Voting took place – staggered by region – from April 19 to Saturday, June 1. With the counting of votes on Tuesday, the largest democratic election in the world – the parliamentary election in India with around 970 million eligible voters – came to an end.
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And the counting of votes brought a surprise compared to the post-election polls published at the weekend. According to them, the victory of the incumbent Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Hindu nationalist BJP was not nearly as overwhelming as expected.
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Source: Nachrichten
