Top 10 Interesting Questions on Lok Sabha Result 2024

Narendra Modi is all set to take oath as India’s Prime Minister for the third consecutive time. The oath ceremony is scheduled to take place tomorrow. The results of the Lok Sabha elections are already out. This election was full of some interesting and noteworthy facts and figures. Let’s take a test to see how closely you guys monitored this election, and how much of it you still remember.

With Modi taking the oath as the head of the 18th Lok Sabha, it is time to test your knowledge of the facts and figures of this election. Do you guys know there were record four candidates who won the election at the tender age of 25 years? Answer the questions below to learn more interesting things about what happened in this election. 

1. Who is the youngest tribal woman to win from an unreserved constituency?

(a) Priya Saroj

(b) Priyanka Jarkiholi

(c) Sanjana Jatav

(d) Anupriya Patel

2. Which candidate won the elections with the highest margin of votes?

(a) Narendra Modi

(b) Amit Shah

(c) Shankar Lalwani

(d) Rakibul Hussain

3. Which of the following candidates won the elections with the lowest margin of votes?

(a) Ravindra Dattaram Waikar

(b) Smriti Irani

(c) Bajrang Manohar Sonwane

(d) Mukesh Dalal

4. How many seats did NDA win in the Lok Sabha elections 2024?

(a) 272 seats

(b) 303 seats

(c) 293 seats

(d) 240 seats

5. INDI Alliance managed to win how many Lok Sabha Constituencies this election?

(a) 233 seats

(b) 134 seats

(c) 190 seats

(d) 234 seats

6. What is the minimum number of Lok Sabha seats required by a party to be eligible to appoint Leader of Opposition?

(a) 54 seats

(b) 56 seats

(c) 55 seats

(d) 25 seats

7. Which amongst them is the youngest candidate to win Lok Sabha Elections 2024?

(a) Kangana Ranaut

(b) Priyanka Jarkiholi

(c) Shambhavi Choudhary

(d) Iqra Choudhary

8. Who is the oldest candidate to win the Lok Sabha Elections 2024?

(a) TR Balu

(b) Murli Manohar Joshi

(c) Mallikarjun Kharge

(d) Lal Krishna Advani

9. Citizens of which constituency pressed the highest number of NOTA votes?

(a) Gandhinagar

(b) Indore

(c) Bhopal

(d) Chitradurga

10. What is the minimum number of Lok Sabha seats required to form Central Government?

(a) 273 seats

(b) 240 seats

(c) 272 seats

(d) 172 seats

Answer:-

1. (b) Priyanka Jarkiholi

Priyanka contested from the Chikkodi seat of Karnataka on the ticket of Indian National Congress. She won the election with more than 1,20,000 votes against sitting MP Annasaheb Jolle. With this victory, Priyanka became the first tribal woman to win an election on a General Category Parliament seat.

2. (c) Shankar Lalwani

Incumbent MP Shankar Lalwani of the BJP won the Indore Lok Sabha seat in Madhya Pradesh by 10.08 lakh votes. This margin victory is the highest in the 2024 Lok Sabha Elections. Remarkably, NOTA got the second-place ranking with more than two lakh.

3. (a) Ravindra Dattaram Waikar

Eknath Shinde Shiv Sena candidate Ravindra Dattaram Waikar won the Mumbai North West Lok Sabha seat with a margin of only 48 votes. He defeated Shiv Sena UBT candidate Amol Gajanan Kirtikar. Waiker received a total vote of 4,52,644, while Kirtikar received 4,52,596 votes in the constituency. 

4. (c) 293 seats

In the results of Lok Sabha Election NDA managed to secure its victory at 293 seats, out of which BJP won 240 seats becoming the largest part of the alliance. BJP was followed by TDP with 16 seats and JDU with 12 seats. 

5. (d) 234 seats

INDI Alliance won a total of 234 seats in this Lok Sabha Election. Congress registered its victory on 99 Lok Sabha seats which is a significant improvement from its last performance in the 2019 Lok Sabha Election in which it was only able to win 52 seats. Congress was followed by SP who won 37 Lok Sabha seats. 

6. (c) 55 seats

For a party to appoint the leader of opposition for a House, it must win at least 10% of the total seats. There are currently 543 seats in the Lok Sabha, while 243 in the Rajya Sabha. The party with the second highest number of seats and not a part of the government can nominate its leader as the leader of opposition. The minimum number of seats required for a party to be eligible to nominate opposition leader is 55 in case of Lok Sabha.

7. (c) Shambhavi Choudhary

Shambhavi Choudhary is one of the youngest candidates to have won the 18th Lok Sabha Election 2024. She won this election from the Samastipur constituency with a significant margin of 1 lakh 88 thousand of votes. She defeated INC candidate Sunny Hazari, son of JD(U) minister Maheshwar Hazari. Pushpendra Saroj and Priya Saroj from the Samajwadi Party (SP), and Sanjana Jatav from Indian National Congress (INC) are the other three candidates who managed to clinch victory in the 18th Lok Sabha Election 2024 at an age of 25 years.

8. (a) TR Balu

DMK candidate TR Balu won Sriperumpudur constituency of Tamil Nadu state consecutively for the third time at the age of 82 years. With this he became the oldest candidates to be elected in this Lok Sabha Election.   

9. (b) Indore

Over two lakh votes were cast for 'NOTA' in the Madhya Pradesh seat of Indore during the Lok Sabha elections of 2024. Notably, on the final day of the nomination process, Indore-based Congress candidate Akshay Kanti Bam withdrew his candidacy and joined BJP. With 2,18,674 votes, this is a new record for the most that NOTA has ever received. Shankar Lalwani of the BJP won this seat with the largest margin in the Lok Sabha Election.

10. (c) 272 seats

A party or an alliance needs to touch the magical number of 272 seats in order to be eligible for forming a government. A party must win more than 50 percent of the seats in the Lok Sabha to form the government. Lok Sabha consists of 543 seats, and 50 percent of the seats is 272.