India elections: How Modi’s party looks to be doing worse than it expected | DW News

Counting is underway in India after hundreds of millions of people voted in an election to decide who will form the next government in the world's most populous democracy. The National Democratic Alliance, the NDA, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's nationalist party BJP, is currently ahead in the count. But early trends indicate its victory will not be the landslide forecast. The NDA appears on track to win about 300 of the 543 seats available. The opposition INDIA Alliance, which includes the once-dominant Congress Party, is leading in around 230 seats. Modi is on course to retain power for a historic third term, but without the supermajority he aimed for.

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[harshittiwari]

Now suddenly India will be a democracy for Western press.

[FrantaPo-bcmu]

Looks like Modi did not meditate hard enough....

[joexavier]

Beauty of democracy...tight slap for autocratic people

[InsightGrid]

Hence proved there were no dictatorship in india

[adithyahk]

Indian origin in the studio and a German reporting from India 😅 quite a global channel

[happymelon]

Indian stocks fell 5% in a single day.
Market value evaporated by $350 billion.
Preliminary election results did not meet expectations

[neo]

0:11 So now BJP is nationalist and not hindu nationalist?? 😂😂

[strawmanfallacy]

Where is that western media crying dictatorship? There was never any dictatorship in India. Mammoth elections were conducted in free and fair manner. Modi was winning for 10 years because he's genuinely very popular.

[rahulram]

That's great. Finally some worthy opposition in India.

[ankurantil]

Suddenly India is a democracy again: Western Media 😂

[victorsamuel]

Modi will become PM once again but only with help of his allies a minority govt not a single rule party but good for india to have worth opposition, As an Indian we need stable govt with strong leadership like Modi even though i have not vote for Modi but he brought india into global limelight and standing among globe

[raj]

Still in the third term bjp is the largest party

[Just_another_Euro_dude]

What a year. Elections for the EU parliament, with right wing becoming more popular than ever, local elections in Turkey, that Erdogan lost, elections in India and elections in the USA.

[serry-]

Democracy won again. Great going. India.

[kasardevi]

I am so happy that specially in UP the BJP has lost quite some seats! Maybe Bulldozer Yogi has to change his policies! 😂

[MarketReaearch]

300 is pretty good I will be happy if NDA gets 320-360 seats that is pretty good already.

[thomasthomasphilp]

The western media was talking about democratic autocracy. Now? Indian elections were always fair!

[HariomYadav-vbcu]

But clearly Winner is NDA
So why INDIA alliance celebrating

If 240+ party is not winner then how so party with 99 seat is winner 🤔

[qztogdl]

nobody will blame EVM now, why?
Is India democratic enough for western world?

[tamoghnadas]

People have a way to bring leaders back to ground whenever they think they are untouchable😌