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The country's richest candidate Ramesh Kumar Sharma, who fought as an independent from Patliputra parliamentary seat in Bihar, lost his deposit as he secured only 1,556 votes. Sharma had declared a net asset of Rs 1,107 crore in his nomination papers.

The Congress-led UDF coalition registered a remarkable victory in Kerala with wins in 19 out of the 20 Lok Sabha constituencies.

Both the Left front and Congress have been accusing Banerjee of facilitating BJP’s entry into West Bengal by 'feeding the politics of polarisation'.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi emerged as the most mentioned figure during the entire course of the elections.

Both rebel AIADMK leader TTV Dhinakaran and Kamal Haasan's Makkal Needhi Maiam failed to make a mark in the Lok Sabha elections.

Already the longest-serving chief minister of Odisha, having assumed office in the year 2000, Patnaik has weathered many a controversy—from chit fund scams to mining scandals—but remained the foremost leader of the regional outfit he heads.

The enormity of the Modi victory can be encapsulated in one simple statistic: BJP’s provisional voteshare as per the current trends stands at 48%. In other words, every second Indian who voted chose Modi as PM.

Gautam Gambhir hails from a privileged background, father Deepak Gambhir being an established businessman but the filth of Delhi cricket created a street fighter in the feisty left-hander, which remained with him till his very last day in competitive cric...

The TDP that won 102 Assembly seats in 2014, now looks set to bag a mere 24 seats in the 175-member AP Assembly as the main opposition YSR Congress is headed for a landslide victory with 150 seats.

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