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Democracy is the biggest winner in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections as the results declared on June 4 underline the diversity in the political views of the largest democracy of the world. Prime Minister Narendra Modi who was the one man mascot of the ruling party BJP has got his biggest rebuff from the 64.2 crore voters who exercised their franchise in the seven phase 18th Lok Sabha elections from April 19 to June 1 this year.

Hindi Belt reins in Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the BJP, and dashed their hopes of winning 370 seats for the party in the Lok Sabha Election 2024. There are 11 states/UTs in the Hindi Belt – Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Delhi, Haryana, Chandigarh, Himachal Pradesh, and Uttarakhand – that has altogether 226 Lok Sabha Constituencies, out of which BJP had won 178 seats (NDA-204) in 2019. However, the loss to BJP and NDA, is a clear signal that PM Modi and the BJP can’t take the people of this country granted, even the people of the Hindi Belt.

Telangana voted for Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Both parties shared the spoils, i.e., 17 Lok Sabha seats. But it is Andhra Pradesh which will prove crucial in government formation at the Centre, whether by the NDA or by the INDI-Alliance. Andhra Pradesh witnessed complete dominance of the NDA, not the one led by the BJP, but by the one led by the Telugu Desam Party. The TDP Chief N Chandrababu Naidu played his cards right and he is back in the reckoning – can play a kingmaker role at the Centre following the unexpected results of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections that left Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s BJP stranded below simple majority mark.

Rubbishing the results of the exit polls which put BJP ahead of ruling dispensation of West Bengal, Trinamool Congress juggernaut rolled ahead flattening every political outfit that opposed it in the seven phase elections to the Lok Sabha.. Brushing off the initial jitters as the counting began, the TMC surged ahead in most of the seats and likely to be ahead in more.

The MORENA leadership holed up in the Hilton Hotel in Mexico City was in a state of quiet shock: they knew they were going to win Mexico’s presidential election, but not by that much. As results trickled in yesterday evening, it became clear that the long-expected victory was a drubbing.

Do you remember Yohani Diloka de Silva, the young Sri Lankan singer-songwriter, rapper, record producer, and YouTuber who took the music world by storm with a folk song “Manike Mage Hithe” rendered soulfully with elements of contemporary pop and rap? If you are wondering where Yohani is, let us tell you that she is in Mumbai and her latest song “Kella” (girl in Sinhalese) launched in December 2023 has crossed one million viewers two months ago.

After the seven-phase elections, the June 1 exit polls indicate that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will likely win big. The INDIA block, a coalition of regional parties, also competed, but its chances were slim. The results on January 4 will reveal the actual winner.

As expected, the ruling African National Congress (ANC) lost its majority in the national elections in South Africa held on May 29 paving the way for the formation of a coalition government as the leading partner after its uninterrupted rule for thirty years since the holding of first elections in 1994 after the abolition of apartheid.

By winning 46 Vidhan Sabha Constituencies out of 60 in the state, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has just upgraded its strategic political citadel Arunachal Pradesh. In terms of seat, it is 5 more than it had won in 2019 Vidhan Sabha election. In terms of vote share, it bagged 54.57 per cent of votes which is an increase of 3.71 per cent during this period. It is shocking for the Indian National Congress (INC), since it was the only major party in the fray that lost both in number of seats and share of votes, thanks to the strategic faults they have committed in the state in particular and in the North East in general, which is a glaring example of how the INC has politically handed the region over to the BJP in the last ten years.

A third term for Prime Minister Narendra Modi, or a first term for Rahul Gandhi, Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge’s choice for Prime Minister of an INDI-Alliance government in case the June 4 result upsets the one predicted by the exit polls and throws up an “expect the unexpected” outcome. The INDI-Alliance says the exit polls were “rigged” and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi called them “Modi Media Poll”, adding that the INDI-Alliance will tally ‘295’, more than enough seats to unseat Prime Minister Narendra Modi.