Last month Ms Banerjee said "I am very much part of INDIA... it was my brainchild", but made it clear she wanted no truck with Mr Chowdhury, whom today she called a "BJP man".
Besides the INDIA bloc's arithmetic advantage, the ruling DMK's populist schemes, including the Rs 1,000 monthly assistance and free bus rides for women, appear to have worked magic.
As per the result declared by the ECI after counting of votes ended for the prestigious seat, Shah got 10,10,972 votes, while Sonal Patel received 2,66,256 lakh votes.
As per the Election Commission, a total of 8,360 candidates had their fate sealed in EVMs across all the 543 parliamentary constituencies in the country.
With the TDP-led alliance heading for a landslide victory with a clear lead in 158 out of 175 assembly constituencies in Andhra Pradesh, N Chandrababu Naidu is set to govern Andhra Pradesh again
In the 2019 Lok Sabha election the BJP got 62 of Uttar Pradesh's 80 seats and its ally, the Apna Dal (Sonelal) picked up another two, while the Samajwadi Party managed only five and the Congress got just two.