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Varun Sharma

Varun Sharma is the Editor of India TV Digital's English Desk, where he leads the editorial team and oversees newsroom operations. With over 19 years of experience in digital journalism, he specialises in politics, elections, data-driven analysis, and in-depth explainers. He is an accomplished media professional with a strong track record and proven experience in news writing, content creation, people management and team leadership. Before joining India TV, he held leadership roles at TV9 Digital, News Nation, Jagran New Media, NDTV, India Today Group, and STAR-ABP News. He holds a Master's degree in Mass Communication from Kurukshetra University, a Postgraduate Diploma in English Journalism from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC), Delhi, and a Bachelor's degree from the University of Delhi. He can be reached at varunsharma@indiatvnews.com. He also contributes to India TV Hindi.

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: List of key candidates and contests in Phase 2
India | May 06, 2024, 01:58 PM IST
Lok Sabha Elections 2024: The voters in 88 constituencies will use their franchise on April 26 in the second phase of the 2024 Lok Sabha Elections. 13 states and Union Territories including UP, MP, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Kerala, Assam and Bihar will go to polls in the second phase.
Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Phase 2: List of 88 constituencies, states, parties and candidates
India | May 06, 2024, 05:41 PM IST
Lok Sabha Elections 2024: 88 constituencies are going for polls in the second phase on April 26. Voters in Kerala, Karnataka, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, UP, Madhya Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, West Bengal, Jammu and Kashmir, Manipur and Tripura will use their franchise in the second phase.
Why did PM Modi take 'wealth to Muslims' jibe at Congress? The answer lies in party's past actions
India | Apr 23, 2024, 03:39 PM IST
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had said in Rajasthan’s Banswara on Sunday that the Congress was set to hand over the wealth of others to "infiltrators" and "those who have more children".

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: List of key candidates and contests in Phase 1
India | Apr 25, 2024, 06:06 PM IST
Lok Sabha Elections 2024: The voters in 102 constituencies will use their franchise on April 19 in the first phase of the 2024 Lok Sabha Elections. 21 states and Union Territories will go to polls in the first phase.
Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Phase 1: List of 102 constituencies, states, parties and candidates
India | Apr 25, 2024, 10:46 AM IST
Lok Sabha Elections 2024: 102 constituencies are going for polls in the first phase on April 19. Voters in Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Nagaland, Bihar, Mizoram and other states will use their franchise in the first phase.
Abki Baar, 400 Paar? BJP needs to retain THESE 32 seats it won for first time to realise PM's dream
India | Apr 11, 2024, 06:08 AM IST
Lok Sabha Elections 2024: In West Bengal, the BJP secured 18 seats in the 2019 Lok Sabha Elections. Except for Darjeeling and Asansol, the party won 16 seats for the first time in the state Similarly, the party won 3 seats each for the first time in Karnataka, Odisha and Haryana.

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Full list of Congress, DMK, RJD, SP, AAP and other INDIA candidates
India | May 14, 2024, 01:11 PM IST
Lok Sabha Elections 2024: The Congress-led Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) includes several parties such as DMK, RJD, Shiv Sena-UBT, JMM, AAP, SP and IUML among others. Nitish Kumar's JDU and RLD led by Jayant Chaudhary left the bloc and joined hands with the BJP.
Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Complete list of BJP, TDP, JDU, Shiv Sena, PMK and other NDA candidates
India | Jun 02, 2024, 10:59 PM IST
Lok Sabha Elections 2024: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi is looking to improve its tally of 303 which it won in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls. The BJP and its allies including TDP, JDU, PMK, Shiv Sena, LJP-RV and others have already declared several candidates.
Lok Sabha Election 2024: BJP finalises candidates for Andhra, how many seats it can win? Key numbers
India | Mar 26, 2024, 06:59 PM IST
Andhra Pradesh Lok Sabha Election 2024: The YSRCP won 22 seats in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, while the TDP won only three, including Guntur, Vijayawada, and Srikakulam in Andhra Pradesh. Both the BJP and the Congress failed to perform well in the polls.

