2009-05-13 18:17:29 Last Updated: 2009-05-22 19:19:15
Sify.com brings you the live updates from major television channels as the drama unfolds in the run up to the swearing-in ceremony for the UPA government.
May 22, 2009
7.16 pm: Manmohan's 'A' team sworn in - Times Now
7.15 pm: C P Joshi sworn in as Cabinet Minister - Times Now
7.11 pm: B K Handique sworn in as Cabinet Minister - Times Now
7.09 pm: Ambika Soni sworn in as Cabinet Minister - Times Now
7.07 pm: Kapil Sibal sworn in as Cabinet Minister - Times Now
7.05 pm: Murli Deora sworn in as Cabinet Minister - Times Now
7.03 pm: Meira Kumar sworn in as Cabinet Minister - Times Now
7.01 pm: Vayalar Ravi sworn in as Cabinet Minister - Times Now
6.59 pm: Kamal Nath sworn in as Cabinet Minister - Times Now 6.56 pm: S Jaipal Reddy sworn in as Cabinet Minister - Times Now
6.53 pm: M Veerappa Moily sworn in as Cabinet Minister - Times Now
6.51 pm: Sushil Kumar Shinde sworn in as Cabinet Minister - Times Now
6.49 pm: Ghulam Nabi Azad sworn in as Cabinet Minister - Times Now
6.47 pm: S M Krishna sworn in as Cabinet Minister - Times Now
6.45 pm: Mamata Banerjee sworn in as Cabinet Minister - Times Now
6.43 pm: P Chidambaram sworn in as Cabinet Minister - Times Now
6.42 pm: A K Antony sworn in as Cabinet Minister - Times Now
6.41 pm: Sharad Pawar sworn in as Cabinet Minister - Times Now
6.38 pm: Pranab Mukherjee sworn in as Cabinet Minister - Times Now 6.36 pm: Manmohan takes oath as PM for 2nd consecutive term - Times Now
6.35 pm: Manmohan sworn in - Times Now
6.34 pm: Swearing-in ceremony begins - Times Now
6.33 pm: Pranab, Antony, Kamal Nath to be sworn in - Times Now
6.32 pm: Maran to get IT & Telecom; Chemicals & fertilizers for Baalu - Times Now
6.30 pm: 19 ministers to be sworn in with PM today - Times Now
6.28 pm: Preparations for swearing-in begin at Rashtrapathi Bhavan - Times Now
6.25 pm: A Raja to get heavy industry; Azhagiri gets Health, Kanimomozhi allotted Women & Child Development - Times Now
6.20 pm: DMK agrees to Cong offer - Times Now
5.50 pm: Farooq Abdullah to be sworn in on Tuesday - Times Now
5.15 pm: Portfolios likely to be announced on Tuesday -CNN IBN
May 17, 2009 - UPA in government mode 00:10 pm: MM Joshi says Advani must quit active politics - CNN IBN 11.40 pm: NDA`s Ajith Singh likely to join UPA - CNN IBN
10.35 pm: Rahul is not keen on Lalu in cabinet - CNN IBN
9.45 pm: Pranab says no seat adjustment with Lalu - CNN IBN
8.30 pm: UPA reaches half way mark of 273 seats -Times Now 7.09 pm: Buddha to skip core comm meeting -Times Now
7.08 pm: We are not bargaining with Cong: Mamata -Times Now
7.06 pm: Lalu to attend cabinet meet on Monday -Times Now
7.04 pm: No demand for portfolios: NCP -Times Now
7.02 pm: SP approaches Cong for reconciliation -Times Now
6.49 pm: Cong must work hard: Sonia -CNN IBN
6.41 pm: Congress thanks clear mandate -CNN IBN
6.39 pm: PM applauds Sonia -CNN IBN
6.11 pm: Deshmukh targets NCP -CNN IBN
5.58 pm: New govt to be sworn in after May 31-CNN IBN
5.34 pm: It was a mistake to fight alone in Bihar: Lalu -CNN IBN
5.28 pm: Lalu likely to meet Sonia in Delhi -CNN IBN
5.25 pm: CWC meeting over -CNN IBN
5.22 pm:Varun Gandhi damaged us: Murli Manohar Joshi-CNN IBN
5.19 pm: Montek is PM's choice as finance minister: Reports -CNN IBN
5.16 pm: Sonia calls Lalu, Paswan and Pawar for meeting -CNN IBN
5.12 pm: AK Antony likely to remain defence minister -CNN IBN
5.10 pm: Kamalnath likely to be external affairs minister -CNN IBN
4:55 pm: Pranab Mukherjee likely to be finance minister -CNN IBN
4:46 pm: CWC meet likely to discuss portfolio allocation - CNN IBN
4:25 pm: Congress Working Committee meeting begins in AICC headquarters - Times Now
4:12 pm: Sonia speaks to Lalu, Pawar and Paswan-CNN IBN
4:05 pm: UPA allies likely to meet today-CNN IBN
3:53 pm: We have failed to form a Third front: Biman Bose-Times Now
3:46 pm: Replacing LK Advani a painful thought: Sushma Swaraj-Times Now
3:27 pm: SP keen on joining Manmohan govt-Times Now 3:22 pm: BJP holding meeing on Monday-Times Now
3:12 pm: Analysing reason for defeat: Murli Manohar Joshi-Times Now
2:50 pm: Congress not keen on SP support-Times Now
2:32 pm: SP leaders to meet PM in the evening-Times Now
2:27 pm: RJD chief Lalu to meet Sonia in Delhi-CNN IBN
2:14 pm: Rahul Gandhi likely to be Rural Devolopment Minister-CNN IBN
2:04 pm: 'Motek PM's choice of Finance Minister'-CNN IBN
1:52 pm: PM hands over his resignation to President-Times Now
1:40 pm: Meeting was attended by Sonia, Pranab, Chidambaram, Ahmed Patel and AK antony-Times Now
1:30 pm: Congress core meeting ends-Times Now
1:02 pm: Azam Khan resigns as Gen Secy of Samajwadi Party-Times Now
12:47 pm: 'Buddhadeb was against rigid anti-cong stands'-Times Now
12:32 pm: Rahul Gandhi at war room meet-Times Now
12:17 pm: Rahul Gandhi should be in cabinet: Mani S Aiyar-CNN IBN 12:00 pm: JDU blames BJP for defeat-CNN IBN
11:45 am: NDA convenor Sharad Yadav blames Narendra Modi for poll debacle-Times Now 11:36 am: Left parties meet in Delhi to analyse electoral debacle-Times Now 11:30 am: Lalu to attend cabinet meet on Monday-Times Now
11:15 am: Congress seeks time to meet President-Times Now 11:00 am: Not looking for cabinet berth: Sachin Pilot-Times Now 10:45 am: Manmohan Singh to meet Sonia Gandhi and Chidambaram-Times Now 10:30 am: Meeting scheduled for 12.30pm today-Times Now 10:15 am: Congress core committee to meet at PM Manmohan's residence-Times Now 10:00 am: 'Congress prefers independents to SP'-NDTV 09:45 am: Congress will go with pre-poll allies: Rajiv Shukla-NDTV
09:30 am: Varun Gandhi and Maneka Gandhi meet LK Advani at his residence-Times Now 09:20 am: Third front meeting scheduled for May 18 postponed-Times Now 09:10 am: Kapil Sibal likely to be Commerce Minister-CNN IBN 09:00 am: Chidambaram likely to remain Home Minister-CNN IBN 08:50 am: Congress working committee to meet today -CNN IBN 08:40 am: We don't need Lalu and Mulayam: Kamal Nath-Times Now 08:35 am: Sharad Pawar, YSR expected to meet Sonia today-Times Now 08:25 am: DMK could ask for Health or Railways ministry for Azhagiri-Times Now 08:18 am: DMK asks for Surface Transport, IT portfolios among others-Times Now 08:12 am: Third front meeting is scheduled to take place on Monday-Times Now 08:05 am: WB Chief Minister Buddhadeb not to attend CPI(M) politburo meet-Times Now
07:55 am: Sonia Gandhi invites Lalu to attend special cabinet meet in New Delhi-Times Now
07:45 am: Sonia reaches out to Lalu Prasad- Times Now
5.15 am: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-260; NDA-158; Third Front-68; Fourth front: 27, Others-30 - CNN IBN
05.05 am: Karunanidhi to go to Delhi on Monday to meet Sonia - Times Now
04.05 am: Cong says it doesn`t need Lalu and Mulayam - CNN IBN 1.45 am: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-260; NDA-158; Third Front-68; Fourth front: 27, Others-30 - CNN IBN
00.20 am: BJP says it will bounce back - CNN IBN --------------------------------------------------------------- May 16, 2009 - Lok Sabha election results 2009
11.40 pm: Jaya says DMK`s victory is not democratic - CNN IBN
11.10 pm: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-261; NDA-158; Third Front-68; Fourth front: 27, Others-29 - CNN IBN
10.20 pm: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-260; NDA-159; Third Front-67; Fourth front: 28, Others-29 - CNN IBN
9.55 pm: DMK wants three cabinet seats - Times Now 9.35 pm: PM says he wants Rahul in the cabinet - Times Now 8.45 pm: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-260; NDA-159; Third Front-68; Fourth front: 27, Others-29 - CNN IBN 9.35 pm: Cabinet to meet at 10 am on Monday - CNN IBN
8.45 pm: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-256; NDA-162; Third Front-66; Fourth front: 28, Others-31 - CNN IBN
8.15 pm: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-256; NDA-162; Third Front-67; Fourth front: 27, Others-31 - CNN IBN 8.10 pm: Congress wins 22 seats in UP - Times Now 7.50 pm: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-257; NDA-160; Third Front-67; Fourth front: 28, Others-31 - CNN IBN 7.45 pm: Congress wins 22 seats in UP - Times Now
7.15 pm: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-258; NDA-162; Third Front-65; Fourth front: 27, Others-31 - CNN IBN
7.01 pm: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-259; NDA-162; Third Front-64; Fourth front: 27, Others-31 - CNN IBN
7.01 pm: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-259; NDA-163; Third Front-64; Fourth front: 26, Others-31 - CNN IBN
6.47 pm: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-258; NDA-163; Third Front-65; Fourth front: 26, Others-31 - CNN IBN
6.42 pm: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-258; NDA-162; Third Front-66; Fourth front: 26, Others-31 - CNN IBN
6.39 pm: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-258; NDA-162; Third Front-66; Fourth front: 26, Others-31 - CNN IBN
6.35 pm: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-259; NDA-162; Third Front-66; Fourth front: 26, Others-30 -CNN IBN
6.32 pm: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-260; NDA-161; Third Front-66; Fourth front: 26, Others-30 -CNN IBN
5.45 pm: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-258 ; NDA-162; Third Front-68; Fourth front: 24, Others-31 -CNN IBN
5:40 pm: Congress likely to accomodate RJD chief Lalu-Times Now
5:30 pm: Home Minister Chidambaram wins from Sivaganga, TN-Times Now
5:20 pm: 'Left, SP not to be part of Govt'-Times Now
5:10 pm: Congress to retain Defence, Home, External Affairs and Finance ministries-CNN IBN
5.00 pm: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-258 ; NDA-162; Third Front-67; Fourth front: 24, Others-32 -CNN IBN
4:44 pm: SP regrets no Cong tie-up-CNN IBN
4:40 pm: I congratulate Manmohan and Sonia: Amar Singh-CNN IBN
4:35 pm: Karunanidhi seeks cabinet seats for Kanimozhi, Azhagiri and Maran-CNN IBN
4:13 pm: Advani wins Gandhinagar by over 100,000 votes-CNN IBN
4.06 pm: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-260 ; NDA-161; Third Front-66; Fourth front: 23, Others-33 - CNN IBN
4:00 pm: RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav loses in Pataliputra-CNN IBN
3:55 pm: Hamdullah Sayeed of Congress wins Lakshadweep-CNN IBN
3:50 pm: Mayiladuthurai, TN: Mani S Aiyar loses-CNN IBN
3.30 pm: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-259 ; NDA-159; Third Front-67; Fourth front: 24, Others-34 -CNN IBN
3:00 pm: Jayaprada wins from Rampur seat, UP-Times Now
2.55 pm: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-256 ; NDA-157; Third Front-70; Fourth front: 25, Others-35 -CNN IBN
2:45 pm: We'll analyse cause of defeat: Vasundhra Raje-NDTV
2:35 pm: Cabinet to meet on May 18-CNN IBN 2:29 pm: We did not project Modi as next PM: BJP-CNN IBN 2:25 pm: Delhi led India to vote for good governance: Sheila Dikshit-CNN IBN 2.25 pm: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-256 ; NDA-160; Third Front-68; Fourth front: 24, Others-35 -CNN IBN
2:19 pm: Congress not keen on big allies-Times Now
2.05 pm: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-254 ; NDA-159; Third Front-70; Fourth front: 25, Others-35 -CNN IBN
2:00 pm: Congress general secretaries meeting at 4pm - Times Now 1:58 pm: Will work much harded for Orissa: Patnaik-Times Now
1:56 pm: Naveen Patnaik's BJD sweeps Orissa assembly-Times Now
1:53 pm: Ram Vilas Paswan loses in Hajipur-Times Now
1:50 pm: Chiranjeevi wins from Tirupati-Times Now
1:46 pm: Margaret Alva loses-Times Now 1:44 pm: JD(S) HD Kumaraswamy wins Bangalore rural seat-Times Now 1:37 pm: H D Deve Gowda retains Hassan seat-Times Now 1:34 pm: Kamal Nath wins from Chhindwara, UP-Times Now
1.31 pm: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-254 ; NDA-156; Third Front-71; Fourth front: 26, Others-36-CNN IBN
1:29 pm: Prime MInister to meet Sonia Gandhi-NDTV
1:27 pm: Maneka Gandhi trails by 10,000 votes-NDTV
1.17 pm: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-252 ; NDA-156; Third Front-72; Fourth front: 28, Others-35 -CNN IBN 1:15 pm: Congress sweeps Delhi-CNN IBN
1.10 pm: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-251 ; NDA-156; Third Front-72; Fourth front: 28, Others-36 -CNN IBN
1:00 pm: DMK's Azhagiri wins by 1.41 lakh votes-Makkal TV
12.58 pm: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-253 ; NDA-156; Third Front-74; Fourth front: 26, Others-34 -CNN IBN
12:55 pm: Sonia Gandhi congratulates Manmohan Singh-CNN IBN
12:50 pm: Congress to retain key ministries-CNN IBN
12:40 pm: Third Front should sit in opposition: Bardhan-NDTV
12:32 pm: People have voted for a stable govt: Sharad Pawar-Times Now
12:30 pm: Manmohan Singh is the undisputed PM: Sharad Pawar-Times Now
12:22 pm: Party was divided on Modi as PM: BJP - CNN IBN
12: 20: Sivaganga, TN: P Chidambaram leading -CNN IBN
12.18 am: Leads/results: 541/543; UPA-250 ; NDA-157; Third Front-77; Fourth front: 27, Others-30-CNN IBN 12:10: Most spectacular results since 1977-CNN IBN
12:05: UPA doesn't need Left support-CNN IBN
12:00: UPA and Fourth Front together cross 272 -CNN IBN
11:53: Shashi Tharoor wins from Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala - Times Now
11:45 am: Paswan trails by 7000 votes in Hajjipur, Bihar-CNN IBN
11.38 am: Leads/results: 540/543; UPA-241 ; NDA-159; Third Front-79; Fourth front: 31, Others-29-NDTV 11:35 am: UPA sweeps Kerala, Rajasthan and West Bengal-NDTV
11:30 am: NDA meet this evening to discuss election results-NDTV
