Lok Sabha Election Results 2019

The countdown for election results, 2019 has already begun, which is going to be announced on 23rd May. The 17th Lok Sabha elections polling started in April and is going to be completed by 19th May 2019. In total, there are 543 seats. All the candidates from various Indian political parties are contesting for these seats. In addition, the President of India nominates two members. To be eligible to form the government at the center lower house of the parliament or to gain the majority, a party or a coalition needs to win a minimum of 272 out of 543 seats.

Lok Sabha Elections Seats for Each State

Here is the entire list of the number of seats allotted to each state, along with the Election dates of the Lok Sabha Elections.

Name of the state	Term starting on date	Term ending on date	Number of Lok Sabha seats	Number of seats in Rajya Sabha	Number of legislative assembly seats
ANDHRA PRADESH	19.06.2014	18.06.2019	25	11	175
ARUNACHAL PRADESH	02.06.2014	01.06.2019	2	1	60
ASSAM	01.06.2016	31.05.2021	14	7	126
BIHAR	30.11.2015	29.11.2020	40	16	243
CHHATTISGARH	06.01.2014	05.01.2019	11	5	90
GOA	16.03.2017	15.03.2022	2	1	40
GUJARAT	19.02.2018	18.02.2023	26	11	182
HARYANA	03.11.2014	02.11.2019	10	5	90
HIMACHAL PRADESH	09.01.2018	08.01.2023	4	3	68
JAMMU & KASHMIR*	17.03.2015	16.03.2021	6	4	87
JHARKHAND	06.01.2015	05.01.2020	14	6	81
KARNATAKA	-	-	28	12	224
KERALA	02.06.2016	01.06.2021	20	9	140
MADHYA PRADESH	08.01.2014	07.01.2019	29	11	230
MAHARASHTRA	10.11.2014	09.11.2019	48	19	288
MANIPUR	20.03.2017	19.03.2022	2	1	60
MEGHALAYA	16.03.2018	15.03.2023	2	1	60
MIZORAM	16.12.2013	15.12.2018	1	1	40
NAGALAND	13.03.2018	12.03.2023	1	1	60
NCT DELHI	23.02.2015	22.02.2020	7	3	70
ODISHA	12.06.2014	11.06.2019	21	10	147
PUDUCHERRY	09.06.2016	08.06.2021	1	1	30
PUNJAB	28.03.2017	27.03.2022	13	7	117
RAJASTHAN	21.01.2014	20.01.2019	25	10	200
SIKKIM	28.05.2014	27.05.2019	1	1	32
TAMIL NADU	25.05.2016	24.05.2021	39	18	234
TELANGANA	09.06.2014	08.06.2019	17	7	119
TRIPURA	23.03.2018	22.03.2023	2	1	60
UTTAR PRADESH	15.05.2017	14.05.2022	80	31	403
UTTARAKHAND	24.03.2017	23.03.2022	5	3	70
WEST BENGAL	31.05.2016	30.05.2021	42	16	294
One seat each for UTs of ANI, CH, DNH, DD and LKD			5
Nominated Members in Rajya Sabha				12
Nominated Members in Lok Sabha			2
Total			545	245	4120

Competitors

Three major coalitions in the country are contesting for the Lok Sabha elections, 2019.

The National Democratic Alliance (NDA)

The NDA was formed with only 14 members as a coalition in May 1998 to contest the general elections. It was led by BJP and included several regional parties - the Samata Party, the AIADMK and Shiv Sena were the members. The government collapsed within a year as AIADMK withdrew its support. This coalition returned to power in the 2014 general elections with a total share of 38.5% with Narendra Modi as the Prime Minister. There is no Politburo or a governing structure in place in NDA. The major decisions like sharing of seats in the election, allocating the ministry and raising issues in the parliament are looked after by the convener who sorts disputes among the member political parties. Currently, Chandrababu Naidu of Telugu Desam Party (TDP) is the convener of NDA.

Prime Minister candidate: The prime minister candidate for NDA is Narendra Modi.

