Published 17:20 IST, May 24th 2019
2019 Lok Sabha Election Results: UPA unseats NDA by winning the lone seat in Andaman & Nicobar
In Andaman & Nicobar, the fight for its lone Lok Sabha seat between BJP and Congress saw the UPA winning the seat.
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With all-important Lok Sabha polls concluding in world's largest democracy on Thursday, 1.3 billion citizens of India including an estimated 900 million-strong electorate now await formation of 17th Lok Sabha with 542 ( Vellore polls were countermanded) newly elected members to lower house of India's Parliament and consequently, process of forming next government of India will enter its final stage.
After thrilling counting day on May 23 which ended in a huge triumph for NDA and commencement of formation of Modi Sarkar 2.0, Republic Media Network presents results which ended in Prime Minister Narendra Modi getting re-elected and BJP winning a clear majority of 302 seats while Congress suffered a blow managing to garner 52 seats.
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Results 2019 Lok Sabha Polls:
In Andaman & Nicobar, fight for its lone Lok Sabha seat between BJP and Congress saw UPA winning seat.
Republic Double Exit polls projections:
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In contrast, Republic Media Network called result on Sunday projecting a BJP win with country's biggest exit poll - double exit poll in collaboration with nation's biggest pollsters Jan Ki Baat and CVoter - which presented a projection including granular projections from each of states and union territories.
BJP was projected to retain its seat in union territory. As per CVoter's vote-share projections, UPA will secure 41.1% while BJP is predicted to le with 45.2%
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CVoter:
Seat-share projections
Congress- 0
BJP- 1
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CVoter Vote-share projections:
Congress: 41.1%
BJP: 45.2%
Jan Ki Baat
BJP- 1
Political campaign:
Located at juncture of Andaman sea and Bay of Bengal, Island is a union territory of country. re are over 2,00,000 eligible voters in state, out of m, 11 are third gender voters. Bengali population in island is touted to be decider, but none of national parties fielded a Bengali candidate.
main fight was between Vishal Jolly of BJP and Kuldeep Rai Sharma of Congress. Surprisingly, AAP h joined fray fielding Sanjay Meshak and Trinamool too h fielded Ayan Mandal, grandson of former Andaman and Nicobar Islands MP Manoranjan Bhakta.
Historical trend:
In 2014, BJP MP Bishnu Pandey Ray won single seat securing 90,969 votes which amounted to 47.8% votes while Congress' Manoranjan Bhakta garnered 40% votes. union territory went to polls on April 11.
On a national scale:
A number of Republic Media Network newsbreaks especially set agenda for polls, including PM Narendra Modi completing a full circle with his first and last election campaign interview with Republic Media Network. Alongside sensational #MPsOnSale sting on sitting MPs who showed mselves willing to compromise interests of those whom y claim to represent, Operation Karz Maafi sting that exposed falsehood in Congress' farm loan-waiver promise, and numerous ors.
vote counting for 2019 Lok Sabha polls will be held on May 23. Join Arnab on Republic Media Network for persistent coverage of historic conclusion to general elections here.
17:20 IST, May 24th 2019