Election results: BJP sweeps Gujarat, Rajasthan, gains in Maharashtra

Bangalore, May 16: The results of the 2014 Lok Sabha election were declared on May 16.

The NDA won 26 seats in Gujarat, 25 in Rajasthan and 42 in Maharashtra.

6.30 pm: Vadodara example of voter awareness, says Modi

6.05 pm: I am here to thank you all. Every voter became Narendra Modi. My 5, 70,000 margin is a record. Credit for win goes to people. I spent only 50 minutes in Vadodara.

6.00 pm: India's next prime minister Narendra Modi addresses victory rally in Vadodara, Gujarat.

5.00 pm: Congress candidateMohammad Azharuddin from Tonk- Sawai Madhopur seat loses.

4.30 pm: Rajasthan- From Barmer seat, BJP's Sona Ram wins by defeating independent candidate Jaswant Singh.

4.00 pm: BJP candidate Sanwar Lal Jat wins Ajmer seat in Rajasthan.

3.32 pm: BJP candidate & actor Paresh Rawal along with his wife flashes the victory sign ouside a counting centre in Ahmedabad.

3.31 pm: Modi clicks 'selfie' with mother, posts on Twitter.

3.30 pm: Mumbai south central: Shiv Sena candidate Rahul Shewale wins by a margin of 1.38 lakh votes.

3.00 pm: BJP candidate Arjunlal Meena is leading from Udaipur (ST) in Rajasthan.

2. 50 pm: Anandiben Patel says, "We are very happy,success of the hard work of the workers, were confident of getting 26 seats in Gujarat."

2.31 pm: Vasundhara Raje tweets. "Heartfelt Thanks to the people of Rajasthan for standing by our side and helping us achieve #Mission25. Our good days are here!"

2.46 pm: Tamil Superstar Rajinikanth congratulates Narendra Modi.

2.45 pm: Maharashtra industries minister Narayan Rane resigns.

2.40 pm: Congress candidate Sanjay Nirupam loses from Mumbai North, Priya Dutt loses from Mumbai North West.

2.25 pm: BJP wins all 26 seats in Gujarat, first time ever.

2.20 pm: L K Advani won by over 3 lakh votes in Gandhinagar.

2.16 pm: Vasundhara Rahje says, "Under leadership of Narendra Modi, Team India will definitely change the nation for better."

2.10 pm: Udaipur, Rajasthan- BJP candidate Arjunlal Meena defeats his Congress rival Raghuvir Meena by over 2.36 lakh votes.

2.00 pm: Ashok Chavan leads by 41,000 votes over his BJP rival D B Patil in Nanded.

1.55 pm: Mumbai North West- Congress candidate and sitting MP Gurudas Kamat loses and congratulates Shiv Sena's wining candidate Gajanan Kirtikar.

1.45 pm: SushilKumar Shinde loses from Solapur. NCP candidate Praful Patel loses from Bhandara-Gondia constituency.

1.40 pm: Congress leader Sachin Pilot loses from Ajmer, Rajasthan.

1.30 pm: Actor-turned politician and Bollywood actor Paresh Rawal wins from Ahmedabad East

1.23 pm: Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh calls Narendra Modi and congratulates him on his party's victory in the Lok Sabha elections.

1.18 pm: LK Advani says, "This time the mandate is against misgovernance, corruption & dynastic rule. Never in history has any Govt worked so hard to lose. People have blessed Modi."

1.00 pm: Maharashtra rejects Congress-NCP. BJP-Shiv Sena and its allies on the verge of making a clean sweep of more than 40 of the 48 Lok Sabha seats, as per vote counting trends.

12.35 pm: Modi is likely to take prime ministerial oath on May 21. He will also address a press conference in Ahmedabad at 2:30 pm.

12.33 pm: Narendra Modi leaves his mother's residence.

12.14 pm: Narendra Modi meets his mother Heeraben, touches her feet and gets her blessings.

12.08 pm: Narendra Modi tweets: India has won! भारत की विजय। अच्छे दिन आने वाले हैं।

12.05 pm: Mumbai North Central- BJP's Poonam Mahajan leading with 59% vote share and Congress candidate Priya Dutt's vote share is 31%.

Pune- BJP's Anil Shirole leading at 107,618 (55%); Congress's Dr Vishwajeet Patangrao Kadam at 47,502(24%).

12.04 pm: Maharashtra tally: BJP- 43, Congress- 5, MNS- 0, Others- 0

12.00 pm: Rajasthan CM tells CNN IBN, "Victory mainly goes to Narendra Modi who has electrified the country."

