‘BJP’s defeat in Ayodhya…': How foreign media reacted to Lok Sabha election 2024 results
Lok Sabha elections, surpassing the majority mark of 272 seats. However, the saffron party did not reach its goal of securing 370 seats independently and over 400 seats with its allies.According to the Election Commission of India (ECI), the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), seeking a third consecutive term and its third straight single-party majority, secured 240 seats.
This put the saffron party well ahead of the Congress, the largest opposition party, which won 99 seats. However, the BJP lost 63 seats compared to its 2019 tally, having won 282 seats in 2014.
Meanwhile, the Congress gained 55 and 47 more seats than it did in 2014 and 2019, respectively.1) Washington Post: “The populist prime minister has never failed to secure a majority in state or national elections over a 23-year political career and has enjoyed landslide wins in previous elections. But now Modi seems to be facing a political setback.
But early vote tallies show more-tepid support for his Hindu nationalist party, piercing the air of invincibility around the most dominant Indian politician in decades."2) New York Times: “The aura of invincibility around Narendra Modi has been shattered….Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party was poised to lose its parliamentary seat in Ayodhya on Tuesday. It was part of a sweeping electoral setback across Uttar Pradesh state, India’s most populous, where early results showed the B.J.P.
was set to fall nearly 30 seats short of its tally in the last general election in 2019."3) Dawn: The Pakistan-based media portal covered the Lok Sabha Election 2024 Result with a headline "India vote count shows Modi alliance winning surprisingly narrow majority". “BJP concedes defeat in Ayodhya where Ram Temple was inaugurated; Rahul Gandhi says
. Read more on livemint.com