Political parties: The political parties who form the current NDA coalition are as follows:

Name of the political party	The base state	Number of MPs in Lok Sabha
Bharatiya Janata Party	National party	274 (271 elected, 2 nominated by the president of India and 1 speaker)
Shiv Sena	Maharashtra	18
Lok Janshakti Party	Bihar,Manipur	6
Shiromani Akali Dal	Punjab	4
Rashtriya Lok Samta Party	Bihar	3
Apna Dal	Uttar Pradesh	2
Pattali Makkal Katchi	Tamil Nadu	1
All India N.R. Congress	Puducherry	1
Naga People's Front	Nagaland	0
Republican Party of India (A)	Maharashtra	0
Bodoland People's Front	Assam	0
Janata Dal (United)	Bihar	2
Sikkim Democratic Front	Sikkim	1
Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party	Nagaland	1
National People's Party	Meghalaya	0
Mizo National Front	Mizoram	0
Rashtriya Samaj Paksha	Maharashtra	0
Shiv Sangram	Maharashtra	0
Kongunadu Makkal Desia Katchi	Tamil Nadu	0
Indhiya Jananayaga Katchi	Tamil Nadu	0
Puthiya Needhi Katchi	Tamil Nadu	0
Jana Sena Party	Telangana,Andhra Pradesh	0
Gorkha Janmukti Morcha	West Bengal	0
Maharashtrawadi Gomantak Party	Goa	0
Goa Forward Party	Goa	0
Goa Vikas Party	Goa	0
All Jharkhand Students Union	Jharkhand	0
Indigenous People's Front of Tripura	Tripura	0
Manipur Peoples Party	Manipur	0
Kamtapur People's Party	West Bengal	0
Jammu and Kashmir People's Conference	Jammu and Kashmir	0
Kerala Congress (Thomas)	Kerala	0
Bharath Dharma Jana Sena	Kerala	0
Asom Gana Parishad	Assam	0
Janadhipathya Samrakshana Samithy	Kerala	0
People's Party of Arunachal	Arunachal Pradesh	0
United Democratic Party	Meghalaya	0
Hill State People's Democratic Party	Meghalaya	0
Praja Socialist Party	Kerala	0
Janadhipathya Rashtriya Sabha	Kerala	0
Kerala Vikas Congress	Kerala	0
Pravasi Nivasi Party	Kerala	0
Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party	Uttar Pradesh	0
Kerala Congress (Nationalist)	Kerala	0
People's Democratic Front	Meghalaya	0
Manipur Democratic People's Front	Manipur	0

United Progressive Alliance (UPA)

The United Progressive Alliance (UPA) is a coalition of center and left parties in the country. Sonia Gandhi is the current chairperson. Manmohan Singh became the prime minister of the country in 2009, which is the last time this coalition was in power. Since then, it took its place as the opposition in the parliament.

Prime Minister candidate: Rahul Gandhi, the current party president of Congress, is the Prime Minister Candidate for UPA. Rahul Gandhi is presently competing for the post of prime minister for the first time.

Political parties: The current members of UPA coalition are:

Name of the political party	The base state	Number of MPs in Lok Sabha
Indian National Congress	National Party	48
Nationalist Congress Party	National Party	7
Rashtriya Janata Dal	Bihar	3
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam	Tamil Nadu	0
Indian Union Muslim League	Kerala	2
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha	Jharkhand	2
Janata Dal (Secular)	Karnataka	1
Kerala Congress (M)	Kerala	1
Rashtriya Lok Dal	Uttar Pradesh	1
Revolutionary Socialist Party	Kerala	1
Communist Marxist Party (John)	Kerala	0
Kerala Congress (Jacob)	Kerala	0
Peace Party of India	Uttar Pradesh	0
Mahan Dal	Uttar Pradesh	0

The Third Front

The Third Front is an alliance formed in 1989 by those parties that neither wanted to be in NDA or UPA. This party has seen many parties merging and leaving. It fought the Lok Sabha elections under different names over the years. Some of them are The National Front from 1989 to 1991 under the leadership of N.T. Rama Rao of Janata Dal and The United Front which from 1996 to 1998. The Third Front Party is comparatively considered to be a failure as it has been unstable due to the difference of opinion and the absence of a major political party. Presently, the Third Front is called the Federal Front with parties like Trinamool Congress (TMC) and Telugu Desam Party (TDP). This Party is trying to lead the way in the general elections in 2019 for a three-way fight against NDA and UPA.

Opinion Polls for General Elections Results 2019

Here is the list of the opinion polls conducted over the past three years by various agencies of the general elections 2019:

Name of the polling agency	Date of the opinion poll	NDA	UPA	Others	Lead of the winning coalition
India Today- Karvy	August 2018	255,228,281	248,224,122	46, 91, 140	7, 4, 141
ABP News-CSDS	May 2018	274	164	105	110
Republic-C,VoterIndia Today	Jan 2018	335	89	119	216
ABP News-CSDS	Jan 2018	309	102	132	177
India Today	Jan 2018	301	127	115	174
India Today	August 2017	349	75	119	230
India Today	Jan 2017	370	60	123	237
India Today	Aug 2016	304	94	145	159
India Today	Feb 2016	286	110	147	139
India Today	Aug 2015	288	81	174	114
General elections 2014	April to May 2014	336	60	147	276

Initiatives Taken by the Election Commission of India for General Elections in 2019

Voter turnout in 2014, when compared to 2009, increased considerably from 58.21 to 66.40%. The Election Commission of India (ECI) put a lot of effort to increase voter turnout in Lok Sabha Elections 2019. The following are the initiatives taken by ECI:

• The Election Commission is taking measures to ensure that the specially-abled people find no difficulty while polling.

