Varanasi Muslims celebrate PM Modi's win with crackers

Riding on a massive Modi wave sweeping through most parts of India, the BJP was set to return to power while the Congress trailed far behind. According to trends released by ABP News on Thursday for all 542 seats that went to polls, the NDA is winning 332 seats, while Congress is leading 98 seats.

In the politically critical state of Uttar Pradesh, where the Samajwadi Party-Bahujan Samaj Party had posed a stiff challenge, the BJP was leading in 55 of the 80 seats at stake. The SP was ahead in eight and BSP in 21. The Congress Party was ahead only on two seats.