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2019 Indian General Election
General elections were held in India in seven phases from 11 April to 19 May 2019 to elect the members of the 17th Lok Sabha. Votes were counted and the result was declared on 23 May. Around 912 million people were eligible to vote, and voter turnout was over 67 percent – the highest ever, as well as the highest ever participation by women voters. The Bharatiya Janata Party received 37.36% of the vote, the highest vote share by a political party since the 1989 general election, and won 303 seats, further increasing its substantial majority. In addition, the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) won 353 seats. The Indian National Congress won 52 seats, failing to get 10% of the seats needed to claim the post of Leader of Opposition; Congress led United Progressive Alliance won 91 seats. Other parties and their alliances won 98 seats. Legislative assembly elections in the states of Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Odisha and Sikkim were held simultaneously wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vellore (Lok Sabha Constituency)
Vellore Lok Sabha constituency is one of the 39 Lok Sabha (parliamentary) constituencies in the present state of Tamil Nadu in Southern India. Its Tamil Nadu Parliamentary Constituency number is 8. The 2019 lok sabha election was scheduled to be held on 18 April in this constituency but the President of India rescinded polling on 16 April after Election Commission of India sent a report stating recovery of huge amount of unaccounted cash allegedly from Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate's office. Assembly segments After delimitation and from 2009 Indian general election the constituency is composed of following legislative assembly segments: Vellore Lok Sabha constituency was composed of the following legislative assembly ( Vidhan Sabha) segments since 1951–52 Indian general election until delimitation in 2008: # Vellore # Katpadi # Gudiyatham # Pernambut (SC) #Anaicut # Arni Members of Parliament Election results General Election 2019 General Election ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
