Modi claims victory but is set to lose majority

Narendra Modi vowed that he would serve a third term as the head of a coalition government after India’s poorest delivered a stinging ­rebuke at the ballot box, denying him an outright majority for the first time in a decade. Modi was forced to turn to local partners from the National Democratic ­Alliance (NDA) for support after his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) failed to retain its majority, let alone achieve a predicted landslide. Read the best of our journalism: Subscribe to The Times and The Sunday Times YouTube channel: Find us on Facebook: Find us on Twitter: Find us on Instagram: #india #election #modi