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Exit polls: Modi set to return to power with a bigger majority


20 May 2019  

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NEW DELHI: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to return to power with an even bigger majority in parliament, exit polls showed.

Modi’s National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is projected to win anything between 339-365 seats in the 545-member lower house of parliament with the Congress party-led opposition alliance at a distant 77 to 108, India Today Axis exit poll showed.

To rule, a party needs to win 272 seats. Modi’s alliance won 336 seats in the 2014 election.

 

 

Publish Date : 20 May 2019 07:19 AM

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