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India’s Modi elected as leader of coalition and set to form new government

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Published 4:57 AM

By KRUTIKA PATHI
Associated Press

NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been formally elected leader of the National Democratic Alliance coalition, which won the most seats in the national election. Modi’s Hindu-nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party failed to win a majority on its own. Modi will be sworn in as prime minister on Sunday for a rare third term. The BJP has governed India as part of the NDA coalition for a decade, but this is the first time the party under Modi has needed support from regional allies to form the government. Full election results showed NDA parties won 293 seats in the 543-member lower house of parliament while the INDIA alliance led by the Congress party won 232 seats.

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