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| Indian election: Narendra Modi hails 'landmark' win | Indian election: Narendra Modi hails 'landmark' win |
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| Incoming Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has hailed a "landmark" election victory by his BJP party. | |
| Thanking supporters in his own constituency in his home state of Gujarat, Mr Modi said they had written a new chapter in the country's history. | Thanking supporters in his own constituency in his home state of Gujarat, Mr Modi said they had written a new chapter in the country's history. |
| Votes counted so far suggest the BJP is on course for the most resounding victory by any party for 30 years, trouncing the outgoing Congress Party. | Votes counted so far suggest the BJP is on course for the most resounding victory by any party for 30 years, trouncing the outgoing Congress Party. |
| The controversial leader campaigned on promises to revive the economy. | The controversial leader campaigned on promises to revive the economy. |
| However, many Indians still have profound concerns over Mr Modi because of claims he did little to stop communal riots in Gujarat in 2002. | |
| At least 1,000 people died, most of them Muslims. | |
| Mr Modi has always denied the allegations over he was never charged. | |
| 'Real government' | |
| The prime minister-elect said the victory was no ordinary one. | |
| "In the 60-year history of Indian independence, I have never seen this in the Indian media, what you have done in our country," Mr Modi said, as supporters shouted "Modi, Modi, Modi". | "In the 60-year history of Indian independence, I have never seen this in the Indian media, what you have done in our country," Mr Modi said, as supporters shouted "Modi, Modi, Modi". |
| He said he would rule for all Indians. | |
| "Real government doesn't belong to a community. It belongs to the entire country," he said. | |
| "The real government will belong from Kashmir on top to Kanya Kumari [on India's southern tip] - that is a real government." | |
| The election result will be a crushing blow to the Congress party, which is led by the Nehru-Gandhi family and has dominated Indian politics since independence. | The election result will be a crushing blow to the Congress party, which is led by the Nehru-Gandhi family and has dominated Indian politics since independence. |
| It reflects voter anger with Congress, which has been mired in serious corruption scandals and whose leadership has been considered ineffective in recent years, analysts say. | |
| Accepting defeat, Congress President Sonia Gandhi said: "We humbly respect the verdict of the people." | Accepting defeat, Congress President Sonia Gandhi said: "We humbly respect the verdict of the people." |
| Share prices rallied to new highs on BJP promises of economic revival. | |
| Latest election results showed the BJP is on course to win 279 seats, surpassing the 272 seats needed to secure a majority in the lower house of parliament. | |
| With their allies, the party could achieve more than 300 seats. | |
| The Congress party - which has been in power for the past decade - is leading in fewer than 50 seats. | |
| More than 500 million people voted in what is the world's biggest exercise in democracy. | |
| Voter turnout in the mammoth nine-phase general election was a record 66.38%, beating the previous 1984 poll record. | |
| India election |