After a quarter of the votes were counted after the general elections in India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party is in the lead with 39.9 percent. However, Modi’s victory may not be as big as previously thought.
The Election Commission said on Tuesday that the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its coalition partners have at least 281 seats in parliament – more than the 272 needed for a majority.
The world’s largest democratic vote ended in India on Saturday after six weeks, with more than 968 million people called to vote. Prime Minister Modi is on course to secure a third term in office. However, his victory may not be as high as initially thought after polling stations closed on Saturday, as initial trends on counting day showed, television stations reported on Tuesday.
Still a clear majority
The opposition led by Rahul Gandhi’s Congress Party could therefore gain more than 200 of the total 543 seats in the lower house, far more than the 120 that the “INDIA” led by Modi’s BJP party was believed to be aiming for. to sit.
The six-week vote ended on Saturday. The count will take place on Tuesday. First, the postal votes were counted. For the first time, elderly people over 85 and people with disabilities were also allowed to vote by post from home. However, voting was mainly done electronically.
The Prime Minister declared himself the winner
Modi would be only the second head of government in India to serve a third term. Only Jawaharla Nehru, the first Prime Minister after independence from Britain in 1947, succeeded before him. In his first statements after the end of the elections, Modi declared himself the winner on Saturday. “I can say with confidence that the people of India voted in record numbers to re-elect the NDA government,” he wrote on X, without citing any evidence.
The trends were not well received in the market. The NIFTY 50 and S&P BSE Sensex indices fell by two percent each. The rupee also fell against the dollar. On Monday, markets were up on Modi’s expected clear victory. They expected a two-thirds majority for the NDA.
Source: Krone
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