11.58 am: Baba Ramdev says, "Just congratulated Modi ji,after Gandhi ji and Patel ji now another great leader from Gujarat has emerged."

11.35 am: BJP's win confirmed in Surendra Nagar, anand, Surat, Vadodara, Kheda, Amreli, Mehsana, Gandhinagar, Rajkot, Porbandar and Junagadh.

11.32 am: Film maker Madhur Bhandarkar says, "I congratulate BJP for this massive victory, it seems every Indian wanted Modi ji to be PM.

11.30 am: Nitin Gadkari wins from Nagpur.

11.28 am: Senior BJP leader Nitin Gadkari says, "We are very happy, this is above our expectations."

11.26 am: Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje says, "Congratulate the ppl of India for this mandate, also its due to the hard work of our workers."

10.40 am: Narendra Modi wins in Vadodara by a margin of 5,70,128 votes.

10.30 am: Gujarat- BJP leading in all 26 seats, Rajasthan- BJP leading in all 25 seats and Maharashtra- BJP leading in 36 seats, Congress- 11 seats and MNS- 1 seat

10.21 am:

10.15 am: Rajnath Singh congratulates Narendra Modi on phone.

10.10 am: Narendra Modi leading by 3 lakh votes in Vadodara.

10.05 am: BJP leading in Pune by 29K votes; Congress's Vishwajeet Kadam trailing. BJP's Poonam Mahajan now leading by over 18K votes - Cong's Priya Dutt trailing

10. 00 am: Narendra Modi's mother Heeraben tells mediapersons, "He has my blessings, he will will lead India to the road of development."

9.55 am: Actor-turned-politician and BJP candidate Paresh Rawal leads in Ahmedabad. Modi's mother Heeraben performs 'puja'.

9.39 am: Rajasthan- BJP gets 23 seats, Congress- 1 seat, Others- 1 seat.

9.34 am: Narendra Modi leads at 1,32,901 votes in Vadodara, Advani leads at 10,300 votes in Gandhinagar, Dinsha Patel behind 14 thousand in Kheda

9.25 am: Rajasthan- NDA at 18 and Maharashtra- NDA at 15, UPA 7

9.20 am: Anandiben Patel confirmed to be the next chief minister of Gujarat.

9.18 am: Gujarat: Narendra Modi leads 1 lac vote in Vadodara, Shankar Singh behind 20 thousand votes in Sabarkantha, Vitthal Radadia (BJP) leads 48 thousand votes in Porbandar, Poonam Maadam leading from his Uncle and present MP Vikram Madam in Jamanagar.

9.15 am: Maharashtra: BJP leading with 36 seats, Shiv Sena and NCP's tally at 3 each.

9.10 am: NCP leader Supriya Sule leads in Baramati, Narayan Rane's son Nilesh leads in Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg seat.

9.00 am: BJP gains in all 3 states with Gujarat gaining 20/26 seats, Maharashtra-15/48 and Rajasthan- 15/ 25 seats.

8.55 am: Early gains for BJP in Rajasthan.

8.52 am: Maharashtra- BJP at 12, NCP at 4

8.51 am: Gujarat: BJP leading in 18 seats

8.50 am: Maharashtra: BJP- 8, Congress- 7; In Gujarat, BJP leads in 12 seats, Narendra Modi leads in 5 thousand votes in Vadodara, Anand Bharat Singh Solanki behind 305 votes. BJP's Rajesh Chudasma leads 7 thousand vote in Junagadh.

8.48 am: BJP gaining from Congress in Jhalawar in Rajasthan.

8.45 am: SushilKumar Shinde leads in Solapur, Ashok Chavan leads in Nanded and Nitin Gadkari leads in Nagpur.

8.44 am: In Rajasthan, BJP leading at 5 and Congress tally at 1.

8.40 am: Narendra Modi and LK Advani leading in Vadodara and Gandhinagar respectively.

8.35 am: Congress gets 3 in Gujarat.

8.30 am: Shiv Sena gets 2 seats in Maharashtra.

8.26 am: BJP gains 6 seats in Gujarat.

8.20 am: BJP retains 1 seat in Udaipur, Rajasthan.

8.18 am: BJP gets 1 in Gujarat.

8.10 am: Narendra Modi's campaign chief tells NDTV, " Modi effectively used social media. Social media is key to campaign strategy."

8.00 am: Counting begins at 989 centres across the country at 8 am.

7.50 am: Sachin Pilot while talking to NDTV says, "Today is a historic day in India. We all are political opponents and we are not enemies. India must win."

Here are the tweets from prominent people and celebration pics in these 3 states:

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