Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi flashes a victory sign at the Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) headquarters in New Delhi on Tuesday. Photo: VCG

Modi arrives at BJP headquarters in New Delhi to celebrate his party’s victory in the general election. Photo: VCG

BJP supporters celebrate the election results at the party’s headquarters on Tuesday. Photo: VCG

Workers wearing Narendra Modi masks make sweets Monday inside a confectionary factory in Mumbai ahead of the release of the election results. Photo: VCG

Voters wait in line in the shade at a polling station in Delhi on May 25 as the city suffers a heat wave. Photo: VCG

Officials mix rehydrating salts into drinking water for election officials on May 19 in Lucknow, India. Photo: VCG

A poll worker marks a voter’s finger with ink in Kanpur in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh on May 13. Voting in India’s general election began on April 19 and ended on Saturday. Photo: VCG

Pedestrians walk past a political advertisement for Indian National Congress party leader Rahul Gandhi (left) on May 8 in Amritsar, India. Photo: VCG