President Joe Biden won Democratic primaries Tuesday in New Jersey and Washington, DC, among some of the last contests on the 2024 primary calendar.

Biden's wins came as a handful of states were holding presidential primary contests for both parties, marking the first time Donald Trump's name appeared on the ballot since his historic conviction on felony crimes.

2024 Lok Sabha election results: As it becomes clearer that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will not be able to cross the majority mark of 272 seats alone, anticipation around the coalitions has increased.

As per the latest data from the Election Commission, BJP is leading on 244 out of 543 seats. It is followed by Congress on 98 seats and Samajwadi Party on 34 seats.

Senior leaders of the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) are likely to meet on Wednesday to take stock of the Lok Sabha poll results and deliberate on the details of government formation.

JD(U) leader and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Telugu Desam Party president N Chandrababu Naidu, who is set to become the next Andhra Pradesh chief minister, will attend the meeting where top leaders of the BJP and its other allies are also expected to be present, sources said.

Lok Sabha elections 2024 party-wise result updates: A surprising Lok Sabha elections result trend unfolded on Tuesday, in which the leading Opposition party Congress exceeded the exit poll prediction to win 99 constituencies.

Overall, the Bharatiya Janata Party emerged as the largest winner at 240 seats and with its allies, stands at 293 mark, which is beyond the threashold of 272 needed to form the government.

'Baahubali,' that was what Chief Minister M K Stalin said to describe the turnout for the Coimbatore rally addressed by him and Congress top leader Rahul Gandhi in April and said the "total BJP was trumped," by that single public meeting.

With the DMK and allies far ahead in all the 39 Lok Sabha constituencies in the state and 1 in neighbouring Puducherry, it appears the outcome, for the Stalin-led Dravidian party will be similar to the success of the popular flick Baahubali.

Actor Kangana Ranaut on Tuesday claimed victory from the Mandi constituency of Himachal Pradesh, setting the stage for her maiden stint as a BJP parliamentarian.

As of 4.50 pm, Ranaut, a first time contender for the BJP, received 5,27,463 votes, leading by a margin of over 73,703 votes against her closest rival Vikramaditya Singh of the Congress, according to the Election Commission website.

BJP's sitting MP from Indore Shankar Lalwani won on Tuesday by a record margin of 11,75,092 votes in a contest where NOTA created a record with 2.18 lakh voters opting for the 'none of the above' option in the Lok Sabha elections.

His victory margin is probably the highest in the country's electoral history, a BJP leader claimed. In Tikamgarh (SC) seat, Union minister Virendra Kumar emerged victorious as he defeated his Congress rival Pankaj Ahirwar by 4,03,312 votes.

Chirag Paswan, president of the Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas), on Tuesday afternoon asserted that he was "firmly" with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

While Paswan was leading from the Hajipur seat, candidates of his party were ahead of their rivals in four other constituencies in Bihar, according to the Election Commission.

Chandrababu Naidu-led Telugu Desam Party (TDP) is set to make a comeback to power in Andhra Pradesh with a landslide victory in both Assembly and Lok Sabha polls as per the early trends of the Election Commission of India (ECI).

As per the Election Commission data, the Janasena Party is leading on 19 seats, the BJP on 7 seats while the Yuvajana Sramika Rythu Congress Party (YSRCP) is leading on 13 seats in Andhra Pradesh.

With most exit polls projecting a win for the Bharatiya Janata Party-led (BJP-led) National Democratic Alliance, the party has planned victory celebrations on Tuesday evening with Prime Minister Narendra Modi likely to address party workers at the party’s national headquarters here. A road show is also in the works.

However, the leaders of the Opposition INDIA bloc, who have rejected the exit polls projections, are set to meet either on Tuesday evening or Wednesday morning in the capital to decide on their course of action.

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