#ModiReturns: India’s Narendra Modi wins re-election

Prime Minister Narendra Modi, India’s popular nationalist leader, won a sweeping mandate for a second five-year term, setting the stage for more economic reform of the fast-growing economy and more divisive social policies for his Hindu nationalist supporters.

The huge win for Mr. Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party was a devastating loss for the Indian National Congress party, which once dominated Indian politics and had hoped for a strong comeback after struggling in recent elections.
To win twice at such scale means that Indian politics, and India itself, has changed beyond recognition.