How the ‘Modi factor’, security focus and Facebook (probably) won the Indian election

Narendra Modi’s cult of personality and a campaign prioritising security over economic issues look set to secure him a second term as Prime Minister this week, despite what some consider to be his failure to deliver in his first stint in office. 

Yesterday, the majority of exit polls suggested another landslide victory for the incumbent and his allies, even though Modi’s popularity has plummeted since he took office in 2014. 

His failure to deliver on a host of tranformative economic policy pledges  – such as job creation – and the demonetisation disaster combined to give hope to those hoping to unseat him, alongside grim economic data. Unemployment rates are at a 45-year high and a 2017 Gallup…

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