Singh when you're winning
The Congress party romps to victory by a surprisingly big margin. Its next government will be expected to do rather more than its current one
EVER unpredictable, Indian voters delivered their pentennial surprise on May 16th, when over 417m ballots were totted up. Reversing decades of decline, the Congress party had won the country’s month-long election, which ended on May 13th, by a bigger margin than its most enthusiastic cheer-leaders had dared dream of. Congress and its electoral allies won 261 of 543 available seats. With support from a few tiny regional parties and independents, they will ... Full Story »
Posted by Kaizar Campwala
The party closest to the center with competent leaders won.