11:25 am: Mumbai North central: Priya Dutt leading-NDTV
11:22 am: BJP concedes defeat-CNN IBN
11.20 am: Leads/results: 525/543; UPA-228 ; NDA-160; Third Front-75; Fourth front: 32, Others-30 -CNN IBN
11.10 am: Sivaganga, TN: Chidambaram trailing-CNN IBN 11.05 am: Leads/results: 516/543; UPA-227 ; NDA-157; Third Front-71; Fourth front: 29, Others-32 -CNN IBN
11.03 am: DMK ahead in TN- Times Now 11.00 am:Naveen Patnaik's BJD sweeps Orissa assembly- NDTV
10.58 am: Congress-led UDF wins 16 of 20 seats in Kerala- CNN IBN
10.57 am: Samajwadi Party emerging single largest party in UP- CNN IBN
10.55 am: UP Leads/results: 74/80; BSP-16 ; SP-24; BJP-11; Congress: 20, Others-1 - CNN IBN
10.54 am: Left to get a low of 25 - CNN IBN
10.52 am: Leads/results: 507/543; UPA-223 ; NDA-154; Third Front-72; Fourth front: 27, Others-31-CNN IBN 10.50 am: Trends suggest clean sweep for Congress in Delhi-CNN IBN 10.48 am: Leads/results: 502/543; UPA-224 ; NDA-154; Third Front-69; Fourth front: 25, Others-30-CNN IBN 10.42 am: Congress makes big gain in UP-CNN IBN 10.40 am: Kurukshetra, UP: Navin Jindal leading-CNN IBN 10.38 am: Leads/results: 498/543; UPA-223 ; NDA-153; Third Front-68; Fourth front: 25, Others-29 -CNN IBN
10.36 am: Congress-led UDF leading in Kerala-Times Now
10.34 am: UPA leading in Punjab, Maharashtra, AP & Delhi-Times Now 10.31 am: Leads/results: 490/543; UPA-222 ; NDA-149; Third Front-68; Fourth front: 25, Others-27 -CNN IBN
10.29 am: Madha, Maharashtra: Sharad Pawar leading-Times Now 10.26 am: Andhra heading for hung assembly-Times Now
10.25 am: Leads/results: 485/543; UPA-222 ; NDA-147; Third Front-63; Fourth front: 26, Others-27 -Times Now
10.23 am: Kannur, Kerala: Sudhakaran wins-Times Now
10.20 am: AP Assemby leads/results: Chiranjeevi leading in Tirupathi-Times Now 10.19 am: Varnasi, UP: Murli Manohar Joshi leading-Times Now
10.17 am: Leads/results: 472/543; UPA-214 ; NDA-145; Third Front-61; Fourth front: 24, Others-28-CNN IBN
10.15 am: Rae Bareli, UP: Sonia Gandi leading-Times Now 10.14 am: CPM trailing in Kerala-Times Now 10.13 am: Dumaka, Jharkhand: Shibu Soren trails-Times Now 10.10 am: South Kolkata: Mamata Banerjee leads-CNN IBN 10.08 am: Leads/results: 458/543; UPA-215 ; NDA-135; Third Front-56; Fourth front: 24, Others-28-CNN IBN 10.06 am: Amritsar, Punjab: Sidhu leads-CNN IBN 10.04 am: Leads/results: 453/543; UPA-210 ; NDA-135; Third Front-56; Others-24-CNN IBN 10.02 am: Bangalore South, Karnataka: Captain Gopinath trails-CNN IBN 09.59 am: Leads/results: 428/543; UPA-199 ; NDA-127; Third Front-54; Others-27-CNN IBN 09.54 am: Amritsar, Punjab: Sidhu trials-CNN IBN 09.52 am: Gandhi Nagar, Gujarat: Advani leading-CNN IBN 09.50 am: Gurdaspur, Punjab: Vinod Khanna leading- CNN IBN 09.47 am: Sivaganga, TN: Chidambaram trails- CNN IBN 09.46 am: Leads/results: 380/543; UPA-174 ; NDA-114; Third Front-51; Others-24 - CNN IBN
09.45 am: Chhindwara, UP: Kamal Nath leading-CNN IBN 09.43 am: Mayiladuthurai, TN: Mani S Aiyar trailing-CNN IBN
09.42 am: Central Chennai, TN: Dayanidhi Maran leading-CNN IBN
09.40 am: Leads/results: 354/543; UPA-164 ; NDA-109; Third Front-46; Others-16-CNN IBN
09.39 am: Maharashtra leads/results: 32/48; Congress-11, NCP-8, BJP-8, SS-5-CNN IBN
09.38 am: Left heading for worst ever performance in West Bengal-CNN IBN
09.36 am: Congress surges ahead of Left in Kerala-CNN IBN
09.35 am: AP assembly lead/results: 18/294; Cong- 9, TDP-5, PRP-4, TRS-0-CNN IBN
09.34 am: UPA projected to win 210 seats-CNN IBN
09.32 am: Shocker for Maya in UP-CNN IBN
09.30 am: Leads/results: 320/543; UPA-146 ; NDA-101; Third Front-43; Others-16 -CNN IBN
09.29 am: Rampur, UP: Jayaprada trailing-Times Now
09.28 am: Khammam, AP: Renuka Choudhary trails-Times Now
09.26 am: Goa: BJP leading-CNN IBN
09.25 am: Maharashtra: UPA ahead of NDA-CNN IBN
09.24 am: Leads/results: 289/543; UPA-136 ; NDA-93; Third Front-35; Others-12 -CNN IBN
09.22 am: Jangipur, Bengal: Pranab Mukherjee leads- CNN IBN
09.21 am: Mumbai north: Priya Dutt leads-CNN IBN
09.19 am: Pilibhit, UP: Varun Gandhi leads-CNN IBN
09.18 am: Leads: 261/543; UPA-120 ; NDA-88; Third Front-33; Others-10 - CNN IBN
09.17 am: UP: BJP leading; BSP ahead only in one seat-CNN IBN
09.16 am: TN: Tight race between DMK and AIADMK-CNN IBN
09.15 am: Saran, Bihar: Rajiv Pratab Rudy ahead of Lalu-CNN IBN
09.14 am: Leads: 221/543; UPA-94 ; NDA-79; Third Front-31; Others-6-CNN IBN
09.08 am: Saran, Bihar: Lalu trailing-CNN IBN
09.06 am: Madurai, TN: Azhagiri leading-CNN IBN
09.05 am: Thiruvanathapuram, Kerala: Shashi Tharoor leading-CNN IBN
09.05 am: Chhindwara, UP: Kamal Nath trailing-CNN IBN
09.04 am: Leads: 157/543; UPA-64 ; NDA-54; Third Front-28; Others-5 - CNN IBN
09.03 am: Amethi, UP: Rahul Leading - CNN IBN
09.02 am: Patliputra, Bihar: Lalu Leading - CNN IBN
09.01 am: Leads: 138/543; UPA-55 ; NDA-47; Third Front-29; Others-2 - CNN IBN
08.58 am: Jaswant leading in Darjeeling-CNN IBN
08.57 am: Leads: 129/543; UPA-49 ; NDA-44; Third Front-27; Others-2 -CNN IBN
08.56 am: AP assembly: TDP leading-CNN IBN
08.55 am: Azhagiri leading by 4,000 votes in Madurai
08.53 am: Ajmer, Rajasthan: Sachin Pilot leads-Times Now
08.52 am: Sivaganga, TN: Chidambaram leads-Times Now
08.50 am: Maharashtra: Milind Deora leading in Mumbai South-Times Now
08.48 am: UPA ahead so far; Fourth front draws a blank-CNN IBN
08.42 am: MP: Jyotiraditya Scindia leading in Guna-CNN IBN
08.40 am: BJP leading in Karnataka -CNN IBN
08.39 am: Congress leading in Telangana -CNN IBN
08.38 am: Karnataka: Margaret Alva, Janardhan Pujari of Congress trailing -CNN IBN
08.34 am: Left trailing in early trends in Kerala-CNN IBN
08.32 am: Gujarat: Congress leading in Mehsana-CNN IBN
08.30 am: CPM leading in Kasargode, Kerala-Times Now
08.27 am: Kerala: Muralidharan trails -CNN IBN
08.26 am: Congress leading in three seats in Kerala -CNN IBN
08.25 am: Darjeeling BJP leads-NDTV
08.23 am: HD Kumaraswamy leading in Karnataka-NDTV
08.22 am: TDP leading in Vizag, Andhra- CNN IBN
08.20 am: Early national trends show lead for BJP - Times Now
08.16 am: Andhra assembly results: TDP leading in one seat seat - CNN IBN
08.05 am: President to meet former Attorney General Ashok Desai at 5.00pm today; Ashok Desai was Attorney General of India from 1996 to 1998 - Times Now 08.00 am: Counting begins for 543 constituencies - Times Now
07.43 am: Each counting centre has one counting hall for every segment of the constituency, one data centre and one media centre
07.40 am: Tabulated data to be verified by observers 07.38 am: Proceedings in the counting hall shall be video-graphed 07.35 am: Random checking of EVMs by recounting of two counted machines after every round by micro-observers
07.32 am: A micro-observer at every table
07.30 am: Secure arrangements for counting agents of candidates to witness the counting procedure 07.28 am: Counting staff deployed: approximately 60,000
10.30 am: Keeping BJP out of power doesn't mean supporting Congress: Left - CNN IBN 9.45 am: AIADMK supremo Jayalalithaa to arrive in Delhi on May 18 - Times Now
9:20 am: Karat, Bardhan call Jayalalithaa - Times Now
9.00 am RSS leader Suresh Soni meets L K Advani - Times Now
8.40 am BJP ready for talks with new allies - CNN IBN
8.20 am: Congress assured of NCP support - CNN IBN
4.15 pm: Congress: 'Will form government with allies' - CNN IBN 4:00 pm: Congress indicates it can dump DMK to get post poll alliance with AIADMK - CNN -IBN 3:25 pm:Sonia Gandhi speaks to Sharad Pawar - NDTV
3:15 pm: BJP: Exit polls have often gone wrong - Times Now
3:00 pm: Rajnath Singh visits RSS HQ after Delhi core group meeting - CNN IBN
2:40 pm: Sharad pawar making moves for PM's post, - CNN IBN
2:20 pm: Yechury condemns US official meeting with Advani -Times Now
5.19 pm: Montek is PM's choice as finance minister: Reports -CNN IBN
5.16 pm: Sonia calls Lalu, Paswan and Pawar for meeting -CNN IBN
5.12 pm: AK Antony likely to remain defence minister -CNN IBN
5.10 pm: Kamalnath likely to be external affairs minister -CNN IBN
4:55 pm: Pranab Mukherjee likely to be finance minister -CNN IBN
4:46 pm: CWC meet likely to discuss portfolio allocation - CNN IBN
4:25 pm: Congress Working Committee meeting begins in AICC headquarters - Times Now
4:12 pm: Sonia speaks to Lalu, Pawar and Paswan-CNN IBN
4:05 pm: UPA allies likely to meet today-CNN IBN
3:53 pm: We have failed to form a Third front: Biman Bose-Times Now
3:46 pm: Replacing LK Advani a painful thought: Sushma Swaraj-Times Now
3:27 pm: SP keen on joining Manmohan govt-Times Now
3:22 pm: BJP holding meeing on Monday-Times Now
3:12 pm: Analysing reason for defeat: Murli Manohar Joshi-Times Now
2:50 pm: Congress not keen on SP support-Times Now
2:32 pm: SP leaders to meet PM in the evening-Times Now
2:27 pm: RJD chief Lalu to meet Sonia in Delhi-CNN IBN
2:14 pm: Rahul Gandhi likely to be Rural Devolopment Minister-CNN IBN
2:04 pm: 'Motek PM's choice of Finance Minister'-CNN IBN
1:52 pm: PM hands over his resignation to President-Times Now
1:40 pm: Meeting was attended by Sonia, Pranab, Chidambaram, Ahmed Patel and AK antony-Times Now
1:30 pm: Congress core meeting ends-Times Now
1:02 pm: Azam Khan resigns as Gen Secy of Samajwadi Party-Times Now
12:47 pm: 'Buddhadeb was against rigid anti-cong stands'-Times Now
12:32 pm: Rahul Gandhi at war room meet-Times Now
12:17 pm: Rahul Gandhi should be in cabinet: Mani S Aiyar-CNN IBN
12:00 pm: JDU blames BJP for defeat-CNN IBN
11:45 am: NDA convenor Sharad Yadav blames Narendra Modi for poll debacle-Times Now
11:36 am: Left parties meet in Delhi to analyse electoral debacle-Times Now
11:30 am: Lalu to attend cabinet meet on Monday-Times Now
11:15 am: Congress seeks time to meet President-Times Now
11:00 am: Not looking for cabinet berth: Sachin Pilot-Times Now
10:45 am: Manmohan Singh to meet Sonia Gandhi and Chidambaram-Times Now
10:30 am: Meeting scheduled for 12.30pm today-Times Now
10:15 am: Congress core committee to meet at PM Manmohan's residence-Times Now
10:00 am: 'Congress prefers independents to SP'-NDTV
09:45 am: Congress will go with pre-poll allies: Rajiv Shukla-NDTV
09:30 am: Varun Gandhi and Maneka Gandhi meet LK Advani at his residence-Times Now
09:20 am: Third front meeting scheduled for May 18 postponed-Times Now
09:10 am: Kapil Sibal likely to be Commerce Minister -CNN IBN
09:00 am: Chidambaram likely to remain Home Minister -CNN IBN
08:50 am: Congress working committee to meet today -CNN IBN
08:40 am: We don't need Lalu and Mulayam: Kamal Nath-Times Now
08:35 am: Sharad Pawar, YSR expected to meet Sonia today-Times Now
08:25 am: DMK could ask for Health or Railways ministry for Azhagiri-Times Now
08:18 am: DMK asks for Surface Transport, IT portfolios among others-Times Now
08:12 am: Third front meeting is scheduled to take place on Monday-Times Now
08:05 am: WB Chief Minister Buddhadeb not to attend CPI(M) politburo meet-Times Now
07:55 am: Sonia Gandhi invites Lalu to attend special cabinet meet in New Delhi-Times Now
07:45 am: Sonia reaches out to Lalu Prasad- Times Now
5.15 am: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-260; NDA-158; Third Front-68; Fourth front: 27, Others-30 - CNN IBN
05.05 am: Karunanidhi to go to Delhi on Monday to meet Sonia - Times Now
04.05 am: Cong says it doesn`t need Lalu and Mulayam - CNN IBN
1.45 am: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-260; NDA-158; Third Front-68; Fourth front: 27, Others-30 - CNN IBN
00.20 am: BJP says it will bounce back - CNN IBN --------------------------------------------------------------- May 16, 2009 - Lok Sabha election results 2009
11.40 pm: Jaya says DMK`s victory is not democratic - CNN IBN
11.10 pm: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-261; NDA-158; Third Front-68; Fourth front: 27, Others-29 - CNN IBN
10.20 pm: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-260; NDA-159; Third Front-67; Fourth front: 28, Others-29 - CNN IBN
9.55 pm: DMK wants three cabinet seats - Times Now
9.35 pm: PM says he wants Rahul in the cabinet - Times Now
8.45 pm: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-260; NDA-159; Third Front-68; Fourth front: 27, Others-29 - CNN IBN
9.35 pm: Cabinet to meet at 10 am on Monday - CNN IBN
8.45 pm: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-256; NDA-162; Third Front-66; Fourth front: 28, Others-31 - CNN IBN
8.15 pm: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-256; NDA-162; Third Front-67; Fourth front: 27, Others-31 - CNN IBN
8.10 pm: Congress wins 22 seats in UP - Times Now
7.50 pm: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-257; NDA-160; Third Front-67; Fourth front: 28, Others-31 - CNN IBN
7.45 pm: Congress wins 22 seats in UP - Times Now
7.15 pm: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-258; NDA-162; Third Front-65; Fourth front: 27, Others-31 - CNN IBN
7.01 pm: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-259; NDA-162; Third Front-64; Fourth front: 27, Others-31 - CNN IBN
7.01 pm: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-259; NDA-163; Third Front-64; Fourth front: 26, Others-31 - CNN IBN
6.47 pm: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-258; NDA-163; Third Front-65; Fourth front: 26, Others-31 - CNN IBN
6.42 pm: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-258; NDA-162; Third Front-66; Fourth front: 26, Others-31 - CNN IBN
6.39 pm: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-258; NDA-162; Third Front-66; Fourth front: 26, Others-31 - CNN IBN
