India's Modi heading for reduced majority, early results suggest
Source: BBC
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's alliance is comfortably ahead in the general election vote count, but early results show it falling well short of the landslide exit polls predicted.
Mr Modi’s BJP-led alliance is leading in more than 290 of 543 seats up for grabs. The Congress and other allied opposition parties are on more than 220.
Many observers have been surprised by the strong opposition showing so far.
A slew of exit polls at the weekend showed the BJP-led NDA alliance on course for a super majority which would allow it to make changes to the constitution.
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