Lok Sabha 2024: Results for all Lok Sabha constituencies declared; BJP wins 240 seats, Congress 99, says EC

The last result to be announced was that of Beed constituency in Maharashtra, where NCP (Sharad Pawar) candidate Bajrang Manohar Sonwane defeated the BJP's Pankaja Munde by 6,553 votes

A band plays music as BJP supporters dance inside the party office during the counting in India’s national election, in New Delhi, India, on June 4, 2024. | Photo Credit: AP

The Election Commission of India has declared results for all Lok Sabha constituencies, with the BJP winning 240 of the 543 seats and the Congress 99.

The last result to be announced was that of Beed constituency in Maharashtra, where NCP (Sharad Pawar) candidate Bajrang Manohar Sonwane defeated the BJP's Pankaja Munde by 6,553 votes.

While the Lok Sabha has 543 members, counting was held for 542 seats after the BJP's Surat candidate Mukesh Dalal was elected unopposed.

According to the final results, declared early on Wednesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is poised to form the government for a third consecutive term with the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) getting a majority in the Lok Sabha, notwithstanding crushing losses in three Hindi heartland states after a bitterly fought election that was projected as a referendum on his popularity.

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, a far cry from the 303 and 282 seats it had won in 2019 and 2014, respectively, to have a majority on its own.

Election Results 2024 | India celebrates democracy — in pictures

Congress Party leader Rahul Gandhi, leaves the party headquarters with his sister and party leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra after addressing a press conference in New Delhi on June 4, 2024.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP National President JP Nadda greet supporters upon their arrival for a meeting at the party headquarters as the party leads in the Lok Sabha elections amid the counting of votes, in New Delhi on June 4, 2024.

Mother and son of jailed independent candidate from Baramulla constituency Sheikh Abdul Rashid alias Engineer Rashid show victory sign after Rashid won the Lok Sabha elections, on June 4, 2024.

BJP State President K. Surendran and other Senior Leaders with party’s lone Kerala MP from Thrissur, Suresh Gopi, at the Party State Headquarters, in Thiruvananthapuram on June 4, 2024.

Telugu Desam Party’s(TDP) national president N. Chandrababu Naidu greets a boisterous crowd cheering lustily after he was declared the winner in the elections, outside the party office in Mangalagiri on June 4, 2024.

Minister for Industries T. R. B. Rajaa greeting partys Coimbatore Parliamentary constituency winner Ganapathy P. Rajkumar on a victory procession outside the counting centre in Coimbatore on June 4, 2023.

Congress candidate Charanjit Singh Channi waves the national flag as he celebrates his win from the Jalandhar seat in the Lok Sabha elections, in Jalandhar on June 4, 2024.

Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) leader Phani Bhusan Choudhury being felicitated by party leader Keshab Mahanta and others after the former won the Lok Sabha election from Barpeta constituency, in Guwahati, on June 5, 2024.

Communist Party of India (Marxist)[CPI(M)] cadres bursting crackers to celebrate the victory of their party Lok Sabha canditate S. Venkatesan, in Madurai on June 4, 2024.

Janata Dal (United) supporters offer sweets to the cut out of Bihar CM Nitish Kumar as initial trends show victory for the party candidates in the Lok Sabha elections, in Patna on June 4, 2024.

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Kangana Ranaut being offered with sweets by her mother as she leads from the Mandi constituency during the vote counting for the Lok Sabha elections, in Mandi on June 4, 2024.

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Aparajita Sarangi arrives to offer prayers at the Lingaraj Temple after her victory from the Bhubaneswar constituency in the Odisha Assembly and Lok Sabha elections, in Bhubaneswar on June 6, 2024.

Jubiliant Shashi Tharoor who won the Thiruvananthapuram Parliament constituency with his supporters, in Thiruvananthapuram on June 4, 2024.

Nationalist Congress Party(NCP) candidate Supriya Sule meets party workers as they celebrate the Lok Sabha election result, at the party office in Mumbai, on June 4, 2024.

BJP candidate Arjun Ram Meghwal being greeted after he won the Lok Sabha election from Bikaner constituency, in Bikaner on June 4, 2024.

Samajwadi Party workers celebrating party victory in the Lok Sabha elections, in Lucknow on June 4, 2024. The party emerged with the third-most seats nationally, after the BJP and Congress.

Congress Puducherry Lok Sabha candidate V. Vaithilingam thanks the voters on the open jeep after receiving the certificate of victory in Puducherry on June 4, 2024.

BJP workers celebrating the party victory, in the Lok Sabha elections, in New Delhi on June 4, 2024.

Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP) supporters celebrating the victory in the State, at BJP office, in Bengaluru on June 4, 2024.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee along with Abhishek Banerjee meets the press after their big win in Bengal

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam(DMK) leader Kanimozhi Karunanidhi being garlanded by party workers after winning the Lok Sabha elections from Thoothukudi constituency, on June 4, 2024.

BJP workers celebrated the victory of party candidate B.Y. Raghavendra in Shivamogga on June 4, 2024.

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With support from key allies N Chandrababu Naidu's Telugu Desam Party (TDP) and Nitish Kumar's JD(U), which won 16 and 12 seats in Andhra Pradesh and Bihar, respectively, and other alliance partners, the NDA crossed the halfway mark.

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

As the Samajwadi Party kept the INDIA bloc's morale high in Uttar Pradesh with 37 seats, the Trinamool Congress (TMC), another key member of the opposition alliance, won 29 seats in West Bengal, higher than its 2019 tally of 22. The BJP, which had won 18 seats in the last Lok Sabha elections, won 12 seats.

The results did not throw up a landslide victory the BJP-led NDA had hoped for and what was projected by the exit polls.

More than 640 million votes were to be counted in the world's largest democratic exercise, conducted from April 19 to June 1 in seven phases.