A seminal moment in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's unsuccessful campaign to retain his parliamentary majority occurred days before India's marathon election began in April.

India's general election saw Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party lose more than 60 seats. Now, the once-dominant leader is at the mercy of his political allies, whom he will have to learn to negotiate with for the next five years in a delicate coalition government.

Narendra Modi has won a third successive term as India’s prime minister in a much closer general election than expected. The ruling coalition, the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), which is dominated by Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP),