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India’s mammoth parliamentary elections came to a close on Saturday after more than six weeks of voting across the country. The final polling stations closed in the world’s most populous democracy at 6 pm (1230 GMT), with results not expected until June 4. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is favoured to win a third five-year term in office, with his nationalist BJP party hoping to extend its parliamentary majority. The 73-year-old would be the first Indian leader to win a third term since inaugural prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru in the 1950s. More than 500 seats were up for grabs in the Lok Sabha…

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