[
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi
has claimed a historic third win in a row
in the country's parliamentary elections,
but his ruling alliance appears to have failed
to win a large majority as predicted.
He thanked voters and said he would continue
the "good work" of the last decade.
Mr Modi’s BJP-led alliance is leading in more
than 290 of 543 seats up for grabs,
well short of their target of 400.
The Congress and other allied opposition parties
have surprised observers,
and are now expected to win more than 230.
The results give the lie to a slew of exit polls at the
weekend that showed the BJP-led NDA alliance
on course for a super majority of two-thirds
of parliament,
which would have allowed
it to make changes to the constitution.]
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c0vv93pz14zo