Modi’s stunning victory in Gujarat has all the elements of a classical Indian style electoral wave. It levelled the usual political divisions of the state: different political regions, urban centres as well as rural hinterland and different phases of polling behaved in a similar fashion. The wave swept aside all the factors that caught media attention: rebels, internal dissentions, local disaffection and caste-community equations.
Gujarat's Muslims welcomed Modi's victory in the Assembly elections.
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Party chief Rajnath Singh reminds him he isn’t bigger than the party.
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It is a remarkable victory for Modi, says Abhishek Manu Singhvi.
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The Parliamentary Board gave its seal of approval for Modi's name.
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Godhra went to the Congress, while the BJP won Naroda Patia.
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BJP wins 117 seats in the 182-member Assembly.
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According to the business community the real challenge for Modi has only begun.
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The Chief Minister has had little difficulty in powering his party to a comfortable win.
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Modi purportedly said that he was doubtful about his party's prospects.
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Few parties except the Left Front in WB have successfully retained power in a state.
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Exit polls and opinion surveys again proved off the mark in Gujarat.
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