• ECI conducted a national consultation for two days on accessible general and assembly elections with the state and district level commission officers to discuss the ways on increasing voter turnout.

• The most advanced Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs), the voting equipment, and Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail machines or VVPAT (that prevent the trail of votes polled by the voter and ensures genuine results) are used in the Lok Sabha Elections 2019.

• Also, a large number of EVMs and VVPATs are used by the Election Commission. Roughly, 26 lakh control units, 34 lakh ballot units, and 27 lakh VVPAT machines are used in the Lok Sabha elections.

Here are the modifications made to the voting equipment that are used in the 2019 general and assembly elections:

• All the VVPAT machines have a built-in hood in to reduce exposure to heat and light.

• There are a few design improvements that are made in EVMs and VVPATs to prevent malfunctioning during the elections.

Election Results Procedure 2019

The 17th Lok Sabha Election Results date is approaching, and of course, we all are eagerly waiting to know which party is going to govern our country. The nation needs to know how the election results are counted. Here’s the gist of the counting procedure.

Earlier, in 2014 elections, the election results were announced completely based on the count in EVMs. But this time, Chandra Babu Naidu, the leader of Telugu Desam Party, along with 20 other opposition parties, submitted a petition since they doubted the credibility of the EVMs. The petition stated that 50% of the VVPAT slips must be counted and matched with the EVM result.

However, the Supreme Court, on Tuesday, rejected the plea and announced that the random matching of VVPAT slips with EVMs is going to take place in five polling booths per assembly through a lottery process. This announcement was made as the Election Commission stated that the counting of 50% VVPAT slips would delay the election results by six days. This exercise will be held in 20,600 out of the 10.35 lakh polling stations pan India on May 23rd, when votes for the Lok Sabha elections are counted.

Lok Sabha Election Result - 2019

Finally, the wait is all over for the 17th Lok Sabha Results - 2019, which consists of 545 seats in total. The candidates from various political parties contest for 543 seats, and the president of India nominates the remaining two members. To gain a majority in the Lok Sabha and to be eligible to form the Government at the center, a party or a coalition needs to win a minimum of 272 out of 543 seats. The result was quite evident when the exit polls/opinion polls were released. BJP has won the elections with a great majority. Shri Narendra Modi is re-elected as the Prime Minister of India, to be sworn-in once again on 30th May 2019 at 7:00 PM.

Here is the State-wise list of Lok Sabha Elections:

Name of the state	Number of Lok Sabha seats	Party Wise Result
ANDHRA PRADESH	25	YSRCP-22 TDP-3
ARUNACHAL PRADESH	2	BJP-2
ASSAM	14	BJP-9 INC-3 OTH-2
BIHAR	40	BJP-17 JD(U)-16 LJP-6 INC-1
CHHATTISGARH	11	BJP-9 INC-2
GOA	2	BJP-1 INC-1
GUJARAT	26	BJP-26
HARYANA	10	BJP-10
HIMACHAL PRADESH	4	BJP-4
JAMMU & KASHMIR*	6	BJP-3 JKNC-3
JHARKHAND	14	BJP-11 AJSU-1 INC-1 JMM-1
KARNATAKA	28	BJP-25 INC-1 JD(S)-1 Independent-1
KERALA	20	INC-15 IUML-2 CPI-1 KEM-1 RSP-1
MADHYA PRADESH	29	BJP-28 INC-1
MAHARASHTRA	48	BJP-23 SHS-18 NCP-4 AIMIM-1 INC-1 Independent-1
MANIPUR	2	BJP-1 NPF-1
MEGHALAYA	2	INC-1 NPEP-1
MIZORAM	1	MNF-1
NAGALAND	1	NDPP-1
NCT DELHI	7	BJP-7
ODISHA	21	BJD-12 BJP-8 INC-1
PUNJAB	13	INC-8 BJP-2 SAD-2 AAAP-1
RAJASTHAN	25	BJP-24 RLP-1
SIKKIM	1	SKM-1
TAMIL NADU	39	DMK-23 INC-8 CPI-2 CPM-2 ADMK-1 IUML-1 VCK-1
TELANGANA	17	TRS-9 BJP-4 INC-3 AIMIM-1
TRIPURA	2	BJP-2
UTTAR PRADESH	80	BJP-62 BSP-10 SP-5 AAAP-2 INC-1
UTTARAKHAND	5	BJP-5
WEST BENGAL	42	AITC-22 BJP-18 INC-2
ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS (ANI)	1	INC-1
LAKSHWADEEP ISLANDS (LKD)	1	NCP-1
DADRA & NAGAR HAVELI (DNH)	1	Independent-1
DAMAN & DIU (DD)	1	BJP-1
CHANDIGARH	1	BJP-1
PUDUCHERRY	1	INC-1
Nominated Members in Lok Sabha	2
Total	545

