A burqa clad Muslim woman walks past a wall painting of Hindu god Krishna as she arrives to cast her vote during the seventh and final phase of Uttar Pradesh state legislature elections in Varanasi district, Uttar Pradesh, India, Monday, March 7, 2022.
Security officers stand guard outside a polling booth in Ukhrul town, in the northeastern Indian state of Manipur, Saturday, March 5, 2022.
Election officials count votes after Uttar Pradesh state elections in Lucknow, India, Thursday, March 10, 2022. India’s election authority started counting votes Thursday in five states’ elections that are a crucial test for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party before national elections in 2024.All results are expected to be available later in the day.
Policemen stand guard as election officials count votes after Uttar Pradesh state elections in Lucknow, India, Thursday, March 10, 2022. India’s election authority started counting votes Thursday in five states’ elections that are a crucial test for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party before national elections in 2024.All results are expected to be available later in the day.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers celebrate early leads for the party as election officials count votes after Uttar Pradesh state elections in Lucknow, India, Thursday, March 10, 2022. India’s election authority started counting votes Thursday in five states’ elections that are a crucial test for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party before national elections in 2024.All results are expected to be available later in the day.
Election officials count votes after Uttar Pradesh state elections in Lucknow, India, Thursday, March 10, 2022. India’s election authority started counting votes Thursday in five states’ elections that are a crucial test for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party before national elections in 2024.All results are expected to be available later in the day.
Samajwadi party workers gather outside a counting center as election officials count votes after Uttar Pradesh state elections in Lucknow, India, Thursday, March 10, 2022. India’s election authority started counting votes Thursday in five states’ elections that are a crucial test for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party before national elections in 2024.All results are expected to be available later in the day.
NEW DELHI (AP) — Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist party had a commanding lead in India’s most populous state as votes were counted Thursday, despite his government’s criticized handling of COVID-19, soaring unemployment and farmer protests.
Trends in the poll data shared by India’s Election Commission showed the Bharatiya Janata Party comfortably leading in Uttar Pradesh state in polls that were seen as a crucial test for Modi’s popularity before national elections in 2024. Modi’s BJP was also ahead in three more states, while India’s main opposition party Congress was facing a rout in Punjab, data showed.
The final tally for five states — Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Manipur and Goa — where voters went to the polls over a month to cast their ballots was expected by Thursday evening at the earliest.
Thursday’s results, particularly in Uttar Pradesh, are seen as a referendum on Modi’s popularity and a resounding endorsement of his party’s Hindu-first politics. They will also dent the hopes of India’s opposition parties which are banking to form a united front to challenge Modi in the next general elections.
The key northern state of Uttar Pradesh is governed by Yogi Adityanath, a highly divisive Hindu monk-turned-politician whose rise has been marked by anti-Muslim rhetoric and violence. He is expected to return as the chief minister of the state, as poll data suggested Modi’s party was ahead in about 255 of the 403 seats — well beyond the simple majority to form a government.
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