We begin in India, where results were declared for the
world's biggest election.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party and its coalition members have
secured a majority and a historic third term.
Yet the ruling party faced stiff competition over the two
dozen strong opposition coalition.
Now all eyes are on two regional leaders who could
play kingmakers.
Our next report gets you all the details on India's
landmark election.
All eyes were on India as the results of the
world's largest election were declared.
India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party and its coalition,
the National Democratic Alliance, won a third consecutive term.
The world's biggest election was held in seven phases over
a span of six weeks.
Over 600 million people cast their ballot.
Indias parliamentary election is fought over
543 seats. Any party that secures
272 seats or more wins with a clear majority.
The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party or BJP LED NDA had
swept the polls in 2014 and 2019.
They are set to form the central government for the
third time.
The BJP had clean sweeps in the states of Himachal
Pradesh,
Uttarakhand, Arunachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Delhi.
The ruling party also won big in Gujarat,
Chhattisgarh and Assam.
While the NDA did cross the majority mark,
it was a much closer race than anticipated.
The big winner in this election are the BJP coalition
allies
Himachal Pradesh Ki Charo Ki Charo Sita.
During campaigning, the ruling BJP had joined hands with the
Telugu Desam Party or the TDP in Andhra Pradesh and
the Janata Dal United or the JDU party in Bihar.
Now, the BJP will have to rely on both the
TDP and the JDU to run the coalition government.
TDP leader Chandrababu Naidu has made a sweeping return to
the center stage by winning Andhra Pradesh.
JDU leader Nitish Kumar had recently switched sides again to
the NDA from the Opposition India bloc.
Reports say that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has personally spoken
to both Chandrabu Naidu and Nitish Kumar.
The BJP faced a stiff contest from the Opposition India
alliance.
The India block has more than two dozen opposition parties
who have made large electoral gains compared to the general
election of 2019.
The biggest set back for the ruling party came in
the states of Uttar Pradesh,
W Bengal and Maharashtra.
During the 2019 polls, the BJP had clinched Uttar Pradesh
and Maharashtra.
This year, they were handed some of their biggest upsets
in these two states.
In Uttar Pradesh, Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav rallied hard
in coalition with the Congress to secure major victories.
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or Congress party
seraphic Rajnetik Dal ke khilaf nahil aditi.
Yeah to now hum
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Hindustan kaja pura governance ka structure hai
intelligence agencies CB i.e. D yes sub
adhi judiciary in sub ke
khilaf ham ladete KK in substance kao in sub institutions
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Narendra Modi jeene
or Amit Shah jeene
capture Kara dhankaya daraya.
In Maharashtra, Udav Thakre Shiv Sena party faction and Sharad
Pawars Nationalist Congress party banded together against the BJP.
Even the Congress has increased its seat share compared to
the 2019 election.
The BJP will return to power for 1/3 consecutive term.
However, this was not the victory they had aimed for.
Exit polls had begged them at winning over 300 to
350 seats on their own,
but the results have shown that the BJP has fallen
well short of the poll predictions.
The unexpectedly close race spooked India stock market as shareholders
lost millions of dollars.
The strong showing by the opposition means that pushing the
NDA's agenda will become harder for Prime Minister Modi as
he secures a historic third term
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