EC submits list of newly elected MPs to Prez
"The Chief Election Commissioner, Shri V.S. Sampath, accompanied by Shri H.S. Brahma and Dr. Nasim Zaidi, Election Commissioners, met the President of India at 1830 hrs on May 18th, 2014," the President's Secretariat said in a statement.
"A copy of the Notification issued by the Election Commission of India in terms of Section 73 of the Representation of People’s Act, 1951 containing the names of the Members elected to the House of the People following the General Elections to the 16th Lok Sabha was submitted by them to the President," read the statement.
The result of the Lok Saha polls was declared on Friday.
Decimating the ruling Congress in a landslide victory, Narendra Modi led the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to win 285 seats out of 543 that made it the first party to cross the majority mark of 272 on its own in over 30 years.
Riding on an unprecedented wave of expectations coupled with widespread resentment against the ruling Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA), Modi almost singled-handedly bought the BJP-led National Deocratic Alliance (NDA) to a 340-seat-tally.
Sonia and Rahul Gandhi-led Congress party meanwhile was routed to just 44 seats, a huge 162 seats short of last time, ending Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s tenure with a humiliating blow.
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