Raut, a prominent Dalit face in state politics in Congress represents Nagpur-North Assembly seat
BJP crosses the magic figure of 272 on its own
Sikkim Democratic Front has won eight of the 32 Assembly seats so far and leading in the lone Lok Sabha constituency
Party ahead in 20 of the 21 Lok Sabha seats
Both Raja and Basu said that their respective parties would have 'ruthless self-introspection' of the election results
He bagged a total of 6,28,075 votes
Party's Pashupati Nath Singh and Bidyut Baran Mahato established an unassailable lead in Dhanbad and Jamshedpur seats
UBS, Macquarie also raise Nifty targets
Chavan defeated NCP candidate Bharati Praveen Pawar by a huge margin of more than 2 lakh votes
He declined to delve into reasons behind Congress' loss and said that BJP won elections on the development plank
Says surprised by the results especially in Telangana and in Jharkhand
He also greeted TN CM J Jayalalithaa through another tweet
Modi bagged 8,45,464 votes while Mistri polled 2,75, 336 votes
O Rajagopal lost to Tharoor by a margin of over 13,000 votes
BJP alone is leading in 20 seats, while its ally LJP in 5 seats and Rashtriya Lok Samta Party in 3 seats
The former Punjab CM also said that battles can not be fought being on the defensive.
TRS wins 20 seats; Cong bags six
Here are some witty one-liners were doing the rounds on social media as the election results began to roll out:
PDP came on the third place with just 30,461 votes.
Recording its best ever performance in its 34-year existence, the BJP on its own was leading in 276 seat