![Rafiq Maqbool Election officials carry sealed electronic voting machines at a counting center in Mumbai, India, Tuesday, June 4, 2024. India on Tuesday started counting votes from its staggered, six-week election that was seen as a referendum on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's decade in power and was expected to give him a third term in office. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/67e4f10f96a042c3969c3797a50e9fa1/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Election officials carry sealed electronic voting machines at a counting center in Mumbai, India, Tuesday, June 4, 2024. India on Tuesday started counting votes from its staggered, six-week election that was seen as a referendum on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's decade in power and was expected to give him a third term in office. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
![Manish Swarup Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) supporters dance inside the party office after hearing of a candidate's victory during the counting in India's national election, in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, June 4, 2024. Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist party showed a comfortable lead Tuesday, according to early figures reported by India's Election Commission, but was facing a stronger challenge from the opposition than had been expected. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/56b5f776e0974b5da85127554c44ac61/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) supporters dance inside the party office after hearing of a candidate's victory during the counting in India's national election, in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, June 4, 2024. Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist party showed a comfortable lead Tuesday, according to early figures reported by India's Election Commission, but was facing a stronger challenge from the opposition than had been expected. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
![Anupam Nath Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) supporters dance at the party office during the counting in India's national election, in Guwahati, India, Tuesday, June 4, 2024. Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist party showed a comfortable lead Tuesday, according to early figures reported by India's Election Commission, but was facing a stronger challenge from the opposition than had been expected. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/87e0a7769524497b82c742ba629a8c5d/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) supporters dance at the party office during the counting in India's national election, in Guwahati, India, Tuesday, June 4, 2024. Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist party showed a comfortable lead Tuesday, according to early figures reported by India's Election Commission, but was facing a stronger challenge from the opposition than had been expected. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)
![Rafiq Maqbool A supporter of Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) dances as he celebrates with others their party's lead during the counting of votes in India's national election in Mumbai, India, Tuesday, June 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/745b0ac5f4904bc3b5c1819be74c5fb9/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
A supporter of Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) dances as he celebrates with others their party's lead during the counting of votes in India's national election in Mumbai, India, Tuesday, June 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
![Dinesh Joshi A worker carries a banner of Bharatiya Janta party featuring Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to be put up outside party headquarters in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, June 4, 2024. India began counting more than 640 million votes Tuesday in the world's largest democratic exercise, which was widely expected to return Prime Minister Narendra Modi to a third term after a decade in power. (AP Photo/Dinesh Joshi)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/af6217e0a8594f278c244548e84da898/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
A worker carries a banner of Bharatiya Janta party featuring Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to be put up outside party headquarters in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, June 4, 2024. India began counting more than 640 million votes Tuesday in the world's largest democratic exercise, which was widely expected to return Prime Minister Narendra Modi to a third term after a decade in power. (AP Photo/Dinesh Joshi)
![Dar Yasin Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) supporters shout slogans as they celebrate their party's lead during the counting of votes outside the party office in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Tuesday, June 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/221a1be2590c4321902e87c20c7ac708/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) supporters shout slogans as they celebrate their party's lead during the counting of votes outside the party office in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Tuesday, June 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin)
![Altaf Qadri Congress Party leader Rahul Gandhi, center, leaves the party headquarters with his sister and party leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra after addressing a press conference in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, June 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/d4679cac97b14b8688bbb5e57a6588f7/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Congress Party leader Rahul Gandhi, center, leaves the party headquarters with his sister and party leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra after addressing a press conference in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, June 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
![Rafiq Maqbool Supporters of Congress Party dance as they celebrate their party's lead during the counting of votes in India's national election in Mumbai, India, Tuesday, June 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/0d111225e8a94272b794f6f741580042/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Supporters of Congress Party dance as they celebrate their party's lead during the counting of votes in India's national election in Mumbai, India, Tuesday, June 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)
![Mahesh Kumar A. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) party supporters celebrate as they follow proceedings of the vote counting at their party headquarters in Chennai, India, Tuesday, June 4, 2024. India began counting more than 640 million votes Tuesday in the world’s largest democratic exercise, which was widely expected to return Prime Minister Narendra Modi to a third term after a decade in power. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/cfeb2220fe6e4e2485ca6712823c11e1/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) party supporters celebrate as they follow proceedings of the vote counting at their party headquarters in Chennai, India, Tuesday, June 4, 2024. India began counting more than 640 million votes Tuesday in the world’s largest democratic exercise, which was widely expected to return Prime Minister Narendra Modi to a third term after a decade in power. (AP Photo/Mahesh Kumar A.)
