India's election: Cracks start to show in authoritarian rule

LONDON — India's Hindu nationalist strongman Narendra Modi has won his third prime ministerial term. But the results of the country's April-to-June election fell short of the sweeping triumph that seemed within his grasp.

Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has shed seats compared to the 2019 election, losing its parliamentary majority. Modi remains prime minister thanks to coalition partners. It's a long way from the 400-seat supermajority Modi proclaimed he wanted — which would have given him power to rewrite the constitution.