BJP supporters celebrate preliminary results

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) supporters set off firecrackers and dance to celebrate preliminary results that showed the BJP winning by a landslide, outside the party headquarters in New Delhi, India, Friday, May 16, 2014. India's opposition leader Narendra Modi and his party won national elections in a landslide Friday, preliminary results showed, driving the long dominant Congress party out of power in the most commanding victory India has seen in more than a quarter century. (AP Photo)

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) supporters throw colored powder and dance to celebrate preliminary results that showed the BJP winning by a landslide, outside the party headquarters in New Delhi, India, Friday, May 16, 2014. (AP)

A supporter of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) holds the party flag and stands next to elephants decorated with the party symbol outside the party headquarters in New Delhi, India, Friday, May 16, 2014. (AP)

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) supporters shout slogans to celebrate preliminary results of their party outside their party headquarters in New Delhi, India, Friday, May 16, 2014. BJP leader Narendra Modi and his party won national elections in a landslide Friday, preliminary results showed, driving the long dominant Congress party out of power in the most commanding victory India has seen in more than a quarter century. Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi's portrait is seen in the background. (AP Photo)

Indian policemen stand guard in front of a portrait of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi outside the party's headquarters in New Delhi, India, Friday, May 16, 2014. Modi and his party won national elections in a landslide Friday, preliminary results showed, driving the long dominant Congress party out of power in the most commanding victory India has seen in more than a quarter century. (AP Photo)

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Amit Shah celebrates with party supporters outside the BJP party in New Delhi, Friday, May 16, 2014. (AP)

Elephants decorated with the symbol of the Bharatiya Janta Party stand outside the party headquarters in New Delhi, India, Friday, May 16, 2014. (AP)

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) supporters dance and burst firecrackers to celebrate the news of early election result trends in Allahabad, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, Friday, May 16, 2014. (AP)

A supporter wears a t shirt with a portrait of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader and India's next prime minister Narendra Modi as he dances with others outside the BJP party in New Delhi, Friday, May 16, 2014.(AP)

A supporter wears a mask of India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Narendra Modi and dances with others outside the party office in Gandhinagar, in the western Indian state of Gujarat, Friday, May 16, 2014. (AP)