# The Case of the Missing Massive Modi Mandate

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**Created:** [June 4, 2024, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-case-of-the-missing-massive-modi-mandate/1002484 "2024-06-04T18:19:04Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 4, 2024, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-case-of-the-missing-massive-modi-mandate/1002484/1 "2024-06-04T18:19:04Z")

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We need Encyclopedia Brown!

[https://thehill.com/policy/international/4702856-india-elections-modi-bjp-2024-shocking/mlite/?nxs-test=mlite](https://thehill.com/policy/international/4702856-india-elections-modi-bjp-2024-shocking/mlite/?nxs-test=mlite)

Polling predicted a blow out.

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> Modi’s shrinking majority could be attributed to a complex mix of politics, economic dissatisfaction and concerns about democracy.  
> “Some of this is truly befuddling, because he did pretty badly in Uttar Pradesh. He swept Madhya Pradesh next door. So it’s a whole bunch of causes and you also have to factor in the fact that despite all this hype, it’s very, very difficult to win three terms in a row in India,” he said.

I’m hoping that at least some of it was concern about democracy.

Meanwhile the Indian stock market is not pleased?