With exit polls predicting the worst-ever defeat of Congress in the General Elections, the party workers conducted prayers outside the Congress HQ on Friday.
SDF storms to power for fifth consecutive term in Sikkim.
The results will seal the fate of 143 candidates who contested from 49 assembly constituencies along with 11 candidates who were in the fray for Arunachal East and West parliamentary seats.
Even as the world`s largest democracy braced for the 2014 Lok Sabha polls` verdict on Friday, May 16, Google in its usual way has paid tribute to the country with an inked finger mark doodle on its India homepage.
Seemandhra prefers TDP, TRS rides high on Telangana sentiment.
With exit polls predicting a victory for BJP-led National Democratic Alliance, Congress leaders sought to put a brave face.
The Congress has been handed a drubbing by the people of India who voted overwhelmingly in favour of the Bharatiya Janata Party.
Expressing confidence of winning from Nagpur constituency, senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Nitin Gadkari told reporters that he is very sure of winning with a good margin.
Heaping praise on Bharatiya Janata Party`s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, former cop and social worker Kiran Bedi on Friday said that the counry will for the first time get a PM who is well connected with the grouund realities.
As the nation waits with bated breath for the results of the mammoth nine-phased election, Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal will on Friday reach Varanasi constituency, from where he was pitted against BJP`s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi.
Bharatiya Janata Party president Rajnath Singh will address a press conference, moments after the results of the Lok Sabha election are declared.
India is awaiting the results of one of the most keenly-watched General Elections in the country`s history.
Results of India`s election are due on Friday, after a record number of voters cast their ballot in the five-week-long marathon.
India`s election results on Friday could usher in the most profound economic change in a generation if opposition leader Narendra Modi wins a clear mandate for his agenda to revive growth and create jobs.
Riding at the back of Modi wave, the BJP in Chhattisgarh looks set to retain the majority of seats.
With exit polls projecting a gloomy scenario for it, Congress on Thursday had a brainstorming session with its media team to chalk out a strategy for its spokespersons.
Congress on Thursday snubbed party leader Rashid Alvi for his suggestion projecting Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee as secular forces leader to keep Narendra Modi out of power.
The repoll at five polling stations of Vaishali Lok Sabha constituency got over smoothly on Thursday with around 52 per cent voters exercising their franchise.
Union Minister and NCP leader Praful Patel on Thursday said here that his party, now a constituent of UPA, would not be crossing over to NDA.
With the completion of the election process following repoll at five polling stations of Wokha district on Thursday, elaborate security have been put in place for tomorrow`s counting of votes for the lone Lok Sabha seat in Nagaland.
At one point the United States denied Narendra Modi a visa citing his involvement in the 2002 Gujarat riots. But after Modi led the BJP to a landslide victory in the Lok Sabha polls, the White House on Friday night said that the PM designate is welcome to visit the country.
Apprehending "widespread" violence and intimidation by Trinamool Congress members during and after the counting, CPI(M) on Thursday asked the Election Commission to ensure adequate security measures in West Bengal.
Germany on Thursday made it clear that if Narendra Modi becomes Prime Minister, he will not need any visa to travel to that country and he is "welcome" there.
Amid BJP`s readiness to welcome new allies, TRS today kept its options open on support even as DMK ruled out backing Narendra Modi-led NDA government because of the "stigma" of 2002 riots.
Assam government will not allow victory processions in eleven sensitive districts of the state and announced strict enforcement of prohibitory orders.
A day before the counting of votes polled in the Lok Sabha election, a senior Congress leader Thursday admitted the party`s defeat in Seemandhra region of Andhra Pradesh.
Former Delhi BJP chief Vijender Gupta met Delhi Police Commissioner BS Bassi and submitted a complaint alleging circulation of malicious SMSes to instigate riots in the country on the day of vote counting.
head of the counting of votes for Lok Sabha polls in the national capital on Friday, Delhi traffic police have made elaborate arrangements for the roads leading to the counting centres.
Elaborate arrangements have been made and security tightened at the seven centres, housing over 20,000 EVMs, to ensure peaceful counting of votes in the national capital.
A day ahead of the counting of votes for the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, hectic parleys were witnessed in the BJP on Wednesday.
Expelled BJP leader Jaswant Singh has ruled out the possibility of returning to the party fold after the election results are out on Friday, saying this would be a "betrayal" of the people.
Tight security arrangements will be in place for counting of votes at 76 counting centres in Uttar Pradesh on Friday where 1,288 candidates, including Narendra Modi and Sonia Gandhi, have contested for the 80 Lok Sabha seats.
Expecting a "big win" in the Lok Sabha elections as predicted by the exit polls, Delhi BJP has made elaborate preparations, including ordering 300 kg of ladoos, to celebrate the anticipated victory tomorrow.
Punjab Chief Electoral Officer VK Singh on Thursday directed the District Electoral Officers to maintain strict discipline in and around all the 30 counting centres throughout the state during counting of votes for the 13 Lok Sabha seats on Friday.
Buoyed by exit poll predictions, Maharashtra BJP unit has prepared a giant cake and as many as 40,000 laddoos to distribute among the people after the Lok Sabha election results.
With just hours to go before counting of votes for the Lok Sabha polls, police were kept on tenterhooks after yet another call to the control room claimed that bombs would go off at five areas in the city, including three counting centres on Friday.
Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi is understood to have denied violation of the model code of conduct in his reply to the Election Commission`s show cause notice.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar on Thursday presided over a meeting of his cabinet which triggered debate in the political circle.
Election Results 2014 — Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi returned to India on Thursday, a day after his absence at the farewell dinner for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh drew flak from the Opposition.
With less than 24 hours to go before the General Elections results are announced, Congress party`s Sandeep Dikshit has already conceded defeat.
While speculations are doing the rounds about the role of BJP`s veteran leader LK Advani in Narendra Modi`s Cabinet, the party`s president Rajnath Singh on Thursday met the former at his residence.
While Modi has been praised and admired for his economic policies and growth model in Gujarat, the man has also caught eyeballs with his fit body and amazing vigour that gets him through a nearly brutal electioneering campaign.
Congress on Thursday suggested that all the `secular parties` should come together and elect West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee as their leader in order to stop BJP`s PM candidate Narendra Modi.
BJP leader Vijender Gupta Thursday submitted a written complaint against circulation of inflammatory SMSes that, he said, affect the party`s image, according to police here.
At least 851 complaints pertaining to violation of Model Code of Conduct were received in Punjab in the run up to the Lok Sabha polls in the state.
The ruling Congress in Karnataka is looking for a big win from a sharply bipolar race in the state in an outcome that could also have a bearing on Chief Minister Siddaramaiah`s standing within the party.
Amidst the rumpus of the national elections of 2014, the southern state of Andhra Pradesh also went to polls to elect a new assembly – or rather two new assemblies.
Odisha concluded its Assembly polls along with General Elections, and political pundits are predicting that the Naveen Patnaik’s Biju Janata Dal (BJD) will get a comfortable win for a fourth term in office.
Guidance centres at railway stations and airport here and round-the-clock assistance for registration and temporary accommodation are some of the arrangements made by the Lok Sabha secretariat for the newly-elected members of the 16th Lok Sabha.
Cutting across party lines, most politicians appear to be anxious about the results they will achieve from the 2014 general elections.