Modi set to return to power with a bigger majority, exit polls show
Source: Reuters
INDIA ELECTION MAY 19, 2019 / 9:20 AM / UPDATED 3 HOURS AGO
Modi set to return to power with a bigger majority, exit polls show
Aftab Ahmed, Devjyot Ghoshal
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NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to return to power with an even bigger majority in parliament after a mammoth general election that ended on Sunday, exit polls showed, a far better showing than expected in recent weeks.
Modi faced criticism early on in the campaign for failing to create jobs and for weak farm prices, and analysts as well as politicians said the election race was tightening with the main opposition Congress party gaining ground.
But he rallied his Hindu nationalist base and turned the campaign into a fight for national security after tensions rose with Pakistan and attacked his main rival for being soft on the countrys arch foe.
Modis National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is projected to win anything between 339-365 seats in the 545-member lower house of parliament with the Congress party-led opposition alliance at a distant 77 to 108, India Today Axis exit poll showed.
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