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India elections: Exit polls show Narendra Modi's coalition set to return to power

2019-05-20 09:58:56       source:The Straits Times

May 20, 2019


NEW DELHI - Exit polls predicted Prime Minister Narendra Modi will return to power in a landslide win as curtains came down on the largest democratic exercise in the world.


Voters in 59 constituencies voted on Sunday (May 19), ending the seven-phase elections in which 900 million people were eligible to vote. 


At least four exit polls, which were released half an hour after the voting ended, showed between 286 to 306 seats for the alliance led by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). 


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