India election

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'Lost your magic, credibility': Mamata hits out at PM, calls for his resignation

Mamata Banerjee (L) and Narendra Modi. Photo: Collected
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India election: How Trinamool Congress went back to drawing board, fended off formidable BJP

India's election surprise: What went wrong for Modi and what comes next
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India's election surprise: What went wrong for Modi and what comes next

Rahul Gandhi, a senior leader of India's main opposition Congress party, holds a press conference at the party's headquarter in New Delhi, India, June 4, 2024. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis
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Ridiculed for a decade, India's Rahul Gandhi slows Modi juggernaut

A woman leaves after voting during the fourth phase of the general election at a polling station, in Beed, Maharashtra, India, May 13, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas
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How many Muslim candidates won the Indian Lok Sabha polls 2024?

FILE PHOTO: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi gestures, at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) headquarters in New Delhi, India, June 4, 2024. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi/File Photo
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A humbled Modi needs allies, and answers to India's unemployment, inflation

A supporter of India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) holds cutouts of Prime Minister Narendra Modi during an election campaign where Modi speaks, in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India April 20, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar/File Photo
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India's Modi, allies to meet after humbling election verdict

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Congress may explore alliances with Chandrababu Naidu, Nitish Kumar

A person carries a cut-out of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi outside Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) headquarters, on the day of the general election results, in New Delhi, India, June 4, 2024. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi
South Asia

Why some voters rejected Modi, BBC reporters explain

A supporter of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) walks past a poster of Prime Minister Narendra Modi at its party's state headquarters in Gandhinagar, India, June 4, 2024. The poster reads, "This time, over 400." REUTERS/Amit Dave
South Asia

BJP's bet on Modi's popularity 'backfired'

The BJP’s vote share improved from 42.63% in 2014 to 49.98% in 2019 in Uttar Pradesh. File photo: Hindustan Times
South Asia

400 par: Modi fails to break Rajib Gandhi's record

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi, set for a landslide victory in India’s general election. Photo: Collected
Panorama

India's exit polls may be more noise than signal

India’s first Lok Sabha election after independence was conducted over four months in 1951-52. Photo: Wikimedia Commons
South Asia

1952 to 2019: A look at India's general election results so far