Gandhinagar 16/05/2014 NDA's Primeministerial candidate Narendra Modi shows victory signe after arriving at the BJP headquarter in Gandhinagar on May 16, 2014. Photo: Vivek Bendre
RPT:Gandhinagar : A victorious Narendra Modi seeks blessings of his mother Hiraba at her home in Gandhinagar on Friday as election results showed a landslide win for BJP led by him. PTI Photo (PTI5_16_2014_000068B)
Bharatiya Janata Party President Rajnath Singh offers sweets to party leader Amit Shah as they celebrate the partys victory at the party headquarters in New Delhi, India, Friday, May 16, 2014. BJP leader Narendra Modi will be the countrys next prime minister after driving the long-dominant Congress party from power in the most decisive election victory India has seen in more than a quarter century, partial results showed Friday. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) supporters dance and burst firecrackers to celebrate the news of early election result trends in Allahabad, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, Friday, May 16, 2014. India's opposition leader Narendra Modi and his party won national elections in a landslide Friday, preliminary results showed, driving the long-dominant Congress party out of power in the most commanding victory India has seen in more than a quarter century. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)
BANGALORE - 16.05.2014 : Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) supporter celebrate the victory of its prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi, at freedom park, in Bangalore on May 16, 2014. Photo: K. Murali Kumar. #LSPOLLS2014
Mumbai:People watch the screen outside BSE as the stock prices rise with early counting trends indicating NDA's victory in Mumbai on Friday. PTI Photo by Shashank Parade(PTI5_16_2014_000173A)
NEW DELHI,16/05/2014:( To go with Vishal Kant's story): Supporters of BJP celebrates their party candiadate after winning West Delhi Parliamentray constituency seat out side the counting centre in Dwarka, in New Delhi on Friday. Photo:Shiv Kumar Pushpakar #LSPOLLS2014
Jaipur: Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje waves as BJP supporters celebrate party thumping win in the Lok Sabha polls, in Jaipur on Friday. PTI Photo (PTI5_16_2014_000256B)
Jaipur: BJP candidate Rajyawardhan Rathore with his wife showing victory sign after his victory in Lok Sabha polls in Jaipur on Friday. PTI Photo (PTI5_16_2014_000214B)
BANGALORE - 16.05.2014 : Former Karnataka Chief minister D V Sadananda Gowda, BJP's Bangalore North candidate, celebrate after being declared winner with his supporters near the counting centre, in Bangalore on May 16, 2014. Photo: K. Murali Kumar. #LSPOLLS2014
New Delhi, 16/05/2014: Congress President Sonia Gandhi and Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi on thier way to address the media at the AICC Headquarters, soon after the announcement of the General Election 2014 Results in New Delhi on Friday, 2014. .#LSPOLLS2014# . Photo:R_V_Moorthy
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM::16/05/2014:: KPCC President V.M.Sudheeran congratulating Shashi Tharoor who retained his Thiruvananthapuram seat,in Thiruvananthapuram on Friday..................................Photo:S_Mahinsha
HYDERABAD (AP) - 16-05-2014 - BL/ REPORT: KVK : The Telangana Rashtra Samiti president K. Chandrasekhara Rao is ecstatic as he raises his thumbs in victory after he entered the Telangana Bhavan in Hyderabad on Friday after his party's resounding victory in Telangana .--PHOTO: P_V_SIVAKUMAR
Kolkata:West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC Supremo Mamata Banerjee interacts with media after the success of her party in Lok Sabha Election at her residence in Kolkata on Friday.PTI PHoto by Swapan Mahapatra (PTI5_16_2014_000338A)
Jammu and Kashmir state Chief Minister and leader of the National Conference party Omar Abdullah speaks to the media in Srinagar, India, Friday, Aug. 16, 2014. Expressing shock over the rout of the Congress-National Conference (NC) ruling alliance in Jammu and Kashmir, Abdullah Friday took responsibility for the defeat, but said he had not decided to step down, according to news reports. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)
AIADMK leader Jayalalithaa, addressing media persons at her residence afte the party's massive victory, in Chennai on Friday ( May 16, 2014)Photo : Bijoy GhoshTo go with Bureau report
Chennai:16.05.2014. For City: AIADMK party members sweets distribution Celebration for AIADMK Candidate Jayavarthan winner in South Chennai Constituency Lok Shaba Election votes counting centre at Anna University on Friday. Photo: M_Karunakaran
Narendra Modi is set to become the next Prime Minister of India after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) looked in course for a landslide victory in the Lok Sabha polls on Friday, surpassing the requisite 272-mark for a majority. The Congress, which has been in power, on and off, ever since Independence, is headed towards its biggest defeat in history, reduced to a little over 40 seats. With allies in tow, the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance is moving towards 340-odd seats that will give the ruling coalition enough leeway to push through legislations in the lower House of Parliament. As the world’s largest political exercise draws to a close with a thumping win for the nationalist party, The Hindu Centre for Politics and Public Policy presents a photo feature to capture the mood of the day. Text: <b>Saptarshi Bhattacharya</b>
