Election results 2019 highlights: BJP sweeps the polls, opposition accepts defeat

Modi to address the nation.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi leaves his residence, en route to BJP headquarters.

After a spectacular victory against Congress stalwart BK Hariprasad in Bengaluru South,  BJP's Tejasvi Surya said that BS Yeddyurappa will become the chief minister of Karnataka. Here's the full interview. 

Congress President Rahul Gandhi: I had said that during the campaign 'janta maalik hai' and today people have clearly given their decision. I congratulate the PM and BJP. He also congratulated Smriti Irani after his defeat in Amethi. 

"I congratulate Prime Minister Modi on the electoral victory of BJP and allies. Look forward to working with him for peace, progress and prosperity in South Asia," said Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan.

Following BJP's victory in Karnataka, Yeddyurappa says 'I don’t demand Kumaraswamy’s resignation'. Video here. 

Assam 
BJP+ - 10
Congress - 2
AIUDF - 1
Others – 1

Arunachal Pradesh
BJP - 2

Nagaland
Congress - 1

Manipur
BJP - 1
NPF - 1

Meghalaya
NPP - 1
Congress - 1

Mizoram
MNF - 1

Tripura
BJP - 2

Visuals of NPP candidate Agatha Sangma's victory tour after winning Tura seat.

As the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) stood poised to return to power with a bigger mandate in 2019 Lok Sabha elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday congratulated the nation. “India wins yet again!” he tweeted. Full report here.

Arunachal Pradesh
BJP - 2

Nagaland
NDPP - 1

Manipur
BJP - 1
NPF - 1

Meghalaya
NPP - 1
Congress - 1

Mizoram
MNF - 1

Tripura
BJP – 2

Assam
BJP - 9
AGP -1
Congress - 1
AIUDF - 2
Independent - 1
 

BJP cadre celebrates in Bengal's Purulia. According to the latest updates, the BJP is leading by 45,489 here. 

Prime Minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu congratulates Prime Minister #NarendraModi, says, "will continue to strengthen our friendship between India and Israel". Read full report here.

Asansol result at the end of the 7th round 

BJP’s Babul Supriyo - 231055

Trinamool’s - 155084

BJP’s Himanta Biswa Sarma: People of India have once again given Modi ji a chance to lead the country, they love him. I would like to thank the people of India, especially people of North-East for supporting Modi ji. I want to assure people that Modi ji will take us forward.

Prime Minister of Sri Lanka Ranil Wickremesinghe tweets, "Congratulations to #NarendraModi on a magnificent victory! We look forward to working closely with you." 

BJP’s seat counts in Bengal 

Asansol leading by 69082
Hooghly leading by 58826
Alipurduar leading by 69440
Bangaon leading by 25794
Bankura leading by 36542
Bishnupur leading by 45127
Burdwan Durgapur leading by 15619
Maldah Uttar leading by 21478
Jhargram leading by 15832
Purulia leading by 45489
Darjeeling leading by 89219
Malda DAKSHIN leading by 13990
Raiganj leading by 4451
Ranaghat leading by 59750
Jalpaiguri leading by 23689
Barrackpore leading by 1548
Coochbehar leading by 1082
 

All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen leader Asaduddin Owaisi leading with over 85,000 votes from Hyderabad Lok Sabha constituency.

BJP parliamentary board meeting to be held later today. PM Modi to meet BJP workers at party office at 5.30 PM today.

"This is the first election for a generation that opened its eyes in the 21st century, the millennium generation has voted & given a millennium mandate. I think we should wait for final results, the indications are now gradually settling down to same thing," BJP's Sudhanshu Trivedi.

BJP leader Tajinder Pal Singh Bagga’s message to Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee.

Union Ministers Manoj Sinha and Maneka Gandhi trailing from Ghazipur and Sultanpur respectively.

Congress leader Jyotiraditya Scindia trailing from Guna in Madhya Pradesh.
 

Congress's Shashi Tharoor leading from Thiruvananthapuram by over 13,000 votes

Bengal: TMC leading on 24 seats, BJP leading on 17 seats and Congress on 1 seat; total seats 42.

