India Elections 2019: Narendra Modi Secures Second Term With Landslide Win
May 23, 2019
India voted overwhelmingly to return Narendra Modi to power, endorsing his work in the last five years as prime minister with a bigger mandate than he received in 2014, shocking the rival Congress party which had hoped to revive its fading political influence across India.
Exit polls had predicted victory for Modi and his Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party but the Congress, whose leader Rahul Gandhi had led an intense campaign personally targeting Modi both on the field and on social media, seemed convinced it would return to power.