Prime Minister Narendra Modi waves to the crowd. Seen alongside is BJP national president Amit Shah. Photograph: Sahil Salvi

Portraits of Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Narendra Modi, L K Advani and Amit Shah adorn the stands of the Wankhede stadium. Photograph: Sahil Salvi

Outside support: NCP's Praful Patel with BJP leaders Rajiv Pratap Rudy and Shahnawaz Hussain. Photograph: Sahil Salvi

Late BJP leader Pramod Mahajan's daughter Poonam clicks a snap of the new Maharashtra chief minister with his mother. Photograph: Sahil Salvi

The stands at the Wankhede stadium were fully occupied. Photograph: Sahil Salvi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi greets former Maharashtra chief minister Prithviraj Chavan. Also seen are Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje Scindia and NCP leader Praful PatelPhotograph: Sahil Salvi

Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray greets Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Also seen is BJP national president Amit Shah. Photograph: Sahil Salvi

Show of strength by BJP and its friends from the National Democratic Alliance. Photograph: Sahil Salvi

BJP workers left no stone unturned to celebrate their electoral success. Seen here are cutouts of BJP's symbol on fishing boats off the Mumbai coast. Photograph: Sahil Salvi

Devendra Fadnavis takes the blessings of seers and BJP-RSS leaders. Photograph: Sahil Salvi

Andhra CM Chandrababu Naidu with his counterparts M L Khattar from Haryana and Manohar Parrikar from Goa. Photograph: Sahil Salvi

The victor and the vanquished: BJP's M Venkaiah Naidu with Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray and former Congress CM Prithviraj ChavanPhotograph: Press Information Bureau

Devendra Fadnavis taking the oath of secrecy. Photograph: Press Information Bureau