Lok Sabha Elections 2009 Result: Who wins, who looses

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• Jaswant Singh (BJP) wins from Darjeeling)
• Akhilesh Yadav (SP) wins by 1.11 lakh votes in Kannauj
• Jaya Prada (SP) wins in Rampur defeating Noor Bano Begum (Congress)
• Priya Dutt (Congress) wins in Mumbai North-Central by 319352 votes
• Rajnath Singh (BJP) wins in Ghaziabad
• Navjyot Singh Sidhu (BJP) wins in Amritsar
• Farooq Abdullah (NC) wins by 30,000 votes in Srinagar
• Sushma Swaraj (BJP) wins in Vidisha
• Kamal Nath (Congress) wins in Chhindwara
• Sachin Pilot (Congress) wins in Ajmer
• Maneka Gandhi (BJP) loses by 22,000 votes in Aonla
• Ram Vilas Paswan loses in Hajipur
• Praja Rajyam Party chief Chiranjeevi wins from Tirupati, AP
• Chidambaram loses in Sivaganga to Raja Kannappan (AIADMK)
• M K Azhagiri, CM Karunanidhi's son, win from Madurai
• P.K. Biju (CPI-M) wins Alathur seat in Kerala by 20,000 votes
• H.D. Kumaraswamy wins Bangalore Rural seat by 130,275 votes
• Francisco Sardinha (Congress) defeats BJP's Narendra Savaikar in Goa
• BJP Jayshree Patel wins in Mehasana; leads in 18 others
• CP Joshi (Congress) wins Bhilwara seat by 89,643 votes
• Jayshreeben Patel (BJP) wins by about 21,000 votes in Mehasana
• Arun Yadav (Congress) wins Khandwa Lok Sabha seat
• Lalu Bhai Patel (BJP) wins in Daman & Diu
• Udayanraje Bhosle (NCP) wins from Satara in Maharashtra
• E. Ahamed of CPI-M records sixth straight win in Malappuram(Kerela)
• BJP candidate Lalubhai Patel wins in Daman
• Shashi Tharoor (Congress) wins in Thiruvanathapuram
• Hamdulla (Cong) wins against Pookunji Koya (NCP) in Lakshadweep
• K Sudhakaran of Congress wins in Kannur, Kerala

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CNN-IBN projects Congress to emerge as single largest party

15th LOK SABHA ELECTION RESULT NEWS (India): Ahead of the 15th Lok Sabha election result, CNN-IBN has come up with a projection. According to the channel, UPA is suppose to get 210 to 225 seats that is way ahead of NDA.



This projection of the election result is based on a national election study by CNN-IBN in association with a daily newspaper Danik Bhaskar.



The result study also says that DMK and its allies are set to "sweep" Tamil Nadu getting 47% of the vote share against AIDMK's 34%.



Couple of days before a similar study was made by CNN-IBN. In the study it projected UPA to get 185-205 seats and the BJP-led NDA to get 165 to 185 seats. The study gives a projection of 110 to 130 seats to the Third Front and the Fourth Front some where between 25 and 35 seats. Others likely to get 20 to 30 seats.



In the final projections of the election result, Congress is expected to emerge as the single largest party getting some where around 158 to 173 seats against BJP, whose tally is put at 132 to 147 seats.



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Indian Election Latest News Wrap-up

Lalu Prasad Yadav
Railway minister Lalu Prasad Yadav filed his nomination from Patliputra, the newly-formed Lok Sabha constituency.

Sajjan Kumar’s brother Ramesh Kumar
Congress announced ticket for Sajjan Kumar’s brother Ramesh Kumar from the South Delhi constituency and DPCC president J P Aggarwal from North East Delhi.

Kalyan Singh
After 16 years of Babri Masjid demolition, former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Kalyan Singh said that he very much wanted to prevent the razing of the sixteenth century mosque, but stopped short of apologising for failing to do so.

L K Advani
L K Advani, Prime Ministerial candidate for BJP, demanded that the government should make efforts to bring back the black money that is deposited by Indians in several foreign banks and also raise the issue at an upcoming G20 meet.

Sitaram Yechury
Sitaram Yechury, the CPM Politburo member, said that the Third Front will rethink on the Indo-US nuclear deal if voted to power.

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Recent News on Indian Election 2009:
So far richest candidate is Deepak Bhardwaj of BSP
First phase of Lok Sabha polls begins amid tight security
Election Commission gags electronic media on poll coverage

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Election Commission announced video tracing of top politicians campaign

After the issue of Varun Gandhi’s communal inflammatory remarks during his campaign meeting on March 6, Video tracking is in in this Lok Sabha election. Video tracking is aimed to stop politicians from violating the model code of conduct established by the Election Commission of India.

