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BJP's Arun Govil from Meerut
BJP candidate Arun Govil, who played the role of Lord Ram in the popular TV serial Ramayana, won from the Meerut Lok Sabha seat in Uttar Pradesh, defeating his nearest rival Sunita Verma of the Samajwadi Party.
Govil won by a margin of 10,585 votes.
He secured 5,46,469 votes, SP's Sunita Verma got 5,35,884 votes and BSP's Devvrat Kumar Tyagi got 87,025 votes
Siddaramaiah: 'There was no Modi wave anywhere'
"The BJP may be the single largest party, but it has not got a simple majority. There was no Modi wave anywhere, which means that it is very clear that his popularity has diminished," Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah said in Bengaluru.
"I don’t know whether they will form the government or step down but BJP has no simple majority to form the government headed by Narendra Modi," he added.
Tamil Nadu: A Raja wins from Nilgiris
DMK leader and former Union Minister A Raja won from the Nilgiris Lok Sabha constituency in Tamil Nadu, defeating Central Minister L Murugan by a margin of 2,40,585 votes, according to the Election Commission.
Raja, who established a clear lead since the counting of votes was taken up in the morning, secured 4,73,212 votes while Murugan polled 2,32,627 votes. AIADMK's D Logesh Tamilselvan finished third, obtaining 2,20,230 votes.
Banaskantha (Gujarat): Congress's Geniben Nagaji Thakor wins by 30,406 votes
This is Congress's first LS seat win in 10 years in the state
Andhra Pradesh CM Jagan Mohan Reddy resigns
Jagan's party YSRCP lost in the Andhra Pradesh Assembly polls. TDP has emerged as the single largest party.