Considering NDA, a total of 351 seats were secured, where BJP, without any coalition, got a majority of 303 seats in the Lok Sabha, while UPA secured 90 seats, out of which, 52 were from Indian National Congress (INC).

NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE (NDA)

Name of the Party	Number of Lok Sabha seats
BHARATIYA JANATA PARTY (BJP)	303
SHIV SENA (SHS)	18
JANATA DAL (UNITED)	16
LOK JANASAKTHI PARTY (LJP)	6
Others	8
TOTAL	351

UNITED PROGRESSIVE ALLIANCE (UPA)

Name of the Party	Number of Lok Sabha seats
INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS (INC)	52
DRAVIDA MUNNETRA KAZHAGAM (DMK)	23
NATIONALIST CONGRESS PARTY (NCP)	5
Others	10
TOTAL	90

FINAL ELECTION RESULT-2019

Name of the Party	Number of Lok Sabha seats
NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC ALLIANCE (NDA)	351
UNITED PROGRESSIVE ALLIANCE (UPA)	90
ALL INDIA TRINAMOOL CONGRESS (AITC)	22
YUVAJANA SRAMIKA RAITU CONGRESS PARTY (YSRCP)	22
BIJU JANATA DAL (BJD)	12
BAHUJAN SAMAJ PARTY (BSP)	10
TELANGANA RASHTRA SAMITHI (TRS)	9
SAMAJWADI PARTY (SP)	5
OTHERS	21
TOTAL	542

The Result was declared for 542 seats, and polling will be conducted again for the Vellore Constituency, Tamil Nadu, as the electoral process was seriously vitiated on account of unlawful activities.

Legislative Assembly Results - 2019

Legislative Assembly Results of Andhra Pradesh

Yuvajana Sramika Raitu Congress Party (YSRCP) won the elections defeating the ruling party (Telugu Desam Party) with more than 80% of the total seats. The Chief Minister candidate for the YSRCP party is Shri Y.S. Jaganmohan Reddy, who is likely to be sworn-in on May 30th, 2019.

Name of the Party	Number of Vidhan Sabha seats
YUVAJANA SRAMIKA RAITU CONGRESS PARTY (YSRCP)	151
TELUGU DESAM PARTY (TDP)	23
JANASENA PARTY (JSP)	1
TOTAL	175

Legislative Assembly Results of Arunachal Pradesh

BJP won the elections by securing 41 seats.

Name of the Party	Number of Vidhan Sabha seats
BHARATIYA JANATA PARTY (BJP)	41
JANATA DAL (UNITED)	7
INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS (INC)	4
NATIONAL PEOPLE’S PARTY (NPP)	5
INDEPENDENT	2
PEOPLE’S PARTY OF ARUNACHAL (PPOA)	1
TOTAL	60

Legislative Assembly Results of Odisha

Biju Janata Dal (United) secured a great majority acquiring 112 seats. Navin Patnaik is likely to take oath as Chief Minister of Odisha on May 29, 2019.

Name of the Party	Number of Vidhan Sabha seats
BIJU JANATA DAL (UNITED)	112
BHARATIYA JANATA PARTY (BJP)	23
INDIAN NATIONAL CONGRESS (INC)	9
COMMUNIST PARTY OF INDIA (MARXIST)	1
INDEPENDENT	1
TOTAL	146

Legislative Assembly Results of Sikkim

SKM defeated SDF by 2 seats, where SKM got 17 seats and SDF got 15 seats. Prem Singh Golay is going to take oath as the New CM on May 27, 2019.

Name of the Party	Number of Vidhan Sabha seats
SIKKIM KRANTIKARI MORCHA	17
SIKKIM DEMOCRATIC FRONT	15
TOTAL	32