Union Cabinet passes resolution to dissolve 16th Lok Sabha

It is speculated that the new government under Modi may be sworn-in on May 30.

17th Lok Sabha Election, Uttarakhand: BJP retains all five seats

Bhatt attributed the party's spectacular show countrywide to the vision and leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Both Advani and Joshi congratulated Modi and Shah after trends showed that BJP was headed for a comfortable majority in the Lok Sabha.

The election strategy of the BJP focussed on maing its presence felt at every booth across all the districts in all the states.

BJP president Amit Shah, the main architect of the party’s spectacular performance, has won from Gandhinagar with a record margin of 5.74 lakh votes.

During the last phase, Amit Shah's road-show and the chants of “Jai Shri Ram” created a major Hindutva wave in the West Bengal.

Under Mr Shah’s leadership, the BJP won the tag of “largest political organisation in the world” with more than 11 crore members.

The BJP’s share of the percentage of votes has gone up sharply, its seat share has moved up only modestly.

The BJP also retained Khandwa, where its sitting MP Nandkumar Singh Chauhan trounced former Union minister Arun Yadav of the Congress.

Shah also tore into the opposition parties and took a jibe at N Chandrababu Naidu whose TDP lost the Assembly polls in Andhra Pradesh.