In the 15th Lok Sabha, around 78 percent of the members have a graduate, post-graduate degree or a doctorate. Seen here: Whoa! Nothing can justify the pictures pasted all over the building.
The Congress also attacked Modi for constantly harping on Gujarat model of development, claiming there has been no development at all in the western state during his rule.
Sonia and Rahul put Modi in the crosshairs over alleged favours given to the Adani group in land deals and claimed that he favoured only select industrialists. Rahul hurled "balloon" and "toffee model" barbs at the BJP prime ministerial candidate.
The polling in all phases was by and large peaceful barring a few incidents by Maoists and some poll-related violence. Lok Sabha elections 2014 witnessed the highest-ever turnout with 66.38 per cent of an estimated 814 million voters exercising
Before NOTA button was installed on EVMs, voters had to fill up form 49 'O' at the polling station, which compromised their identity.
These were the first Lok Sabha elections when the option of 'none of the above' or NOTA was introduced on the EVMs following Supreme Court directions to ensure secrecy of voters who use this option.
The 'ballot unit' is switched on in the presence of senior poll officials and counting agents of candidates and the result command keyed in to get results per machine.
The counting of votes will begin at 8 am when the postal ballots will be counted. According to EC guidelines, half-and-hour after the postal ballots are counted, the process of counting votes from the EVMs will begin.
The exit polls have projected that BJP will emerge as the single largest party.
By noon, a final picture could emerge on who would be the major players in the 16th Lok Sabha. Nearly 8000 candidates, including top guns Narendra Modi, Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi and Arvind Kejriwal were in the fray, in the largest-ever electoral
Election Commission said the counting exercise to be held at 989 counting centres is likely to be completed by 5 pm and trends will be available by 11 am.