Indian PM Narendra Modi has secured another five‑year term after winning a landslide general election victory.
His Bharatiya Janata Party looks set to win about 300 of the 543 seats in parliament, in what Modi hailed as "a historic mandate".
The main opposition alliance, which is headed by Rahul Gandhi's Congress party, has admitted defeat.
The vote had been widely viewed as a referendum on the Prime Minister's Hindu nationalist politics.
More than 600 million people voted in a marathon six‑week process.
[BBC]
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