New Delhi | Narendra Modi, India's charismatic but polarising Prime Minister, was headed for a landslide election victory on Friday, propelling his Hindu nationalist party to back-to-back majorities in Parliament for the first time in decades.

With most of the votes counted, Mr Modi's stunning re-election mirrored a global trend of right-wing populists sweeping to victory, from the United States to Brazil to Italy, often on a platform promoting a tough stand on national security, protectionist trade policies and putting up barriers to immigration.

AAP