New Delhi, May 17 (Inditop) As the Election Commission formally announced results for 541 of the 543 elected seats in the Lok Sabha by Sunday morning, the United Progressive Alliance had 262 seats, 10 short of the halfway mark.
Counting in two seats had to be stopped Saturday as the electronic voting machines had developed snags. The seats were Tonk-Sawai Madhopur in Rajasthan and Chandauli in Uttar Pradesh.
The tally so far:
United Progressive Alliance (UPA) – 262
Congress – 205
Trinamool Congress – 19
Nationalist Congress Party – 9
DMK – 18
National Conference – 3
Jharkhand Mukti Morcha – 2
Muslim League Kerala State Committee – 2
All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen – 1
Bodoland People’s Front – 1
Kerala Congress (Mani) – 1
VCK – 1
National Democratic Alliance (NDA) – 159
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) – 116
Janata Dal-United – 20
Shiv Sena – 11
Akali Dal – 4
Asom Gana Parishad – 1
Rashtriya Lok Dal – 5
Telangana Rashtra Samithi – 2
Third Front – 80
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) – 21
AIADMK – 9
Biju Janata Dal (BJD) – 14
MDMK – 1
Janata Dal-Secular – 3
CPI-M – 16
CPI – 4
Forward Bloc – 2
Revolutionary Socialist Party – 2
Telegu Desam Party (TDP) – 6
Haryana Janhit Congress – 1
Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik) – 1
Fourth Front – 26
Samajwadi Party – 22
RJD – 4
Others – 14
Assam United Democratic Front – 1
Bahujan Vikas Aaghadi – 1
Swabhimani Paksha – 1
Nagaland People’s Front – 1
Sikkim Democratic Front – 1
Independents – 9