The Election Commission of India announced today that top politicians and key campaigners will be video tracked during this Lok Sabha election campaigns.

N Gopalaswamy, the Chief Election Commissioner of India announced that, "All high profile leaders, candidates and criminal elements will be video tracked during the electioneering for which adequate video cameras are being organised."

This announcement of the Election Commission comes after the recent controversy surrounding Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) candidate Varun Gandhi. Varun Gandhi was recently served a notice for making communally inflammatory remarks during his election campaign meeting at Dalchand recently.

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Delhi High Court grants anticipatory bail to Varun Gandhi till March 27

Indian Election News: Varun Gandhi gets a relief, but only till March 27. Delhi High Court restrained police from arresting 29 year old BJP candidate from Pilibhit for making alleged inflammatory and communal speeches during his campaign.

Justice Reva Khetrapal granted Varun's plea. He rejected the submission of Delhi Police that the court had no jurisdiction to entertain the petition as the FIR against him was lodged in Uttar Pradesh (India).

Varun Gandhi in his petition before the Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh) High Court sought quashing of the FIR registered against him in his Lok Sabha election contesting region, Philibit, for his alleged inflammatory and communal speeches.

The High Court today granted anticipatory bail to Varun Gandhi till 27 March. He has got a bail on personal bond of Rs 50,000.

In the morning the lawyers of Varun visited Election Commission’s office to submit his reply on making communal statements. In the reply to the Election Commission, Varun Gandhi maintained that the CD has been doctored.

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India ‘fit’ PM says Varun Gandhi’s remarks unfortunate

INDIAN ELECTION NEWS: On the issue of Varun Gandhi’s communal speech, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh breaks his silence over the fresh effort of communalising politics in India on Thursday condemning the remarks that allegedly sought to target the minority community.

Manmohan Singh talking to media at the Defence Investiture Ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhavan said, “It is unfortunate if Varun Gandhi had made these comments.”

Varun Gandhi is a BJP candidate from Pilibhit and is in a midst of a raging controversy over his alleged hate speech against minority.

In his brief to the press Manmohan Singh also sought to dismiss any apprehensions regarding his health. He said that he was fit to campaign for the party in the General Election.

Manmohan Singh is recovering after a cardiac surgery on January 24.

He further said: “The third front is our rival. It should not be underestimated. “The UPA (United Progressive Alliance) will win and I am confident that people will vote for UPA.

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Prakash Karat says Left could talk to Congress after election

INDIAN ELECTION NEWS: CPI General Secretary Prakash Karat said to the media that he would be open to talking to the Congress party in the formation of an alternative national government after the election.

In an interview to a private TV channel Prakash Karat said, "We can do business with them and ask them to support an alternative secular formation, it's possible- why not, I don't rule it out. Prakash Karat is a leader of the Communist Party of India (Marxist).

In the Third Front the CPM is a major force if it is talked about smaller regional parties, which aims to challenge India's two main national alliances led by Congress and the Hindu-nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

Last year the Communist Party of India quit their support for the ruling Congress-led coalition over opposition to a civilian nuclear deal with the United States.

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Prakash Karat further added, “It’s not a question of untouchability. We'll do business with all parties but that business will be circumscribed by the nature of the mandate."

After the general election of 204, the CPM was the biggest of several left parties that backed the Congress government for four years.

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Varun Gandhi plays Hindutva card

INDIAN ELECTION NEWS: Varun Gandhi sings a different song. A day after the Election Commission filed a case against Varun Gandhi for his communal remarks, he said that he is the victim of a political conspiracy. Varun mentioned that he is well aware of his roots as a proud Gandhi, an Indian and is also a Hindu in equal measure.

Briefing to the media Varun Gandhi said that there was an effort to malign his faith. He told to the press that anyone attempting to identify with Hinduism was inevitably branded communal.

In his own words: "I am a victim of political conspiracy." Varun Gandhi, son of sitting Pilibhit MP and former central minister Maneka Gandhi said this on tuesday.

Gandhi added, "Nothing I have said was to incite anybody. There is a rigorous attempt to malign my faith," he said, adding "each time anyone tries to identify with Hindusim, he is being branded communal."

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He also said that he is a pro-India and he is not against anybody.

BJP spokesperson, Ravi Shankar Prasad, later on the day, said, "We disapprove and disassociate ourselves from the statements made by Varun Gandhi."



