Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi Wins In An Election Landslide

BBC: India election 2019: Narendra Modi thanks voters for 'historic mandate'

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has thanked the people of India for giving him a "historic mandate" of five more years in office, after a landslide victory in the general election.

"We all want a new India. I want to bow down my head and say thank you," he said in a victory address to supporters of his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

The BJP is projected to get about 300 of the 543 seats in parliament.

It is likely to take a larger share of the vote than in the 2014 elections.

The main opposition alliance, which is headed by Rahul Gandhi's Congress party, has admitted defeat.

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WNU Editor: He has won a clear mandate.

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Exit Polls Indicate A Decisive Win For Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi

CNN: Exit polls suggest a win for Narendra Modi in world's biggest elections

Varanasi, India (CNN)Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is on course to win a second term after polling in the world's biggest election came to a close on Sunday, initial exit polls suggest.

Most major exit polls, conducted by local media, put the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), led by Modi, and its National Democratic Alliance (NDA) coalition as winning a clear majority when results are announced on May 23.

Modi's BJP has been fighting it out for the votes of 900 million people against the main opposition Congress Party, led by political scion Rahul Gandhi, and other big regional players, over the course of six weeks of polling.

A party needs to win 272 seats out of 543 in the Lok Sabha, or lower house of parliament to form a government.

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WNU Editor: The vote count will begin on Thursday .... India’s marathon election ends, vote count begins Thursday (AP).

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Ruling Congress Sweeps To India Election Victory

Victory: Congress party workers celebrate victory in the India elections in New Delhi today. The coalition is expected to have won 261 seats - just 11 short of an overall majority. Photo from The Daily Mail.

India's Ruling Party Wins Resounding Victory -- Yahoo News/AP

NEW DELHI – The ruling Congress party swept to a resounding victory Saturday in India's mammoth national elections, defying expectations as it brushed aside the Hindu nationalist opposition and a legion of ambitious smaller parties.

The strong showing by the party, which is dominated by the powerful Nehru-Gandhi political dynasty, laid to rest fears of an unstable, shaky coalition heading the South Asian giant at a time when many of it neighbors are plagued by instability, civil war and rising extremism.

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