Counting of votes begins in India's mammoth general election


  • World
  • Friday, 16 May 2014

Supporters of Hindu nationalist Narendra Modi, the prime ministerial candidate for India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), shower confetti from atop a bus in the western Indian city of Ahmedabad May 15, 2014. REUTERS/Amit Dave

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Volunteers across India began counting votes on Friday to establish the result of a five-week general election in which an estimated half a billion people cast ballots and opposition leader Narendra Modi is widely expected to win.

(Reporting by Malini Menon; Writing by Frank Jack Daniel; Editing by John Chalmers)

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