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In a historic result, opposition leader Narendra Modi and his Hindu nationalist party are celebrating a resounding win in India's elections Friday, after ousting the Congress party that has long dominated politics in the world's largest democracy.
As of Friday afternoon, the tally kept by India's NDTV showed Modi's party, the BJP, winning or leading in 334 districts, compared to 59 for the Congress party. The final tally isn't yet out, but the BJP has far surpassed the required 272 of 543 total seats.
"That's a phenomenal feat in India," NPR's Julie McCarthy reports on Morning Edition, "where governments traditionally have had to stitch together coalitions to rule this huge and varied land."