Votes were cast through Saturday at more than a million polling stations in India. And as vote counting began Tuesday Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s ruling...
A man walks past posters with portraits of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Bharatiya Janata Party state President K. Annamalai on a street in Chennai, India, Tuesday, June 4, 2024.
Votes were cast at more than a million polling stations. Each of the seven voting phases lasted a single day with several constituencies across multiple states voting that day. The staggered polling allowed the government to transport election officials and voting machines and deploy tens of thousands of troops to prevent violence. Candidates crisscrossed the country, poll workers hiked to remote villages, and voters lined up for hours in sweltering heat.
Most exit polls project Modi is set to extend his decade in power with a third consecutive term, especially after he opened a Hindu temple in northern Ayodhya city in January, which fulfilled his party’s long-held Hindu nationalist pledge. During the polls, Modi escalated polarizing rhetoric in incendiary speeches that targeted the country’s Muslim minority.Another victory would cement Modi as one of the country’s most popular and important leaders.
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