Modi’s party loses majority in shock India election result
2024-06-05 09:56:02 source：CNBC
June 4, 2024
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will have to seek power-sharing agreements for a historic third term in power, with his Bharatiya Janata Party falling short of an outright majority in the country’s lower house of Parliament.
Completed vote counts by the Election Commission of India showed that Modi’s BJP won just 240 seats. India’s Parliament has 543 seats, and the party or coalition that wins at least 272 forms the government.
The surprise shortfall raises questions over his popularity — and risks stifling any immediate policies that the BJP was hoping to implement. Instead, Modi will have to look to smaller allies in the wider BJP-led National Democratic Alliance, or NDA, which is set to get a combined 294 parliamentary seats, according to local media.
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