With a lead in 248 seats, the BJP-led
nda has surpassed the 200-seat threshold. Early trends showed a close contest between the Congress-led
india and the NDA.
Counting of votes began for lok sabha seats at all centers Tuesday at 8 a.m., all seven phases of the
lok sabha elections will have their ballots counted, with strict security measures in place at each counting location. The prediction by several pollsters that
prime minister Narendra Modi will serve a third straight term has been a topic of controversy.
If
prime minister Modi wins another term, he would have equaled the historic achievement of previous PM Jawaharlal Nehru—to date, no politician has been elected to the position of
prime minister three times in a row.
Exit polls predicted a strong show by the BJP
Exit polls conducted before vote counting indicate that the
bharatiya janata party (BJP) would perform strongly and that the opposition
india alliance will suffer a defeat in the
lok sabha elections.
The BJP-led
nda is expected to win between 350 and 370 seats in the 543-member
lok sabha, according to about seven exit polls. Additionally, they suggested that the
india group may receive between 107 and 140 MPs in the end, just short of the necessary 272 seats for a majority.
The
nda was expected to win more over 400 seats, according to three exit polls: News24-Todays Chanakya,
india TV-CNX, and
india Today-My Axis India.