Nakul Shivani/ New Delhi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi led-BJP’s landslide win in the Gujarat state assembly elections have drawn widespread interest not only in the national media but also made it to the front pages of International media outlets.

On Thursday, BJP returned to power in Gujarat for a record seventh time with a thumping majority. It won 156 seats in the 182-member assembly to set a record for the highest number of seats won by a political party in the state.  

The Straits times of Singapore splashed a picture of jubiliant BJP workers celebrating the win, calling the victory a ‘sign of continuing popularity of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’.

The Straits Times of Singapore

Al Jazeera too acknowledged the role of PM Modi in the leading his party to a landslide victory in the state.

Al-Jazeera credited PM Modi for the win

BBC.com reported that the Gujarat win cemented Modi’s dominance in India having made the elections a referendum on himself.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi led his party's campaign for the Gujarat state assembly and proved that he is "synonymous with Gujarat", as many commentators say. The BBC's Soutik Biswas reports.https://t.co/AqBl0PCq53

— BBC News India (@BBCIndia) December 8, 2022

Britain’s The Guardian said that the victory will boost PM Modi’s chances to return to power in 2024.

The Guardian wrote the win will boost BJP's chances ahead of 2024 general elections

The Japanese daily, Nikkei wrote "Many residents take pride in the fact that the Gujarat-born Modi represents India at the global level, and feel a sense of responsibility to support him."

On Thursday, Prime Minister Modi, on his personal Twitter account, thanked the people of Gujarat saying, they blessed the politics of development.

Thank you Gujarat. I am overcome with a lot of emotions seeing the phenomenal election results. People blessed politics of development and at the same time expressed a desire that they want this momentum to continue at a greater pace. I bow to Gujarat’s Jan Shakti.

— Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) December 8, 2022

Modi served as chief minister of Gujarat for nearly 13 years before becoming prime minister in 2014.

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Yesterday’s results, surpasses the BJP’s 127 seats it had won in 2002, as also the 149 seats won by the Congress in 1985.