The Hindu nationalist party is leading a victory for over 330 of the 542 seats.

Counting of votes in under way in India after its general elections concluded on May 19, with early leads indicating the return of Prime Minister Narendra Modi for a second term.

The Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is leading in nearly 340 of the 542 seats that went to the polls.

The party or coalition with a simple majority (272 seats) is invited to form the government. The MPs from the winning party or coalition elect their leader, who then becomes the country’s prime minister.

In 2014, the BJP had won an absolute majority in the 545-member Lok Sabha (House of the People), the Indian parliament’s lower house.

About 67 percent of more than 900 million eligible voters cast their ballots in the staggered elections that the ruling party fought on issues of national security and a hardline Hindu agenda.

PM Modi said that he has seen many elections but this election’s campaign did not seem like a campaign. He said it was like a pilgrimage for him.” PM  Modi on Tuesday had a meeting with the members of his Council of Ministers and congratulated them for successfully working as a team for the last five years.