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    Narendra Modi is headed for a second term as India's prime minister

    by Shashank Bengali and Ashish Malhotra, Los Angeles Times May 23, 2019 3 minutes

    NEW DELHI - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi was on the cusp of winning a second five-year term on Thursday, fighting off concerns about rising unemployment and religious violence to prevail in one of the country's most divisive election campaigns in recent memory.

    Partial results released by India's Election Commission - following seven phases of voting spread over five weeks - showed Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party leading in 292 of 543 parliamentary races, and parties allied with the BJP leading in several more. A total of 272 seats are needed to secure a majority

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