Gandhi asserted that "No longer can be the parliament bulldozed. Many wrote our obituaries, but we have sustained."

As the dust settles down and the BJP leadership realises that nothing has changed and the party has “really not been defeated” and it is very much in power for a record third term, the Congress will start realising that it has lost the election for the third consecutive time and term. 

Saini recently defeated his main rival, Congress's Tarlochan Singh to win the by-poll for the Karnal Assembly seat, which party colleague Manohar Lal Khattar earlier held. 

Of the total women MPs elected to the Lower House from across the country, West Bengal is leading with 11 female MPs. A total of 797 women candidates had contested the elections with the BJP fielding the maximum at 69 followed by the Congress at 41.

Victories in Assam’s Dhubri, the two constituencies in Manipur, the Tura seat in Meghalaya, and Nagaland have marked a significant comeback for the party. Congress won seven seats across four states, three more than its tally across Assam and Meghalaya five years ago.

While the outcomes are yet to be announced in the majority of seats counting trends till now show some big names biting the dust in this general elections.

In a heated press conference, Banerjee vowed to oust Modi from power and promote the INDIA bloc's ascendancy.

BJP alone was leading on 187 seats and won Surat uncontested, while Congress was ahead in 70 seats at 9:45 am.

Huge voting numbers were witnessed in Maoist-ravaged areas for the first time in decades.

Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi commended the Election Commission of India (ECI) for its participatory approach towards addressing the concerns raised by the INDIA bloc.

Tamang the outgoing CM had called on the Governor on Sunday evening and had submitted his resignation to clear the decks for the formation of a new government.

The Agiaon assembly seat, a reserved constituency, is also holding a by-election following the disqualification of CPI(ML) MLA Manoj Manzil due to a murder conviction.