India election: Modi's hopes of landslideelection win fade, early trends suggest | BBC News

Early trends in India's election vote count are notashowing the expected landslide for the current prime minister.

Narendra Modi's BJP-led alliance is leading in justunder 300 seats, while opposition parties are ahead in about 200.

Modi is eyeing a rare third consecutive term for himself and his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) but earlyresults are not showing the landslide win expected.

Early results show the Congress party along with otheropposition parties doing better than expected.

The world's biggest election was held in seven phasesover six weeks with almost a billion people registered to vote.