The Stage is set for PM Modi-led NDA as it secures another 5-year-term in office. With over half of the votes counted, figures show a sweeping win for BJP and its alliance, crossing the 300 mark. The Congress, with help from its alliance, failed to get past the 100 mark. The party, led by Rahul Gandhi, had made a comeback in the 5-state Assembly polls last year. The votes during the mammoth seven phase election, appeared to echo PM Modi's campaign centred around national security and nationalism. Along with the lead in expected states like Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat, the Modi wave swept through states like West Bengal, Karnataka and Odisha. Leaving Only Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh untouched.
Responding to astounding the win, PM Modi said "India wins yet again" and thanked the people for their support. Rahul Gandhi on the other hand, conceded defeat and said, "people of India have decided that Narendra Modi will be the PM again and I fully respect it".
The results also resonate with the exit polls that has predicted that the BJP will win just as many seats as it did in 2014 and form a government comfortably. The poll of polls, an aggregate of exit polls, gave the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) 302 of 543 seats and the Congress and its allies 122.
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Here Are TheHighlights Of Lok Sabha Election Results 2019:
"We have to move forward by taking everyone along, even those who oppose us": PM Modi#ResultsWithNDTV pic.twitter.com/3rr14H8W9k
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"In India there are two castes; one is poverty and the other are the people who want to contribute in any way to eradicate poverty": PM Modi#ResultsWithNDTV pic.twitter.com/EglkweI28n
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"This is not Modi's victory. This is victory of honest people's hope, this is a victory of youths who have walked on the path of 21st century with dreams": PM Modi#ResultsWithNDTV pic.twitter.com/NiFL8ia9VF
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#ResultsWithNDTV | "BJP's uniqueness is that it does not compromise with its principles," says PM @narendramodi pic.twitter.com/dRSXXPHlxp
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#ResultsWithNDTV | We, the members of NDA, lay this win at the feet of the people with utmost humility, says @narendramodi #ElectionResults2019
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Watch | "I thank all Indians for the verdict. After Independence, this election has seen the maximum voter turnout": PM Modi#ResultsWithNDTV pic.twitter.com/51DkGs7PK3
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The elections were not fought by candidates or leaders, it was fought by the people of the country. People have echoed what I wanted. The win today is of the people. If there is anyone who won today, it is the democracy that won.
Watch | This is a victory of PM Modi's 'Sabka Saath Sabka Vikas' ideology against the parties that march forward with the ideology of 'tukde-tukde': BJP chief Amit Shah #ResultsWithNDTV pic.twitter.com/4oyW93MNLt
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- Today's mandate is against those who supported the tukde-tukde gang
- Our victory is an answer to the ideology of the 'tukde-tukde gang
- People of India have shown the door to those who made baseless allegations against PM Modi
- Today I also want to bow my head to the workers who have sacrificed their lives in Bengal, Kerala and Karnataka
Watch | BJP chief Amit Shah hits out SP-BSP alliance which received a massive jolt from the BJP in Uttar Pradesh #ResultsWithNDTV pic.twitter.com/4WbY0IZY7j
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"Biggest win since independence," says BJP chief Amit Shah, praises PM Modi#ResultsWithNDTV pic.twitter.com/6amP649QGR
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Watch | BJP workers give a grand welcome to PM Modi at party headquarters in New Delhi #ResultsWithNDTV pic.twitter.com/njtuplbjiV
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#JustIn | Chandrababu Naidu resigns as YSR Congress storms to power in Andhra Pradesh: news agency ANI pic.twitter.com/Yk9dk0PbmG
- NDTV (@ndtv) May 23, 2019
