The HAF filed a defamation case against rights activists and academics – but revealed details of its own funding and functioning in the process.

Results show how fortunes of the two main alliances, one BJP-led and the other Congress-led, changed as phases went along.

In terms of winning margins, the NDA candidates have wholly outperformed the INDIA bloc in seats won by a margin of more than 25%.

Party-wise performance data reveals that most parties have won two-thirds of their tallies from rural India.

The results of the 2024 general elections for the 18th Lok Sabha are out. At The Wire, we go up close and dissect the data to see what it has to reveal about this extraordinary exercise, in these extraordinary times.

63 seats have been voting consistently for the BJP, in all four elections since 2009, i.e. in 2014, 2019 and 2024. 

As the daughter of legendary actor and former chief minister N.T. Rama Rao, Purandeswari has a mass appeal as a leader, which the BJP has been desperately looking for in the state.

While the actor-politician will undoubtedly draw crowds, it remains to be see if the Jana Sena Party can convert the support of his fans and the Kapu community into votes for the Telugu Desam Party.

A formal alliance between BJP and TDP in Telangana could happen just before the assembly elections in the state, slotted for later this year. But the question is whether ‘settler’ votes will transfer to a potential BJP-TDP combine.

This cabinet-rank position, officially announced on May 31, is a nod to the strategist's significant contributions to the party's recent victories.

Two parties otherwise diametrically opposed to each other seem to be wanting to not antagonise the ruling party in Delhi for their own reasons. It is a neat about turn from the days when federalism fuelled their politics.

Are longstanding yet buried tensions within the BJP state unit in Telangana coming to the surface after the national party’s humbling defeat in the Karnataka assembly elections? Developments in the last three days seem to indicate as much. 

While the area is a hotbed for malaria, with tribals being the most vulnerable due to extreme poverty, the state has failed to meet the lack of health workers, essential medication and preventive measures.