Needing Help to Stay in Office, Modi No Longer Appears All-Powerful
Suddenly, the aura of invincibility around Narendra Modi has been shattered.
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Vote counting under way in India’s biggest-ever election
India is counting its over 640 million votes to decide who will win the nation’s biggest-ever election.
India’s stock market dips as expectations of Modi landslide recede
Selloff comes after polls predicting large majority for National Democratic Alliance sent stocks to all-time highs.
India election results: Big wins, losses and surprises
A tight Varanasi race and BJP’s Maharashtra downfall – here’s how India’s 2024 Lok Sabha polls defied expectations.
India’s Stock Market Tumbles on Close-Run Election Result
Traders in Mumbai started the day with a shock as India began tallying votes from a seven-week election and it became clear that the government of Narendra Modi was not doing nearly as well as expected. By the end of trading on Tuesday, the markets were down 6 percent, nearly wiping out the year’s gains.
Early Election Results Suggest Sharp Turnaround for Indian National Congress
In India’s last general election, in 2019, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party won 303 of 543 parliamentary seats — nearly six times as many as the main opposition party, the Indian National Congress. It was a stinging electoral blow for the Congress, a once-dominant party that has appeared greatly diminished in recent years, and exit polls in this year’s election had not suggested it would fare much better.
India election live: Modi-led alliance's lead narrows in tighter-than-expected race
NEW DELHI -- Election Commission officials on Tuesday began counting ballots cast over India's six-week general election, which closed on June 1.
Indian stocks surge on exit polls suggesting Modi victory
TOKYO -- Indian stocks rose in Monday morning trading, lifted by exit polls suggesting a landslide victory for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ruling alliance in the world's largest general elections.