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

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.)