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08:01
Get set, count! EC has begun with the process that would ultimately decide which party and alliance could form the next government in the country.
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07:57
Counting of votes to begin shortly.
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07:50
Special attention could be on West Bengal today as counting takes place here after intense violence in each of the seven phases of voting.
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07:38
Preparations for celebrations have already started at the residence of Nitin Gadkari in Nagpur.
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07:34
Congress' Ajay Maken confident of winning from New Delhi Lok Sabha constituency. He says he is also confident of Congress forming the next government with Rahul Gandhi as the PM.
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07:28
Tight security outside polling centres across the country with the Ministry of Home Affairs having asked states and UTs to ensure maximum vigil for a fair and peaceful counting process.
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07:20
A majority of exit polls have predicted the NDA to storm back to power with more than 300 seats. The UPA could be halted at under 120 while regional parties not aligned under either NDA or UPA may together account for the remaining numbers. And even as opposition parties have rejected these predictions and put up a confident face, it is the BJP that is smiling the widest so far.
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07:13
Congress has readied a Karnataka-style plan in case Lok Sabha election results 2019 are different from the exit polls. The party have decided to name it as Secular Democratic Front. Congress legal team has prepared three sets of letters in case the party feels it can give a fight to the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance in forming the next government. The plan includes bring together parties which are not part of the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) currently like Trinamool Congress (TMC), Telugu Desam Party (TDP), Samajwadi Party (SP), Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and the Left Front led by the Communist Party of India Marxist.
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07:09
Political leaders make a beeline for temples early Thursday morning.
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07:04
Unlike elections in the past, Lok Sabha election 2019 has been extremely intense with several parties indulging in a vilified campaign which reeked of their desperation to win. There were also several incidents of violence with an overwhelming majority occurring in West Bengal. Allegations and counter-allegations have been the electoral flavour these last few months, voters will have the final say in who will win.
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06:59
Over 90 crore voters were eligible to cast their vote in Lok Sabha election 2019 - a jump of about seven crore from five years ago. The Election Commission of India has been relentlessly working to ensure free, fair and peaceful elections across the country and will now be tasked with the counting of these votes in a systematic and unbiased manner as it has done for several decades.