6.35 pm: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-259; NDA-162; Third Front-66; Fourth front: 26, Others-30 -CNN IBN
6.32 pm: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-260; NDA-161; Third Front-66; Fourth front: 26, Others-30 -CNN IBN
5.45 pm: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-258 ; NDA-162; Third Front-68; Fourth front: 24, Others-31 -CNN IBN
5:40 pm: Congress likely to accomodate RJD chief Lalu-Times Now
5:30 pm: Home Minister Chidambaram wins from Sivaganga, TN-Times Now
5:20 pm: 'Left, SP not to be part of Govt'-Times Now
5:10 pm: Congress to retain Defence, Home, External Affairs and Finance ministries-CNN IBN
5.00 pm: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-258 ; NDA-162; Third Front-67; Fourth front: 24, Others-32 -CNN IBN
4:44 pm: SP regrets no Cong tie-up-CNN IBN
4:40 pm: I congratulate Manmohan and Sonia: Amar Singh-CNN IBN
4:35 pm: Karunanidhi seeks cabinet seats for Kanimozhi, Azhagiri and Maran-CNN IBN
4:13 pm: Advani wins Gandhinagar by over 100,000 votes-CNN IBN
4.06 pm: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-260 ; NDA-161; Third Front-66; Fourth front: 23, Others-33 - CNN IBN
4:00 pm: RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav loses in Pataliputra-CNN IBN
3:55 pm: Hamdullah Sayeed of Congress wins Lakshadweep-CNN IBN
3:50 pm: Mayiladuthurai, TN: Mani S Aiyar loses-CNN IBN
3.30 pm: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-259 ; NDA-159; Third Front-67; Fourth front: 24, Others-34 -CNN IBN
3:00 pm: Jayaprada wins from Rampur seat, UP-Times Now
2.55 pm: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-256 ; NDA-157; Third Front-70; Fourth front: 25, Others-35 -CNN IBN
2:45 pm: We'll analyse cause of defeat: Vasundhra Raje-NDTV
2:35 pm: Cabinet to meet on May 18-CNN IBN
2:29 pm: We did not project Modi as next PM: BJP-CNN IBN
2:25 pm: Delhi led India to vote for good governance: Sheila Dikshit-CNN IBN
2.25 pm: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-256 ; NDA-160; Third Front-68; Fourth front: 24, Others-35 -CNN IBN
2:19 pm: Congress not keen on big allies-Times Now
2.05 pm: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-254 ; NDA-159; Third Front-70; Fourth front: 25, Others-35 -CNN IBN
2:00 pm: Congress general secretaries meeting at 4pm - Times Now
1:58 pm: Will work much harded for Orissa: Patnaik-Times Now
1:56 pm: Naveen Patnaik's BJD sweeps Orissa assembly-Times Now
1:53 pm: Ram Vilas Paswan loses in Hajipur-Times Now
1:50 pm: Chiranjeevi wins from Tirupati-Times Now
1:46 pm: Margaret Alva loses-Times Now
1:44 pm: JD(S) HD Kumaraswamy wins Bangalore rural seat-Times Now
1:37 pm: H D Deve Gowda retains Hassan seat-Times Now
1:34 pm: Kamal Nath wins from Chhindwara, UP-Times Now
1.31 pm: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-254 ; NDA-156; Third Front-71; Fourth front: 26, Others-36-CNN IBN
1:29 pm: Prime MInister to meet Sonia Gandhi-NDTV
1:27 pm: Maneka Gandhi trails by 10,000 votes-NDTV
08.42 am: MP: Jyotiraditya Scindia leading in Guna-CNN IBN
08.40 am: BJP leading in Karnataka -CNN IBN
08.39 am: Congress leading in Telangana -CNN IBN
08.38 am: Karnataka: Margaret Alva, Janardhan Pujari of Congress trailing -CNN IBN
08.34 am: Left trailing in early trends in Kerala-CNN IBN
08.32 am: Gujarat: Congress leading in Mehsana-CNN IBN
08.30 am: CPM leading in Kasargode, Kerala-Times Now
08.27 am: Kerala: Muralidharan trails -CNN IBN
08.26 am: Congress leading in three seats in Kerala -CNN IBN
08.25 am: Darjeeling BJP leads-NDTV
08.23 am: HD Kumaraswamy leading in Karnataka-NDTV
08.22 am: TDP leading in Vizag, Andhra- CNN IBN
08.20 am: Early national trends show lead for BJP - Times Now
08.16 am: Andhra assembly results: TDP leading in one seat seat - CNN IBN
08.05 am: President to meet former Attorney General Ashok Desai at 5.00pm today; Ashok Desai was Attorney General of India from 1996 to 1998 - Times Now
08.00 am: Counting begins for 543 constituencies - Times Now
07.43 am: Each counting centre has one counting hall for every segment of the constituency, one data centre and one media centre
07.40 am: Tabulated data to be verified by observers
07.38 am: Proceedings in the counting hall shall be video-graphed
07.35 am: Random checking of EVMs by recounting of two counted machines after every round by micro-observers
07.32 am: A micro-observer at every table
07.30 am: Secure arrangements for counting agents of candidates to witness the counting procedure
07.28 am: Counting staff deployed: approximately 60,000
May 17, 2009 - UPA in government mode 00:10 pm: MM Joshi says Advani must quit active politics - CNN IBN 11.40 pm: NDA`s Ajith Singh likely to join UPA - CNN IBN
10.35 pm: Rahul is not keen on Lalu in cabinet - CNN IBN
9.45 pm: Pranab says no seat adjustment with Lalu - CNN IBN
8.30 pm: UPA reaches half way mark of 273 seats -Times Now 7.09 pm: Buddha to skip core comm meeting -Times Now
7.08 pm: We are not bargaining with Cong: Mamata -Times Now
7.06 pm: Lalu to attend cabinet meet on Monday -Times Now
7.04 pm: No demand for portfolios: NCP -Times Now
7.02 pm: SP approaches Cong for reconciliation -Times Now
6.49 pm: Cong must work hard: Sonia -CNN IBN
6.41 pm: Congress thanks clear mandate -CNN IBN
6.39 pm: PM applauds Sonia -CNN IBN
6.11 pm: Deshmukh targets NCP -CNN IBN
5.58 pm: New govt to be sworn in after May 31-CNN IBN
5.34 pm: It was a mistake to fight alone in Bihar: Lalu -CNN IBN
5.28 pm: Lalu likely to meet Sonia in Delhi -CNN IBN
5.25 pm: CWC meeting over -CNN IBN
5.22 pm:Varun Gandhi damaged us: Murli Manohar Joshi-CNN IBN
5.19 pm: Montek is PM's choice as finance minister: Reports -CNN IBN
5.16 pm: Sonia calls Lalu, Paswan and Pawar for meeting -CNN IBN
5.12 pm: AK Antony likely to remain defence minister -CNN IBN
5.10 pm: Kamalnath likely to be external affairs minister -CNN IBN
4:55 pm: Pranab Mukherjee likely to be finance minister -CNN IBN
4:46 pm: CWC meet likely to discuss portfolio allocation - CNN IBN
4:25 pm: Congress Working Committee meeting begins in AICC headquarters - Times Now
4:12 pm: Sonia speaks to Lalu, Pawar and Paswan-CNN IBN
4:05 pm: UPA allies likely to meet today-CNN IBN
3:53 pm: We have failed to form a Third front: Biman Bose-Times Now
3:46 pm: Replacing LK Advani a painful thought: Sushma Swaraj-Times Now
3:27 pm: SP keen on joining Manmohan govt-Times Now 3:22 pm: BJP holding meeing on Monday-Times Now
3:12 pm: Analysing reason for defeat: Murli Manohar Joshi-Times Now
2:50 pm: Congress not keen on SP support-Times Now
2:32 pm: SP leaders to meet PM in the evening-Times Now
2:27 pm: RJD chief Lalu to meet Sonia in Delhi-CNN IBN
2:14 pm: Rahul Gandhi likely to be Rural Devolopment Minister-CNN IBN
2:04 pm: 'Motek PM's choice of Finance Minister'-CNN IBN
1:52 pm: PM hands over his resignation to President-Times Now
1:40 pm: Meeting was attended by Sonia, Pranab, Chidambaram, Ahmed Patel and AK antony-Times Now
1:30 pm: Congress core meeting ends-Times Now
1:02 pm: Azam Khan resigns as Gen Secy of Samajwadi Party-Times Now
12:47 pm: 'Buddhadeb was against rigid anti-cong stands'-Times Now
12:32 pm: Rahul Gandhi at war room meet-Times Now
12:17 pm: Rahul Gandhi should be in cabinet: Mani S Aiyar-CNN IBN 12:00 pm: JDU blames BJP for defeat-CNN IBN
11:45 am: NDA convenor Sharad Yadav blames Narendra Modi for poll debacle-Times Now 11:36 am: Left parties meet in Delhi to analyse electoral debacle-Times Now 11:30 am: Lalu to attend cabinet meet on Monday-Times Now
11:15 am: Congress seeks time to meet President-Times Now 11:00 am: Not looking for cabinet berth: Sachin Pilot-Times Now 10:45 am: Manmohan Singh to meet Sonia Gandhi and Chidambaram-Times Now 10:30 am: Meeting scheduled for 12.30pm today-Times Now 10:15 am: Congress core committee to meet at PM Manmohan's residence-Times Now 10:00 am: 'Congress prefers independents to SP'-NDTV 09:45 am: Congress will go with pre-poll allies: Rajiv Shukla-NDTV
09:30 am: Varun Gandhi and Maneka Gandhi meet LK Advani at his residence-Times Now 09:20 am: Third front meeting scheduled for May 18 postponed-Times Now 09:10 am: Kapil Sibal likely to be Commerce Minister-CNN IBN 09:00 am: Chidambaram likely to remain Home Minister-CNN IBN 08:50 am: Congress working committee to meet today -CNN IBN 08:40 am: We don't need Lalu and Mulayam: Kamal Nath-Times Now 08:35 am: Sharad Pawar, YSR expected to meet Sonia today-Times Now 08:25 am: DMK could ask for Health or Railways ministry for Azhagiri-Times Now 08:18 am: DMK asks for Surface Transport, IT portfolios among others-Times Now 08:12 am: Third front meeting is scheduled to take place on Monday-Times Now 08:05 am: WB Chief Minister Buddhadeb not to attend CPI(M) politburo meet-Times Now
07:55 am: Sonia Gandhi invites Lalu to attend special cabinet meet in New Delhi-Times Now
07:45 am: Sonia reaches out to Lalu Prasad- Times Now
5.15 am: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-260; NDA-158; Third Front-68; Fourth front: 27, Others-30 - CNN IBN
05.05 am: Karunanidhi to go to Delhi on Monday to meet Sonia - Times Now
04.05 am: Cong says it doesn`t need Lalu and Mulayam - CNN IBN 1.45 am: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-260; NDA-158; Third Front-68; Fourth front: 27, Others-30 - CNN IBN
00.20 am: BJP says it will bounce back - CNN IBN --------------------------------------------------------------- May 16, 2009 - Lok Sabha election results 2009
11.40 pm: Jaya says DMK`s victory is not democratic - CNN IBN
11.10 pm: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-261; NDA-158; Third Front-68; Fourth front: 27, Others-29 - CNN IBN
10.20 pm: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-260; NDA-159; Third Front-67; Fourth front: 28, Others-29 - CNN IBN
9.55 pm: DMK wants three cabinet seats - Times Now 9.35 pm: PM says he wants Rahul in the cabinet - Times Now 8.45 pm: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-260; NDA-159; Third Front-68; Fourth front: 27, Others-29 - CNN IBN 9.35 pm: Cabinet to meet at 10 am on Monday - CNN IBN
8.45 pm: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-256; NDA-162; Third Front-66; Fourth front: 28, Others-31 - CNN IBN
8.15 pm: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-256; NDA-162; Third Front-67; Fourth front: 27, Others-31 - CNN IBN 8.10 pm: Congress wins 22 seats in UP - Times Now 7.50 pm: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-257; NDA-160; Third Front-67; Fourth front: 28, Others-31 - CNN IBN 7.45 pm: Congress wins 22 seats in UP - Times Now
7.15 pm: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-258; NDA-162; Third Front-65; Fourth front: 27, Others-31 - CNN IBN
7.01 pm: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-259; NDA-162; Third Front-64; Fourth front: 27, Others-31 - CNN IBN
7.01 pm: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-259; NDA-163; Third Front-64; Fourth front: 26, Others-31 - CNN IBN
6.47 pm: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-258; NDA-163; Third Front-65; Fourth front: 26, Others-31 - CNN IBN
6.42 pm: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-258; NDA-162; Third Front-66; Fourth front: 26, Others-31 - CNN IBN
6.39 pm: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-258; NDA-162; Third Front-66; Fourth front: 26, Others-31 - CNN IBN
6.35 pm: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-259; NDA-162; Third Front-66; Fourth front: 26, Others-30 -CNN IBN
6.32 pm: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-260; NDA-161; Third Front-66; Fourth front: 26, Others-30 -CNN IBN
5.45 pm: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-258 ; NDA-162; Third Front-68; Fourth front: 24, Others-31 -CNN IBN
5:40 pm: Congress likely to accomodate RJD chief Lalu-Times Now
5:30 pm: Home Minister Chidambaram wins from Sivaganga, TN-Times Now
5:20 pm: 'Left, SP not to be part of Govt'-Times Now
5:10 pm: Congress to retain Defence, Home, External Affairs and Finance ministries-CNN IBN
5.00 pm: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-258 ; NDA-162; Third Front-67; Fourth front: 24, Others-32 -CNN IBN
4:44 pm: SP regrets no Cong tie-up-CNN IBN
4:40 pm: I congratulate Manmohan and Sonia: Amar Singh-CNN IBN
4:35 pm: Karunanidhi seeks cabinet seats for Kanimozhi, Azhagiri and Maran-CNN IBN
4:13 pm: Advani wins Gandhinagar by over 100,000 votes-CNN IBN
4.06 pm: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-260 ; NDA-161; Third Front-66; Fourth front: 23, Others-33 - CNN IBN
4:00 pm: RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav loses in Pataliputra-CNN IBN
3:55 pm: Hamdullah Sayeed of Congress wins Lakshadweep-CNN IBN
3:50 pm: Mayiladuthurai, TN: Mani S Aiyar loses-CNN IBN
3.30 pm: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-259 ; NDA-159; Third Front-67; Fourth front: 24, Others-34 -CNN IBN
3:00 pm: Jayaprada wins from Rampur seat, UP-Times Now
2.55 pm: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-256 ; NDA-157; Third Front-70; Fourth front: 25, Others-35 -CNN IBN
2:45 pm: We'll analyse cause of defeat: Vasundhra Raje-NDTV
2:35 pm: Cabinet to meet on May 18-CNN IBN 2:29 pm: We did not project Modi as next PM: BJP-CNN IBN 2:25 pm: Delhi led India to vote for good governance: Sheila Dikshit-CNN IBN 2.25 pm: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-256 ; NDA-160; Third Front-68; Fourth front: 24, Others-35 -CNN IBN
2:19 pm: Congress not keen on big allies-Times Now
