*Manohar Joshi
(Speaker) loses in North Central Mumbai
*V K
Malhotra wins South Delhi
*Omar
Abdullah (NC) wins from Srinagar, Mehbooba Mufti from Anantnag
*Smriti
Irani 'Tulsi' loses in Chandni Chowk
*Rahul Gandhi wins from Amethi
*L.K. Adavani wins from Gandhinagar
*Filmstar Dharmendra wins from Bikaner
*CP Thakur (BJP) loses from Patna
*Sunil Dutt wins from Mumbai North West
*George Fernandes wins from Muzaffarpur
Thursday,
May 13, 2004, Chandigarh, India
Updated at 11:00 pm (IST)
Total
seats: 543; Counting held: 535 Results
declared: 524; Cong
leading
India votes out NDA
Cong to stake claim to form next govt New Delhi, May 13
The Congress would stake its claim today to form the next government led by it at the Centre.
SAD-BJP alliance sweeps
Punjab Chandigarh, May 13
The alliance of the Shiromani Akali Dal and the Bharatiya Janata Party in Punjab reversed the 1999 Lok Sabha verdict by winning 9 of the 13 seats.
* Sonia Gandhi wins from Rae Bareli
* Shivraj Patil loses from Latur
* Mamata Banerjee wins from Kolkata
* HD Deve Gowda wins from Hassan, loses in Kanakapura
* Filmstar Govinda wins from South
Mumbai
* Sachin Pilot wins from Dausa
* Jagdish Titler wins from Delhi Saddar * Mulayam Singh Yadav
wins from Mainpuri
* Balram Jakhar (Cong) loses in Churu
BJP, INLD wiped out in Haryana Chandigarh, May 13
Staging a massive comeback in Haryana, the Congress established leads in all the ten constituencies in the state early in the day and blew up some big guns of the Bharatiya Janata Party that is facing a wipeout in the state.
Pratibha
leads Cong victory march in HP Shimla, May 13
Pratibha Singh of the Congress, wife
of Chief Minister Virbhadra Singh, has won from the prestigious Mandi
parliamentary seat.
Election officials count votes on an electronic voting machine inside a vote count centre in New Delhi
on Thursday. Early results in India's epic election show the ruling NDA
alliance fighting for survival and the Congress leading. —
Reuters
People’s
verdict today New Delhi, May 12
After two-month long campaign in the heat and dust and four-phase
staggered polling, the D-Day has come. The verdict of the people would be
known tomorrow when the votes are counted. In video (28k,
56k)
STANDING GUARD: A security person keeps vigil outside the Mandir Marg counting centre in New Delhi on Wednesday.
— Tribune photo by Mukesh Aggarwal
Four
Babbar Khalsa terrorists arrested Amritsar, May 12
In a major breakthrough, the
Majitha police today claimed to have foiled an attempt of the Babbar
Khalsa International (BKI) to revive terrorism by apprehending four of
its activists during a naka near Beharwal village under Lopoke police
station last night. However, four others including a terrorist, managed
to flee.
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After two-month long campaign in the heat and dust and four-phase
staggered polling, the D-Day has come. The verdict of the people would be
known tomorrow when the votes are counted.
In video (