Narendra Modi to retain the Varanasi seat, vacate the Vadodara seat Thursday May 28,2014

Narendra Modi who contested on the Varanasi(Uttar Pradesh) seat as well as the Vadodara(Gujarat) seat in the Lok Sabha elections has decided to retain the Varanasi seat and vacate the Vadodara seat

Narendra Modi's win in Vadodara was on expected lines, the fight in Varanasi was said to be tough. However, Narendra Modi defeated his closest rival Arvind Kejriwal(AAP Leader) by a margin by over 4 lakh votes
Narendra Modi had contested against Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal and Congress leader Ajai Rai in Varanasi.

Narendra Modi had won the Vadodara seat by the biggest margin of 5 lakh, seventy thousand votes and is said to have informed the state unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party about his decision.

Narendra Modi on Thursday May 29,2014 resigned from  the Vadodara (Gujarat) seat and will retain the Varanasi seat(Uttar Pradesh)