2.05 pm: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-254 ; NDA-159; Third Front-70; Fourth front: 25, Others-35 -CNN IBN
2:00 pm: Congress general secretaries meeting at 4pm - Times Now 1:58 pm: Will work much harded for Orissa: Patnaik-Times Now
1:56 pm: Naveen Patnaik's BJD sweeps Orissa assembly-Times Now
1:53 pm: Ram Vilas Paswan loses in Hajipur-Times Now
1:50 pm: Chiranjeevi wins from Tirupati-Times Now
1:46 pm: Margaret Alva loses-Times Now 1:44 pm: JD(S) HD Kumaraswamy wins Bangalore rural seat-Times Now 1:37 pm: H D Deve Gowda retains Hassan seat-Times Now 1:34 pm: Kamal Nath wins from Chhindwara, UP-Times Now
1.31 pm: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-254 ; NDA-156; Third Front-71; Fourth front: 26, Others-36-CNN IBN
1:29 pm: Prime MInister to meet Sonia Gandhi-NDTV
1:27 pm: Maneka Gandhi trails by 10,000 votes-NDTV
1.17 pm: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-252 ; NDA-156; Third Front-72; Fourth front: 28, Others-35 -CNN IBN 1:15 pm: Congress sweeps Delhi-CNN IBN
1.10 pm: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-251 ; NDA-156; Third Front-72; Fourth front: 28, Others-36 -CNN IBN
1:00 pm: DMK's Azhagiri wins by 1.41 lakh votes-Makkal TV
12.58 pm: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-253 ; NDA-156; Third Front-74; Fourth front: 26, Others-34 -CNN IBN
12:55 pm: Sonia Gandhi congratulates Manmohan Singh-CNN IBN
12:50 pm: Congress to retain key ministries-CNN IBN
12:40 pm: Third Front should sit in opposition: Bardhan-NDTV
12:32 pm: People have voted for a stable govt: Sharad Pawar-Times Now
12:30 pm: Manmohan Singh is the undisputed PM: Sharad Pawar-Times Now
12:22 pm: Party was divided on Modi as PM: BJP - CNN IBN
12: 20: Sivaganga, TN: P Chidambaram leading -CNN IBN
12.18 am: Leads/results: 541/543; UPA-250 ; NDA-157; Third Front-77; Fourth front: 27, Others-30-CNN IBN 12:10: Most spectacular results since 1977-CNN IBN
12:05: UPA doesn't need Left support-CNN IBN
12:00: UPA and Fourth Front together cross 272 -CNN IBN
11:53: Shashi Tharoor wins from Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala - Times Now
11:45 am: Paswan trails by 7000 votes in Hajjipur, Bihar-CNN IBN
11.38 am: Leads/results: 540/543; UPA-241 ; NDA-159; Third Front-79; Fourth front: 31, Others-29-NDTV 11:35 am: UPA sweeps Kerala, Rajasthan and West Bengal-NDTV
11:30 am: NDA meet this evening to discuss election results-NDTV
11:25 am: Mumbai North central: Priya Dutt leading-NDTV
11:22 am: BJP concedes defeat-CNN IBN
11.20 am: Leads/results: 525/543; UPA-228 ; NDA-160; Third Front-75; Fourth front: 32, Others-30 -CNN IBN
11.10 am: Sivaganga, TN: Chidambaram trailing-CNN IBN 11.05 am: Leads/results: 516/543; UPA-227 ; NDA-157; Third Front-71; Fourth front: 29, Others-32 -CNN IBN
11.03 am: DMK ahead in TN- Times Now 11.00 am:Naveen Patnaik's BJD sweeps Orissa assembly- NDTV
10.58 am: Congress-led UDF wins 16 of 20 seats in Kerala- CNN IBN
10.57 am: Samajwadi Party emerging single largest party in UP- CNN IBN
10.55 am: UP Leads/results: 74/80; BSP-16 ; SP-24; BJP-11; Congress: 20, Others-1 - CNN IBN
10.54 am: Left to get a low of 25 - CNN IBN
10.52 am: Leads/results: 507/543; UPA-223 ; NDA-154; Third Front-72; Fourth front: 27, Others-31-CNN IBN 10.50 am: Trends suggest clean sweep for Congress in Delhi-CNN IBN 10.48 am: Leads/results: 502/543; UPA-224 ; NDA-154; Third Front-69; Fourth front: 25, Others-30-CNN IBN 10.42 am: Congress makes big gain in UP-CNN IBN 10.40 am: Kurukshetra, UP: Navin Jindal leading-CNN IBN 10.38 am: Leads/results: 498/543; UPA-223 ; NDA-153; Third Front-68; Fourth front: 25, Others-29 -CNN IBN
10.36 am: Congress-led UDF leading in Kerala-Times Now
10.34 am: UPA leading in Punjab, Maharashtra, AP & Delhi-Times Now 10.31 am: Leads/results: 490/543; UPA-222 ; NDA-149; Third Front-68; Fourth front: 25, Others-27 -CNN IBN
10.29 am: Madha, Maharashtra: Sharad Pawar leading-Times Now 10.26 am: Andhra heading for hung assembly-Times Now
10.25 am: Leads/results: 485/543; UPA-222 ; NDA-147; Third Front-63; Fourth front: 26, Others-27 -Times Now
10.23 am: Kannur, Kerala: Sudhakaran wins-Times Now
10.20 am: AP Assemby leads/results: Chiranjeevi leading in Tirupathi-Times Now 10.19 am: Varnasi, UP: Murli Manohar Joshi leading-Times Now
10.17 am: Leads/results: 472/543; UPA-214 ; NDA-145; Third Front-61; Fourth front: 24, Others-28-CNN IBN
10.15 am: Rae Bareli, UP: Sonia Gandi leading-Times Now 10.14 am: CPM trailing in Kerala-Times Now 10.13 am: Dumaka, Jharkhand: Shibu Soren trails-Times Now 10.10 am: South Kolkata: Mamata Banerjee leads-CNN IBN 10.08 am: Leads/results: 458/543; UPA-215 ; NDA-135; Third Front-56; Fourth front: 24, Others-28-CNN IBN 10.06 am: Amritsar, Punjab: Sidhu leads-CNN IBN 10.04 am: Leads/results: 453/543; UPA-210 ; NDA-135; Third Front-56; Others-24-CNN IBN 10.02 am: Bangalore South, Karnataka: Captain Gopinath trails-CNN IBN 09.59 am: Leads/results: 428/543; UPA-199 ; NDA-127; Third Front-54; Others-27-CNN IBN 09.54 am: Amritsar, Punjab: Sidhu trials-CNN IBN 09.52 am: Gandhi Nagar, Gujarat: Advani leading-CNN IBN 09.50 am: Gurdaspur, Punjab: Vinod Khanna leading- CNN IBN 09.47 am: Sivaganga, TN: Chidambaram trails- CNN IBN 09.46 am: Leads/results: 380/543; UPA-174 ; NDA-114; Third Front-51; Others-24 - CNN IBN
09.45 am: Chhindwara, UP: Kamal Nath leading-CNN IBN 09.43 am: Mayiladuthurai, TN: Mani S Aiyar trailing-CNN IBN
09.42 am: Central Chennai, TN: Dayanidhi Maran leading-CNN IBN
09.40 am: Leads/results: 354/543; UPA-164 ; NDA-109; Third Front-46; Others-16-CNN IBN
09.39 am: Maharashtra leads/results: 32/48; Congress-11, NCP-8, BJP-8, SS-5-CNN IBN
09.38 am: Left heading for worst ever performance in West Bengal-CNN IBN
09.36 am: Congress surges ahead of Left in Kerala-CNN IBN
09.35 am: AP assembly lead/results: 18/294; Cong- 9, TDP-5, PRP-4, TRS-0-CNN IBN
09.34 am: UPA projected to win 210 seats-CNN IBN
09.32 am: Shocker for Maya in UP-CNN IBN
09.30 am: Leads/results: 320/543; UPA-146 ; NDA-101; Third Front-43; Others-16 -CNN IBN
09.29 am: Rampur, UP: Jayaprada trailing-Times Now
09.28 am: Khammam, AP: Renuka Choudhary trails-Times Now
09.26 am: Goa: BJP leading-CNN IBN
09.25 am: Maharashtra: UPA ahead of NDA-CNN IBN
09.24 am: Leads/results: 289/543; UPA-136 ; NDA-93; Third Front-35; Others-12 -CNN IBN
09.22 am: Jangipur, Bengal: Pranab Mukherjee leads- CNN IBN
09.21 am: Mumbai north: Priya Dutt leads-CNN IBN
09.19 am: Pilibhit, UP: Varun Gandhi leads-CNN IBN
09.18 am: Leads: 261/543; UPA-120 ; NDA-88; Third Front-33; Others-10 - CNN IBN
09.17 am: UP: BJP leading; BSP ahead only in one seat-CNN IBN
09.16 am: TN: Tight race between DMK and AIADMK-CNN IBN
09.15 am: Saran, Bihar: Rajiv Pratab Rudy ahead of Lalu-CNN IBN
09.14 am: Leads: 221/543; UPA-94 ; NDA-79; Third Front-31; Others-6-CNN IBN
09.08 am: Saran, Bihar: Lalu trailing-CNN IBN
09.06 am: Madurai, TN: Azhagiri leading-CNN IBN
09.05 am: Thiruvanathapuram, Kerala: Shashi Tharoor leading-CNN IBN
09.05 am: Chhindwara, UP: Kamal Nath trailing-CNN IBN
09.04 am: Leads: 157/543; UPA-64 ; NDA-54; Third Front-28; Others-5 - CNN IBN
09.03 am: Amethi, UP: Rahul Leading - CNN IBN
09.02 am: Patliputra, Bihar: Lalu Leading - CNN IBN
09.01 am: Leads: 138/543; UPA-55 ; NDA-47; Third Front-29; Others-2 - CNN IBN
08.58 am: Jaswant leading in Darjeeling-CNN IBN
08.57 am: Leads: 129/543; UPA-49 ; NDA-44; Third Front-27; Others-2 -CNN IBN
08.56 am: AP assembly: TDP leading-CNN IBN
08.55 am: Azhagiri leading by 4,000 votes in Madurai
08.53 am: Ajmer, Rajasthan: Sachin Pilot leads-Times Now
08.52 am: Sivaganga, TN: Chidambaram leads-Times Now
08.50 am: Maharashtra: Milind Deora leading in Mumbai South-Times Now
08.48 am: UPA ahead so far; Fourth front draws a blank-CNN IBN
08.42 am: MP: Jyotiraditya Scindia leading in Guna-CNN IBN
08.40 am: BJP leading in Karnataka -CNN IBN
08.39 am: Congress leading in Telangana -CNN IBN
08.38 am: Karnataka: Margaret Alva, Janardhan Pujari of Congress trailing -CNN IBN
08.34 am: Left trailing in early trends in Kerala-CNN IBN
08.32 am: Gujarat: Congress leading in Mehsana-CNN IBN
08.30 am: CPM leading in Kasargode, Kerala-Times Now
08.27 am: Kerala: Muralidharan trails -CNN IBN
08.26 am: Congress leading in three seats in Kerala -CNN IBN
08.25 am: Darjeeling BJP leads-NDTV
08.23 am: HD Kumaraswamy leading in Karnataka-NDTV
08.22 am: TDP leading in Vizag, Andhra- CNN IBN
08.20 am: Early national trends show lead for BJP - Times Now
08.16 am: Andhra assembly results: TDP leading in one seat seat - CNN IBN
08.05 am: President to meet former Attorney General Ashok Desai at 5.00pm today; Ashok Desai was Attorney General of India from 1996 to 1998 - Times Now 08.00 am: Counting begins for 543 constituencies - Times Now
07.43 am: Each counting centre has one counting hall for every segment of the constituency, one data centre and one media centre
07.40 am: Tabulated data to be verified by observers 07.38 am: Proceedings in the counting hall shall be video-graphed 07.35 am: Random checking of EVMs by recounting of two counted machines after every round by micro-observers
07.32 am: A micro-observer at every table
07.30 am: Secure arrangements for counting agents of candidates to witness the counting procedure 07.28 am: Counting staff deployed: approximately 60,000
10.30 am: Keeping BJP out of power doesn't mean supporting Congress: Left - CNN IBN 9.45 am: AIADMK supremo Jayalalithaa to arrive in Delhi on May 18 - Times Now
9:20 am: Karat, Bardhan call Jayalalithaa - Times Now
9.00 am RSS leader Suresh Soni meets L K Advani - Times Now
8.40 am BJP ready for talks with new allies - CNN IBN
8.20 am: Congress assured of NCP support - CNN IBN
4.15 pm: Congress: 'Will form government with allies' - CNN IBN 4:00 pm: Congress indicates it can dump DMK to get post poll alliance with AIADMK - CNN -IBN 3:25 pm:Sonia Gandhi speaks to Sharad Pawar - NDTV
3:15 pm: BJP: Exit polls have often gone wrong - Times Now
3:00 pm: Rajnath Singh visits RSS HQ after Delhi core group meeting - CNN IBN
2:40 pm: Sharad pawar making moves for PM's post, - CNN IBN
2:20 pm: Yechury condemns US official meeting with Advani -Times Now
May 17, 2009 - UPA in government mode 00:10 pm: MM Joshi says Advani must quit active politics - CNN IBN 11.40 pm: NDA`s Ajith Singh likely to join UPA - CNN IBN
10.35 pm: Rahul is not keen on Lalu in cabinet - CNN IBN
9.45 pm: Pranab says no seat adjustment with Lalu - CNN IBN
8.30 pm: UPA reaches half way mark of 273 seats -Times Now 7.09 pm: Buddha to skip core comm meeting -Times Now
7.08 pm: We are not bargaining with Cong: Mamata -Times Now
7.06 pm: Lalu to attend cabinet meet on Monday -Times Now
7.04 pm: No demand for portfolios: NCP -Times Now
7.02 pm: SP approaches Cong for reconciliation -Times Now
6.49 pm: Cong must work hard: Sonia -CNN IBN
6.41 pm: Congress thanks clear mandate -CNN IBN
6.39 pm: PM applauds Sonia -CNN IBN
6.11 pm: Deshmukh targets NCP -CNN IBN
5.58 pm: New govt to be sworn in after May 31-CNN IBN
5.34 pm: It was a mistake to fight alone in Bihar: Lalu -CNN IBN
5.28 pm: Lalu likely to meet Sonia in Delhi -CNN IBN
5.25 pm: CWC meeting over -CNN IBN
5.22 pm:Varun Gandhi damaged us: Murli Manohar Joshi-CNN IBN
5.19 pm: Montek is PM's choice as finance minister: Reports -CNN IBN
5.16 pm: Sonia calls Lalu, Paswan and Pawar for meeting -CNN IBN
5.12 pm: AK Antony likely to remain defence minister -CNN IBN
5.10 pm: Kamalnath likely to be external affairs minister -CNN IBN
4:55 pm: Pranab Mukherjee likely to be finance minister -CNN IBN
4:46 pm: CWC meet likely to discuss portfolio allocation - CNN IBN
4:25 pm: Congress Working Committee meeting begins in AICC headquarters - Times Now
4:12 pm: Sonia speaks to Lalu, Pawar and Paswan-CNN IBN
4:05 pm: UPA allies likely to meet today-CNN IBN
3:53 pm: We have failed to form a Third front: Biman Bose-Times Now
3:46 pm: Replacing LK Advani a painful thought: Sushma Swaraj-Times Now
3:27 pm: SP keen on joining Manmohan govt-Times Now 3:22 pm: BJP holding meeing on Monday-Times Now
3:12 pm: Analysing reason for defeat: Murli Manohar Joshi-Times Now
2:50 pm: Congress not keen on SP support-Times Now
2:32 pm: SP leaders to meet PM in the evening-Times Now
2:27 pm: RJD chief Lalu to meet Sonia in Delhi-CNN IBN
2:14 pm: Rahul Gandhi likely to be Rural Devolopment Minister-CNN IBN
2:04 pm: 'Motek PM's choice of Finance Minister'-CNN IBN
1:52 pm: PM hands over his resignation to President-Times Now
1:40 pm: Meeting was attended by Sonia, Pranab, Chidambaram, Ahmed Patel and AK antony-Times Now
1:30 pm: Congress core meeting ends-Times Now
1:02 pm: Azam Khan resigns as Gen Secy of Samajwadi Party-Times Now
12:47 pm: 'Buddhadeb was against rigid anti-cong stands'-Times Now
12:32 pm: Rahul Gandhi at war room meet-Times Now
12:17 pm: Rahul Gandhi should be in cabinet: Mani S Aiyar-CNN IBN 12:00 pm: JDU blames BJP for defeat-CNN IBN
11:45 am: NDA convenor Sharad Yadav blames Narendra Modi for poll debacle-Times Now 11:36 am: Left parties meet in Delhi to analyse electoral debacle-Times Now 11:30 am: Lalu to attend cabinet meet on Monday-Times Now
11:15 am: Congress seeks time to meet President-Times Now 11:00 am: Not looking for cabinet berth: Sachin Pilot-Times Now 10:45 am: Manmohan Singh to meet Sonia Gandhi and Chidambaram-Times Now 10:30 am: Meeting scheduled for 12.30pm today-Times Now 10:15 am: Congress core committee to meet at PM Manmohan's residence-Times Now 10:00 am: 'Congress prefers independents to SP'-NDTV 09:45 am: Congress will go with pre-poll allies: Rajiv Shukla-NDTV
