France, Feb. 13 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist party will win a commanding majority in Indian elections this summer and form its third government in a row, according to the results of a new survey.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and allies would secure 335 seats and comfortably cross the tally of 272 needed in the 543-seat lower house to form government for five years, according to the "Mood of the Nation" survey published recently by the India Today media group.

The BJP and its allies won 351 constituencies in 2019 after returning to India's political landscape with a roar winning 336 posts in 2014 - a far cry from the two forlorn seats it grabbed in 1984.

The survey , which was conducted in December and January...