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Even before his latest victory, Modi was reshaping India. These numbers show how.

India’s sitting Prime Minister Narendra Modi is set to return for a third term after a closer-than-expected Lok Sabha race.

As results from the world’s largest-ever election trickled in late Tuesday evening, it became clear that Mr. Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party had failed to claim the 272 seats needed for an outright majority in Parliament, a verdict the opposition alliance is calling a moral defeat. But with the BJP winning well over 200 seats and vowing to form a coalition government, the party will continue to

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