Lok Sabha election results 2024: INDIA bloc will win 295 LS seats, says 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 PTILok Sabha election results 2024 Congress is now poised to bag 150 seatsSpeaking to reporters Raut said the Congress which barely got 50 seats in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls is now poised to bag 150 seatsCounting of votes was underway across the country on Tuesday for polls to the 543member Lok SabhaThe 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 PTILok Sabha election results 2024 INDIA alliance has crossed the figures predicted by the exit pollsThe 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 PTIThe Congressled INDIA bloc was leading in 200 seats in the early trends a performance that appeared much better than what was predicted in the exit pollsLok Sabha election results 2024 Counting of votes began at 8 amAround 642 million people voted in Lok Sabha elections held over seven phases in a mammoth sixweek period The counting of votes began at 8 am starting with postal ballot papers amid tight securityThe 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 beganStrict security has been put in place for the smooth conduct of counting of votes for over 8000 candidates in this general electionWith 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 decidedPrime Minister Narendra Modi Home Minister Amit Shah and Defence Minister Rajnath Singh are among the senior BJP leaders in the frayKey opposition leaders including former Congress chief Rahul Gandhi NCPs Supriya Sule and Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav are also contesting the pollTwo polls predicted the BJP would also improve its numbers from the 303 seats it won in the 2019 Lok Sabha pollsIn the 2019 elections NDA wrested 353 seats of which the BJP won 303 alone The Oppositions UPA got only 93 seats of which the Congress got 52The Bharatiya Janata Party is eyeing a third straight term in power while the Opposition under the umbrella of the INDIA bloc is seeking to wrest power from the ruling partyWith inputs from PTI