09:30 am: Varun Gandhi and Maneka Gandhi meet LK Advani at his residence-Times Now 09:20 am: Third front meeting scheduled for May 18 postponed-Times Now 09:10 am: Kapil Sibal likely to be Commerce Minister-CNN IBN 09:00 am: Chidambaram likely to remain Home Minister-CNN IBN 08:50 am: Congress working committee to meet today -CNN IBN 08:40 am: We don't need Lalu and Mulayam: Kamal Nath-Times Now 08:35 am: Sharad Pawar, YSR expected to meet Sonia today-Times Now 08:25 am: DMK could ask for Health or Railways ministry for Azhagiri-Times Now 08:18 am: DMK asks for Surface Transport, IT portfolios among others-Times Now 08:12 am: Third front meeting is scheduled to take place on Monday-Times Now 08:05 am: WB Chief Minister Buddhadeb not to attend CPI(M) politburo meet-Times Now
07:55 am: Sonia Gandhi invites Lalu to attend special cabinet meet in New Delhi-Times Now
07:45 am: Sonia reaches out to Lalu Prasad- Times Now
5.15 am: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-260; NDA-158; Third Front-68; Fourth front: 27, Others-30 - CNN IBN
05.05 am: Karunanidhi to go to Delhi on Monday to meet Sonia - Times Now
04.05 am: Cong says it doesn`t need Lalu and Mulayam - CNN IBN 1.45 am: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-260; NDA-158; Third Front-68; Fourth front: 27, Others-30 - CNN IBN
00.20 am: BJP says it will bounce back - CNN IBN --------------------------------------------------------------- May 16, 2009 - Lok Sabha election results 2009
11.40 pm: Jaya says DMK`s victory is not democratic - CNN IBN
11.10 pm: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-261; NDA-158; Third Front-68; Fourth front: 27, Others-29 - CNN IBN
10.20 pm: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-260; NDA-159; Third Front-67; Fourth front: 28, Others-29 - CNN IBN
9.55 pm: DMK wants three cabinet seats - Times Now 9.35 pm: PM says he wants Rahul in the cabinet - Times Now 8.45 pm: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-260; NDA-159; Third Front-68; Fourth front: 27, Others-29 - CNN IBN 9.35 pm: Cabinet to meet at 10 am on Monday - CNN IBN
8.45 pm: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-256; NDA-162; Third Front-66; Fourth front: 28, Others-31 - CNN IBN
8.15 pm: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-256; NDA-162; Third Front-67; Fourth front: 27, Others-31 - CNN IBN 8.10 pm: Congress wins 22 seats in UP - Times Now 7.50 pm: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-257; NDA-160; Third Front-67; Fourth front: 28, Others-31 - CNN IBN 7.45 pm: Congress wins 22 seats in UP - Times Now
7.15 pm: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-258; NDA-162; Third Front-65; Fourth front: 27, Others-31 - CNN IBN
7.01 pm: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-259; NDA-162; Third Front-64; Fourth front: 27, Others-31 - CNN IBN
7.01 pm: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-259; NDA-163; Third Front-64; Fourth front: 26, Others-31 - CNN IBN
6.47 pm: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-258; NDA-163; Third Front-65; Fourth front: 26, Others-31 - CNN IBN
6.42 pm: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-258; NDA-162; Third Front-66; Fourth front: 26, Others-31 - CNN IBN
6.39 pm: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-258; NDA-162; Third Front-66; Fourth front: 26, Others-31 - CNN IBN
6.35 pm: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-259; NDA-162; Third Front-66; Fourth front: 26, Others-30 -CNN IBN
6.32 pm: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-260; NDA-161; Third Front-66; Fourth front: 26, Others-30 -CNN IBN
5.45 pm: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-258 ; NDA-162; Third Front-68; Fourth front: 24, Others-31 -CNN IBN
5:40 pm: Congress likely to accomodate RJD chief Lalu-Times Now
5:30 pm: Home Minister Chidambaram wins from Sivaganga, TN-Times Now
5:20 pm: 'Left, SP not to be part of Govt'-Times Now
5:10 pm: Congress to retain Defence, Home, External Affairs and Finance ministries-CNN IBN
5.00 pm: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-258 ; NDA-162; Third Front-67; Fourth front: 24, Others-32 -CNN IBN
4:44 pm: SP regrets no Cong tie-up-CNN IBN
4:40 pm: I congratulate Manmohan and Sonia: Amar Singh-CNN IBN
4:35 pm: Karunanidhi seeks cabinet seats for Kanimozhi, Azhagiri and Maran-CNN IBN
4:13 pm: Advani wins Gandhinagar by over 100,000 votes-CNN IBN
4.06 pm: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-260 ; NDA-161; Third Front-66; Fourth front: 23, Others-33 - CNN IBN
4:00 pm: RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav loses in Pataliputra-CNN IBN
3:55 pm: Hamdullah Sayeed of Congress wins Lakshadweep-CNN IBN
3:50 pm: Mayiladuthurai, TN: Mani S Aiyar loses-CNN IBN
3.30 pm: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-259 ; NDA-159; Third Front-67; Fourth front: 24, Others-34 -CNN IBN
3:00 pm: Jayaprada wins from Rampur seat, UP-Times Now
2.55 pm: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-256 ; NDA-157; Third Front-70; Fourth front: 25, Others-35 -CNN IBN
2:45 pm: We'll analyse cause of defeat: Vasundhra Raje-NDTV
2:35 pm: Cabinet to meet on May 18-CNN IBN 2:29 pm: We did not project Modi as next PM: BJP-CNN IBN 2:25 pm: Delhi led India to vote for good governance: Sheila Dikshit-CNN IBN 2.25 pm: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-256 ; NDA-160; Third Front-68; Fourth front: 24, Others-35 -CNN IBN
2:19 pm: Congress not keen on big allies-Times Now
2.05 pm: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-254 ; NDA-159; Third Front-70; Fourth front: 25, Others-35 -CNN IBN
2:00 pm: Congress general secretaries meeting at 4pm - Times Now 1:58 pm: Will work much harded for Orissa: Patnaik-Times Now
1:56 pm: Naveen Patnaik's BJD sweeps Orissa assembly-Times Now
1:53 pm: Ram Vilas Paswan loses in Hajipur-Times Now
1:50 pm: Chiranjeevi wins from Tirupati-Times Now
1:46 pm: Margaret Alva loses-Times Now 1:44 pm: JD(S) HD Kumaraswamy wins Bangalore rural seat-Times Now 1:37 pm: H D Deve Gowda retains Hassan seat-Times Now 1:34 pm: Kamal Nath wins from Chhindwara, UP-Times Now
1.31 pm: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-254 ; NDA-156; Third Front-71; Fourth front: 26, Others-36-CNN IBN
1:29 pm: Prime MInister to meet Sonia Gandhi-NDTV
1:27 pm: Maneka Gandhi trails by 10,000 votes-NDTV
1.17 pm: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-252 ; NDA-156; Third Front-72; Fourth front: 28, Others-35 -CNN IBN 1:15 pm: Congress sweeps Delhi-CNN IBN
1.10 pm: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-251 ; NDA-156; Third Front-72; Fourth front: 28, Others-36 -CNN IBN
1:00 pm: DMK's Azhagiri wins by 1.41 lakh votes-Makkal TV
12.58 pm: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-253 ; NDA-156; Third Front-74; Fourth front: 26, Others-34 -CNN IBN
12:55 pm: Sonia Gandhi congratulates Manmohan Singh-CNN IBN
12:50 pm: Congress to retain key ministries-CNN IBN
12:40 pm: Third Front should sit in opposition: Bardhan-NDTV
12:32 pm: People have voted for a stable govt: Sharad Pawar-Times Now
12:30 pm: Manmohan Singh is the undisputed PM: Sharad Pawar-Times Now
12:22 pm: Party was divided on Modi as PM: BJP - CNN IBN
12: 20: Sivaganga, TN: P Chidambaram leading -CNN IBN
12.18 am: Leads/results: 541/543; UPA-250 ; NDA-157; Third Front-77; Fourth front: 27, Others-30-CNN IBN 12:10: Most spectacular results since 1977-CNN IBN
12:05: UPA doesn't need Left support-CNN IBN
12:00: UPA and Fourth Front together cross 272 -CNN IBN
11:53: Shashi Tharoor wins from Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala - Times Now
11:45 am: Paswan trails by 7000 votes in Hajjipur, Bihar-CNN IBN
11.38 am: Leads/results: 540/543; UPA-241 ; NDA-159; Third Front-79; Fourth front: 31, Others-29-NDTV 11:35 am: UPA sweeps Kerala, Rajasthan and West Bengal-NDTV
11:30 am: NDA meet this evening to discuss election results-NDTV
11:25 am: Mumbai North central: Priya Dutt leading-NDTV
11:22 am: BJP concedes defeat-CNN IBN
11.20 am: Leads/results: 525/543; UPA-228 ; NDA-160; Third Front-75; Fourth front: 32, Others-30 -CNN IBN
11.10 am: Sivaganga, TN: Chidambaram trailing-CNN IBN 11.05 am: Leads/results: 516/543; UPA-227 ; NDA-157; Third Front-71; Fourth front: 29, Others-32 -CNN IBN
11.03 am: DMK ahead in TN- Times Now 11.00 am:Naveen Patnaik's BJD sweeps Orissa assembly- NDTV
10.58 am: Congress-led UDF wins 16 of 20 seats in Kerala- CNN IBN
10.57 am: Samajwadi Party emerging single largest party in UP- CNN IBN
10.55 am: UP Leads/results: 74/80; BSP-16 ; SP-24; BJP-11; Congress: 20, Others-1 - CNN IBN
10.54 am: Left to get a low of 25 - CNN IBN
10.52 am: Leads/results: 507/543; UPA-223 ; NDA-154; Third Front-72; Fourth front: 27, Others-31-CNN IBN 10.50 am: Trends suggest clean sweep for Congress in Delhi-CNN IBN 10.48 am: Leads/results: 502/543; UPA-224 ; NDA-154; Third Front-69; Fourth front: 25, Others-30-CNN IBN 10.42 am: Congress makes big gain in UP-CNN IBN 10.40 am: Kurukshetra, UP: Navin Jindal leading-CNN IBN 10.38 am: Leads/results: 498/543; UPA-223 ; NDA-153; Third Front-68; Fourth front: 25, Others-29 -CNN IBN
10.36 am: Congress-led UDF leading in Kerala-Times Now
10.34 am: UPA leading in Punjab, Maharashtra, AP & Delhi-Times Now 10.31 am: Leads/results: 490/543; UPA-222 ; NDA-149; Third Front-68; Fourth front: 25, Others-27 -CNN IBN
10.29 am: Madha, Maharashtra: Sharad Pawar leading-Times Now 10.26 am: Andhra heading for hung assembly-Times Now
10.25 am: Leads/results: 485/543; UPA-222 ; NDA-147; Third Front-63; Fourth front: 26, Others-27 -Times Now
10.23 am: Kannur, Kerala: Sudhakaran wins-Times Now
10.20 am: AP Assemby leads/results: Chiranjeevi leading in Tirupathi-Times Now 10.19 am: Varnasi, UP: Murli Manohar Joshi leading-Times Now
10.17 am: Leads/results: 472/543; UPA-214 ; NDA-145; Third Front-61; Fourth front: 24, Others-28-CNN IBN
10.15 am: Rae Bareli, UP: Sonia Gandi leading-Times Now 10.14 am: CPM trailing in Kerala-Times Now 10.13 am: Dumaka, Jharkhand: Shibu Soren trails-Times Now 10.10 am: South Kolkata: Mamata Banerjee leads-CNN IBN 10.08 am: Leads/results: 458/543; UPA-215 ; NDA-135; Third Front-56; Fourth front: 24, Others-28-CNN IBN 10.06 am: Amritsar, Punjab: Sidhu leads-CNN IBN 10.04 am: Leads/results: 453/543; UPA-210 ; NDA-135; Third Front-56; Others-24-CNN IBN 10.02 am: Bangalore South, Karnataka: Captain Gopinath trails-CNN IBN 09.59 am: Leads/results: 428/543; UPA-199 ; NDA-127; Third Front-54; Others-27-CNN IBN 09.54 am: Amritsar, Punjab: Sidhu trials-CNN IBN 09.52 am: Gandhi Nagar, Gujarat: Advani leading-CNN IBN 09.50 am: Gurdaspur, Punjab: Vinod Khanna leading- CNN IBN 09.47 am: Sivaganga, TN: Chidambaram trails- CNN IBN 09.46 am: Leads/results: 380/543; UPA-174 ; NDA-114; Third Front-51; Others-24 - CNN IBN
09.45 am: Chhindwara, UP: Kamal Nath leading-CNN IBN 09.43 am: Mayiladuthurai, TN: Mani S Aiyar trailing-CNN IBN
09.42 am: Central Chennai, TN: Dayanidhi Maran leading-CNN IBN
09.40 am: Leads/results: 354/543; UPA-164 ; NDA-109; Third Front-46; Others-16-CNN IBN
09.39 am: Maharashtra leads/results: 32/48; Congress-11, NCP-8, BJP-8, SS-5-CNN IBN
09.38 am: Left heading for worst ever performance in West Bengal-CNN IBN
09.36 am: Congress surges ahead of Left in Kerala-CNN IBN
09.35 am: AP assembly lead/results: 18/294; Cong- 9, TDP-5, PRP-4, TRS-0-CNN IBN
09.34 am: UPA projected to win 210 seats-CNN IBN
09.32 am: Shocker for Maya in UP-CNN IBN
09.30 am: Leads/results: 320/543; UPA-146 ; NDA-101; Third Front-43; Others-16 -CNN IBN
09.29 am: Rampur, UP: Jayaprada trailing-Times Now
09.28 am: Khammam, AP: Renuka Choudhary trails-Times Now
09.26 am: Goa: BJP leading-CNN IBN
09.25 am: Maharashtra: UPA ahead of NDA-CNN IBN
09.24 am: Leads/results: 289/543; UPA-136 ; NDA-93; Third Front-35; Others-12 -CNN IBN
09.22 am: Jangipur, Bengal: Pranab Mukherjee leads- CNN IBN
09.21 am: Mumbai north: Priya Dutt leads-CNN IBN
09.19 am: Pilibhit, UP: Varun Gandhi leads-CNN IBN
09.18 am: Leads: 261/543; UPA-120 ; NDA-88; Third Front-33; Others-10 - CNN IBN
09.17 am: UP: BJP leading; BSP ahead only in one seat-CNN IBN
09.16 am: TN: Tight race between DMK and AIADMK-CNN IBN
09.15 am: Saran, Bihar: Rajiv Pratab Rudy ahead of Lalu-CNN IBN
09.14 am: Leads: 221/543; UPA-94 ; NDA-79; Third Front-31; Others-6-CNN IBN
09.08 am: Saran, Bihar: Lalu trailing-CNN IBN
09.06 am: Madurai, TN: Azhagiri leading-CNN IBN
09.05 am: Thiruvanathapuram, Kerala: Shashi Tharoor leading-CNN IBN
09.05 am: Chhindwara, UP: Kamal Nath trailing-CNN IBN
09.04 am: Leads: 157/543; UPA-64 ; NDA-54; Third Front-28; Others-5 - CNN IBN
09.03 am: Amethi, UP: Rahul Leading - CNN IBN
09.02 am: Patliputra, Bihar: Lalu Leading - CNN IBN
09.01 am: Leads: 138/543; UPA-55 ; NDA-47; Third Front-29; Others-2 - CNN IBN
08.58 am: Jaswant leading in Darjeeling-CNN IBN
08.57 am: Leads: 129/543; UPA-49 ; NDA-44; Third Front-27; Others-2 -CNN IBN
08.56 am: AP assembly: TDP leading-CNN IBN
08.55 am: Azhagiri leading by 4,000 votes in Madurai
08.53 am: Ajmer, Rajasthan: Sachin Pilot leads-Times Now
08.52 am: Sivaganga, TN: Chidambaram leads-Times Now
08.50 am: Maharashtra: Milind Deora leading in Mumbai South-Times Now
08.48 am: UPA ahead so far; Fourth front draws a blank-CNN IBN
08.42 am: MP: Jyotiraditya Scindia leading in Guna-CNN IBN
08.40 am: BJP leading in Karnataka -CNN IBN
