead in nine of 14 Lok Sabha seats in Assam, while its ally Asom Gana Parishad is leading in two seats, according to the Election Commission. The saffron party has conceded three seats to its allies this time - two to the AGP and one to the Bodoland People’s Front (BPF). (Anupam Nath / AP)

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Labourers at a building construction site watch election trends on a mobile phone in Guwahati. The BJP is currently ahead in nine of 14 Lok Sabha seats in Assam, while its ally Asom Gana Parishad is leading in two seats, according to the Election Commission. The saffron party has conceded three seats to its allies this time - two to the AGP and one to the Bodoland People’s Front (BPF). (Anupam Nath / AP)

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Congress candidate from Patiala Preneet Kaur arrives at a counting centre. Punjab appears to be the only silver lining for the Congress which is facing a rout in north region states as BJP candidates have raced ahead in most constituencies in Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Delhi and Rajasthan. The state’s ruling Congress is leading in eight of the 13 Lok Sabha constituencies. (PTI)

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Congress candidate from Patiala Preneet Kaur arrives at a counting centre. Punjab appears to be the only silver lining for the Congress which is facing a rout in north region states as BJP candidates have raced ahead in most constituencies in Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Delhi and Rajasthan. The state’s ruling Congress is leading in eight of the 13 Lok Sabha constituencies. (PTI)

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People watch election results at Mall Road in Shimla. The ruling BJP is surging ahead in all four Lok Sabha seats of Himachal Pradesh, with its candidates securing unassailable leads, according to latest Election Commission trends. In Mandi, the sitting BJP MP Ram Swaroop is leading by over 154418 votes over his nearest rival Aashray Sharma of the Congress. (ANI)

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People watch election results at Mall Road in Shimla. The ruling BJP is surging ahead in all four Lok Sabha seats of Himachal Pradesh, with its candidates securing unassailable leads, according to latest Election Commission trends. In Mandi, the sitting BJP MP Ram Swaroop is leading by over 154418 votes over his nearest rival Aashray Sharma of the Congress. (ANI)

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Former CM Vasundhara Raje and state chief Madanlal Saini interact with media persons at BJP office, in Jaipur. The BJP appears ahead in 23 seats in Rajasthan while the Congress was leading in one seat of Bharatpur, according to Election Commission trends. (Himanshu Vyas / HT Photo)

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Former CM Vasundhara Raje and state chief Madanlal Saini interact with media persons at BJP office, in Jaipur. The BJP appears ahead in 23 seats in Rajasthan while the Congress was leading in one seat of Bharatpur, according to Election Commission trends. (Himanshu Vyas / HT Photo)

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National Conference President Farooq Abdullah, BJP leader Jitendra Singh and Congress state president G A Mir were leading in their respective constituencies in the early trends of counting of votes for Lok Sabha elections in Jammu and Kashmir. Farooq Abdullah won from Jammu and Kashmir’s Srinagar, tweeted EC in the evening. (Waseem Andrabi / HT Photo)

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National Conference President Farooq Abdullah, BJP leader Jitendra Singh and Congress state president G A Mir were leading in their respective constituencies in the early trends of counting of votes for Lok Sabha elections in Jammu and Kashmir. Farooq Abdullah won from Jammu and Kashmir’s Srinagar, tweeted EC in the evening. (Waseem Andrabi / HT Photo)

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The NDA appears heading for a massive victory in Bihar where it was leading in 38 of the 40 Lok Sabha seats.The BJP and the JD(U) which contested 17 seats each were leading in 16 seats each. Another NDA ally, Ram Vilas Paswan’s LJP was leading in all six seats it contested. (PTI)

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The NDA appears heading for a massive victory in Bihar where it was leading in 38 of the 40 Lok Sabha seats.The BJP and the JD(U) which contested 17 seats each were leading in 16 seats each. Another NDA ally, Ram Vilas Paswan’s LJP was leading in all six seats it contested. (PTI)

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BJP’s Pragya Thakur is currently leading in Madhya Pradesh’s Bhopal, while Congress’s Digvijaya Singh is trailing. Pragya Thakur was named the BJP’s candidate from Madhya Pradesh capital Bhopal in a surprise choice against the Congress’ former chief minister Digvijaya Singh. She is facing trial in the 2008 Malegaon blast case where six people died and at least 100 were injured. (PTI)

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BJP’s Pragya Thakur is currently leading in Madhya Pradesh’s Bhopal, while Congress’s Digvijaya Singh is trailing. Pragya Thakur was named the BJP’s candidate from Madhya Pradesh capital Bhopal in a surprise choice against the Congress’ former chief minister Digvijaya Singh. She is facing trial in the 2008 Malegaon blast case where six people died and at least 100 were injured. (PTI)

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With his YSR Congress heading for a landslide victory in the Assembly and Lok Sabha elections in Andhra Pradesh, party president Y S Jaganmohan Reddy Thursday termed it as people’s victory. According to trends, YSRC is leading in over 150 seats of the total 175 in the State. The party is leading in 23 Lok Sabha seats, while the TDP in two. (ANI)

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With his YSR Congress heading for a landslide victory in the Assembly and Lok Sabha elections in Andhra Pradesh, party president Y S Jaganmohan Reddy Thursday termed it as people’s victory. According to trends, YSRC is leading in over 150 seats of the total 175 in the State. The party is leading in 23 Lok Sabha seats, while the TDP in two. (ANI)

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With the party headed for a massive win, BJP national chief Amit Shah received a grand welcome at the BJP headquarters in Delhi. Shah hailed the BJP’s showing in the Lok Sabha polls as “victory of India” and said it is people’s mandate against the Opposition’s propaganda and personal attacks as well as their total rejection of politics of dynasty, appeasement and casteism. (Sanchit Khanna / HT Photo)

Updated on May 23, 2019 7:41 PM

With the party headed for a massive win, BJP national chief Amit Shah received a grand welcome at the BJP headquarters in Delhi. Shah hailed the BJP’s showing in the Lok Sabha polls as “victory of India” and said it is people’s mandate against the Opposition’s propaganda and personal attacks as well as their total rejection of politics of dynasty, appeasement and casteism. (Sanchit Khanna / HT Photo)

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National Conference (NC) vice-president Omar Abdullah said the country has rejected an alternative to the BJP and PM Modi’s “second term” is not a “fluke”. “We fought the election and tried to have an alternative to the BJP and the NDA and put it before the country. The country did not accept it,” Abdullah told reporters. (ANI)

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National Conference (NC) vice-president Omar Abdullah said the country has rejected an alternative to the BJP and PM Modi’s “second term” is not a “fluke”. “We fought the election and tried to have an alternative to the BJP and the NDA and put it before the country. The country did not accept it,” Abdullah told reporters. (ANI)

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“Today is the day of mandate and I don’t want to colour the decision of people,” said Rahul Gandhi while addressing a press conference. “It’s people’s verdict”, said Gandhi while congratulating PM Modi and the BJP. He also congratulated Smriti Irani on her winning Amethi , “I would want that she takes care of it with love and responsibility,” he said. (Mohd Zakir / HT Photo)

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“Today is the day of mandate and I don’t want to colour the decision of people,” said Rahul Gandhi while addressing a press conference. “It’s people’s verdict”, said Gandhi while congratulating PM Modi and the BJP. He also congratulated Smriti Irani on her winning Amethi , “I would want that she takes care of it with love and responsibility,” he said. (Mohd Zakir / HT Photo)

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