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According to the Election Commission's website, the NOTA vote share of Bihar stood at two per cent of the total votes polled in the state that has 40 Lok Sabha seats.

Steamrolling the ruling Congress-JD(S) alliance, the BJP Thursday had scored a resounding win bagging 25 out of the total 28 Lok Sabha seats in an outcome that left the one-year old Kumaraswamy government in a tizzy over its stability.

The SP leader said that it was a matter of introspection why the SP-BSP alliance in Uttar Pradesh did not yield expected results.

The fact that BJP won a landslide in the rest of the country means the AIADMK government will continue to take orders from New Delhi. Its survival would depend entirely on the BJP's game plan.

The independent MLA from Gujarat's Vadgam Assembly constituency said also congratulated Kanhaiya Kumar, Aatishi, Prakash Raj and Amra Ramji for running campaigns that were inclusive.

In a dig, he said the TMC supremo should no longer dream of becoming prime minister, rather she should be concerned about saving her chief minister's chair.

This election was considered as tough one for Kharge, a nine-time MLA and two-term Lok Sabha member, as several senior leaders of Congress like Baburao Chinchansur, Malka Reddy and Malikayya Guttedar,from theregion quit the party and joined BJP.

The 2019 Lok Sabha polls will be the first time since 1952 that the Left Front will not end up with double digits in the general election.

Senior leader H Raja, known for his controversial remarks is behind Congress candidate and son of P Chidambaram in Sivaganga.

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