08.39 am: Congress leading in Telangana -CNN IBN
08.38 am: Karnataka: Margaret Alva, Janardhan Pujari of Congress trailing -CNN IBN
08.34 am: Left trailing in early trends in Kerala-CNN IBN
08.32 am: Gujarat: Congress leading in Mehsana-CNN IBN
08.30 am: CPM leading in Kasargode, Kerala-Times Now
08.27 am: Kerala: Muralidharan trails -CNN IBN
08.26 am: Congress leading in three seats in Kerala -CNN IBN
08.25 am: Darjeeling BJP leads-NDTV
08.23 am: HD Kumaraswamy leading in Karnataka-NDTV
08.22 am: TDP leading in Vizag, Andhra- CNN IBN
08.20 am: Early national trends show lead for BJP - Times Now
08.16 am: Andhra assembly results: TDP leading in one seat seat - CNN IBN
08.05 am: President to meet former Attorney General Ashok Desai at 5.00pm today; Ashok Desai was Attorney General of India from 1996 to 1998 - Times Now 08.00 am: Counting begins for 543 constituencies - Times Now
07.43 am: Each counting centre has one counting hall for every segment of the constituency, one data centre and one media centre
07.40 am: Tabulated data to be verified by observers 07.38 am: Proceedings in the counting hall shall be video-graphed 07.35 am: Random checking of EVMs by recounting of two counted machines after every round by micro-observers
07.32 am: A micro-observer at every table
07.30 am: Secure arrangements for counting agents of candidates to witness the counting procedure 07.28 am: Counting staff deployed: approximately 60,000
10.30 am: Keeping BJP out of power doesn't mean supporting Congress: Left - CNN IBN 9.45 am: AIADMK supremo Jayalalithaa to arrive in Delhi on May 18 - Times Now
9:20 am: Karat, Bardhan call Jayalalithaa - Times Now
9.00 am RSS leader Suresh Soni meets L K Advani - Times Now
8.40 am BJP ready for talks with new allies - CNN IBN
8.20 am: Congress assured of NCP support - CNN IBN
4.15 pm: Congress: 'Will form government with allies' - CNN IBN 4:00 pm: Congress indicates it can dump DMK to get post poll alliance with AIADMK - CNN -IBN 3:25 pm:Sonia Gandhi speaks to Sharad Pawar - NDTV
3:15 pm: BJP: Exit polls have often gone wrong - Times Now
3:00 pm: Rajnath Singh visits RSS HQ after Delhi core group meeting - CNN IBN
2:40 pm: Sharad pawar making moves for PM's post, - CNN IBN
2:20 pm: Yechury condemns US official meeting with Advani -Times Now
May 17, 2009 - UPA in government mode 00:10 pm: MM Joshi says Advani must quit active politics - CNN IBN 11.40 pm: NDA`s Ajith Singh likely to join UPA - CNN IBN
10.35 pm: Rahul is not keen on Lalu in cabinet - CNN IBN
9.45 pm: Pranab says no seat adjustment with Lalu - CNN IBN
8.30 pm: UPA reaches half way mark of 273 seats -Times Now 7.09 pm: Buddha to skip core comm meeting -Times Now
7.08 pm: We are not bargaining with Cong: Mamata -Times Now
7.06 pm: Lalu to attend cabinet meet on Monday -Times Now
7.04 pm: No demand for portfolios: NCP -Times Now
7.02 pm: SP approaches Cong for reconciliation -Times Now
6.49 pm: Cong must work hard: Sonia -CNN IBN
6.41 pm: Congress thanks clear mandate -CNN IBN
6.39 pm: PM applauds Sonia -CNN IBN
6.11 pm: Deshmukh targets NCP -CNN IBN
5.58 pm: New govt to be sworn in after May 31-CNN IBN
5.34 pm: It was a mistake to fight alone in Bihar: Lalu -CNN IBN
5.28 pm: Lalu likely to meet Sonia in Delhi -CNN IBN
5.25 pm: CWC meeting over -CNN IBN
5.22 pm:Varun Gandhi damaged us: Murli Manohar Joshi-CNN IBN
5.19 pm: Montek is PM's choice as finance minister: Reports -CNN IBN
5.16 pm: Sonia calls Lalu, Paswan and Pawar for meeting -CNN IBN
5.12 pm: AK Antony likely to remain defence minister -CNN IBN
5.10 pm: Kamalnath likely to be external affairs minister -CNN IBN
4:55 pm: Pranab Mukherjee likely to be finance minister -CNN IBN
4:46 pm: CWC meet likely to discuss portfolio allocation - CNN IBN
4:25 pm: Congress Working Committee meeting begins in AICC headquarters - Times Now
4:12 pm: Sonia speaks to Lalu, Pawar and Paswan-CNN IBN
4:05 pm: UPA allies likely to meet today-CNN IBN
3:53 pm: We have failed to form a Third front: Biman Bose-Times Now
3:46 pm: Replacing LK Advani a painful thought: Sushma Swaraj-Times Now
3:27 pm: SP keen on joining Manmohan govt-Times Now 3:22 pm: BJP holding meeing on Monday-Times Now
3:12 pm: Analysing reason for defeat: Murli Manohar Joshi-Times Now
2:50 pm: Congress not keen on SP support-Times Now
2:32 pm: SP leaders to meet PM in the evening-Times Now
2:27 pm: RJD chief Lalu to meet Sonia in Delhi-CNN IBN
2:14 pm: Rahul Gandhi likely to be Rural Devolopment Minister-CNN IBN
2:04 pm: 'Motek PM's choice of Finance Minister'-CNN IBN
1:52 pm: PM hands over his resignation to President-Times Now
1:40 pm: Meeting was attended by Sonia, Pranab, Chidambaram, Ahmed Patel and AK antony-Times Now
1:30 pm: Congress core meeting ends-Times Now
1:02 pm: Azam Khan resigns as Gen Secy of Samajwadi Party-Times Now
12:47 pm: 'Buddhadeb was against rigid anti-cong stands'-Times Now
12:32 pm: Rahul Gandhi at war room meet-Times Now
12:17 pm: Rahul Gandhi should be in cabinet: Mani S Aiyar-CNN IBN 12:00 pm: JDU blames BJP for defeat-CNN IBN
11:45 am: NDA convenor Sharad Yadav blames Narendra Modi for poll debacle-Times Now 11:36 am: Left parties meet in Delhi to analyse electoral debacle-Times Now 11:30 am: Lalu to attend cabinet meet on Monday-Times Now
11:15 am: Congress seeks time to meet President-Times Now 11:00 am: Not looking for cabinet berth: Sachin Pilot-Times Now 10:45 am: Manmohan Singh to meet Sonia Gandhi and Chidambaram-Times Now 10:30 am: Meeting scheduled for 12.30pm today-Times Now 10:15 am: Congress core committee to meet at PM Manmohan's residence-Times Now 10:00 am: 'Congress prefers independents to SP'-NDTV 09:45 am: Congress will go with pre-poll allies: Rajiv Shukla-NDTV
09:30 am: Varun Gandhi and Maneka Gandhi meet LK Advani at his residence-Times Now 09:20 am: Third front meeting scheduled for May 18 postponed-Times Now 09:10 am: Kapil Sibal likely to be Commerce Minister-CNN IBN 09:00 am: Chidambaram likely to remain Home Minister-CNN IBN 08:50 am: Congress working committee to meet today -CNN IBN 08:40 am: We don't need Lalu and Mulayam: Kamal Nath-Times Now 08:35 am: Sharad Pawar, YSR expected to meet Sonia today-Times Now 08:25 am: DMK could ask for Health or Railways ministry for Azhagiri-Times Now 08:18 am: DMK asks for Surface Transport, IT portfolios among others-Times Now 08:12 am: Third front meeting is scheduled to take place on Monday-Times Now 08:05 am: WB Chief Minister Buddhadeb not to attend CPI(M) politburo meet-Times Now
07:55 am: Sonia Gandhi invites Lalu to attend special cabinet meet in New Delhi-Times Now
07:45 am: Sonia reaches out to Lalu Prasad- Times Now
5.15 am: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-260; NDA-158; Third Front-68; Fourth front: 27, Others-30 - CNN IBN
05.05 am: Karunanidhi to go to Delhi on Monday to meet Sonia - Times Now
04.05 am: Cong says it doesn`t need Lalu and Mulayam - CNN IBN 1.45 am: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-260; NDA-158; Third Front-68; Fourth front: 27, Others-30 - CNN IBN
00.20 am: BJP says it will bounce back - CNN IBN --------------------------------------------------------------- May 16, 2009 - Lok Sabha election results 2009
11.40 pm: Jaya says DMK`s victory is not democratic - CNN IBN
11.10 pm: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-261; NDA-158; Third Front-68; Fourth front: 27, Others-29 - CNN IBN
10.20 pm: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-260; NDA-159; Third Front-67; Fourth front: 28, Others-29 - CNN IBN
9.55 pm: DMK wants three cabinet seats - Times Now 9.35 pm: PM says he wants Rahul in the cabinet - Times Now 8.45 pm: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-260; NDA-159; Third Front-68; Fourth front: 27, Others-29 - CNN IBN 9.35 pm: Cabinet to meet at 10 am on Monday - CNN IBN
8.45 pm: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-256; NDA-162; Third Front-66; Fourth front: 28, Others-31 - CNN IBN
8.15 pm: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-256; NDA-162; Third Front-67; Fourth front: 27, Others-31 - CNN IBN 8.10 pm: Congress wins 22 seats in UP - Times Now 7.50 pm: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-257; NDA-160; Third Front-67; Fourth front: 28, Others-31 - CNN IBN 7.45 pm: Congress wins 22 seats in UP - Times Now
7.15 pm: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-258; NDA-162; Third Front-65; Fourth front: 27, Others-31 - CNN IBN
7.01 pm: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-259; NDA-162; Third Front-64; Fourth front: 27, Others-31 - CNN IBN
7.01 pm: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-259; NDA-163; Third Front-64; Fourth front: 26, Others-31 - CNN IBN
6.47 pm: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-258; NDA-163; Third Front-65; Fourth front: 26, Others-31 - CNN IBN
6.42 pm: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-258; NDA-162; Third Front-66; Fourth front: 26, Others-31 - CNN IBN
6.39 pm: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-258; NDA-162; Third Front-66; Fourth front: 26, Others-31 - CNN IBN
6.35 pm: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-259; NDA-162; Third Front-66; Fourth front: 26, Others-30 -CNN IBN
6.32 pm: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-260; NDA-161; Third Front-66; Fourth front: 26, Others-30 -CNN IBN
5.45 pm: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-258 ; NDA-162; Third Front-68; Fourth front: 24, Others-31 -CNN IBN
5:40 pm: Congress likely to accomodate RJD chief Lalu-Times Now
5:30 pm: Home Minister Chidambaram wins from Sivaganga, TN-Times Now
5:20 pm: 'Left, SP not to be part of Govt'-Times Now
5:10 pm: Congress to retain Defence, Home, External Affairs and Finance ministries-CNN IBN
5.00 pm: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-258 ; NDA-162; Third Front-67; Fourth front: 24, Others-32 -CNN IBN
4:44 pm: SP regrets no Cong tie-up-CNN IBN
4:40 pm: I congratulate Manmohan and Sonia: Amar Singh-CNN IBN
4:35 pm: Karunanidhi seeks cabinet seats for Kanimozhi, Azhagiri and Maran-CNN IBN
4:13 pm: Advani wins Gandhinagar by over 100,000 votes-CNN IBN
4.06 pm: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-260 ; NDA-161; Third Front-66; Fourth front: 23, Others-33 - CNN IBN
4:00 pm: RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav loses in Pataliputra-CNN IBN
3:55 pm: Hamdullah Sayeed of Congress wins Lakshadweep-CNN IBN
3:50 pm: Mayiladuthurai, TN: Mani S Aiyar loses-CNN IBN
3.30 pm: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-259 ; NDA-159; Third Front-67; Fourth front: 24, Others-34 -CNN IBN
3:00 pm: Jayaprada wins from Rampur seat, UP-Times Now
2.55 pm: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-256 ; NDA-157; Third Front-70; Fourth front: 25, Others-35 -CNN IBN
2:45 pm: We'll analyse cause of defeat: Vasundhra Raje-NDTV
2:35 pm: Cabinet to meet on May 18-CNN IBN 2:29 pm: We did not project Modi as next PM: BJP-CNN IBN 2:25 pm: Delhi led India to vote for good governance: Sheila Dikshit-CNN IBN 2.25 pm: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-256 ; NDA-160; Third Front-68; Fourth front: 24, Others-35 -CNN IBN
2:19 pm: Congress not keen on big allies-Times Now
2.05 pm: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-254 ; NDA-159; Third Front-70; Fourth front: 25, Others-35 -CNN IBN
2:00 pm: Congress general secretaries meeting at 4pm - Times Now 1:58 pm: Will work much harded for Orissa: Patnaik-Times Now
1:56 pm: Naveen Patnaik's BJD sweeps Orissa assembly-Times Now
1:53 pm: Ram Vilas Paswan loses in Hajipur-Times Now
1:50 pm: Chiranjeevi wins from Tirupati-Times Now
1:46 pm: Margaret Alva loses-Times Now 1:44 pm: JD(S) HD Kumaraswamy wins Bangalore rural seat-Times Now 1:37 pm: H D Deve Gowda retains Hassan seat-Times Now 1:34 pm: Kamal Nath wins from Chhindwara, UP-Times Now
1.31 pm: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-254 ; NDA-156; Third Front-71; Fourth front: 26, Others-36-CNN IBN
1:29 pm: Prime MInister to meet Sonia Gandhi-NDTV
1:27 pm: Maneka Gandhi trails by 10,000 votes-NDTV
1.17 pm: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-252 ; NDA-156; Third Front-72; Fourth front: 28, Others-35 -CNN IBN 1:15 pm: Congress sweeps Delhi-CNN IBN
1.10 pm: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-251 ; NDA-156; Third Front-72; Fourth front: 28, Others-36 -CNN IBN
1:00 pm: DMK's Azhagiri wins by 1.41 lakh votes-Makkal TV
12.58 pm: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-253 ; NDA-156; Third Front-74; Fourth front: 26, Others-34 -CNN IBN
12:55 pm: Sonia Gandhi congratulates Manmohan Singh-CNN IBN
12:50 pm: Congress to retain key ministries-CNN IBN
12:40 pm: Third Front should sit in opposition: Bardhan-NDTV
12:32 pm: People have voted for a stable govt: Sharad Pawar-Times Now
12:30 pm: Manmohan Singh is the undisputed PM: Sharad Pawar-Times Now
12:22 pm: Party was divided on Modi as PM: BJP - CNN IBN
12: 20: Sivaganga, TN: P Chidambaram leading -CNN IBN
12.18 am: Leads/results: 541/543; UPA-250 ; NDA-157; Third Front-77; Fourth front: 27, Others-30-CNN IBN 12:10: Most spectacular results since 1977-CNN IBN
12:05: UPA doesn't need Left support-CNN IBN
12:00: UPA and Fourth Front together cross 272 -CNN IBN
11:53: Shashi Tharoor wins from Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala - Times Now
11:45 am: Paswan trails by 7000 votes in Hajjipur, Bihar-CNN IBN
