India’s Modi Set to Return to Power With a Bigger Majority, Exit Polls Show

India’s Modi Set to Return to Power With a Bigger Majority, Exit Polls Show
India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi visits the National Cemetery in Seoul, South Korea, on Feb. 22, 2019. Kim Hong-Ji/File Photo via Reuters
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NEW DELHI—Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to return to power with an even bigger majority in parliament after a mammoth general election that ended on May 19, exit polls showed, a far better showing than expected in recent weeks.

Modi faced criticism early on in the campaign for failing to create jobs and for weak farm prices, and analysts, as well as politicians, said the election race was tightening with the main opposition Congress party gaining ground.