Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday, 23 May, won the Varanasi constituency from Utar Pradesh with a record margin of 4.5 lakh votes, representing the seat for the second time in the Lok Sabha.
Leading the Bharatiya Janata Party towards what is certain to be a resounding victory for a second term in office, PM Modi had earlier taken to Twitter to celebrate the results.
Modi had won the Varanasi seat in the 2014 elections by a margin of 3.7 lakh votes.
Even as initial trends had indicated Modi's victory from the seat, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj tweeted:
Incidentally, after Jawaharlal Nehru and Indira Gandhi, Narendra Modi is the third prime minister of the country who has been able to retain power for a second term with full majority in Lok Sabha, reported news agency PTI.
(With inputs from PTI.)
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