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LIVE UPDATES: India has won, says Modi; NDA crosses 320 mark
New Delhi: The BJP was Friday set for a comfortable majority in the Lok Sabha, its candidates taking early leads in 265 of the 498 seats in two hours of vote count across the country.
The Congress, India's oldest political party which had ruled India for a decade since 2004 at the head of the UPA, appeared set for an unprecedented rout.
The first seat went to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) -- in Baghpat in Uttar Pradesh where its Satyapal Singh, a former Mumbai police commissioner, defeated RLD leader and Civil Aviation Minister Ajit Singh.
Information from the Election Commission indicated a BJP sweep in northern, western and central India, and the party was also making gains in states where it has been traditionally weak.
The stock market shot up on news of the imminent BJP victory.
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.
Officials said counting trends were now available in 498 of the 543 seats.
All BJP stalwarts barring Arun Jaitley were on the victory lap including prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi in both Vadodara in Gujarat and Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh.
So were L.K. Advani in Gandhinagar, Rajnath Singh (Lucknow) and Nitin Gadkari (Nagpur).
Jaitley was trailing to former Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh of the Congress in Amritsar.
Congress candidates led only in 47 of the 498 constituencies, that too mainly in the south, amid signs that the party might end up with a two digit figure for the first time in the Lok Sabha.
BJP president Rajnath Singh described the party's perforance as "superb", and said the trends indicate a landslide.
Rajnath Singh said he telephoned Modi and congratulated him.
In a tacit admission of defeat, Congress leader and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Rajeev Shukla said: "We are all responsible (for the poor show)."
There was no immediate word from Modi, now in Gandhinagar. But BJP activists broke into wild celebrations across the country, dancing to drum beat, bursting firecrackers and distributing sweets to all and sundry.
Congress president Sonia Gandhi appeared headed for victory in her Rae Bareli seats but her son and party vice president Rahul Gandhi led by a slender 1,000 votes after initially being in the second spot.
Many Congress veterans seemed set for a defeat including Home Minister Sushilkumar Shinde (Solapur), Ambika Soni (Anandpur Sahib), Kapil Sibal (Chandni Chowk) and Pawan Kumar Bansal (Chandigarh).
The Trinamool Congress was ahead of others in 20 of the 42 seats in West Bengal. The AIADMK came up with a stunning performance in Tamil Nadu, taking the victory lead in 30 of the 39 seats.
The CPI-M and Shiv Sena were on the victory lap in 11 seats each, followed by the Samajwadi Party in nine constituencies.
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), which ruled Delhi for 49 days until Feb 14, was in the second spot in all seven seats in Delhi, relegating the Congress to a humiliating third place.
An army of officials Friday morning began counting the 550 million votes polled in the staggered Lok Sabha election that began April 7 and ended May 12.
Exit polls had predicted a victory for the BJP and its allies.
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Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh calls Shri Narendra Modi and congratulated him on his party's victory in the Lok Sabha elections.
Narendra Modi wins Vadodara seat by 5,70,000 votes.
We are winning in areas where we have never won before. Credit goes to Narendra Modi, RSS: LK Advani
- Sonia Gandhi of INC ahead by 224910 vote in Rae Bareli
- Rahul Gandhi ahead in Amethi by 23000 votes .
- SP's Mulayam Singh Yadav ahead in both seats- in Mainpuri, his lead is by 174415 votes; in Azamgarh, by 24147 votes.
- We congratulate the NDA, a new government will be at the centre: Ram Madhav, RSS
- BJP's Harsh Vardhan's wins from Chandni Chowk seat by a margin of 1 lakh votes, Ashutosh second, Sibal third
- I had said on the first day that Jaitley has nothing to do with Punjab, he is an unknown factor in Amritsar
- Counting trends till 12 p.m in Bihar -- BJP (20), LJP (6), RJD (6), RLSP (3), INC (2), JD-U (2) and NCP (1).
- Poonam Mahajan leading with 1.5 lakh votes in Mumbai North Central.
- Rahul Shewale of Shiv Sena leading in Mumbai South Central. No MNS effect.