![Bikas Das Trinamool Congress Party supporters watch news on television at a roadside stall filled with portraits of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and her nephew Abhishek Banerjee during the counting of votes in India's national election in Kolkata, India, Tuesday, June 4, 2024. Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist party showed a comfortable lead Tuesday, according to early figures reported by India's Election Commission, but was facing a stronger challenge from the opposition than had been expected. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/e021ad415f854db1bbd51c3f733ac0be/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Trinamool Congress Party supporters watch news on television at a roadside stall filled with portraits of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and her nephew Abhishek Banerjee during the counting of votes in India's national election in Kolkata, India, Tuesday, June 4, 2024. Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist party showed a comfortable lead Tuesday, according to early figures reported by India's Election Commission, but was facing a stronger challenge from the opposition than had been expected. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)
![Manish Swarup A band plays music as Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) supporters dance inside the party office after hearing of a candidate's victory during the counting in India's national election, in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, June 4, 2024. xPrime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist party showed a comfortable lead Tuesday, according to early figures reported by India's Election Commission, but was facing a stronger challenge from the opposition than had been expected. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/dd665aa5c89442b8a25be32119a92375/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
A band plays music as Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) supporters dance inside the party office after hearing of a candidate's victory during the counting in India's national election, in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, June 4, 2024. xPrime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist party showed a comfortable lead Tuesday, according to early figures reported by India's Election Commission, but was facing a stronger challenge from the opposition than had been expected. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
![Bikas Das Faces of Trinamool Congress Party supporters smeared with green colour celebrate the election results in Kolkata, India, Tuesday, June 4, 2024. Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist party showed a comfortable lead Tuesday, according to early figures reported by India's Election Commission, but was facing a stronger challenge from the opposition than had been expected. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/19b2d6b90d5941329a5f389d190d13fc/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Faces of Trinamool Congress Party supporters smeared with green colour celebrate the election results in Kolkata, India, Tuesday, June 4, 2024. Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist party showed a comfortable lead Tuesday, according to early figures reported by India's Election Commission, but was facing a stronger challenge from the opposition than had been expected. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)
![Manish Swarup A Bharatiya Janta Party supporter prepares to offer prayers to the cut-out of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi outside their party headquarters in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, June 4, 2024. India began counting more than 640 million votes Tuesday in the world’s largest democratic exercise, which was widely expected to return Prime Minister Narendra Modi to a third term after a decade in power. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/03f09a6158a146ebb9bd48c877208585/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
A Bharatiya Janta Party supporter prepares to offer prayers to the cut-out of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi outside their party headquarters in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, June 4, 2024. India began counting more than 640 million votes Tuesday in the world’s largest democratic exercise, which was widely expected to return Prime Minister Narendra Modi to a third term after a decade in power. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)
![Altaf Qadri Congress party supporters cheer as they follow proceedings of vote counting at their party headquarters in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, June 4, 2024. India began counting more than 640 million votes Tuesday in the world’s largest democratic exercise, which was widely expected to return Prime Minister Narendra Modi to a third term after a decade in power. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/98876c93f8d94adb9681015c86727e10/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Congress party supporters cheer as they follow proceedings of vote counting at their party headquarters in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, June 4, 2024. India began counting more than 640 million votes Tuesday in the world’s largest democratic exercise, which was widely expected to return Prime Minister Narendra Modi to a third term after a decade in power. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
![Rajesh Kumar Singh Samajwadi Party supporters dance as they celebrate their party's lead during the counting of votes in India's national election in Lucknow, India, Tuesday, June 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/544a24f44ec34e25b8efd3c7c9af72a4/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
Samajwadi Party supporters dance as they celebrate their party's lead during the counting of votes in India's national election in Lucknow, India, Tuesday, June 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)
![Altaf Qadri A Congress party supporter waves an Indian flag as others follow proceedings of vote counting on a giant screen at their party headquarters in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, June 4, 2024. India was counting more than 640 million votes cast over the past six weeks in the world’s largest democratic exercise, which was widely expected to give Prime Minister Narendra Modi a third five-year term when the final result is declared later Tuesday. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)](https://mapi.associatedpress.com/v2/items/c88bdf91f2274d9983f8b06dc285ab38/preview/preview.jpg?s=680x&wm=false)
A Congress party supporter waves an Indian flag as others follow proceedings of vote counting on a giant screen at their party headquarters in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, June 4, 2024. India was counting more than 640 million votes cast over the past six weeks in the world’s largest democratic exercise, which was widely expected to give Prime Minister Narendra Modi a third five-year term when the final result is declared later Tuesday. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)