Skip to content
Search

Latest Stories

BJP alliance winning in India but landslide unlikely

A third term of Modi as prime minister Modi term with a slim majority for the BJP could introduce some uncertainty into governance.

BJP alliance winning in India but landslide unlikely
  • Prajwal Revanna, arrested in sexual harassment case, loses in Karnataka's Hassan.
  • BJP minister Rajeev Chandrasekhar concedes Congress leader Shashi Tharoor.
  • BJP's Raebareli candidate concedes defeat to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi.
  • BJP candidate loses in Ayodhya where Ram Mandir is located.
  • Former Jammu & Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah concedes defeat to jailed candidate Engineer Rashid in Baramulla.
  • Jailed Khalistani separatist Amritpal Singh leads from Khadoor Sahib Lok seat in Punjab.

Narendra Modi and his allies were heading for another victory in the India elections but with a reduced parliamentary majority.

Early figures showed Modi and his coalition allies, the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), were on track to win a third term with a reduced majority after a six-week-long election that saw close to a billion people vote in seven stages.


Indian TV channels showed the NDA was ahead in nearly 300 of the 543 Lok Sabha (lower house of parliament) seats, where 272 is a simple majority. The opposition INDIA alliance led by Rahul Gandhi's Congress party was leading in over 220 seats.

Of the seats, the NDA is ahead, BJP accounted for nearly 240, which is short of a majority on its own, compared to the 303 it won in 2019.

A third term of Modi as prime minister Modi term with a slim majority for the BJP could introduce some uncertainty into governance as he has ruled with an authoritative hold over the government in the last decade.

However, politicians and analysts said it was too early to get a firm idea of the voting trends since most ballots were yet to be counted.

"It's a fair assessment to say 400 at the moment certainly looks distant," BJP spokesperson Nalin Kohli told the India Today TV channel, referring to some projections that gave 400 seats to the NDA.

"The BJP-NDA will form the government, that trend is very clear from the start," he added.

The trends so far show that the biggest upset for the BJP comes from Uttar Pradesh, the largest state in India. The opposition's INDIA bloc was leading in 44 Lok Sabha seats in the state and the BJP-led NDA in 35, according to trends on the Election Commission website.

INDIA bloc parties Samajwadi Party (SP) and Congress were leading in 37 and 7 seats, the election panel's data for polls to the 80 parliamentary constituencies in the state showed. The BJP was leading in 33 seats and its allies Rashtriya Lok Dal and Apna Dal in one seat each.

The same trend follows in the state of Maharashtra as the INDIA bloc, consisting of Congress, Sharad Pawar's Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), and Shiv Sena (Uddhav Thackeray) has leaped ahead of the NDA alliance in the state.

Read Also: India election results: Modi alliance short of landslide

According to leads, the INDIA bloc is leading in 29 seats as opposed to the NDA alliance's 18 seats.

Delhi: BJP leads in all seven seats

Madhya Pradesh: BJP leads in all 29 seats in Madhya Pradesh.

West Bengal: All India Trinamool Congress leads on 30 out of 42 seats, BJP on 11 seat

Karnataka: BJP alliance ahead on 19 seats, Congress on 9 seats

Andhra Pradesh: BJP alliance ahead on 21 out of 25 seats

Rajasthan: BJP leads on 14 out of 25 seats

Punjab: Of 13 seats, Congress ahead on 7, Aam Aadmi Party leads on 3

Gujarat: BJP leads on 25 out of 26 seats

(Agencies)

More For You

Thunderstorms to Hit East & South-East England; Met Office

The warning indicates a high risk of disruption

Getty Images

Thunderstorms to hit East and South-East England as Met Office issues amber warning

The Met Office has issued an amber weather warning for thunderstorms across parts of eastern and south-eastern England, in effect from 20:00 BST on Friday to 05:00 on Saturday. The affected area spans from Eastbourne in East Sussex to Cromer in north Norfolk.

The warning indicates a high risk of disruption, with flash flooding, power cuts, and hazardous travel conditions expected. The Met Office warns that flooding of homes and businesses is likely, and delays or cancellations to bus and rail services are possible due to surface water and lightning strikes.

Keep ReadingShow less
Crime boss who posed as male escort jailed for £20m cocaine plot

Shergill and his accomplices were arrested on different dates in 2020

Photo for representation (iStock)

Crime boss who posed as male escort jailed for £20m cocaine plot

THE head of an organised crime group who claimed he was a male escort while masterminding an international operation to import cocaine into the UK has been sentenced to 21 years and three months in jail.

Kulvir Shergill, 43, from the West Midlands, told National Crime Agency (NCA) investigators he made a living through male escort bookings, teaching martial arts and working as a personal trainer.

Keep ReadingShow less
Major Delays on M62 After Lorry Crash and Fuel Spill

Motorists are being advised to expect significant disruption

National Highways

Major delays on M62 after lorry crash causes fuel spill

Drivers are facing long delays on the M62 following a lorry crash near Warrington that led to a significant fuel spill on the carriageway.

The incident occurred when the lorry struck railings on a bridge on the A49 Newton Road, causing fuel to leak onto the motorway below. As a result, the M62 has been closed in both directions within junction 9, and the junction 8 eastbound entry slip road is also shut.

Keep ReadingShow less
Air-India-Phuket-Reuters

A view shows Air India flight AI 379 that had to make an emergency landing back at Phuket Airport, due to a note of a bomb threat discovered mid-air, in Phuket, Thailand, June 13, 2025. (Photo: Reuters)

Bomb threat forces Air India flight back to Thai island

AN AIR INDIA flight from Phuket, Thailand to New Delhi returned to the Thai island on Friday after a bomb threat was discovered on board, according to Thailand’s airports authority.

The flight had taken off from Phuket and was en route to India when the pilot reported a possible threat and made an emergency landing.

Keep ReadingShow less
Air India flight crash

Debris of Air India flight 171 is pictured after it crashed in a residential area near the airport in Ahmedabad on June 13, 2025. (Photo: Getty Images)

Air India crash: Black box found as India investigates London-bound flight disaster

INVESTIGATORS have recovered the black box from the site of Thursday’s Air India crash in Ahmedabad, where a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner bound for London’s Gatwick airport went down shortly after takeoff, killing at least 265 people, including those on the ground.

The aircraft issued a mayday call shortly before crashing into a residential area around lunchtime. The plane had barely lifted 100 metres from the ground before it came down, with its tailpiece left protruding from the second floor of a hostel for medical staff from a nearby hospital.

Keep ReadingShow less