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If my comments have hurt anyone, I apologise: Varun Gandhi

INDIAN ELECTION NEWS: There was a communal speech by Varun Gandhi, son of Sanjay Gandhi and Maneka Gandhi, a day before in an election campaign in Pilibhit from where he is being fielded on a BJP ticket. Today Varun Gandhi has issued an apology while clarifying that he did not say anything against any particular community.

Varun Gandhi denied that his speech was communal. He said that he was speaking against anti social elements. In his area two girls had been raped and people were frightened. His main motive behind the speech was to bolster the people’s confidence.

Varun Gandhi apologized by saying, “If my comments have hurt anyone, I apologise.”

Varun in the recent political drama is in the eye of a storm for making inflammatory remarks with communal overtones which saw the Election Commission slap a notice on the him and his party the BJP.

This clarification of Varun Gandhi comes on the heels of the District Magistrate of Pilibhit in Uttar Pradesh (India) filing an FIR against him. The EC had directed Ups Chief Election Officer to file a case against Varun and issue notice to his party for the communal remarks against a particular religion.

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The FIR of this communal speech of Varun Gandhi has been filed under Section 153 A of the Indian Penal code that pertains to spreading enmity between two communities and this section is non-bailable.

The remarks of 29 years old Varun Gandhi were, "This is not a 'Hand' (Congress symbol), it is the power of the 'Lotus' (BJP symbol). It will cut the head of....... Jai Shri Ram." He said this in his rabid and vitriolic speech against members of a minority community in a raised voice.

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Election Commission issues notice to Varun Gandhi on his communal remarks

INDIAN ELECTION NEWS: One more turn in Indian election campaign. Varun Gandhi is now in controversy. Varun Gandhi is of the Gandhi-Nehru family but is a BJP candidate in the coming Lok Sabha elections.

Varun Gandhi today made an inflammatory remark against members of a community in his election campaign in Pilibhit from where he is being fielded. Over this the Election Commission has given a notice seeking his explanation.

In his campaign speech Varun Gandhi said, "This is not a 'Hand' (symbol of Congress ), it is the power of the 'Lotus' (symbol of BJP). It will cut the head of ....... Jai Shri Ram."

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He is the son of the late Sanjay Gandhi and Maneka Gandhi. In another meeting he said, "If anyone raises a finger towards Hindus or if someone thinks that Hindus are weak and leaderless, if someone thinks that these leaders lick our boots for votes, if anyone raises a finger towards Hindus, then I swear on Gita that I will cut that hand."

Sonia Gandhi condemned the remarks as "unethical and against law."



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Mayawati’s dream of becoming Prime Ministerial candidate shatters

The dream of Mayawati of becoming prime minister has been shattered a bit after the CPI on Friday said that the Third Front would not name any leader for the top post in the run-up to the elections, which Mayawati demanded for.

A B Bardhan, CPI General Secretary, told to the press that the Third Front will not project anyone as its Prime Ministerial candidate during electioneering. He said this after a day after the Left and some regional parties came together to cobble up a third front as an alternative to combines led by Congress and BJP.

Bardhan mentioned that the question of Prime Minister will be considered only after the elections. It is assumed that this remark of A B Bardhan is significant to what S C Mishra, senior representative of Mayawati, said at the Third Front rally in Tumkur district in Karnataka. He said that BSP's objective was to make Mayawati the Prime Minister.

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On the participation of BJD in the Third Front, the CPI stalwart said that he would meet BJD supremo and Chief Minister of Orissa Naveen Patnaik and discuss the matter.

Sitaram Yechury, the CPI-M leader had met Patnaik on 8th of March in a bid to persuade him to join the Third Front. Earlier the JD-S leader H D Deve Gowda and Chandrababu Naidu of TDP had also talked to Navin Patnaik in this regard.

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NDA hopes for ties with BJD post polls

It may be all over for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) in Orissa (India). But yes, the umbrella National Democratic Alliance, the alliance of BJP and better known as NDA is still hopeful that the BJD will go with them after the polls.

Sharad Yadav, convener of NDA told to the media that the BJD has not entered into an alliance with any party. Only in Orissa do they have an alliance with the Left. He also said that his party does not have allies at the moment. But the party is hopeful to get them after the polls.

BJD ditched the right and turned to Left, though this is a positive development for the Left's ambitious Third Front. They say that the real partnerships would depend on the numbers after the elections.

Sitaram Yechury, the politburo member of CPM says, "In the last 20 years, coalitions have been formed only after the elections."

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Yes it is true, in the last 20 years, all strong alliances have happened only after elections.

How the ties of the Left-BJD alliance can be will only depend on how the Third Front fares.

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