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The Look Of An Election

Now that the verdict is out, a few snapshots to bookmark the general election journey

The Look Of An Election
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바카라œThis is a victory for the people of India. Today crores of people of this country have filled the jhola of this fakir.바카라

PM Narendra Modi, after the sweeping electoral victory of the BJP

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Deadly duo

A man rests amid chairs and a Modi cut-out.

Photograph by Getty Images

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Amit Shah cut-outs at a BJP rally in Delhi

Photograph by Getty Images

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Power finger

Men pose after casting their vote in Ajmer.

Photograph by PTI

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BJP members on the Dal, J&K

Photograph by PTI

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An old hand getting the vote mark

Photograph by Getty Images

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Coalition Co

DMK chief Stalin gets his cheeks pulled in Vellore, TN.

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Selfietime for SP바카라™s Akhilesh Yadav

Photograph by PTI

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Priyanka Gandhi Vadra plays with snakes in Rae Bareli

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  • 81.8% Percentage of seats retained by the BJP, opposed to 37.2% for Congress
  • 39 Years Amethi lasted as a bastion for Nehru-Gandhi family
  • 68 Years it took the BJP to open its account in Kerala
  • 41,667 Votes for NOTA in Bastar, higher than difference between winner and runner-up.
  • 71 NDA wins, out of 115 districts listed 바카라˜aspirational바카라™ by Niti Aayog
  • 19 The number of states/UTs where Congress drew a blank
  • 6.5 CPM바카라™s voteshare dropped to in West Bengal from 22.9 in 2014
  • 25 Muslim MPs in Parliament, up by one from 2014, less than half of 1989
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