BJP President Amit Shah leading by over 1,25,000 votes from Gujarat's Gandhinagar.

Visuals of celebrations outside BJP office in Bengaluru.

Purulia Lok Sabha 1st round detail counting report.

The Congress is leading in eight out of total 13 Lok Sabha seats in Punjab.The Congress is leading in Amritsar, Faridkot, Anandpur Sahib, Jalandhar, Khadoor Sahib, Ludhiana, Fatehgarh Sahib and Patiala. Meanwhile, BJP is leading in Gurdaspur and Hoshiarpur seats and the Akali Dal in Bathinda and Ferozepur seats. 

Samajwadi Party (SP) patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav is leading in Mainpuri constituency. 

The former Prime Minister and JD(S) candidate HD Deve Gowda is trailing in Karnataka's Tumkur.

BJP leads in 10 seats, out of 42 seats, in Bengal. 

Jaya Prada takes the lead in Rampur. Azam Khan is trailing. 

Lok Sabha polls 2019: Official trends at 9:30 AM 

BJP-206
INC-55
NCP-2
JDS-2
JDU-7
SP-2
TRS-10
YSRCP-10
TDP-2
SS-12
AAP-1
BSP-10
DMK-14
TMC-5

Arunachal Pradesh (2)
BJP - 2
Manipur (2)
BJP - 1
Mizoram – (1)
MNF - 1
Meghalaya (2)
NPP - 1
Congress – 1
Nagaland (1)
NDPP - 1
 

Abhishek Banerjee, Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee nephew is trailing in Diamond Harbour constituency. BJP's Nilanjan Roy has taken the lead. 

Across India, the BJP takes a lead of 272. Meanwhile, UPA is leading on just 88 Lok Sabha seats and 76 seats went to other regional parties. 

Madhya Pradesh chief minister and Congress leader Kamal Nath is leading in Assembly by-poll in Chhindwara constituency. 
 

CPI's Kanhaiya Kumar is trailing in Begusarai after BJP’s Giriraj Singh took the lead. 
 

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is leading in Varanasi. 

Samajwadi Party's Azam Khan is leading in Uttar Pradesh's Rampur against Jaya Prada. 

BJP candidate Pragya Singh Thakur and Anurag Thakur have taken the leads in Bhopal and Hamirpur in Himachal Pradesh, respectively. Full report here.
 

Actor and Congress candidate Urmila Matondkar is trailing in North Mumbai. She is contesting against BJP's Gopal Shetty 

 BJP sitting MP Babul Supriyo Babul Supriyo is leading in Asansol

Congress Candidate Shashi Tharoor is now Leading in Trivandrum.

BJP party candidates Kirron Kher, Sunny Deol are leading in Chandigarh and Gurdaspur respectively.
 

BJP's Smriti Irani has taken the lead in Amethi. Congress president Rahul Gandhi is trailing. 

Full report here

BJP's Smriti Irani has taken the lead in Amethi. Congress president Rahul Gandhi is trailing. 

Assam (14 seats) early trends

BJP+ - 8

Congress - 3

AIUDF - 2

Others - 1

While Congress candidate Shashi Tharoor is trailing in Trivandrum, Rahul Gandhi is leading in Wayanad. Gandhi decided to contest from Wayanad in Kerala besides his traditional stronghold of Amethi in Uttar Pradesh. 

Election Commission's website faces hiatus as voting for Lok Sabha elections 2019 continues. 

While the BJP is leading in Chhattisgarh, Shiv Sena in Maharashtra's Thane, the Congress is leading in Naxal-hit Bastar district in Chhattisgarh.

Congress president Rahul Gandhi and chairperson Sonia Gandhi are leading Lok Sabha seats of Amethi and Raebareli.
 

The BJP candidate has taken the first lead in Karnataka's Hasan constituency. BJP candidate and Union minister Rajyavardhan Rathore has also taken lead in Rajasthan. 

Counting for Lok Sabha elections 2019 begins.

Actor Ravi Kishan, who is fighting on Gorakhpur Lok Sabha seat, offers prayers before counting for Lok Sabha election begins.

The Election Commission will start counting the Lok Sabha election results at 8 AM on Thursday.