India exit polls point to huge swing to opposition BJP

NEW DELHI: Indian voters have swung massively behind Narendra Modi´s right-wing opposition Bharatiya Janata Party which may be able to secure a parliamentary majority with existing allies, exit polls indicated Monday.

The BJP was forecast to win 249 of the 543 seats in parliament while its partners in the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) would get a further 40, according to a survey by CVoter that predicted the ruling Congress party´s share would fall to a record low of 78.

Another poll for the India Today group, released shortly after the end of the final round of voting Monday, predicted the NDA would win around 272 seats.

The pollsters stressed that the margin of error made a firm prediction impossible and previous polls have proven inaccurate.