After 2 Hours Of Counting, BJP Has More Vote Share Than 2019 Lok Sabha Mandate — Here's What ECI Data Suggests

The initial two hours of counting suggests that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has scored more vote share than it did in 2019 Lok Sabha Mandate, according to Election Commission of India (ECI) data.

The ECI website shows 22,199,717 or 40.43% vote share for BJP as per the current counting trends.

The initial two hours of counting suggests that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has scored more vote share than it did in 2019 Lok Sabha Mandate, according to Election Commission of India (ECI) data. The ECI website shows 22,199,717 or 40.43% vote share for BJP as per the current counting trends. Whereas, the BJP scored  37.36% of the vote, the highest vote share by a political party since the 1989 general election. The BJP had won 303 seats in last Lok Sabha Elections.

The counting for votes cast in the Lok Sabha elections began at 8 AM on Tuesday. According to the ECI trends 367 seats on 9:45, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is leading on leading on 174 seats, INC leads on 72 seats, SP on 33 seats, TDP on 13, Shiv Sena on 7, CPI(M) on 4 seats, Shiv Sena UBT is leading on 3 seats , AAP leading on 3 seats. Last week, various exit polls suggested the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance is all set to retain its power at the Centre with a thumping victory.

According to the ABP-CVoter survey, the BJP-led alliance is set to win 353 to 383 seats of the total 543 Lok Sabha seats. The BJP alone is projected to win 315 seats, which is greater than its 2019 tally of 303 seats. The I.N.D.I.A bloc, as per the ABP- CVoter exit poll seems to have fallen behind despite its intense campaigning and united efforts to end the NDA's juggernaut.