Indian PM Modi's party headed for landslide in state polls
Source: Washington Post
Indias governing Hindu nationalist party was headed to landslide victories Saturday in key state legislature elections that are seen as a referendum on the performance of Prime Minister Narendra Modis nearly 3-year-old government.
Leaders from Modis Bharatiya Janata Party said the partys victory in Uttar Pradesh, Indias largest state, would boost Modis chances of winning another term as Indias prime minister in 2019 elections.
The Election Commission said the BJP won 216 out of 403 seats in Uttar Pradeshs legislature and was leading in another 93 voting districts in the state. The partys president, Amit Shah, described it as a historic verdict.
The party also had won 42 of 70 seats and was leading in another 15 constituencies in another northern state, Uttarakhand, wresting power from the Congress party, the main opposition at the national level.
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I'm not even sure Congress could be called a nationwide party at this point. Urk.