Delhi: May 19 was a good day for the BJP. After the debacle in Delhi and Bihar, they created history in Assam and won emphatically in the Northeast state.


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On the other hand, the Congress after a series of defeats in 2014 and 2015, it lost Assam and Kerala on Thursday.

Now there is a BJP chief minister in 9 states - Assam, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Rajasthan.


Following is a look at the presence of BJP in the country (Figures courtesy - The Times of India).


- Percentage of population under BJP rules states - 35.57%.


- Percentage of population under Congress rules states - 7.01%.


- Percentage of area under BJP rule - 45.46%.


- Percentage of area under Congress rule - 11.15%.


Meanwhile, elated with BJP's good show in Assam, PM Narendra Modi tweeted: