The national election in India this past spring produced a shocking outcome. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) were widely expected to win a third five-year term and increase their majority in the Indian parliament. Standing at 303 seats out of 543 going into the voting, some BJP officials spoke of winning as many as 370, or even 400, giving the prime minister and his party a stranglehold on India’s national affairs. Instead, the BJP lost ground, winning only 240 seats.
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