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In photos: Modi victorious over India's election results

Indian Prime Minister and leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Narendra Modi gestures during a roadshow in Varanasi on April 25, 2019.
Indian Prime Minister and Bharatiya Janata Party leader Narendra Modi. Photo: Sanjay Kanojia/AFP/Getty Images

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi celebrated India's general election results Thursday.

Details: Modi posted a celebratory tweet, saying, "Together we will build a strong and inclusive India. India wins yet again!"

The big picture: Take a look in pictures at moments from the election, in which 900 million registered voters cast their ballots over 7 phases from April 11 to May 19, to vote counting day.

An Indian supporter of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) lets off a firecracker.
A BJP supporter celebrates the poll results in Patna, northeast India.
ndian supporters and party workers of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) dance and hold flags as they celebrate on the vote results day for India's general election in Bangalore on May 23, 2019.
Supporters and party workers of the BJP celebrate on the vote results day for India's general election in Bangalore. Photo: Manjunath Kiran/AFP/Getty Images
Indian supporters of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) hold colour smoke crackers as htey celebrate on the vote results day for India's general election in Siliguri on May 23, 2019.
BJP supporters celebrate the election result in Siliguri, northeast India.
Indian nuns from the Mother Teresa Missionaries of Charities queue to cast their votes.
Nuns from the Mother Teresa Missionaries of Charities queue to cast their votes in Kolkata. Photo: Amit Datta/AFP/Getty Images
Indian election officials show an open Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) to counting agents at a counting centre in Faridabad in the northern Indian state of haryana on May 23, 2019.
Indian election officials show an open Electronic Voting Machine to counting agents in Faridabad, northern India. Photo: Money Sharma/AFP/Getty Images
Sweet shops are busy preparing laddus on orders from candidates across political parties, each banking on a win, at Pataliputra on May 22, 2019 in Patna, India.
Sweet shops prepare laddus on orders from political candidates in Patna, northeast India, ahead of poll results. Photo: A P Dube/Hindustan Times via Getty Images
Indian voters queue to cast their votes at a polling station during India's general election in Amoni village, some 150 kms from Guwahati on April 11, 2019.
Voters at a polling station in Amoni village in northeast India. Photo: Biju Boro/AFP/Getty Images
An Indian National Congress party supporter looks up to a Congress party flag during an election rally in Bandanwara, in the Indian state of Rajasthan on April 25, 2019.
An Indian National Congress party election rally in Bandanwara, in the Indian state of Rajasthan. Photo: Shaukat Ahmed/AFP/Getty Images
Indian voters queue to cast their votes in the Ghoramara island around 110 km south of Kolkata on May 19, 2019.
Indian voters queue to cast their votes in the Ghoramara island. Photo: Dibyangshu Sarkar/AFP/Getty Images
An Indian Sadhu (Hindu holy man) voter in Uttar Pradesh state.
An Indian Sadhu (Hindu holy man) voter in Uttar Pradesh state. Photo: Sanjay Kanojia/AFP/Getty Images

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