India's Modi heads for re-election, early trends show

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi looked on course Thursday for a major victory in the world's biggest election, with early trends suggesting his Hindu nationalist party will win a bigger majority even than 2014.

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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (C) gestures as he is garlanded by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and other alliance leaders during the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) dinner meeting in New Delhi on May 21, 2019. (Photo by Money SHARMA / AFP)

2019-05-23 11:08:23

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi looked on course Thursday for a major victory in the world's biggest election, with early trends suggesting his Hindu nationalist party will win a bigger majority even than 2014.

After two and a half hours of counting, figures from the Election Commission showed Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the lead in 283 seats out of 542 with the rival Congress on just 51.

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