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India votes in Congress and allies for stability
Press Trust of India, Saturday May 16, 2009, New Delhi

In an overwhelming vote for stability, Congress and its UPA allies on Saturday scored a stunning win in the Lok Sabha polls humbling BJP and the Left parties to race close to an absolute majority.

The Congress-led UPA was poised to win about 260 seats in the 543-member Lok Sabha on the basis of about 300 results actually declared and the leads in the remaining 243 constituencies on Saturday night.

UPA thus needs about 12 seats to cross the half-way mark, a task that it can easily achieve without having to seek the support from the troublesome Left parties who have lost more than half their strength and are projected to win only 24 seats.

For the BJP and its allies in the NDA, the results have come as a rude shock prompting the grouping's prime ministerial candidate L K Advani to offer to step down as Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha. The offer was turned down by his party.

The NDA is projected to win 161 seats with the BJP likely to get about 116 which is 22 less than 138 won by the party in the 2004 elections.

Congress party's unexpected grand showing was largely based on about 20 seats in UP, 29 in Andhra, 19 in Rajasthan, 15 in Kerala, 17 in Maharashtra, 11 in Madhya Pradesh besides it doing well along with its allies DMK in Tamil Nadu (27 seats) and Trinamool Congress in West Bengal (19).
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Posted by Eldho on May 16, 2009
Hearty Congrajulations... it is the victory of every Indians... Wish after five years the regional parties should be diminished forever...
Posted by V M Khaleelur Rahman on May 16, 2009
ELECTION RESULTS India is comparable only with India - a highly democratic and secular country - the like of which is none. The Congress has proved its mettle by releasing a secular manifesto and making the people realise that it stands for the unity and integrity of the country by not dividing the people on caste, linguistic or communal lines and projecting Dr. Manmohan Singh as its next Prime Ministerial candidate. All Congress leaders particularly Dr. Manmohan Singh, Mr. Pranab Mukherji, Mrs. Sonia Gandhi focussed the attention of the people on policies and programmes. The BJP behaved irresponsibly by dividing the people on communal lines and giving importance to persons like Mr. Narendra Modi and Mr. Varun Gandhi who were not in the good books of the people to say the least. The young Congress leaders like Mr. Rahul Gandhi exhibited their maturity and behaved in a dignified way making it clear that they can be the real representatives of the people. The BJP should learn a lesson from the outcome of the present parliamentary elections. The people are mature enough now. They cannot be fooled by slogans and emotions on communal lines. People like Mr. Modi and Mr. Varun Gandhi are a liabililty to it - not an asset. If these leaders were not there in the election limelight, one feels that its position would have been better. Let it be clear to all that in today's modern India everyone thinks that when it is the question of our country, he or she is an IndiaN first, Indian second, Indian third and nothing but an Indian. There is an urgent need for the parties like the BJP to understand this mindset of the people and work accordingly without hurting the feelings of any community. India is great and incredible. The well conducted parliamentary elections have proved it once again beyond any doubt. On this happy occasion every Indian feels proud of his or her Indianness as the people have exercised their franchise in favour of democracy and secularism - the sheet anchor of the Constitution of India.
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