The BJP-led National Democratic Alliance will win 345 seats, leads show (File)
Highlights
- "India wins yet again", PM tweets as BJP moves towards landslide win
- Leads show BJP will get a clear majority on its own by winning 294 seats
- The party had won 282 seats in the 2014 general elections.
With the BJP set for a landslide victory in the national elections, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today thanked the nation in a tweet and praised party workers for their "determination, perseverance and hardwork". The PM said that "together we will build a strong and inclusive India". Leads show that PM Modi's BJP will again get a clear majority on its own by winning 294 seats, which is better than the 282 seats it had won in the 2014 general elections.
"Thank you India! The faith placed in our alliance is humbling and gives us strength to work even harder to fulfil people's aspirations. I salute every BJP Karyakarta for their determination, perseverance and hardwork. They went home to home, elaborating on our development agenda," the PM tweeted this evening.
In another tweet, the PM said the country will grow and prosper together. "India wins yet again," he added.
The BJP-led National Democratic Alliance or NDA is ahead in 345 seats, leads show, while the Congress-led UPA is leading in 91 seats. In 2014, the NDA had won 336. It was the first time in more than three decades that a single party won majority on its own.
BJP chief Amit Shah today said the massive win is the victory of PM Modi's development and the people's trust in him.
"This victory is India's victory. This is the victory of the hopes of youths, the poor, and farmers. This massive win is the victory of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's development and the people's trust in him. On the behalf of crores of BJP workers, I congratulate Narendra Modi," Mr Shah tweeted.
The leads show that the BJP will manage to keep its core states - the Hindi heartland, Gujarat and Maharashtra - while posting fresh victories in Bengal, Odisha and the northeast. It has also scored a huge win in Karnataka - a state the Congress rules jointly with HD Kumaraswamy.
In Uttar Pradesh, which sends the largest number of lawmakers to the Lok Sabha, the BJP has established a huge lead over the Mayawati-Akhilesh Yadav alliance and is ahead in 61 seats. The gathbandhan is leading in only 18 seats. In Bengal, leads show the BJP has made huge inroads, and is set to win 19 seats, compared to 22 by Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool Congress. In 2014, the BJP had won just two seats in Bengal.
The final results will be declared only by late evening.