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Kamal Haasan loses in Coimbatore South to BJP's Srinivasan
Superstar and Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) founder, Kamal Haasan lost the Coimbatore South seat by a margin of 1,500 votes against BJP women's wing national President, Vanathi Srinivasan. Congress candidate Mayura Jayakumar was relegated to the third position.
BJP scrambles to retain LS seat in Karnataka bypoll
In a hard fought contest which went down to the wire, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) scrambled to retain the high-profile Belgaum Lok Sabha seat, with a slender margin of 5,240 votes in Karnataka's April 17 bypoll, said a poll official on Sunday.
Vijayan dedicates 'grand victory' to people; hits out at Congress, BJP
Addressing the media at his home base in Kannur when the tally of the victory showed 99 seats for the Left, with the Congress-led Opposition ending up with 41 seats and the BJP which had one seat in the 2016 Assembly polls, failed to get any seat this time, a beaming Vijayan said: "I wish to state that this was a great political fight and this is no doubt a victory of the people and belongs to the people.
Mamata approaches EC demanding recounting in Nandigram
In a major development, the Trinamool Congress on Sunday approached state Chief Electoral Officer Ariz Aftab demanding recounting of votes in Nandigram after Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee lost from there against her one-time aide and BJP candidate Suvendu Adhkari in the ‘battle of prestige in East Midnapore district.
Three of five BJP MPs bite the dust in Bengal
Star BJP candidates and MPs Swapan Dasgupta, Locket Chatterjee and Babul Supriyo have all lost in the elections, while MP Nisith Pramanik has won by a slender margin of 57 votes. Another Lok Sabha member of the BJP, Jagannath Sarkar, also won the elections.
Lotus fails to bloom in Kerala, Sreedharan misses train too
The major upset for BJP in Kerala Assembly Election 2021 was the loss of 'Metroman' E. Sreedharan in Palakkad. Leading right from the time counting started, he, however, lost steam in the last few rounds and eventually his Congress rival and Youth Congress President Shafi Parambil completed a hat trick of wins by a margin of 3,840 votes.
PM reviews usage of gaseous oxygen for medical purposes
In line with his direction of exploring innovative ways to ramp up supply and availability of Oxygen, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday chaired a meeting to review the usage of gaseous oxygen. Many industries like steel plants, refineries with petrochemical units, industries using rich combustion process and power plants have oxygen plants which produce gaseous oxygen which can be tapped for medical use.
PM Modi congratulates Mamata, Vijayan, Stalin; extends Centre's support
"Congratulations to Mamata Didi for Trinamool Congress's win in West Bengal. The Centre will continue to extend all possible support to the West Bengal government to fulfil people's aspirations and to overcome the Covid-19 pandemic," Modi tweeted.
BJP-led NDA set to form govt in Assam again, leads in 75 seats
All important candidates of the BJP, including Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, who is seeking re-election from Majuli Assembly constituency in eastern Assam, state Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma from Jalukbari Assembly constituency and state BJP President Ranjeet Kumar Dass from Patacharkuchi Assembly constituency, are leading on their respective seats.
LDF retains power in Kerala, CPI-M falls 3 short of making to power on own
At the end of the day, the LDF's final tally was the Communist Party of India-Marxist 68, thee Communist Party of India 17, the Kerala Congress-Mani five, the Janata Dal-Secular and the Nationalist Congress Party two each and the Loktantrik Janta Dal, the Indian National League, Congress-Seccular, the Revolutionary Socialist Party-L and Kerala Congress-B one each.
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