The BJP-led NDA will form the government at the Centre for the second successive term with absolute majority
As per the preliminary estimates, the BJP has significantly improved its national vote share from 31.34 per cent in 2014 to a new record high
Gandhi singularly led the 2019 campaign, holding 150 rallies, 10 press conferences and many road shows during the poll campaign starting February
The composition of the new economics team, a particularly weak point of the Modi administration's first five years, will be keenly awaited
G S Basavaraj secured 5,96,127 votes while Gowda got 5,82,788 votes, according to the EC details
Matondkar said she looks at the current situation as a "humble beginning
He started off as a students union leader in Sri Venkateswara University while pursuing his Masters in Economics. He joined Youth Congress in 1975 and was elected as MLA for the first time in 1978
Abdullah polled 1,06,750 votes, while his his nearest rival Peoples' Democratic Party (PDP) candidate Aga Syed Mohsin polled 36,700 votes, an election official said
Several BJP leaders including party president Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh and Arun Jaitley also followed suit and dropped the prefix from their profiles
Singh got 6.88 lakh votes out of a total of 12.17 lakh polled on April 29
While the BJP made nationalism the centerpiece of its election campaign in Uttar Pradesh, the opposition banked on consolation of the middle and low-caste votes - the latter did not work
The results of India's general elections are very significant for Pakistan as the formation of the next government in New Delhi will determine the course of Indo-Pakistan ties
Anticipating a hung parliament, the TRS was gearing itself to play a "king-maker" role along with parties not aligned with the Congress and the BJP
Modi led his Bharatiya Janata Party towards what is certain to be a resounding victory for a second term in office
Sanjay Raut questioned the opposition over its poor poll performance, pointing to the fact that even former chief ministers lost in the polls
Takes all 26 seats in PM's home state, secure 62% vote share, up from 59% in 2014; massive win for Amit Shah
BJP had sealed wins in 28 parliamentary seats, and was leading in 34 others across UP at the time of filing this report
The Modi wave has led to the first-ever consecutively elected non-Congress government
In state after state, he has put a robust organisational machinery for publicising the government schemes, carrying out political programmes and making full use of social media to reach out to voters
BJP about to get the first back-to-back majority for a single party since 1984.