New Delhi: The BJP's Narendra Modi is set to become India's next Prime Minister, exit polls showed on Monday after voting ended for the mammoth general election that began on April 7. (Modi-led BJP Set For Victory, Exit Polls Show)
The BJP and its allies are set to sweep to a parliamentary majority, with an average of the polls predicting 279 seats for the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance, well past the 272-mark required for any party to take power.
The polls gave an average of just 108 seats to the Congress led by Rahul Gandhi, which will be the party's worst-ever performance.
The BJP and its allies are set to sweep to a parliamentary majority, with an average of the polls predicting 279 seats for the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance, well past the 272-mark required for any party to take power.
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