Published On : Fri, May 24th, 2019

0 in 15 states; 1 seat each in 8: Congress-mukt Bharat

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There is unlikely to be a Leader of the Opposition in the 17th Lok Sabha too as the Congress has failed to secure the mandatory 55 seats needed to quality for the post.

A party must win a minimum of 10 per cent Lok Sabha seats to qualify as Leader of the Opposition.

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In 2014, the Congress had won 44 seats and failed to secure the post.

As per the latest trends, the party is likely to win 51 seats this election.

The Congress drew a blank in as many as 15 states.

In 8 states, it is likely to win only one seat.

Here’s the state-wise break-up of the Congress’s performance.

0 seat in the following states:

Andhra Pradesh

Rajasthan

Gujarat

Haryana

Himachal Pradesh

Jammu and Kashmir

Mizoram

Manipur

Nagaland

Tripura

Uttrakhand

Sikkim

Delhi

Odisha

Arunachal Pradesh

1 seat in following states:

Bihar

Goa

Jharkhand

Karnataka

Madhya Pradesh

Maharashtra

Meghalaya

Uttar Pradesh

2 seats in these states:

West Bengal

Chhattisgarh

3 seats in the following states:

Assam

Telangana

In Kerala, the party won 13 seats and was leading in 2.

In Punjab, the Congress won 8 seats.

In Tamil Nadu, it won 3 and was leading in 5.

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