2019 LS poll results: National interest overtook self interest, people largely voted in favour of nationalism: NSA Doval

Reflecting on how the result trends were panning out for the 2019 Lok Sabha polls , National Security Advisor Ajit Doval said that the Indian voters had put aside self interest and chosen national interest while casting their franchise in the general elections.

National Security Advisor Ajit Doval

New Delhi: The counting of votes for the 2019 general elections is underway and as per the latest poll result trends on ABP News, the BJP-led NDA had crossed the 272 halfway mark and were inching towards a landslide win in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls. According to the latest trends pouring in on ABP News, BJP alone had bettered their figure of 282-seats win mark, with the NDA crossing their last elections tally of 336 seats. Reflecting on how the result trends were panning out for the 2019 Lok Sabha polls , National Security Advisor Ajit Doval said that the Indian voters had put aside self interest and chosen national interest while casting their franchise in the general elections. Doval drew a parallel of the voters mindset with the soldiers of the nation, saying that national interest lay supreme in the minds of the electorate of India, Doval added that people have exuded confidence in PM Modi's leadership "National Interest Prevailed over Self Interest, People of India set aside any discontent against Govt and Voted largely in favor of Nationalism. They felt the present leadership giving furtherance to the cause of National Interest over any personal interest, It is the national will of the people to see a strong nation over any caste/religion divide that has reflected in the results today. When a soldier dies, he dies for the nation keeping his self interest aside...Its the Leadership that matters, they saw in the Present Leadership, the will to take national interest ahead of any other thing"- Doval to ABP News on election result trends. The 2019 Lok Sabha polls happened in seven phases across 542 parliamentary constituencies from April 11 to May 19. The BJP-led NDA formed the government at the Centre after clinching a thumping majority in the 2014 LS polls, winning 336 out of the total 542 Lok Sabha seats. The counting of the votes is underway today.