The BJP retained three parliamentary seats of Jammu, Udhampur and Ladakh, while the National Conference swept the polls in the Kashmir valley, winning all the three seats of Srinagar, Anantnag and Bar
TMC insiders said the party virtually failed to counter BJP's nationalism narrative and Hindutva pitch, which resulted in the polarisation in the state, where Muslims constitute 27% of the population
Amethi LS seat remained loyal to the Gandhi family since 1980. In 2014 lok sabha elections, Rahul Gandhi defeated Smriti Irani by a margin of over 100,000 votes.
As per data, the BJP polled 1,49,12,139 votes as against 1,33,08,961 votes it had secured five years ago
There were speculations that Congress President Rahul Gandhi has offered to resign but the party has denied it.
The Biju Janata Dal won 12 Lok Sabha seats while the BJP got eight and the Congress one but in the state Assembly election the BJD bagged 112 seats while the BJP won 23 and the Congress only nine.
You cannot win an election without putting together a massive war chest
According to the Election Commission's website, the NOTA vote share in the state stood at 2% of the total votes
At least 716 women candidates contested the general election
Incidentally, the Left Front lost 22.21% of vote share in this year's general election
Experts say more transparency is required from social media and other digital giants
BJP sources said the PM could take oath of office next week
The BJP won 303 seats in the just-concluded general election
Naveen, Achyuta Samanta, Aparajita win while Jay Panda, Sambit Patra end up losers
Maneka's attempt to wrest 'Sanjay's seat' from Rajiv Gandhi ended in failure but three-and-a-half decades later Smriti Irani delivered her redemption song
Patnaik is only the third chief minister in the country after Jyoti Basu and Sikkim's incumbent Pawan Kumar Chamling to retain power for the fifth successive term
AIADMK wins the crucial nine seats that will help it prove majority on the floor, despite the fact that DMK took the other 13 seats
Before his swearing-in, Modi is likely to visit Varanasi to thank the people of the parliamentary constituency from where he has been elected for the second time
Aditi Phadnis and Archis Mohan discuss the mandate with host Ankur Bhardwaj
The Congress suffered a major embarrassment with Rahul Gandhi losing from the party's stronghold here to BJP's Smriti Irani by 55,120 votes