The BJP had got a vote share of 31.15 per cent, the Shiv Sena 19.3 per cent and Congress 18 per cent.
The election for Vellore constituency which was to be held on April 18 was rescinded following the seizure of a large amount of cash by the Income Tax department.
A total of 57 leaders from the BJP and NDA allies also took oath as the new union council of ministers.
PM-designate Narendra Modi also visited Sadaiv Atal Samadhi, the memorial of late PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee, along with BJP president Amit Shah and other party leaders
In inviting leaders of the BIMSTEC grouping for the swearing-in ceremony, the Modi Administration is offering an alternative platform for regional integration in the absence of a stalled SAARC, say experts.
According to the official reason cited, all BJD MLAs are to take oath in the Odisha Assembly on Thursday in the presence of the CM, and hence he is unable to go to Delhi
Sharma, the leader from Chambal region but fielded from Bundelkhand area, won by a huge margin of 4,92,382 votes against Congress candidate Maharani Kavita Singh ‘Natiraja’
Muslim clerics and academics in West Bengal are unhappy with CM Mamata Banerjee’s statements on votebank politics post Lok Sabha elections 2019
India's internal politics does not permit him to extend an invitation, says Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi
Amidst criticism, Mimi and Nusrat found support from certain people.
