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questions, and more debate to come. there is an even bigger election happening in india. about six weeks it has taken because there is 1 billion people voting. mahendra modi, current prime minister, is forecast to win again with a coalition but not the landslide he was hoping for. let s speak to the bbc s arun o day mukharji is in delhi. what do we know about these results? the early trend suggesting another victory for mr modi. victory for mr modi. that s right. the big headline victory for mr modi. that s right. the big headline take victory for mr modi. that s right. the big headline take away - victory for mr modi. that s right. the big headline take away from j victory for mr modi. that s right. - the big headline take away from this day so far as what you just mentioned. it was widely anticipated that the ruling party of prime minister mahendra modi would come back with a landslide. there was talk and the prime minister himself said they would likely cross 400 seats with a p
landslide, there was talk by themselves and prime minister narendra modi they were likely to have 400 seats on their own on a pallet of the strength of 543 but that does not seem to be happening. that is where the key political analysis lies, that the bjp which has been in powerfor the last ten years, at the moment looks like they mightjust need the help of coalition parties to form a government. again, we do not have the final numbers, sol government. again, we do not have the final numbers, so i am cautious to give you a sense of what the final picture will be, but this in itself is important to point out, that a party which was during his campaign had said they would cross 400 seats, relying on the last ten years of the governance, hoping to capitalise on that, capitalise on brand, that narendra modi would get this sort of absolute majority. it is also important to understand what this election was about. you had progress in negligible day of bjp on one side, also dozens of oppositi
news. these are very early results. of course, the tally could change as more votes are counted across india. it is a huge election with nearlyi billion people voting. let s listen. it was widely anticipated that the ruling party of prime minister mahendra modi would come back with a landslide. there was talk and the prime minister himself said they would likely cross 400 seats with a parliament strength of 543 but that doesn t seem to be happening. that is where the key political analysis lies. the bjp, which has been in power for the last ten years, it looks like they might just need the help of the coalition parties to form a government. again, we still don t have the final numbers. i will caution to give you a final picture but this is important to point out.
if i can just tell you, it has been happening in about 45 degrees heat where i am standing at the moment. it is a testament to the people and officials who have carried out this election. that is an important aspect to reflect. having said that, nearly 970 million eligible voters in the country, half of them women and you have 543 parliamentary constituencies which went to the polls over a period of nearly a month and a half. a mammoth exercise. that in itself is something that is always a marvel when we track in the elections over the past decades. logistically, there was a huge presence of officials from both the election commission and the security agencies, which put this election to task. it is important to understand how political parties have been campaigning for well over 6 7 months, crisscrossing various states, delivering their campaign speeches and going forward in these elections. we should get a sense in the next couple of hours of what exactly is the final picture that em