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BJP's performance changes political map of North, West India

New Delhi: The record performance of the Bharatiya Janata Party in the Lok Sabha elections has changed the political contours of the northern and western regions of the country with parties such as Congress and

PTI Updated on: May 18, 2014 13:09 IST
JD (U), which parted ways with NDA recently, fared badly by winning two seats. RJD, which had tied with Congress this time, won four seats. The Congress has won two.

In the last general elections, JD(U) had bagged 20 seats.

RJD managed to retain its tally of four, though party chief Lalu Prasad's daughter and wife lost the elections.

In Jammu and Kashmir, BJP won three out of six seats. The other three went to the People's Democratic Party.

The National Conference, which had three seats in the outgoing Lok Sabha, failed to open its account.

Party chief Farooq Abdullah lost the Srinagar seat to PDP.

Congress too, which had two seats, failed open its account. Senior Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad lost the electoral battle from Udhampur.

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