Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's governing party has taken a decisive lead as votes are counted after the country's marathon general election.
The alliance led by his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is ahead in more than 300 seats and Mr Modi looks on course to keep his commanding majority.
India's stock markets surged to record highs on early results.
Mr Modi was up against a resurgent main opposition Congress party and powerful regional rivals across the country.
Counting began at 08:00 local time (02:30GMT) after six bitterly fought weeks of voting ended on Sunday.
This election is seen as a referendum on Mr Modi, a polarising figure adored by many but also blamed for increasing divisions in India.
What do the numbers tell us?
While Mr Modi's BJP is ahead in hundreds of seats, the main opposition alliance headed by Rahul Gandhi's Congress party is ahead in fewer than 100.
A party or coalition needs at least 272 seats to secure a majority in the 543-member lower house of parliament, or Lok Sabha.
In 2014, the BJP won 282 seats – the biggest victory by any party in 30 years – and with its allies, it secured 336 seats in that parliament.
The Congress, which won just 44, suffered its worst defeat in 2014 and with its allies took up just 60 seats in the lower house.
This year, there were 900 million voters eligible to take part in seven rounds of voting, making it the largest election the world had ever seen.
The fate of more than 8,000 candidates and some 670 political parties hangs on the ballot.
Results are being released in phases by the Election Commission but a final result may not be known for several hours, or longer.
Extra checks matching printed ballots against electronic voting machine results could delay the process./ Source BBC