As it happened: India election

Key Points

• India's Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has called its predicted landslide win a "people's victory".
• The governing Congress has conceded defeat with Rahul and Sonia Gandhi both taking responsibility.
• The nine-phase five-week long campaign witnessed bitter exchanges between all parties.
• Indian officials are still counting more than 550 million votes cast during its marathon general election.
• Turnout for this election broke records with 66.38% of those eligible casting a vote.
• Security around the country has been stepped up to prevent any violence . All times BST (GMT+1).