Guwahati Lok Sabha Election Result 2024: Constituency profile, winners, margin, party candidates
India | May 30, 2024, 12:32 AM IST
Gauhati Lok Sabha Election 2024: Dinesh Goswami represented the Gauhati constituency twice in 1971 and 1985. The Asom Gana Parishad won the seat only once in 1996.
Karimnagar Lok Sabha Election Result 2024: Constituency profile, winners, margin, party candidates
India | May 30, 2024, 12:30 AM IST
Karimnagar Lok Sabha Election 2024: Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Bandi Sanjay Kumar won the Karimnagar constituency in Telangana by defeating TRS candidate Vinod Kumar Boinapally in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls.
Kannauj Election Result 2024: Constituency profile, winners, margin, party-wise candidates list
India | May 30, 2024, 12:29 AM IST
Kannauj Lok Sabha Election 2024: Congress leader and former Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit also represented the Kannauj constituency in 1984. Chhotey Singh Yadav won the seat thrice in 1980, 1989 and 1991.

Jhalawar-Baran Election Result 2024: Constituency profile, winners, margin, party-wise candidates
India | May 30, 2024, 12:27 AM IST
Jhalawar-Baran Lok Sabha Election 2024: Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Dushyant Singh won the Jhalawar-Baran constituency in 2019. His mother Vasundhara Raje represented the Jhalawar seat before delimitation for five times in a row in 1989, 1991, 1996, 1998 and 1999.
Begusarai Lok Sabha Election Result 2024: Constituency profile, winners, margin, party candidates
India | May 30, 2024, 12:26 AM IST
Begusarai Lok Sabha Election 2024: Congress leader Krishna Sahi represented the Begusarai constituency three times in 1980, 1984 and 1991. BJP's Giriraj Singh won the seat in 2019 by defeating CPI candidate Kanhaiya Kumar with a margin of over 4 lakh votes.
Kolkata Uttar Election Result 2024: Constituency profile, winners, margin, party-wise candidates
India | May 30, 2024, 12:24 AM IST
Kolkata Uttar Lok Sabha Election 2024: Trinamool Congress leader Sudip Bandyopadhyay has represented the Kolkata Uttar constituency since 2009. He defeated BJP's Rahul Sinha in the 2014 and 2019 Lok Sabha polls.

Dumka Lok Sabha Election Result 2024: Constituency profile, winners, margin, party-wise candidates
India | May 30, 2024, 12:23 AM IST
Dumka Lok Sabha Election 2024: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won the Dumka constituency thrice in 1998, 1999 and 2019. BJP candidate Sunil Soren won the seat in 2019 by defeating Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) leader and former state CM Shibu Soren.
Bastar Lok Sabha Election Result 2024: Constituency profile, winners, margin, party-wise candidates
India | May 30, 2024, 12:21 AM IST
Bastar Lok Sabha Election 2024: Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP) Baliram Kashyap won the Bastar constituency in 1998, 1999, 2004 and 2009. His son Dinesh Kashyap also represented the seat twice after Baliram Kashyap's death.
Raipur Lok Sabha Election Result 2024: Constituency profile, winners, margin, party-wise candidates
India | May 30, 2024, 12:20 AM IST
Raipur Lok Sabha Election 2024: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and former Union minister Ramesh Bais lost the Raipur constituency only twice in 1984 and 1991. Bais was defeated by Congress leader Vidyacharan Shukla in 1991 by just 959 votes.
Jaipur Rural Election Result 2024: Constituency profile, winners, margin, party-wise candidates
India | May 30, 2024, 12:19 AM IST
Jaipur Rural Lok Sabha Election 2024: The Jaipur Rural constituency was a part of the Jaipur constituency till 2008 and BJP's Girdhari Lal Bhargava represented it for a record six times in 1989, 1991, 1996, 1998, 1999 and 2004.
Bikaner Lok Sabha Election Result 2024: Constituency profile, winners, margin, party-wise candidates
India | May 30, 2024, 12:17 AM IST
Bikaner Lok Sabha Election 2024: Union Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal has been representing the Bikaner constituency since 2009. Actor Dharmendra also won the seat in 2004 as a Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) nominee.