Lok Sabha election result drama: Modi, Shah call up TDP’s Naidu; Pawar dials Nitish

With vote count trends throwing up confounding reversal from the exit poll predictions, top leaders across India’s major political parties have begun calling up each other to shore up confidence, likely power up combination probabilities.

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Bharatiya Janata Party leaders Narendra Modi and Amit Shah called up fellow NDA leader and TDP supremo Chandrababu Naidu soon after the early trends settled, sources told ET. Meanwhile NCP’s Sharad Pawar dialled Janata Dal (United)’s Nitish Kumar.

400 paar, no more

While the NDA government might come back at the Centre for the third consecutive term, Modi’s slogan of ‘Abki baar 400 paar’ looks to be a distant dream.

As the vote counting for the Lok Sabha elections progresses, the Bharatiya Janata Party-led NDA has surpassed the majority threshold in early results, with the INDIA bloc securing over 200 seats, contradicting the predictions of exit polls.

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The BJP is currently leading in 236 constituencies, with its broader alliance, the NDA, ahead in 299 seats, surpassing the majority requirement of 272.

In contrast, the INDIA bloc is leading in 226 seats, with other parties leading in 18 seats.

The Congress is ahead in 92 seats, followed by the Samajwadi Party with 34 seats, DMK with 21 seats, Trinamool Congress with 30 seats, Shiv Sena (under Uddhav Thackeray) with 10 seats, NCP (SP) with eight seats, CPI(M) with five seats, and Aam Aadmi Party with three seats.

The INDIA bloc is notably making significant gains in Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra, leading in the highest number of constituencies.