Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party-led alliance is on track for a clear majority after early vote counting.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party -led alliance raced to a clear majority in the 543-member lower house of parliament in early vote-counting trends on Tuesday.
The first votes counted are postal ballots, which are paper ballots, mostly cast by troops serving outside their home constituencies or officials away from home on election duty.Credit:This year, postal votes were also offered to voters over 85 years of age and people with disabilities to allow them to vote from home.
TV exit polls broadcast after voting ended on June 1 projected a big win for Modi, but exit polls have often got election outcomes wrong in India. Nearly one billion people were registered to vote, of which 642 million turned out.However, if Modi’s victory is confirmed, his BJP will have triumphed in a vitriolic campaign in which parties accused each other of religious bias and of posing a threat to sections of the population.
TV exit polls released on Saturday after voting ended projected the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance could win a two-thirds majority in the 543-member lower house of parliament.
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