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Surinder Bhardwaj Fatehgarh Sahib, June 4 Congress candidate Dr Amar Singh won from Fatehgarh Sahib Lok Sabha seat by defeating his nearest rival, AAP candidate Gurpreet Singh GP by 34,202 votes. Amar Singh got 3,32,591 votes, Gurpreet Singh GP got...

Aditi Tandon New Delhi, June 4 Dismissed for varied reasons, two regional stalwarts — Telugu Desam Party chief N Chandrababu Naidu and Janata Dal (United) president Nitish Kumar — on Tuesday emerged as kingmakers after the BJP fell short of...

Aditi Tandon New Delhi, June 4 The 2024 national election results defied exit poll predictions on Tuesday to humble the ruling BJP, which emerged as the single largest party but fell significantly short of a simple majority — 272 —...

Jupinderjit Singh Chandigarh, June 4 The Shiromani Akali Dal’s (SAD) hopes of bouncing back in Punjab politics have been shattered as they have won only one out of the 13 Lok Sabha seats in the state. Harsimrat Kaur Badal, wife...

Mohit Khanna Patiala, June 4 From being considered as a low-profile candidate for a high-stake battle, Cabinet Minister and AAP candidate for the Patiala Lok Sabha seat Dr Balbir Singh turned out to be a dark horse and gave a...

Ruchika M Khanna Chandigarh, June 4 Aam Aadmi Party Punjab president and Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann’s prediction of winning all 13 seats during his high-decibel political campaign has proved to be inaccurate. His Mission 13-0 is defeated. As the party...

Had rejected alliance with AAP in Punjab | Political acumen pays dividend 6 months later

Gaurav Kanthwal Mohali, June 4 It may be a sweet victory for AAP candidate Malvinder Singh Kang in the Anandpur Lok Sabha seat, but one thing must be rankling Kang that how did he concede lead to his nearest rival...

Ravneet Singh Panchkula, June 4 Having managed to get a lead in her home district Panchkula, BJP’s Banto Kataria still lost the Ambala constituency seat to Congress’ Varun Chaudhary. Banto managed to poll 6,10,685 votes in the constituency while Chaudhary...

Sandeep Rana Chandigarh, June 4 While the RSS was active on the ground, no or lack of coordination between Sanjay Tandon and the ideological mentor of the BJP seemed to have affected his winning prospects, sources said. Though the RSS...

Chandigarh, June 4 Reacting to the BJP’s defeat, MP Kirron Kher today criticised BJP candidate Sanjay Tandon for keeping her out of campaigning and not promoting works done by her in the past 10 years. While talking to Chandigarh Tribune,...

Deepankar Sharda Chandigarh, June 4 Few metres away from each other, supporters of the BJP and the Congress witnessed a see-saw of emotions. However, around 3 pm, it was the Congress Bhawan, Sector 35, which recorded the loudest roar as...

Chandigarh, June 4 NOTA (None of the Above) played a decisive role in the tight contest between Congress’ Manish Tewari and BJP’s Sanjay Tandon. The NOTA votes (2,912) outnumbered the thin victory margin of 2,504 by which Tewari won...

Sandeep Rana Chandigarh, June 4 There were multiple factors behind the BJP’s defeat in the Lok Sabha election here. The party was seeking a hat-trick by fielding Sanjay Tandon from the Chandigarh seat. Besides anti-incumbency, infighting among party leaders, Tandon...

Chandigarh, June 4 BJP candiate Sanjay Tandon expressed his gratitude towards city residents, his party’s leaders and activists for their unwavering support. Tandon said he would keep serving the residents selflessly. Reiterating his promise, he said he would always be...

Chandigarh, June 4 After winning the election, Congress candidate Manish Tewari said he would take his rival Sanjay Tandon along to make the City Beautiful more beautiful. “There is no bitterness against my rival Sanjay Tandon. He fought a good...

Decade on, Congress wrests city Lok Sabha seat | 2,504 thinnest winning margin since 1967

Irani loses to Congress candidate and close aide of Gandhi family Kishori Lal Sharma by 1,67,196 lakh votes

Yadav and Rahul Gandhi held joint poll meetings in key constituencies, including Amethi and Rae Bareli

The party had drawn a blank both in 2014 and 2019 Lok Sabha elections

Gopi defeated CPI leader V S Sunilkumar by 74,686 votes

Saffron party is expected to win about 240 seats in 543-member Lok Sabha

Leads fall massively short of PM’s own 370-seat target for BJP and 400-plus for NDA

Many netizens gave a comic tinge to the dramatic election results through memes based on popular TV show “Panchayat”, and films like “Gangs of Wasseypur”, “Hera Pheri” and “Chup Chup Ke” on X

‘INDIA bloc to take call on Wednesday on approaching former partners’