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Eugene

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Thu May 23, 2019, 01:54 PM May 2019

India election results: Modi wins landslide victory

Source: Washington Post

India election results: Modi wins landslide victory

By Joanna Slater and Niha Masih May 23 at 10:17 AM

NEW DELHI — Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his party won a landslide victory in the world’s largest election as voters endorsed his vision of a muscular, assertive and stridently Hindu India.

With most of the votes counted, official results showed Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party leading in 303 parliamentary constituencies, well above the 272-seat majority mark in parliament. If that number holds, the BJP will win more seats in this election than it did in 2014, which was considered a landmark victory at the time.

The result represents a stunning vote of confidence in Modi, a charismatic and polarizing politician who towers over his rivals. No Indian prime minister has returned to power with such a large mandate in nearly five decades.

“Together we will build a strong and inclusive India,” Modi wrote on Twitter on Thursday afternoon. “India wins yet again!”

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Modi’s win is a victory for a form of religious nationalism that views India as a fundamentally Hindu nation and seeks to jettison the secularism promoted by the country’s founders. Although India is about 80 percent Hindu, it is also home to Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists other religious communities.

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