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Lok Sabha election results 2024: PM Modi should concede defeat, people have rejected him, says Sanjay Raut

Updated on: 04 June,2024 04:47 PM IST  |  Mumbai
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Sanjay Raut claimed that the BJP will get less than 240 seats in the Lok Sabha elections 2024

Lok Sabha election results 2024: PM Modi should concede defeat, people have rejected him, says Sanjay Raut

Sanjay Raut. File Pic

The Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut on Tuesday said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi should concede defeat as people have rejected his government, reported the PTI.


Talking to reporters in Mumbai, Sanjay Raut claimed that the BJP will get less than 240 seats in the Lok Sabha elections 2024.


"We have stopped Narendra Modi in Maharashtra. Narendra Modi should concede defeat as people have rejected his government," the Sena (UBT) leader said, as per the PTI.


According to the latest Election Commission data, the BJP was leading in 233 seats and had won ten seats across the country.

The Congress-led INDIA bloc was leading in 200 seats in early trends, a performance that appeared much better than what was predicted in the exit polls. 

INDIA bloc will win 295 Lok Sabha seats, says Sanjay Raut

Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut on Tuesday said the INDIA alliance has surpassed the numbers predicted by the exit polls and claimed the opposition bloc will win 295 Lok Sabha seats, reported news agency PTI.

Speaking to reporters, Raut said the Congress, which barely got 50 seats in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, is now poised to bag 150 seats.

"The picture is that the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) will be ahead in Maharashtra and the INDIA alliance will win 295 (seats in the country)," Raut claimed, reported PTI.

"The INDIA alliance has crossed the figures predicted by the exit polls and sprinted ahead. It will cross 295 seats," the Rajya Sabha member added, reported PTI.

The Congress-led INDIA bloc was leading in 200 seats in the early trends, a performance that appeared much better than what was predicted in the exit polls.

Around 642 million people voted in Lok Sabha elections held over seven phases in a mammoth six-week period. The counting of votes began at 8 am starting with postal ballot papers amid tight security

The counting for State Legislative Assemblies of 175 Assembly constituencies in Andhra Pradesh and 147 Assembly constituencies in Odisha and results of bypolls in 25 Assembly constituencies also began.

Strict security has been put in place for the smooth conduct of counting of votes for over 8,000 candidates in this general election.

With counting began for the Lok Sabha elections, which have seen the largest voter participation, the electoral fate of several leaders across the political spectrum will be decided.

(With inputs from PTI)

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