The results of Lok Sabha Elections 2019 were declared on Thursday. The counting of votes began at 8 am May 23 across the 542 Parliamentary constituencies in India. The final results of the General Elections 2019 are likely to be out by the end of the day. The BJP won 303 seats on its own. The total number of candidates who fought the 2019 polls on a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is 437. Catch complete coverage of the Lok Sabha Elections 2019 results here.
PM Narendra Modi, BJP President Amit Shah, Home Minister Rajnath Singh, Cricketer-turned-politician Gautam Gambhir and Union Minister Smriti Irani are among the big BJP names who won from their seats.
Here's the list of BJP winners for Lok Sabha Elections 2019
Most of the exit polls had predicted a clear victory for the BJP this election, indicating that there would be an NDA government at the Centre. The India Today-Axis My India exit poll predicted that the BJP-led NDA will win 339-368 seats. The CNN-News18-IPSOS exit poll predicted the NDA winning 336 seats. On the other hand, the NewsX-Neta exit poll said that the NDA may win 242 seats. Indications are that Narendra Modi is set to return as the Prime Minister of India. Here's all about the BJP and how it has performed through elections over the year.
The BJP is confident of winning and have said that they will get more seats than the 2014 elections. The party also hosted a dinner meet for all its allies at the BJP headquarters in the national capital.
Some of the key BJP candidates to watch out for on the result day would be PM Modi, party chief Amit Shah, Home Minister Rajnath Singh, Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, new entrants Sunny Deol and Gautam Gambhir among others.
In 2014, the BJP had won 282 seats. It remains to be seen how the party performs this election. Voting for the Lok Sabha elections 2019 took place across the country in seven phases between April 11 and May 19. The counting of votes is taking place on Thursday, May 23.
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