Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday quit his Vadodara lok Sabha seat, choosing to retain Varanasi in Uttar Pradesh, where the Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) recorded a landslide victory bagging 71 of the 80 seats in the elections.
Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav, who was also elected from two seats in Uttar Pradesh, has quit his pocket-borough Mainpuri and retained Azamgarh.