Indian PM Modi says confident of election victory as vote ends

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Photo by Ludovic MARIN / POOL / AFP)

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Saturday he was confident of a third successive mandate after polls closed in the country’s marathon six-week general election.

“I can say with confidence that the people of India have voted in record numbers to reelect the NDA government,” Modi said in a post on social media platform X, referring to his ruling National Democratic Alliance coalition.

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