Early results from India's election for the lower house of parliament are predicting a strong win for the ruling Congress-led coalition, which may take as many as 250 seats, only slightly short of a ruling majority in the parliament. The BJP-led rival coalition bloc is predicted to collect around 160 seats.
2009-05-16 08:37 TU
In April and May 2009, voting takes place in the country with the second-largest population in the world. Since China, which has the largest population, does not hold parliamentary elections, that makes India's vote the biggest exercise in parlimentary democracy in the world, with all the challenges that entails.
2009-04-30 09:11 TU