Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Results: After nearly a decade, the position of the Congress has improved in the Lok Sabha elections. Notably, these elections mark the arrival of Rahul Gandhi as a national leader on his own. Congress, which won 44 seats in 2014 and 52 seats in 2019, has won 99 seats in 2024. These results have not come just like that, the Big Brother strategy of Congress National President Mallikarjun Kharge, senior Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, and Priyanka Gandhi has worked behind this.The Congress-led INDIA alliance included parties like Samajwadi Party (37), DMK (22) Shiv Sena Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray (9), NCP Sharad Pawar (8), RJD (4), CPM (4), IUML (3), Aam Aadmi Party (3), JMM (3), JKNC (2), VCK (2), CPI (2), CPI(ML)(L) (2).The 99 seats are the result of Congress strategy as the party never refused the demands of the smaller parties or regional/national parties in the INDIA alliance, regardless of the number of seats they asked for. It always pretended to be the elder brother and complied with the younger siblings demands. The only region where the Congress and Trinamool Congress could not agree upon anything was West Bengal. Every time Congress and local or national parties came to an understanding, the outcomes were favorable. Overall, the INDIA coalition fought the elections as a family, soundly defeating the BJPs attempt to break the 400 mark this time around in addition to stopping it at 240.Where did Congress fight the elections in allianceUttar PradeshCongress fought the elections under the INDIA alliance along with the Samajwadi Party. Akhilesh Yadavs Samajwadi Party, which was part of the INDIA block, won 37 seats and Congress won 6 seats. Though there were a lot of issues in the beginning regarding the seat. Finally, Congress accepted the offer of 17 seats given by the SP. As a result, Congress won 6 seats in Uttar Pradesh as compared to one seat in 2019. MaharashtraCongress contested the elections along with Shiv Sena Uddhav Thackeray, and NCP Sharad Pawar under the INDIA alliance. Here also INDIA alliance saw a struggle in seat sharing. Eventually, the issue of seat sharing was resolved and the result was that Congress, who won only one seat in 2019, won 13 seats in 2024. Apart from this, Shiv Sena (UBT) included in the INDIA alliance won 9 seats and NCP Sharad Chandra Pawar won 8 seats.BiharThe alliance in Bihar comprises the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), Indian National Congress (INC) and left parties including the Communist Party of India (CPI), Communist Party of India (Marxist–Leninist) Liberation -CPIML (Liberation) and Communist Party of India (Marxist) (CPIM), headed by Tejashwi Yadav. Congress, which won only one seat in 2019, won 3 seats this time. At the same time, India Alliances ally CPI-(M)(L) also won 2 seats and RJD also won 4 seats.Punjab Congress contested the elections in alliance with Aam Aadmi Party in Punjab. Here Congress won 7 seats and Aam Aadmi Party won three seats.RajasthanCongress contested the elections in alliance with CPI(M), Rashtriya Loktantrik Party, Bharat Adivasi Party under the INDIA alliance. Congress, which did not win a single seat in Rajasthan in 2019, won 8 seats there in 2024. Apart from this, the Rashtriya Loktantrik Party, Bharat Adivasi Party, CPI(M) included in the alliance got one seat each.KeralaAs many as 14 seats are won by Congress in Kerala. The results here were in favor of Congress. Congress emerged as the largest party and won 14 seats. IUML, which is a part of the INDIA Alliance, won 2 seats, while the Kerala Congress and RSP won one seat each.JharkhandIn Jharkhand too, Congress contested the election with Jharkhand Mukti Morcha, which is a part of the INDIA Alliance. When the results came, Congress won 2 seats, while Jharkhand Mukti Morcha won 3 seats. In the 2019 elections, Congress and JMM won one seat each.Tamil NaduIn Tamil Nadu, Congress contested the elections in alliance with DMK, which is part of the INDIA alliance. Here, DMK won 22 seats, while Congress won 9 seats.