UPDATE - Exit polls hint Modi-led alliance winning India's general elections

UPDATES WITH EXIT POLLS DETAILS, LAST PHASE VOTING END; CHANGES HEADER, DECK, INTRO

By Ahmad Adil

NEW DELHI (AA) - Most of the exit polls Saturday hinted Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party-led alliance winning in the country's seven-phased general elections.

The exit polls projected over 350 seats to the ruling National Democratic Alliance out of 543 parliamentary seats in India.

The official vote count will be held on June 4.

The opposition alliance INDIA, led by the Indian National Congress, was projected to win less than 200 seats in the elections.

Voting for the last 57 parliamentary constituencies was held on Saturday.

The last phase marks a “grand finish to the world's largest polling marathon” that began April 19, the election commission said earlier.

The polling has been held for 486 out of 543 parliamentary seats in the country.

The election is primarily a battle between the National Democratic Alliance, led by the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party, and the opposition alliance INDIA.

After the voting ended on Saturday, the opposition alliance claimed that they would win 295 seats, while Modi's party said it would exceed 370 seats in the June 4 results.