In India, the vote counting process that will determine 543 members of the People’s Assembly (Lock Sabha) in the 7-phase general elections that lasted for about 6 weeks has started.
The Election Commission of India started sharing live election data on its website at 08.00 local time.
In India, a multi-party parliamentary democracy, the race is between the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), led by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and the Indian National Development Comprehensive Alliance (INDIA), a coalition of more than 30 opposition parties.
According to all exit polls, the BJP has a clear lead, but Modi, who is seeking his third term as prime minister, has a more ambitious goal – for the BJP-led NDA to win at least 400 seats.
Modi, who wants the NDA to win almost 100 seats more than the 303 seats it won in the 2019 elections, is preparing to become prime minister for the third time.
On the other hand, the opposition bloc, which has declared that it does not trust the exit polls, claims that it will win far more seats than the previous election.
In order for a party or coalition to form a government, it needs to have 272 of the 543 seats in the People’s Assembly.
Nearly 1 billion voters in India cast their ballots on April 19 and April 26, as well as on May 7, May 13, May 20, May 25 and June 1 in the 7-phase general elections covering 28 states and 8 special administrative regions called “Union Territories”.
In the general election race in India, where vote counting continues, the bloc led by Prime Minister Modi is ahead
According to preliminary data released by the Election Commission, Prime Minister Modi’s BJP-led NDA bloc is leading the race against the Indian National Development Comprehensive Alliance (INDIA), led by the main opposition Indian National Congress Party, by 290 to 222 seats.
While the Modi-led NDA was predicted to win the election “overwhelmingly” in the pre-election and exit polls, the performance of the INDIA bloc in the early data was considered a “surprise”.
Although the BJP is far ahead according to all exit polls, Modi, who is seeking his third term as Prime Minister, is aiming for the BJP-led NDA to win at least 400 seats.
The opposition bloc, which has declared that it does not trust the exit polls, claims that it will win far more seats than in the previous election.
