3:50 pm: For the first time, a person born in independent India will become the Prime Minister
3:45 pm: The Congress party has conceded defeat as early election results show a landslide win for the opposition BJP under Narendra Modi
3:40 pm: DMK's A Raja loses in Nilgiris in Tamil Nadu to AIADMK's C Gopalakrishnan
3:35 pm: BJP's Chhedi Paswan defeats Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar in Sasaram, Bihar by 63327 votes
3:30 pm: DMK president Karunanidhi Friday said he accepted his party's defeat "with bowed head". In a statement, Karunanidhi said he has conveyed his party's wishes to BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi for its "massive nationwide electoral victory". But he said the party had seen "defeats and also mega victories earlier".
3:25 pm: In a spectacular performance, the BJP was on the victory march in 25 out of 26 seats in Gujarat, 24 out of 25 seats in Rajasthan, all four seats in Himachal Pradesh, all seven seats in Delhi and four of five in Uttarakhand.
3:20 pm: Rajnath Singh said: Initially it was said about the BJP that it was just a party for cities but now it's also a party of villages, the poor and all sections of the society.
3:15 pm: BJP president Rajnath Singh said: I am happy and satisfied by the mandate. However, our party is aware the kind of responsbility people have put on our shoulder. This is the first time since 1984, any party has got the clear majority and the BJP has surpassed the geographical and social boundary - caste, creed and religion.
3:10 pm: Sushma Swaraj attributed the thumping victory of the party in the Lok Sabha election to the hard work of the millions of BJP workers and the "able leadership of Narendra Modi". Sushma Swaraj, who is said to be no Modi camp follower, in a tweet said: "This victory is the result of hard labour of millions of BJP 'karyakartas', blessings of (Rashtriya Swayamsewak) Sangh and able leadership of Narendra Modi." "We receive this mandate of people of India with humility and gratitude," Sushma posted.
3:05 pm: Priya Dutt loses out to Poonam Mahajan in Bandra.
3:03 pm: Filmmaker and Janata Dal-United candidate Prakash Jha lost from the West Champaran Lok Sabha constituency in Bihar. He was defeated from the constituency for the third time. Jha lost to sitting BJP MP Sanjay Jaiswal.
3.00 pm: Bollywood actor-turned-politician and BJP sitting MP Shatrughan Sinha has won from the Patna Sahib Lok Sabha constituency. Sinha defeated Congress candidate Kunal Singh by over one lakh votes
2:45 pm: Ghulam Nabi Azad loses to BJP's Jatindra Singh by 60976 votes in Udhampur LS seat
2:44 pm: Shashi Tharoor wins in Thiravananthapuram
2:42 pm: K Chandrasekhar Rao of TRS wins from Medak
2:39 pm: Former Lok Sabha speaker and National People's Party candidate Purno A Sangma and sitting Congress MP Vincent H Pala are leading in Tura and Shillong parliamentary constituencies in Meghalaya.
2:34 pm: Salman Khurshid loses his deposit after Farrukhabad defeat.
2:32 pm: Celebrations break out at BJP headquarters
Dancing to drumbeats, chanting slogans, bursting firecrackers and distributing laddoos, hundreds of BJP workers gathered at the party headquarters here Friday to celebrate the landslide victory in the Lok Sabha polls. Armed with portrait photos of prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi and wearing the Bharatiya Janata Party's saffron-coloured caps, the crowd raised slogans of "Har Har Modi" and "Bharat Mata ki jai".
3:45 pm: The Congress party has conceded defeat as early election results show a landslide win for the opposition BJP under Narendra Modi
3:40 pm: DMK's A Raja loses in Nilgiris in Tamil Nadu to AIADMK's C Gopalakrishnan
3:35 pm: BJP's Chhedi Paswan defeats Lok Sabha Speaker Meira Kumar in Sasaram, Bihar by 63327 votes
3:30 pm: DMK president Karunanidhi Friday said he accepted his party's defeat "with bowed head". In a statement, Karunanidhi said he has conveyed his party's wishes to BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi for its "massive nationwide electoral victory". But he said the party had seen "defeats and also mega victories earlier".
3:25 pm: In a spectacular performance, the BJP was on the victory march in 25 out of 26 seats in Gujarat, 24 out of 25 seats in Rajasthan, all four seats in Himachal Pradesh, all seven seats in Delhi and four of five in Uttarakhand.
3:20 pm: Rajnath Singh said: Initially it was said about the BJP that it was just a party for cities but now it's also a party of villages, the poor and all sections of the society.
3:15 pm: BJP president Rajnath Singh said: I am happy and satisfied by the mandate. However, our party is aware the kind of responsbility people have put on our shoulder. This is the first time since 1984, any party has got the clear majority and the BJP has surpassed the geographical and social boundary - caste, creed and religion.
3:10 pm: Sushma Swaraj attributed the thumping victory of the party in the Lok Sabha election to the hard work of the millions of BJP workers and the "able leadership of Narendra Modi". Sushma Swaraj, who is said to be no Modi camp follower, in a tweet said: "This victory is the result of hard labour of millions of BJP 'karyakartas', blessings of (Rashtriya Swayamsewak) Sangh and able leadership of Narendra Modi." "We receive this mandate of people of India with humility and gratitude," Sushma posted.
3:05 pm: Priya Dutt loses out to Poonam Mahajan in Bandra.
3:03 pm: Filmmaker and Janata Dal-United candidate Prakash Jha lost from the West Champaran Lok Sabha constituency in Bihar. He was defeated from the constituency for the third time. Jha lost to sitting BJP MP Sanjay Jaiswal.
3.00 pm: Bollywood actor-turned-politician and BJP sitting MP Shatrughan Sinha has won from the Patna Sahib Lok Sabha constituency. Sinha defeated Congress candidate Kunal Singh by over one lakh votes
2:45 pm: Ghulam Nabi Azad loses to BJP's Jatindra Singh by 60976 votes in Udhampur LS seat
2:44 pm: Shashi Tharoor wins in Thiravananthapuram
2:42 pm: K Chandrasekhar Rao of TRS wins from Medak
2:39 pm: Former Lok Sabha speaker and National People's Party candidate Purno A Sangma and sitting Congress MP Vincent H Pala are leading in Tura and Shillong parliamentary constituencies in Meghalaya.
2:34 pm: Salman Khurshid loses his deposit after Farrukhabad defeat.
2:32 pm: Celebrations break out at BJP headquarters
Dancing to drumbeats, chanting slogans, bursting firecrackers and distributing laddoos, hundreds of BJP workers gathered at the party headquarters here Friday to celebrate the landslide victory in the Lok Sabha polls. Armed with portrait photos of prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi and wearing the Bharatiya Janata Party's saffron-coloured caps, the crowd raised slogans of "Har Har Modi" and "Bharat Mata ki jai".
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