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Modi quits Vadodara, retains Varanasi

New Delhi:  Prime Minister Narendra Modi today quit his Vadodara Lok Sabha seat, choosing to retain Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh, where the BJP recorded a landslide victory bagging 71 of the 80 seats in the

PTI Updated on: May 29, 2014 23:44 IST
On the day of the results, Modi had expressed his gratitude to the people of Vadodara for the huge win.

“After filing my nomination, I could spend only 50 minutes with you but you gave me victory by 5.70 lakh margin.  I have checked up and found that only P V Narasimha Rao had won by such a big margin and that was in a bye election. Mine has been recorded in a general election,” he had said.

The Lok Sabha Speaker will process the resignations and after acceptance the vacancies will be intimated to the Election Commission so that bye elections can be held.
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