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22:58
SP founder Mulayam Singh Yadav wins Mainpuri seat by defeating BJP candidate Prem Singh Shakya with margin of over 94,000 votes.
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22:58
The YSR Congress Party decimated the Chandrababu Naidu-led TDP and appeared on course for a landslide win in Andhra Pradesh with its candidates winning in 74 seats and leading in 76 others.
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22:40
DMK leader Kanimozhi, daughter of the late party patriarch M Karunadhi won the Thoothukudi Lok Sabha constituency by defeating her BJP rival by more than three lakh votes.
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22:18
The Union Cabinet will meet on Friday evening to recommend the dissolution of the 16th Lok Sabha. After the Cabinet's recommendation is passed in the form of a resolution, President Ram Nath Kovind will dissolve the present Lok Sabha, the term of which is ending on June 3. The 17th Lok Sabha has to be constituted before June 3 and the process to form a new House will be initiated when the three Election Commissioners meet the President in the next few days to hand over the list of newly-elected members.
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21:54
Actor-turned-politician Sunny Deol fielded by the BJP from the Gurdaspur constituency won by defeating Congress heavyweight and sitting MP Sunil Jakhar. Deol, 59, defeated the Punjab Congress chief with a margin of 82,459 votes.
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21:41
Cricketer-turned-politician Gautam Gambhir wins East Delhi seat, defeats Congress' Arvinder Singh Lovely by margin of 3.91 lakh votes.
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21:41
BJP's state chief Dilip Ghosh said the West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee should no longer dream of becoming prime minister, rather she should be concerned about saving her chief minister's chair. "The people of Bengal has given a verdict against TMC and its misrule in Bengal. The TMC has lost the moral right to continue in office. The people want to get rid of this government," Ghosh said. He himself is headed for a victory from the Midnapore seat.
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21:00
PM Modi makes three promises to India after massive mandate in election.
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20:30
"I once again say that I will never to anything for myself personally," says PM Modi. "My time, my body will be for the people of India."
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20:27
"Not many knew me in 2014 and yet people put their faith in me. In 2019, people got to know me better and have put even more faith in me. I understand the emotions behind it. I want to tell my fellow citizens that even in the days to come, I will never do any work with the wrong intentions," says PM Modi
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20:25
PM Modi says all that was said (against him) during the election has been forgotten by him and that for the sake of India's progress, he would want to take everyone together in the path towards development.
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20:20
"This is a huge mandate, a mandate that has stunned the world," says PM Modi. "The population of India was a lot less in pre-independence times but still, our brave freedom fighters ended the rule of foreign powers. Time has now come for 130 crore Indians to come together once again and become determined to rid India of all its problems."
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20:15
PM Modi also attacks Opposition. "For the first time, opposition parties in the country were unable to level even a single charge of corruption against the government. For the first time ever, the issue of price rise was never raised by opposition parties."
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20:06
PM Modi also thanks BJP workers. "Your selfless work and dedication has helped us get such a huge mandate."
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20:01
"If there is a winner today, it is India, it is democracy, it is the people of this country," says PM Modi. "We dedicate this win to the people of India."
