After Modi dropped the prefix, about 32% people had dropped it too, including Piyush Goyal, Arun Jaitley, and Smriti Irani
No other political chieftains are holding the balance of power; only Modi matters
Farooq Abdullah from Kashmir and Assauddin Owaisi from Hyderabad will be among prominent Muslim MPs in Lok Sabha.
Prasad garnered 6.07 lakh votes while Sinha, a former Bollywood star who joined Congress earlier this year, managed only 3.22 lakh votes
The oath-taking of the new government is likely to be held on May 29, say sources
Mr Modi had made this claim in his last campaign rally, but most of us treated it as mere propaganda hyperbole
With this, the BJP has retained the high-profile seat, which it has been winning since 1989
BJP's strong campaign built around military actions in Pulwama and Balakot clicked the most in Rajasthan
The once kingmaker of national politics, Lalu Prasad and his Muslim-Yadav line has completely gone off track
TMC was leading in only 23 seats due to factors like anti-incumbency, anti-Muslim sentiments and displeasure of voters at the grassroot level. It had sent 34 legislators in 2014
BJP nominees emerged victorious in Adilabad (neighbouring Maharashtra), Karimnagar, Nizamabad and Secunderabad Lok Sabha constituencies
Naveen Patnaik is set for a fifth term in Odisha; Jagan Mohan Reddy's YSR Congress sweeps Andhra Pradesh; SKM ahead of ruling SDF in Sikkim; Prema Khandu-led BJP set to retain Arunachal Pradesh
He had contested the elections from Namchi Singhithang and Poklok Kamrang assembly constituencies
The oath-taking of the new government will be held after this
The question is what Mr Modi has learnt from his first term, and whether that will make him more reformist in the second
BJP 2.0 has demolished almost all opposition
The election results are anything but a failure of the Opposition
Trends show the CPM has been wiped out from Kerala and losing heavily in West Bengal
The Modi govt was much more efficient in delivering welfare programmes than the UPA and kept inflation down; the Congress counter of "chor" Modi bombed
Sonia Gandhi has won by a margin of 1,67,178 votes, the Election Commission's website said