Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s governing alliance may be headed toward a narrower majority in Parliament, based on early results.

After 44 days of an election across seven phases, The Election Commission of India (ECI) has begun its count of more than 600 million votes cast by Indians as they choose their next national government. The vote count started at 8am local time (02:30 GMT), and the final results should be clear later on June 4.

Results of the six-week-long election to the lower house of India’s Parliament started pouring in Tuesday morning Results of the Indian general elections were out on Tuesday with the National Democratic Alliance (NDA),