But if the result is close India's 1.3 billion people may have to wait a lot longer to know the outcome. It then cobbled together an alliance with 334 seats, and exit polls suggested the coalition this time will win anywhere between 282 and 313, enough to remain in power even at the lower end. "Don't get disappointed by the propaganda of fake exit polls," Gandhi, 48, told the party faithful on Twitter. Indian exit polls are notoriously unreliable. In 2004 they pointed to a BJP victory but the results told a different story, bringing a Congress-led government to power.

Source: Bangkok Post May 22, 2019 21:48 UTC