CORRECTED- India's Modi-led coalition could come close to majority - poll


Devdiscourse News Desk | Updated: 11-03-2019 09:26 IST | Created: 11-03-2019 09:12 IST
CORRECTED- India's Modi-led coalition could come close to majority - poll
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India's ruling party alliance was likely to come within a few seats of winning a simple majority in parliament at the general election set to start on April 11, a nationwide opinion poll has shown.

The coalition led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi's National Democratic Alliance could win 264 seats in the election compared to 141 for the Congress party-led opposition alliance, according to the CVoter opinion poll televised on a local channel on Sunday. A total of 543 seats are up for grabs in the election. Results of the opinion poll were released following the announcement of the election schedule. 

(With inputs from agencies.)

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