The Lok Sabha election results declared on 4 June were closer than what most exit polls projected, with the Bharatiya Janata Party falling well short of the majority mark and the National Democratic Alliance being nowhere close to the 400-seat target set by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
What does this mean for the new government? The answer: a return to coalition politics that many say makes governance more robust by bringing in checks and balances.
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