Politicians have hailed Narendra Modi's landslide poll victory.
Modi is poised be the 14th prime minister of India, following his resounding election victory.
BJP candidate for the Amethi LS seat Smriti Irani, who lost to incumbent Rahul Gandhi by 176,000 votes, said: "I had said it at a beginning of this particular election that the contest would be between the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Congress Party in Amethi. And, whatever results are coming out, portray that the projection of the contest in this seat was absolutely correct."
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh also telephoned Modi to congratulate him on his success.
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik said: "I would like to express my deep gratitude to the people of our beloved state for having shower blessings on the Biju Janata Dal for the fourth consecutive time."
In Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, winning Congress candidate Shashi Tharoor said: "I had no doubt that in the log term that the voters of Thiruvananthapuram, would prefer the performance that they have seen the last five years to the kind of divisive politics that we saw from the others."
Modi's landslide win was welcomed with a thundering rally and raucous celebrations at offices across the country of his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), where supporters danced, exploded fireworks and handed out sweets.
The 63-year-old's promises of job creation and clean, efficient government resonated with many of the half a billion people who braved blistering summer heat to vote in the world's biggest election over the last five weeks.
Betting on a Modi win, foreign investors have poured more than USD 16 billion into Indian stocks and bonds in the past six months and now hold over 22 percent of Mumbai-listed equities - a stake estimated by Morgan Stanley at almost USD 280 billion.
Modi had promised to take decisive action to unblock stalled investments in power, road and rail projects to revive economic growth.
