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Today, Explained

A win for democracy in India

Today, Explained

Vox

Daily News, Politics, News

4.49.5K Ratings

🗓️ 6 June 2024

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

India's prime minister suffered a humiliating win this week. Vox's Zack Beauchamp explains a shocking election. This episode was produced by Peter Balonon-Rosen, edited by Miranda Kennedy, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by David Herman and Andrea Kristinsdottir, and hosted by Noel King. Transcript at vox.com/today-explained-podcast Support Today, Explained by becoming a Vox Member today: http://www.vox.com/members Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Indian Prime Minister Norengra Modi was absolutely going to win a third term in this month's election.

0:05.8

A star campaigner for his party, Prime Minister Modi leaves no stone unturned

0:11.0

as he covers the length and breadth of this country.

0:13.6

Modi is an authoritarian Hindu nationalist and he's very popular with millions of Indians

0:18.6

but the authoritarianism and the nationalism worry those who note that India is a democracy and the the B.J.P. was going to take even more seats in Parliament, said the pundits and the analysts

0:35.5

and seemingly everyone else except, well, the people. As the votes rolled in and the bewildered

0:42.0

pundits melted down on live TV,

0:44.4

and you win some and you lose some, he still has a fabulous track record in.

0:47.8

In fact, it became clear that Modi's party had in fact lost its majority in Parliament.

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