INDIAN Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu chauvinist party has failed to win a parliamentary majority on its own for the first time since taking power 10 years ago, official results showed today.

The Election Commission announced that the National Democratic Alliance, which includes Mr Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), had  won 294 seats, more than the 272 needed to secure a majority but far fewer than had been predicted.

The far-right BJP picked up 240 seats, but that was a far cry from the 303 it won in the 2019 election.