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A lorry carries speakers that will be set up at the BJP's headquarters on the day of the election results are announced. Reuters
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Bharatiya Janata Party supporters celebrate outside party headquarters in New Delhi as early election results suggest another term for BJP Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Reuters
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Nationalist Congress leader Sharad Pawar, whose party is part of the India National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (India), at a press conference in Mumbai as election results are calculated. AP Photo
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Kolkata shopkeepers watch election results on their mobile phones inside their shop. Reuters
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In Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, Samajwadi Party supporters celebrate their party's performance in India's national election. AP Photo
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Horses outside Bharatiya Janata Party headquarters in New Delhi on general election results day. Reuters
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Jammu & Kashmir National Conference candidate Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi greets supporters outside a vote counting centre in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir. AP
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Bharatiya Janata Party supporters celebrate at BJP headquarters in Bengaluru, southern Karnataka state. EPA
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Supporters of the Trinamool Congress Party make the victory sign as they celebrate general election results outside the Chief Minister's residence in Kolkata, West Bengal. AFP
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Supporters of Trinamool Congress Party with party flags in Kolkata. AP Photo
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In Bengaluru, supporters of the Bharatiya Janata Party celebrate as election results appear on a big screen. AFP
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Electoral officers hold sealed electronic voting machines inside a vote-counting centre in Mumbai. Reuters
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Congress party supporters cheer as they watch votes being counted on television at their party headquarters in New Delhi. AP
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An Indian soldier stands guard on the shores of Dal lake outside a vote-counting station in Srinagar. AFP
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An election official displays an electronic voting machine after unsealing it to count votes in Lucknow. AP
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A supporter of Prime Minister Narendra Modi performs rituals next to a cut-out of the BJP leader outside the party's headquarters in New Delhi. AFP
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Congress supporters watch the live broadcast of vote counting at the party's headquarters in New Delhi. AP
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A lorry carries speakers that will be set up at the BJP's headquarters on the day of the election results are announced. Reuters
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Bharatiya Janata Party supporters celebrate outside party headquarters in New Delhi as early election results suggest another term for BJP Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Reuters
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Nationalist Congress leader Sharad Pawar, whose party is part of the India National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (India), at a press conference in Mumbai as election results are calculated. AP Photo
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Kolkata shopkeepers watch election results on their mobile phones inside their shop. Reuters
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In Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, Samajwadi Party supporters celebrate their party's performance in India's national election. AP Photo
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Horses outside Bharatiya Janata Party headquarters in New Delhi on general election results day. Reuters
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Jammu & Kashmir National Conference candidate Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi greets supporters outside a vote counting centre in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir. AP
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Bharatiya Janata Party supporters celebrate at BJP headquarters in Bengaluru, southern Karnataka state. EPA
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Supporters of the Trinamool Congress Party make the victory sign as they celebrate general election results outside the Chief Minister's residence in Kolkata, West Bengal. AFP
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Supporters of Trinamool Congress Party with party flags in Kolkata. AP Photo
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In Bengaluru, supporters of the Bharatiya Janata Party celebrate as election results appear on a big screen. AFP
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Electoral officers hold sealed electronic voting machines inside a vote-counting centre in Mumbai. Reuters
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Congress party supporters cheer as they watch votes being counted on television at their party headquarters in New Delhi. AP
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An Indian soldier stands guard on the shores of Dal lake outside a vote-counting station in Srinagar. AFP
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An election official displays an electronic voting machine after unsealing it to count votes in Lucknow. AP
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A supporter of Prime Minister Narendra Modi performs rituals next to a cut-out of the BJP leader outside the party's headquarters in New Delhi. AFP
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Congress supporters watch the live broadcast of vote counting at the party's headquarters in New Delhi. AP
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A lorry carries speakers that will be set up at the BJP's headquarters on the day of the election results are announced. Reuters
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