farm prices: Modi's National Democratic Alliance NDA is projected to win anything between 339-365 seats in the 545-member lower house of parliament followed by 77 to 108 for the Congress party-led opposition alliance, India Today Axis exit poll showed, according to The Japan Times. To rule, a party needs to win 272 seats. Modi faced criticism early on in the campaign for failing to create jobs and for weak farm prices, and analysts as well as politicians said the election race was tightening with the main opposition Congress party gaining ground. ; But he rallied his Hindu nationalist base and turned the campaign into a fight for national security after tensions rose with Pakistan and attacked his main rival for being soft on the country's arch foe. Counting of votes recorded in hundreds of thousands of computerized machines will begin early on Thursday and results are expected by noon. A poll by Neta Newsx, though, forecast Modi's group falling 30 seats short. According to another poll released by Times Now television, Modi's alliance is likely to get 306 seats.
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