11.38 am: Leads/results: 540/543; UPA-241 ; NDA-159; Third Front-79; Fourth front: 31, Others-29-NDTV 11:35 am: UPA sweeps Kerala, Rajasthan and West Bengal-NDTV
11:30 am: NDA meet this evening to discuss election results-NDTV
11:25 am: Mumbai North central: Priya Dutt leading-NDTV
11:22 am: BJP concedes defeat-CNN IBN
11.20 am: Leads/results: 525/543; UPA-228 ; NDA-160; Third Front-75; Fourth front: 32, Others-30 -CNN IBN
11.10 am: Sivaganga, TN: Chidambaram trailing-CNN IBN 11.05 am: Leads/results: 516/543; UPA-227 ; NDA-157; Third Front-71; Fourth front: 29, Others-32 -CNN IBN
11.03 am: DMK ahead in TN- Times Now 11.00 am:Naveen Patnaik's BJD sweeps Orissa assembly- NDTV
10.58 am: Congress-led UDF wins 16 of 20 seats in Kerala- CNN IBN
10.57 am: Samajwadi Party emerging single largest party in UP- CNN IBN
10.55 am: UP Leads/results: 74/80; BSP-16 ; SP-24; BJP-11; Congress: 20, Others-1 - CNN IBN
10.54 am: Left to get a low of 25 - CNN IBN
10.52 am: Leads/results: 507/543; UPA-223 ; NDA-154; Third Front-72; Fourth front: 27, Others-31-CNN IBN 10.50 am: Trends suggest clean sweep for Congress in Delhi-CNN IBN 10.48 am: Leads/results: 502/543; UPA-224 ; NDA-154; Third Front-69; Fourth front: 25, Others-30-CNN IBN 10.42 am: Congress makes big gain in UP-CNN IBN 10.40 am: Kurukshetra, UP: Navin Jindal leading-CNN IBN 10.38 am: Leads/results: 498/543; UPA-223 ; NDA-153; Third Front-68; Fourth front: 25, Others-29 -CNN IBN
10.36 am: Congress-led UDF leading in Kerala-Times Now
10.34 am: UPA leading in Punjab, Maharashtra, AP & Delhi-Times Now 10.31 am: Leads/results: 490/543; UPA-222 ; NDA-149; Third Front-68; Fourth front: 25, Others-27 -CNN IBN
10.29 am: Madha, Maharashtra: Sharad Pawar leading-Times Now 10.26 am: Andhra heading for hung assembly-Times Now
10.25 am: Leads/results: 485/543; UPA-222 ; NDA-147; Third Front-63; Fourth front: 26, Others-27 -Times Now
10.23 am: Kannur, Kerala: Sudhakaran wins-Times Now
10.20 am: AP Assemby leads/results: Chiranjeevi leading in Tirupathi-Times Now 10.19 am: Varnasi, UP: Murli Manohar Joshi leading-Times Now
10.17 am: Leads/results: 472/543; UPA-214 ; NDA-145; Third Front-61; Fourth front: 24, Others-28-CNN IBN
10.15 am: Rae Bareli, UP: Sonia Gandi leading-Times Now 10.14 am: CPM trailing in Kerala-Times Now 10.13 am: Dumaka, Jharkhand: Shibu Soren trails-Times Now 10.10 am: South Kolkata: Mamata Banerjee leads-CNN IBN 10.08 am: Leads/results: 458/543; UPA-215 ; NDA-135; Third Front-56; Fourth front: 24, Others-28-CNN IBN 10.06 am: Amritsar, Punjab: Sidhu leads-CNN IBN 10.04 am: Leads/results: 453/543; UPA-210 ; NDA-135; Third Front-56; Others-24-CNN IBN 10.02 am: Bangalore South, Karnataka: Captain Gopinath trails-CNN IBN 09.59 am: Leads/results: 428/543; UPA-199 ; NDA-127; Third Front-54; Others-27-CNN IBN 09.54 am: Amritsar, Punjab: Sidhu trials-CNN IBN 09.52 am: Gandhi Nagar, Gujarat: Advani leading-CNN IBN 09.50 am: Gurdaspur, Punjab: Vinod Khanna leading- CNN IBN 09.47 am: Sivaganga, TN: Chidambaram trails- CNN IBN 09.46 am: Leads/results: 380/543; UPA-174 ; NDA-114; Third Front-51; Others-24 - CNN IBN
09.45 am: Chhindwara, UP: Kamal Nath leading-CNN IBN 09.43 am: Mayiladuthurai, TN: Mani S Aiyar trailing-CNN IBN
09.42 am: Central Chennai, TN: Dayanidhi Maran leading-CNN IBN
09.40 am: Leads/results: 354/543; UPA-164 ; NDA-109; Third Front-46; Others-16-CNN IBN
09.39 am: Maharashtra leads/results: 32/48; Congress-11, NCP-8, BJP-8, SS-5-CNN IBN
09.38 am: Left heading for worst ever performance in West Bengal-CNN IBN
09.36 am: Congress surges ahead of Left in Kerala-CNN IBN
09.35 am: AP assembly lead/results: 18/294; Cong- 9, TDP-5, PRP-4, TRS-0-CNN IBN
09.34 am: UPA projected to win 210 seats-CNN IBN
09.32 am: Shocker for Maya in UP-CNN IBN
09.30 am: Leads/results: 320/543; UPA-146 ; NDA-101; Third Front-43; Others-16 -CNN IBN
09.29 am: Rampur, UP: Jayaprada trailing-Times Now
09.28 am: Khammam, AP: Renuka Choudhary trails-Times Now
09.26 am: Goa: BJP leading-CNN IBN
09.25 am: Maharashtra: UPA ahead of NDA-CNN IBN
09.24 am: Leads/results: 289/543; UPA-136 ; NDA-93; Third Front-35; Others-12 -CNN IBN
09.22 am: Jangipur, Bengal: Pranab Mukherjee leads- CNN IBN
09.21 am: Mumbai north: Priya Dutt leads-CNN IBN
09.19 am: Pilibhit, UP: Varun Gandhi leads-CNN IBN
09.18 am: Leads: 261/543; UPA-120 ; NDA-88; Third Front-33; Others-10 - CNN IBN
09.17 am: UP: BJP leading; BSP ahead only in one seat-CNN IBN
09.16 am: TN: Tight race between DMK and AIADMK-CNN IBN
09.15 am: Saran, Bihar: Rajiv Pratab Rudy ahead of Lalu-CNN IBN
09.14 am: Leads: 221/543; UPA-94 ; NDA-79; Third Front-31; Others-6-CNN IBN
09.08 am: Saran, Bihar: Lalu trailing-CNN IBN
09.06 am: Madurai, TN: Azhagiri leading-CNN IBN
09.05 am: Thiruvanathapuram, Kerala: Shashi Tharoor leading-CNN IBN
09.05 am: Chhindwara, UP: Kamal Nath trailing-CNN IBN
09.04 am: Leads: 157/543; UPA-64 ; NDA-54; Third Front-28; Others-5 - CNN IBN
09.03 am: Amethi, UP: Rahul Leading - CNN IBN
09.02 am: Patliputra, Bihar: Lalu Leading - CNN IBN
09.01 am: Leads: 138/543; UPA-55 ; NDA-47; Third Front-29; Others-2 - CNN IBN
08.58 am: Jaswant leading in Darjeeling-CNN IBN
08.57 am: Leads: 129/543; UPA-49 ; NDA-44; Third Front-27; Others-2 -CNN IBN
08.56 am: AP assembly: TDP leading-CNN IBN
08.55 am: Azhagiri leading by 4,000 votes in Madurai
08.53 am: Ajmer, Rajasthan: Sachin Pilot leads-Times Now
08.52 am: Sivaganga, TN: Chidambaram leads-Times Now
08.50 am: Maharashtra: Milind Deora leading in Mumbai South-Times Now
08.48 am: UPA ahead so far; Fourth front draws a blank-CNN IBN
08.42 am: MP: Jyotiraditya Scindia leading in Guna-CNN IBN
08.40 am: BJP leading in Karnataka -CNN IBN
08.39 am: Congress leading in Telangana -CNN IBN
08.38 am: Karnataka: Margaret Alva, Janardhan Pujari of Congress trailing -CNN IBN
08.34 am: Left trailing in early trends in Kerala-CNN IBN
08.32 am: Gujarat: Congress leading in Mehsana-CNN IBN
08.30 am: CPM leading in Kasargode, Kerala-Times Now
08.27 am: Kerala: Muralidharan trails -CNN IBN
08.26 am: Congress leading in three seats in Kerala -CNN IBN
08.25 am: Darjeeling BJP leads-NDTV
08.23 am: HD Kumaraswamy leading in Karnataka-NDTV
08.22 am: TDP leading in Vizag, Andhra- CNN IBN
08.20 am: Early national trends show lead for BJP - Times Now
08.16 am: Andhra assembly results: TDP leading in one seat seat - CNN IBN
08.05 am: President to meet former Attorney General Ashok Desai at 5.00pm today; Ashok Desai was Attorney General of India from 1996 to 1998 - Times Now 08.00 am: Counting begins for 543 constituencies - Times Now
07.43 am: Each counting centre has one counting hall for every segment of the constituency, one data centre and one media centre
07.40 am: Tabulated data to be verified by observers 07.38 am: Proceedings in the counting hall shall be video-graphed 07.35 am: Random checking of EVMs by recounting of two counted machines after every round by micro-observers
07.32 am: A micro-observer at every table
07.30 am: Secure arrangements for counting agents of candidates to witness the counting procedure 07.28 am: Counting staff deployed: approximately 60,000
10.30 am: Keeping BJP out of power doesn't mean supporting Congress: Left - CNN IBN 9.45 am: AIADMK supremo Jayalalithaa to arrive in Delhi on May 18 - Times Now
9:20 am: Karat, Bardhan call Jayalalithaa - Times Now
9.00 am RSS leader Suresh Soni meets L K Advani - Times Now
8.40 am BJP ready for talks with new allies - CNN IBN
8.20 am: Congress assured of NCP support - CNN IBN
4.15 pm: Congress: 'Will form government with allies' - CNN IBN 4:00 pm: Congress indicates it can dump DMK to get post poll alliance with AIADMK - CNN -IBN 3:25 pm:Sonia Gandhi speaks to Sharad Pawar - NDTV
3:15 pm: BJP: Exit polls have often gone wrong - Times Now
3:00 pm: Rajnath Singh visits RSS HQ after Delhi core group meeting - CNN IBN
2:40 pm: Sharad pawar making moves for PM's post, - CNN IBN
2:20 pm: Yechury condemns US official meeting with Advani -Times Now
May 17, 2009 - UPA in government mode 00:10 pm: MM Joshi says Advani must quit active politics - CNN IBN 11.40 pm: NDA`s Ajith Singh likely to join UPA - CNN IBN
10.35 pm: Rahul is not keen on Lalu in cabinet - CNN IBN
9.45 pm: Pranab says no seat adjustment with Lalu - CNN IBN
8.30 pm: UPA reaches half way mark of 273 seats -Times Now 7.09 pm: Buddha to skip core comm meeting -Times Now
7.08 pm: We are not bargaining with Cong: Mamata -Times Now
7.06 pm: Lalu to attend cabinet meet on Monday -Times Now
7.04 pm: No demand for portfolios: NCP -Times Now
7.02 pm: SP approaches Cong for reconciliation -Times Now
6.49 pm: Cong must work hard: Sonia -CNN IBN
6.41 pm: Congress thanks clear mandate -CNN IBN
6.39 pm: PM applauds Sonia -CNN IBN
6.11 pm: Deshmukh targets NCP -CNN IBN
5.58 pm: New govt to be sworn in after May 31-CNN IBN
5.34 pm: It was a mistake to fight alone in Bihar: Lalu -CNN IBN
5.28 pm: Lalu likely to meet Sonia in Delhi -CNN IBN
5.25 pm: CWC meeting over -CNN IBN
5.22 pm:Varun Gandhi damaged us: Murli Manohar Joshi-CNN IBN
5.19 pm: Montek is PM's choice as finance minister: Reports -CNN IBN
5.16 pm: Sonia calls Lalu, Paswan and Pawar for meeting -CNN IBN
5.12 pm: AK Antony likely to remain defence minister -CNN IBN
5.10 pm: Kamalnath likely to be external affairs minister -CNN IBN
4:55 pm: Pranab Mukherjee likely to be finance minister -CNN IBN
4:46 pm: CWC meet likely to discuss portfolio allocation - CNN IBN
4:25 pm: Congress Working Committee meeting begins in AICC headquarters - Times Now
4:12 pm: Sonia speaks to Lalu, Pawar and Paswan-CNN IBN
4:05 pm: UPA allies likely to meet today-CNN IBN
3:53 pm: We have failed to form a Third front: Biman Bose-Times Now
3:46 pm: Replacing LK Advani a painful thought: Sushma Swaraj-Times Now
3:27 pm: SP keen on joining Manmohan govt-Times Now 3:22 pm: BJP holding meeing on Monday-Times Now
3:12 pm: Analysing reason for defeat: Murli Manohar Joshi-Times Now
2:50 pm: Congress not keen on SP support-Times Now
2:32 pm: SP leaders to meet PM in the evening-Times Now
2:27 pm: RJD chief Lalu to meet Sonia in Delhi-CNN IBN
2:14 pm: Rahul Gandhi likely to be Rural Devolopment Minister-CNN IBN
2:04 pm: 'Motek PM's choice of Finance Minister'-CNN IBN
1:52 pm: PM hands over his resignation to President-Times Now
1:40 pm: Meeting was attended by Sonia, Pranab, Chidambaram, Ahmed Patel and AK antony-Times Now
1:30 pm: Congress core meeting ends-Times Now
1:02 pm: Azam Khan resigns as Gen Secy of Samajwadi Party-Times Now
12:47 pm: 'Buddhadeb was against rigid anti-cong stands'-Times Now
12:32 pm: Rahul Gandhi at war room meet-Times Now
12:17 pm: Rahul Gandhi should be in cabinet: Mani S Aiyar-CNN IBN 12:00 pm: JDU blames BJP for defeat-CNN IBN
11:45 am: NDA convenor Sharad Yadav blames Narendra Modi for poll debacle-Times Now 11:36 am: Left parties meet in Delhi to analyse electoral debacle-Times Now 11:30 am: Lalu to attend cabinet meet on Monday-Times Now
11:15 am: Congress seeks time to meet President-Times Now 11:00 am: Not looking for cabinet berth: Sachin Pilot-Times Now 10:45 am: Manmohan Singh to meet Sonia Gandhi and Chidambaram-Times Now 10:30 am: Meeting scheduled for 12.30pm today-Times Now 10:15 am: Congress core committee to meet at PM Manmohan's residence-Times Now 10:00 am: 'Congress prefers independents to SP'-NDTV 09:45 am: Congress will go with pre-poll allies: Rajiv Shukla-NDTV
09:30 am: Varun Gandhi and Maneka Gandhi meet LK Advani at his residence-Times Now 09:20 am: Third front meeting scheduled for May 18 postponed-Times Now 09:10 am: Kapil Sibal likely to be Commerce Minister-CNN IBN 09:00 am: Chidambaram likely to remain Home Minister-CNN IBN 08:50 am: Congress working committee to meet today -CNN IBN 08:40 am: We don't need Lalu and Mulayam: Kamal Nath-Times Now 08:35 am: Sharad Pawar, YSR expected to meet Sonia today-Times Now 08:25 am: DMK could ask for Health or Railways ministry for Azhagiri-Times Now 08:18 am: DMK asks for Surface Transport, IT portfolios among others-Times Now 08:12 am: Third front meeting is scheduled to take place on Monday-Times Now 08:05 am: WB Chief Minister Buddhadeb not to attend CPI(M) politburo meet-Times Now
07:55 am: Sonia Gandhi invites Lalu to attend special cabinet meet in New Delhi-Times Now
07:45 am: Sonia reaches out to Lalu Prasad- Times Now
5.15 am: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-260; NDA-158; Third Front-68; Fourth front: 27, Others-30 - CNN IBN
05.05 am: Karunanidhi to go to Delhi on Monday to meet Sonia - Times Now
04.05 am: Cong says it doesn`t need Lalu and Mulayam - CNN IBN 1.45 am: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-260; NDA-158; Third Front-68; Fourth front: 27, Others-30 - CNN IBN
00.20 am: BJP says it will bounce back - CNN IBN --------------------------------------------------------------- May 16, 2009 - Lok Sabha election results 2009
11.40 pm: Jaya says DMK`s victory is not democratic - CNN IBN
11.10 pm: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-261; NDA-158; Third Front-68; Fourth front: 27, Others-29 - CNN IBN
10.20 pm: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-260; NDA-159; Third Front-67; Fourth front: 28, Others-29 - CNN IBN
9.55 pm: DMK wants three cabinet seats - Times Now 9.35 pm: PM says he wants Rahul in the cabinet - Times Now 8.45 pm: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-260; NDA-159; Third Front-68; Fourth front: 27, Others-29 - CNN IBN 9.35 pm: Cabinet to meet at 10 am on Monday - CNN IBN
