While final votes are still being tallied, India’s election authority has confirmed that the NDA coalition had secured the majority needed with 272 seats.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi gestures as he arrives at Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) headquarters in New Delhi, India, on June 4.
Adnan Abidi/ReutersSupporters of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) celebrate as they learn early election results on June 04, 2024 in Bengaluru, India.
Preliminary results also suggest they have chipped away at BJP seats, including in some of the ruling party’s traditional strongholds.
“He comes from a poor background and that helps him understands the people of India,” Varanasi BJP president Dileep Patel previously told CNN.
Persons:
Narendra Modi, ” Modi, –, Modi, Adnan Abidi, Abhishek Chinnappa, Rahul Gandhi, ”, ‘, ’, thirstily, Rajgopal Kashyap, Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay, Surjeet Singh, Christophe Jaffrelot, Dileep Patel, Sunita Gautam, “ Modi
Organizations:
New, New Delhi CNN, National Democratic Alliance, NDA, Bharatiya Janata Party, BJP, Indian, Reuters, India’s National, Congress, CNN
Locations:
New Delhi, tatters, India, Bengaluru, Asia, United States, China, Russia, Washington, Delhi, Moscow, Ukraine, “, Gujarat, ” Varanasi