In India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party is in the lead: after the counting of half of the ballots, the BJP obtains the parliamentary majority.
In India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is on track to win the legislative elections.
After counting half of the ballots, the BJP exceeds the majority in the lower house of parliament.
968 million Indians are registered on the electoral lists and 640,000 participated in the legislative elections over six weeks and the counting of votes is expected to last all day. That is to say a participation of 67.4%, one point less compared to the 2019 general elections.
The latest polls predict the BJP will win 350 of the 543 assembly seats.
Barring any surprises, Narendra Modi is expected to remain in power for a third five-year term. Before him, only Jawaharlal Nehru did as much.
The BJP’s score is nevertheless likely to be lower than that of the 2019 legislative elections.
Mr. Modi’s party then won 353 seats.
Narendra Modi, 73, spent a decade in power and remains very popular.
The Prime Minister congratulated “the people of India who voted in record numbers”.
For its part, the opposition accuses the government of having exploited justice and increased prosecutions against its political rivals.
Arvind Kejriwal, one of the main opponents, denounced a “dictatorship” before returning to prison for a bribery case.
Narendra Modi is also accused of pursuing a policy favorable to Hindus and to the detriment of the Muslim minority which numbers 210 million people.
