Modi celebrates victory in India vote, but falls short of landslide
India ’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi flashes victory sign as he arrives at the Bharatiya Janata Party headquarters on 4 June 2024. He claimed a third mandate – but his party's majority is smaller than polls had predicted.Prime Minister Narendra Modi 's political alliance won India 's weeks-long general election on Tuesday, but the opposition said voters had sent a clear message after his Hindu nationalist party lost its parliamentary majority for the first time in a decade.
India had given the party and its allies a mandate"for a third consecutive time", Modi told a crowd of cheering supporters in the capital New Delhi. With more than 99% of votes counted, the BJP's vote share at 36.6% was marginally lower than at the last general election. Shares in the main listed unit of Adani Enterprises -- owned by key Modi ally Gautam Adani -- nosedived 25% , before rebounding slightly.
Kejriwal, 55, was detained in March over a long-running corruption probe, but was later released and allowed to campaign as long as he returned to custody once voting ended.
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