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Added on : 2024-06-05 09:07:13

The Election Commission of India (ECI) announced the results for all 543 Lok Sabha constituencies, with the BJP winning 240 seats and the Congress 99. The Lok Sabha has 543 members. However, votes were counted for 542 seats after the BJP's Surat candidate Mukesh Dalal was elected unopposed.

The BJP, whose candidates contested in the name of Modi, won in 240 seats, falling short of the 272 majority mark and needing the support of allies in the party-led NDA for government formation. The saffron party fell short from the 303 and 282 seats it had won in 2019 and 2014, respectively, to have a majority on its own.

The Congress, which is part of the opposition I.N.D.IA bloc, won 99 seats compared to 52 it won in 2019, eating into the BJP's share in Rajasthan and Haryana.

Following are the number of seats won by parties in all states and Union Territories in the Lok Sabha elections, according to the Election Commission website:

Bharatiya Janata Party- BJP 240 

Congress 99

Samajwadi Party- SP 37 

All India Trinamool Congress- TMC 29

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam - DMK 22 0 22

Telugu Desam - TDP 16 

Janata Dal (United) - JD(U) 12

Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackrey) 9

Nationalist Congress Party – Sharadchandra Pawar - NCPSP 8

Shiv Sena - (Eknath Sindhe) 7

Lok Janshakti Party(Ram Vilas) 5

Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party - YSRCP 4

Rashtriya Janata Dal - RJD 4

Communist Party of India (Marxist) - CPI(M) 4

Indian Union Muslim League - IUML 3

Aam Aadmi Party - AAP 3

Jharkhand Mukti Morcha - JMM 3

Janasena Party - JSP 2

Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) (Liberation) - CPI(ML)(L) 2

Janata Dal (Secular) - JD(S) 2

Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi - VCK 2

Communist Party of India - CPI 2

Rashtriya Lok Dal - RLD 2

Jammu & Kashmir National Conference - JKN 2

United People’s Party, Liberal - UPPL 1

Asom Gana Parishad - AGP 1

Hindustani Awam Morcha (Secular) - HAMS 1

Kerala Congress - KEC 1

Revolutionary Socialist Party - RSP 1

Nationalist Congress Party - NCP 1

Voice of the People Party - VOTPP 1

Zoram People’s Movement - ZPM 1

Shiromani Akali Dal - SAD 1

Rashtriya Loktantrik Party - RLTP 1

Bharat Adivasi Party - BHRTADVSIP 1

Sikkim Krantikari Morcha - SKM 1

Marumalarchi Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam - MDMK 1

Aazad Samaj Party (Kanshi Ram) - ASPKR 1

Apna Dal (Soneylal) - ADAL 1

AJSU Party - AJSUP 1

All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen - AIMIM 1

Independent - IND 7

Editor & Publisher : Dr Dhimant Purohit

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