- India has won! भारत की विजय। अच्छे दिन आने वाले हैं। - Modi tweets
- National trends: BJP leads in 272, Cong in 51, AIADMK- 35, TMC 33, Shivsena 18, TDP 13, BJD 17, TRS 10, CPI(M) 6, AAP 4
- Just congratulated Modi ji,after Gandhi ji and Patel ji now another great leader from Gujarat has emerged-Ramdev
- #ABPnewsDekho Latest leads 542 leads - Modi 324, Rahul 75, Kejriwal 3, Others 140. http://www.abplive.in
- #ABPNewsDekho Rahul Gandhi ahead by 14000 votes in Amethi
- Aam Aadmi Party's Bhagwant Mann wins from Sangrur seat of Punjab
- LK Advani congratulates Narendra Modi over BJP's excellent performance in Lok Sabha polls
- Latest leads indicate big jolt for Mayawati in UP
- Yes the trends are not in our favour, we will accept the people's mandate: Rajiv Shukla
- National Conference fails to show in Jammu and Kashmir, while BJP leads on 3 seats
- Congress accepts defeat. Party says respect peoples Verdict: Satyavrat Chaturvedi
- #ABPnewsDekho Latest Trends 527 leads - Modi 301, Rahul 76, Kejriwal 3, Others 147.
- Modi will serve India like he did in Gujarat: mother
- RLD chief Ajit Singh has been defeated in Baghpat, by first-time contestant, BJP's Satyapal Singh
- ABPnewsDekho Latest leads 513 leads - Modi 292, Rahul 74, Kejriwal 3, Others 145.
- #ABPnewsDekho BJP on its own is ahead in 250 seats
- Narendra Modi to become India's next PM, NDA appears to be crossing the 300+ mark comfortably
- BJP Candidate PARESH RAWAL leads from Ahmedabad East in Gujarat: PIB
- UP trend at this hour: BJP leads in Muzaffarnagar by 8576 votes: PIB
- Congress candidate MALLIKARJUN KHARGE came in lead from Gulbarga in Karnataka: PIB
- #ABPNewsDekho Maharashtra trends: PRIYA DUTT of INC trails from Mumbai North Central
- Tamil Nadu trends: ADMK leading in 3 seats.
- Patiala - AAP's Dharamvira Gandhi leading with 15331 votes over Congress's Preneet Kaur who has 12022 votes: EC
- DR. SHASHI THAROOR of INC trails from Thiruvananthapuram: PIB
- Close contest in Amritsar , Congress's Capt. Amarinder Singh leads by 1846 votes over BJP's Arun Jaitley - ANI
- Modi ahead by 53,000 votes in Vadodara seat #ABPNewsDekho
- #ABPnewsDekho Rahul Gandhi now leading in Amethi seat - ETV reports
- #ABPnewsDekho AAP's Gul Panag trailing in Chandigarh seat
- #ABPnewsDekho Vinod Khanna ahead in Gurdaspur seat
- Meenakshi Lekhi leading in New Delhi seat
- #ABPnewsDekho Smriti Irani leading in Amethi, Rahul Gandhi behind - EENADU Reports
- Punjab trends: SAD leads from Khadoor Sahib #ABPnewsDekho
- #ABPnewsDekho Congress' Mohammad Kaif leading in Phulpur
- Modi, VK Singh, Hema Malini take early leads in Vadodara-Varanasi, Ghaziabad, Mathura. Fastest results #ABPNewsDekho
- LK Advani, Uma Bharti, Narendra Modi ahead in initial leads we are gathering in #ABPnewsDekho
- #ABPnewsDekho Initial 50 leads - Modi 33, Rahul 10, Kejriwal 0, Others 7.
- H D Devegowda is leading for JDS in Hassan
- First lead for BJP Nalin Kumar Kateel Dakshina Kannada Second lead for BJP Gen VK Singh Ghaziabad, Third lead BJP Pankaj Mganj
- First lead for BJP Nalin Kumar Kateel Dakshina Kannada
- First trends in favour of BJP/Narendra Modi #ABPNewsDekho
- Counting begins. Postal ballots being counted right now. First trends to come in 15-20 minutes from now.
- I am not nervous. Confident of winning : Meenakshi Lekhi to ABP News. #ABPNewsDekho
- Exit Polls would be proven wrong: Ajay Maken to ABP News. #ABPNewsDekho
- Buddha is going to smile yet again today: Meenakshi Lekhi, BJP leader. #ABPNewsDekho
- I will win with a good margin, I am very sure-Nitin Gadkari. #ABPNewsDekho
- I am sure people of Varanasi have voted for truth, I am going there right now as well: Arvind Kejriwal. #ABPNewsDekho
- We are sure that the exit polls will be proved wrong again-Meem Afzal,Congress. #ABPNewsDekho
- Counting is a critical activity, utmost transparency ensured in counting hall: CEC VS Sampath. #ABPNewsDekho
(Additional information from Agencies)
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