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