The official results of the election will be out on June 4.
Seven exit polls predict that the alliance led by PM Narendra Modi’s BJP will win anywhere between 342 and 401 seats in the Lower House of Parliament.
The exit polls also indicate that the BJP, which has long had an image of being a North Indian party, has made some inroads in southern states in this election. The political parties have also put out their own seat projections for this election. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge said after a meeting of opposition leaders that the India alliance would get 295 seats. BJP president J.P. Nadda said the BJP would win 370 seats.
“The magic number is 272. As long as Modi gets 272-plus seats in Parliament, reforms will continue and big-ticket projects will continue. The BJP will continue to have dominance in Indian politics,” said political analyst and journalist Rasheed Kidwai, who noted that the election was not as one-sided as anticipated.
The highly popular Mr Modi was seen as the clear front runner from the get-go, with the opposition in disarray when the election started.
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