8.45 pm: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-256; NDA-162; Third Front-66; Fourth front: 28, Others-31 - CNN IBN
8.15 pm: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-256; NDA-162; Third Front-67; Fourth front: 27, Others-31 - CNN IBN 8.10 pm: Congress wins 22 seats in UP - Times Now 7.50 pm: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-257; NDA-160; Third Front-67; Fourth front: 28, Others-31 - CNN IBN 7.45 pm: Congress wins 22 seats in UP - Times Now
7.15 pm: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-258; NDA-162; Third Front-65; Fourth front: 27, Others-31 - CNN IBN
7.01 pm: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-259; NDA-162; Third Front-64; Fourth front: 27, Others-31 - CNN IBN
7.01 pm: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-259; NDA-163; Third Front-64; Fourth front: 26, Others-31 - CNN IBN
6.47 pm: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-258; NDA-163; Third Front-65; Fourth front: 26, Others-31 - CNN IBN
6.42 pm: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-258; NDA-162; Third Front-66; Fourth front: 26, Others-31 - CNN IBN
6.39 pm: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-258; NDA-162; Third Front-66; Fourth front: 26, Others-31 - CNN IBN
6.35 pm: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-259; NDA-162; Third Front-66; Fourth front: 26, Others-30 -CNN IBN
6.32 pm: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-260; NDA-161; Third Front-66; Fourth front: 26, Others-30 -CNN IBN
5.45 pm: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-258 ; NDA-162; Third Front-68; Fourth front: 24, Others-31 -CNN IBN
5:40 pm: Congress likely to accomodate RJD chief Lalu-Times Now
5:30 pm: Home Minister Chidambaram wins from Sivaganga, TN-Times Now
5:20 pm: 'Left, SP not to be part of Govt'-Times Now
5:10 pm: Congress to retain Defence, Home, External Affairs and Finance ministries-CNN IBN
5.00 pm: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-258 ; NDA-162; Third Front-67; Fourth front: 24, Others-32 -CNN IBN
4:44 pm: SP regrets no Cong tie-up-CNN IBN
4:40 pm: I congratulate Manmohan and Sonia: Amar Singh-CNN IBN
4:35 pm: Karunanidhi seeks cabinet seats for Kanimozhi, Azhagiri and Maran-CNN IBN
4:13 pm: Advani wins Gandhinagar by over 100,000 votes-CNN IBN
4.06 pm: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-260 ; NDA-161; Third Front-66; Fourth front: 23, Others-33 - CNN IBN
4:00 pm: RJD chief Lalu Prasad Yadav loses in Pataliputra-CNN IBN
3:55 pm: Hamdullah Sayeed of Congress wins Lakshadweep-CNN IBN
3:50 pm: Mayiladuthurai, TN: Mani S Aiyar loses-CNN IBN
3.30 pm: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-259 ; NDA-159; Third Front-67; Fourth front: 24, Others-34 -CNN IBN
3:00 pm: Jayaprada wins from Rampur seat, UP-Times Now
2.55 pm: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-256 ; NDA-157; Third Front-70; Fourth front: 25, Others-35 -CNN IBN
2:45 pm: We'll analyse cause of defeat: Vasundhra Raje-NDTV
2:35 pm: Cabinet to meet on May 18-CNN IBN 2:29 pm: We did not project Modi as next PM: BJP-CNN IBN 2:25 pm: Delhi led India to vote for good governance: Sheila Dikshit-CNN IBN 2.25 pm: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-256 ; NDA-160; Third Front-68; Fourth front: 24, Others-35 -CNN IBN
2:19 pm: Congress not keen on big allies-Times Now
2.05 pm: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-254 ; NDA-159; Third Front-70; Fourth front: 25, Others-35 -CNN IBN
2:00 pm: Congress general secretaries meeting at 4pm - Times Now 1:58 pm: Will work much harded for Orissa: Patnaik-Times Now
1:56 pm: Naveen Patnaik's BJD sweeps Orissa assembly-Times Now
1:53 pm: Ram Vilas Paswan loses in Hajipur-Times Now
1:50 pm: Chiranjeevi wins from Tirupati-Times Now
1:46 pm: Margaret Alva loses-Times Now 1:44 pm: JD(S) HD Kumaraswamy wins Bangalore rural seat-Times Now 1:37 pm: H D Deve Gowda retains Hassan seat-Times Now 1:34 pm: Kamal Nath wins from Chhindwara, UP-Times Now
1.31 pm: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-254 ; NDA-156; Third Front-71; Fourth front: 26, Others-36-CNN IBN
1:29 pm: Prime MInister to meet Sonia Gandhi-NDTV
1:27 pm: Maneka Gandhi trails by 10,000 votes-NDTV
1.17 pm: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-252 ; NDA-156; Third Front-72; Fourth front: 28, Others-35 -CNN IBN 1:15 pm: Congress sweeps Delhi-CNN IBN
1.10 pm: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-251 ; NDA-156; Third Front-72; Fourth front: 28, Others-36 -CNN IBN
1:00 pm: DMK's Azhagiri wins by 1.41 lakh votes-Makkal TV
12.58 pm: Leads/results: 543/543; UPA-253 ; NDA-156; Third Front-74; Fourth front: 26, Others-34 -CNN IBN
12:55 pm: Sonia Gandhi congratulates Manmohan Singh-CNN IBN
12:50 pm: Congress to retain key ministries-CNN IBN
12:40 pm: Third Front should sit in opposition: Bardhan-NDTV
12:32 pm: People have voted for a stable govt: Sharad Pawar-Times Now
12:30 pm: Manmohan Singh is the undisputed PM: Sharad Pawar-Times Now
12:22 pm: Party was divided on Modi as PM: BJP - CNN IBN
12: 20: Sivaganga, TN: P Chidambaram leading -CNN IBN
12.18 am: Leads/results: 541/543; UPA-250 ; NDA-157; Third Front-77; Fourth front: 27, Others-30-CNN IBN 12:10: Most spectacular results since 1977-CNN IBN
12:05: UPA doesn't need Left support-CNN IBN
12:00: UPA and Fourth Front together cross 272 -CNN IBN
11:53: Shashi Tharoor wins from Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala - Times Now
11:45 am: Paswan trails by 7000 votes in Hajjipur, Bihar-CNN IBN
11.38 am: Leads/results: 540/543; UPA-241 ; NDA-159; Third Front-79; Fourth front: 31, Others-29-NDTV 11:35 am: UPA sweeps Kerala, Rajasthan and West Bengal-NDTV
11:30 am: NDA meet this evening to discuss election results-NDTV
11:25 am: Mumbai North central: Priya Dutt leading-NDTV
11:22 am: BJP concedes defeat-CNN IBN
11.20 am: Leads/results: 525/543; UPA-228 ; NDA-160; Third Front-75; Fourth front: 32, Others-30 -CNN IBN
11.10 am: Sivaganga, TN: Chidambaram trailing-CNN IBN 11.05 am: Leads/results: 516/543; UPA-227 ; NDA-157; Third Front-71; Fourth front: 29, Others-32 -CNN IBN
11.03 am: DMK ahead in TN- Times Now 11.00 am:Naveen Patnaik's BJD sweeps Orissa assembly- NDTV
10.58 am: Congress-led UDF wins 16 of 20 seats in Kerala- CNN IBN
10.57 am: Samajwadi Party emerging single largest party in UP- CNN IBN
10.55 am: UP Leads/results: 74/80; BSP-16 ; SP-24; BJP-11; Congress: 20, Others-1 - CNN IBN
10.54 am: Left to get a low of 25 - CNN IBN
10.52 am: Leads/results: 507/543; UPA-223 ; NDA-154; Third Front-72; Fourth front: 27, Others-31-CNN IBN 10.50 am: Trends suggest clean sweep for Congress in Delhi-CNN IBN 10.48 am: Leads/results: 502/543; UPA-224 ; NDA-154; Third Front-69; Fourth front: 25, Others-30-CNN IBN 10.42 am: Congress makes big gain in UP-CNN IBN 10.40 am: Kurukshetra, UP: Navin Jindal leading-CNN IBN 10.38 am: Leads/results: 498/543; UPA-223 ; NDA-153; Third Front-68; Fourth front: 25, Others-29 -CNN IBN
10.36 am: Congress-led UDF leading in Kerala-Times Now
10.34 am: UPA leading in Punjab, Maharashtra, AP & Delhi-Times Now 10.31 am: Leads/results: 490/543; UPA-222 ; NDA-149; Third Front-68; Fourth front: 25, Others-27 -CNN IBN
10.29 am: Madha, Maharashtra: Sharad Pawar leading-Times Now 10.26 am: Andhra heading for hung assembly-Times Now
10.25 am: Leads/results: 485/543; UPA-222 ; NDA-147; Third Front-63; Fourth front: 26, Others-27 -Times Now
10.23 am: Kannur, Kerala: Sudhakaran wins-Times Now
10.20 am: AP Assemby leads/results: Chiranjeevi leading in Tirupathi-Times Now 10.19 am: Varnasi, UP: Murli Manohar Joshi leading-Times Now
10.17 am: Leads/results: 472/543; UPA-214 ; NDA-145; Third Front-61; Fourth front: 24, Others-28-CNN IBN
10.15 am: Rae Bareli, UP: Sonia Gandi leading-Times Now 10.14 am: CPM trailing in Kerala-Times Now 10.13 am: Dumaka, Jharkhand: Shibu Soren trails-Times Now 10.10 am: South Kolkata: Mamata Banerjee leads-CNN IBN 10.08 am: Leads/results: 458/543; UPA-215 ; NDA-135; Third Front-56; Fourth front: 24, Others-28-CNN IBN 10.06 am: Amritsar, Punjab: Sidhu leads-CNN IBN 10.04 am: Leads/results: 453/543; UPA-210 ; NDA-135; Third Front-56; Others-24-CNN IBN 10.02 am: Bangalore South, Karnataka: Captain Gopinath trails-CNN IBN 09.59 am: Leads/results: 428/543; UPA-199 ; NDA-127; Third Front-54; Others-27-CNN IBN 09.54 am: Amritsar, Punjab: Sidhu trials-CNN IBN 09.52 am: Gandhi Nagar, Gujarat: Advani leading-CNN IBN 09.50 am: Gurdaspur, Punjab: Vinod Khanna leading- CNN IBN 09.47 am: Sivaganga, TN: Chidambaram trails- CNN IBN 09.46 am: Leads/results: 380/543; UPA-174 ; NDA-114; Third Front-51; Others-24 - CNN IBN
09.45 am: Chhindwara, UP: Kamal Nath leading-CNN IBN 09.43 am: Mayiladuthurai, TN: Mani S Aiyar trailing-CNN IBN
09.42 am: Central Chennai, TN: Dayanidhi Maran leading-CNN IBN
09.40 am: Leads/results: 354/543; UPA-164 ; NDA-109; Third Front-46; Others-16-CNN IBN
09.39 am: Maharashtra leads/results: 32/48; Congress-11, NCP-8, BJP-8, SS-5-CNN IBN
09.38 am: Left heading for worst ever performance in West Bengal-CNN IBN
09.36 am: Congress surges ahead of Left in Kerala-CNN IBN
09.35 am: AP assembly lead/results: 18/294; Cong- 9, TDP-5, PRP-4, TRS-0-CNN IBN
09.34 am: UPA projected to win 210 seats-CNN IBN
09.32 am: Shocker for Maya in UP-CNN IBN
09.30 am: Leads/results: 320/543; UPA-146 ; NDA-101; Third Front-43; Others-16 -CNN IBN
09.29 am: Rampur, UP: Jayaprada trailing-Times Now
09.28 am: Khammam, AP: Renuka Choudhary trails-Times Now
09.26 am: Goa: BJP leading-CNN IBN
09.25 am: Maharashtra: UPA ahead of NDA-CNN IBN
09.24 am: Leads/results: 289/543; UPA-136 ; NDA-93; Third Front-35; Others-12 -CNN IBN
09.22 am: Jangipur, Bengal: Pranab Mukherjee leads- CNN IBN
09.21 am: Mumbai north: Priya Dutt leads-CNN IBN
09.19 am: Pilibhit, UP: Varun Gandhi leads-CNN IBN
09.18 am: Leads: 261/543; UPA-120 ; NDA-88; Third Front-33; Others-10 - CNN IBN
09.17 am: UP: BJP leading; BSP ahead only in one seat-CNN IBN
09.16 am: TN: Tight race between DMK and AIADMK-CNN IBN
09.15 am: Saran, Bihar: Rajiv Pratab Rudy ahead of Lalu-CNN IBN
09.14 am: Leads: 221/543; UPA-94 ; NDA-79; Third Front-31; Others-6-CNN IBN
09.08 am: Saran, Bihar: Lalu trailing-CNN IBN
09.06 am: Madurai, TN: Azhagiri leading-CNN IBN
09.05 am: Thiruvanathapuram, Kerala: Shashi Tharoor leading-CNN IBN
09.05 am: Chhindwara, UP: Kamal Nath trailing-CNN IBN
09.04 am: Leads: 157/543; UPA-64 ; NDA-54; Third Front-28; Others-5 - CNN IBN
09.03 am: Amethi, UP: Rahul Leading - CNN IBN
09.02 am: Patliputra, Bihar: Lalu Leading - CNN IBN
09.01 am: Leads: 138/543; UPA-55 ; NDA-47; Third Front-29; Others-2 - CNN IBN
08.58 am: Jaswant leading in Darjeeling-CNN IBN
08.57 am: Leads: 129/543; UPA-49 ; NDA-44; Third Front-27; Others-2 -CNN IBN
08.56 am: AP assembly: TDP leading-CNN IBN
08.55 am: Azhagiri leading by 4,000 votes in Madurai
08.53 am: Ajmer, Rajasthan: Sachin Pilot leads-Times Now
08.52 am: Sivaganga, TN: Chidambaram leads-Times Now
08.50 am: Maharashtra: Milind Deora leading in Mumbai South-Times Now
08.48 am: UPA ahead so far; Fourth front draws a blank-CNN IBN
08.42 am: MP: Jyotiraditya Scindia leading in Guna-CNN IBN
08.40 am: BJP leading in Karnataka -CNN IBN
08.39 am: Congress leading in Telangana -CNN IBN
08.38 am: Karnataka: Margaret Alva, Janardhan Pujari of Congress trailing -CNN IBN
08.34 am: Left trailing in early trends in Kerala-CNN IBN
08.32 am: Gujarat: Congress leading in Mehsana-CNN IBN
08.30 am: CPM leading in Kasargode, Kerala-Times Now
08.27 am: Kerala: Muralidharan trails -CNN IBN
08.26 am: Congress leading in three seats in Kerala -CNN IBN
08.25 am: Darjeeling BJP leads-NDTV
08.23 am: HD Kumaraswamy leading in Karnataka-NDTV
08.22 am: TDP leading in Vizag, Andhra- CNN IBN
08.20 am: Early national trends show lead for BJP - Times Now
08.16 am: Andhra assembly results: TDP leading in one seat seat - CNN IBN
08.05 am: President to meet former Attorney General Ashok Desai at 5.00pm today; Ashok Desai was Attorney General of India from 1996 to 1998 - Times Now 08.00 am: Counting begins for 543 constituencies - Times Now
07.43 am: Each counting centre has one counting hall for every segment of the constituency, one data centre and one media centre
07.40 am: Tabulated data to be verified by observers 07.38 am: Proceedings in the counting hall shall be video-graphed 07.35 am: Random checking of EVMs by recounting of two counted machines after every round by micro-observers
07.32 am: A micro-observer at every table
07.30 am: Secure arrangements for counting agents of candidates to witness the counting procedure 07.28 am: Counting staff deployed: approximately 60,000
10.30 am: Keeping BJP out of power doesn't mean supporting Congress: Left - CNN IBN 9.45 am: AIADMK supremo Jayalalithaa to arrive in Delhi on May 18 - Times Now
9:20 am: Karat, Bardhan call Jayalalithaa - Times Now
9.00 am RSS leader Suresh Soni meets L K Advani - Times Now
8.40 am BJP ready for talks with new allies - CNN IBN
8.20 am: Congress assured of NCP support - CNN IBN
4.15 pm: Congress: 'Will form government with allies' - CNN IBN 4:00 pm: Congress indicates it can dump DMK to get post poll alliance with AIADMK - CNN -IBN 3:25 pm:Sonia Gandhi speaks to Sharad Pawar - NDTV
3:15 pm: BJP: Exit polls have often gone wrong - Times Now
3:00 pm: Rajnath Singh visits RSS HQ after Delhi core group meeting - CNN IBN
2:40 pm: Sharad pawar making moves for PM's post, - CNN IBN
2:20 pm: Yechury condemns US official meeting with Advani -Times Now