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- Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has claimed he will form the next government even though his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is projected to lose its majority in parliament after a decade.
- As India counts votes, trends so far suggest the BJP will likely need the help of allies as a united opposition led by the Indian National Congress makes gains.
- The mammoth seven-phase election – the world’s largest democratic exercise – began on April 19 and ended on Saturday.
- A party or coalition needs 272 seats to cross the majority mark in the 543-member Lok Sabha, the lower house of India’s parliament. Exit polls said Modi could return to power for a third consecutive term.
- The Election Commission says a record-breaking 642 million voters cast their ballots in the staggered election as it dismissed opposition concerns over how the votes would be counted.