Exit polls on Saturday predicted that Prime Minister Narendra Modi will retain power for a third straight term, with the BJP-led NDA expected to win a big majority in the Lok Sabha polls.

Exit polls for Lok Sabha elections 2024 released Saturday evening suggest victory for National Conference on two LS seats while predicting one seat for the PDP. It claims that BJP could possibly win two seats from Jammu division.

Rejecting the exit poll predictions about the 42 Lok Sabha seats in West Bengal, the Trinamool Congress on Saturday said it believed in people’s mandate.

The Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), Jammu and Kashmir, Pandurang K. Pole, on Saturday had a comprehensive review of preparedness of the districts ahead of the final counting of votes for Lok Sabha Elections 2024 here at Nirvachan Bhawan, Jammu.

The voting for the elections to the 18th Lok Sabha ended peacefully on Saturday as voters from 57 constituencies exercised their mandate in the seventh and last phase of Lok Sabha elections 2024.

Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha cast his vote at a polling booth in Mohanpura village of Ghazipur in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday exuded confidence that people have voted in record numbers to re-elect the NDA government and said the "opportunistic INDI Alliance" failed to strike a chord with the voters who rejected their "regressive politics".