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In his first term, Narendra Modi ran a tight ship with a firmness that no Indian Prime Minister has been able to exercise since Indira Gandhi. His control over the government was total, akin to the hold US presidents have over their team.

The scale of BJP’s victory can be gauged from the fact that two of its candidates — Hans Raj Hans and Parvesh Sahib Singh Verma — got more than 60% votes while the other five too crossed the 50% mark.

In what could be one of the biggest waves in Kerala’s election history, UDF swept the Lok Sabha polls by winning 19 of the 20 seats. Adding charm to the thumping win was the majority garnered by many of the winning candidates; 10 of them had a minimum margin of one lakh votes.

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The sensex opened strong with a 400-point gain, and soon rallied to an all-time peak of 40,125. But from then on, as profit-booking set in, it lost ground. In the last hour of trade, it fell sharply to touch an intra-day low at 38,652, but closed a bit higher from that level.

Rahul’s uncle, Sanjay, father Rajiv and mother Sonia had all won the Amethi seat in six consecutive elections since 1980, while Rahul had himself won it thrice from 2004 on. The defeat capped a humiliating day for Rahul, with UPA struggling to improve its 2014 tally.

A call on Shah’s new role can be tricky because of the transformation he brought about in BJP, turning what was a languid organisation into a relentless poll machine. There are doubts whether an effective substitute can be found.

BJD beats anti-incumbency in Odisha to lead in 98 and win 14 out of 146 seats, though BJP makes big gains in assembly (leading in 22 seats) and Lok Sabha elections. Naveen Patnaik , becomes the third chief minister to get a 5th straight term.

The results of the election became apparent within a couple of hours of counting on Thursday morning, with BJP racing to leads in over 200 seats. By the end of the day, BJP had won more seats in Uttar Pradesh than Congress did all over the country.