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Mamata Banerjee offers to quit as West Bengal CM, party rejects the request

'I told my party it is very difficult to continue as chief minister', said Banerjee

Odisha rejects three father-son pairs and turncoats, prefer new faces

Ruling BJD vice-president A U Singhdeo's sons Kalikesh and Arkesh, also lost the polls

It was a pro-incumbency wave that gave us the mandate: Modi at NDA meeting

PM urges leaders to maintain restraint while speaking to media, says some statements made for publicity often cause trouble

Mamata sees foreign hand in BJP win, offers to quit as CM; party rejects

Addressing her first press conference after election results, she accused BJP of polarising people on religious lines to garner votes in West Bengal

Modi elected NDA parliamentary party leader, will call on President Kovind

Will stake claim to form govt, likely to be sworn in as next prime minister next week

Election results LIVE: Prime Minister Modi elected as leader of NDA

Lok Sabha election result 2019 LIVE updates: Congress President Rahul Gandhi offered his resignation taking moral responsibility of the defeat. However, it was rejected by Congress leaders

BJP enters Telangana; TRS to analyse Lok Sabha loss and Modi factor

TRS bagged nine of the total 17 Lok Sabha seats in the state, while its ally AIMIM retained its constituency (Hyderabad). BJP managed to win four, while Congress secured three.

BJP leader demands resignation of Karnataka CM Kumaraswamy, Siddaramaiah

Referring to his party's win in 25 of the 28 seats in the state, Ashok, a former deputy chief minister, said it meant people voted for it in more than 177 assembly segments

People of Jammu, Ladakh want immediate removal of Articles 370, 35A: BJP

It also said the National Conference's claim that it will form the government on its own in the state after the assembly elections is "hollow"

Polls come and go, can't afford to lose conscience: Gambhir dig on Kejriwal

Gambhir had been accused by AAP leaders of being involved in distribution of "obscene and derogatory" pamphlets against her during election campaign

EC submits list of new MPs to President, process for 17th LS initiated

While the EC notification sets in motion the constitution of a new Lok Sabha, the list given to the President enables him to formally initiate the government formation process.

PM Modi to stake claim to form new govt, meets President this evening

BJP under Narendra Modi won a historic 303 seats out of 542. This was their best ever performance.

YSRCP chief Jaganmohan Reddy to meet Modi, may discuss issue-based support

The meeting assumes importance as the YSRCP chief during the election campaign had said that his party would support whoever promises Andhra Pradesh the Special Category Status

Lok Sabha polls 2019: Nearly 80% candidates in J&K lost security deposit

The BJP retained three parliamentary seats of Jammu, Udhampur and Ladakh, while the National Conference swept the polls in the Kashmir valley, winning all the three seats of Srinagar, Anantnag and Bar

Saffron surge: Will Mamata keep flock together ahead of state polls?

TMC insiders said the party virtually failed to counter BJP's nationalism narrative and Hindutva pitch, which resulted in the polarisation in the state, where Muslims constitute 27% of the population

Why did Rahul Gandhi lose in Amethi? Here's what voters have to say

Amethi LS seat remained loyal to the Gandhi family since 1980. In 2014 lok sabha elections, Rahul Gandhi defeated Smriti Irani by a margin of over 100,000 votes.

BJP retains Maharashtra tally despite marginal rise in 2014 vote share

As per data, the BJP polled 1,49,12,139 votes as against 1,33,08,961 votes it had secured five years ago

Congress Working Committee meets to mull over LS poll debacle

There were speculations that Congress President Rahul Gandhi has offered to resign but the party has denied it.

Odisha voters go for split voting; choose Naveen for state, Modi for centre

The Biju Janata Dal won 12 Lok Sabha seats while the BJP got eight and the Congress one but in the state Assembly election the BJD bagged 112 seats while the BJP won 23 and the Congress only nine.

The awful, unchanging binary of elections

You cannot win an election without putting together a massive war chest