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Former top Maoist and ex-MP, Kameshwar Baitha received 733 postal ballots in the Palamu Lok Sabha seat in the 2024 election, according to the Election Commission of India (ECI) results. His EVM votes were scarce, and he finished with only 39,267 votes, losing his deposit of Rs 12,500. This is not the first time Baitha lost his deposit, as in the 2014 Lok Sabha election he contested on TMC ticket and suffered a similar fate. Learn more about his electoral journey and defeats.
NDA experienced setbacks in the northeast as four members lost their home ground seats to Congress. Congress made a remarkable resurgence in the region, winning key seats in Manipur, Mizoram, and Nagaland. Learn more about the latest political developments in the Northeast.
The Congress, meanwhile, showed signs of an electoral revival after being decimated in 2014 and 2019 general elections at the hands of the BJP | Latest News India
In line with the rest of the country, the Congress put up an improved performance in the Lok Sabha elections in the eight northeastern states, which are now dominated by the BJP and its allies.