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.
Gandhi said his opponent, cabinet minister Smriti Irani, had won the election in Amethi
Going by the trends, Congress is set to lose its Amethi Lok Sabha seat in Uttar Pradesh to Bharatiya Janata Party's Smriti Irani, for the first time since 1977
BSP's Satveer Nagar is trailing at number two spot while Congress' Arvind Kumar Singh is running third
Akhilesh Yadav tried to keep the BJP at bay with the gathbandhan, but the attempts did not get the results they were looking forward to
In 2017, the US-based rating agency upped India's rating to 'Baa2' from 'Baa3', changing outlook to 'stable' from 'positive', and said reforms would help stabilise rising levels of debt
Congress has managed to lead only in Raebareli while traditional bastion, Amethi has been a neck-to-neck fight
Chandni Chowk was the only seat where BJP candidate's margin was less than a lakh at 64,659 votes
Trends show the Modi-led BJP would be easily able to cross the halfway mark of 272 seats in the 17th Lok Sabha elections
Adityanath gave Prime Minister Narendra Modi and BJP president Amit Shah full credit for the party's "historic victory"
Its advantage BJD which leads in 14 of 21 Lok Sabha constituencies
Congratulatory messages poured in from Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and other countries
He further said it was a wonderful feeling that in a country as large and diverse as India, the poll process was successfully completed and complimented the voters and all the agencies involved
AIADMK has to now contend with single digit tally, pushed to the third spot behind arch rival DMK and Congress
Pawar said the opposition parties had anticipated the BJP would do well in certain states, but did not expect "such a big victory" across the country