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Congress Party wins India elections 2009

May 16th, 2009 - 2:47 pm ICT by John Le Fevre -

India’s ruling Congress party (INC) has won more than 191 of the 543 parliamentary seats up for grab in the 2009 India elections, beating out the main opposition bloc led by the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

While short of a majority, the result means incumbent prime minister, Dr. Mammohan Singh, will form the 18th Indian government since elections were first held in the world’s second most populated country in 1947.

With more than 70 percent of the votes counted, the Congress party-led coalition of Dr. Singh could end up with more than 240 of the lower house seats.

India is the most populous democracy in the world and more than 714 million of its 1.2 billion population were eligible to vote in the five-stage election process that ended on May 13.

Deputy Election Commissioner, R. Balakrishnan from the national election commission said voter turnout was approximately 60 percent, for the marathon process that took one month to complete.

According to the constitution, a new parliament has to be in place by June 2 and Prime Minister Singh today called a cabinet meeting for Monday ahead of what will be his second five-year term. In being reelected to the country’s top post Dr. Singh becomes only the second prime minister in the country’s history to win back-to-back parliamentary elections. The first to do so was India’s first prime minister Jawahar Lal Nehru.

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22 Responses

1. Benith Says:
   May 16th, 2009 at 3:33 pm

   Let us hope that atleast in the second term, he initiates reform which the nda began and slowed by the congress due to political pressure from the communists. The government was actually non-performing. Inflation going from near 0 to 12 percent. The prices of food articles are still high. The lack of will to build the country’s infrastructure. Let us hope this goverment selects its cabinet based on performance criteria than gandhi family loyalist. If india cannot bring natural gas from bangladesh and myanmar. V will be just as vunerable to peak gas as we were found to be to oil. Lets see how the goverment handles its foreign policy especially with shashi tharor in it, a potential minister of external affairs.

2. renolds prabhakar amanna Says:
   May 16th, 2009 at 5:44 pm

   Its really good to see Congress once again maintaining a hold of the country’s reins. A good lesson to all who ever thought that Mr. Manmohan Singh is a weak prime minister. Due credit to the way they have managed the
   country even when other countries including the U.S. have been severely effected by recession.

3. Capt. N.Shekhar Says:
   May 16th, 2009 at 7:19 pm

   Let Dr. Manmohansingh take over as PM and form an APEX body of five members to adv & train Rahul Gandhi. After one year Rahul must take over from Manmohansingh and move aggressively towards the speedy developmenmt of the country. Cut down drastically on corruption. The world is watching us. Beware of China and Pakistan.Make India Proud.

4. Manoj Panicker Says:
   May 16th, 2009 at 8:41 pm

   Singh is King ….once again !!!!!!!!!!!!!

5. Madhav Sharma Says:
   May 16th, 2009 at 10:49 pm

   Good to know that a simple man with a vision will lead india, I am confident that his leadership will bring in sweeping changes to the India in the next 5 years in areas of corruption, infrastructure, education, healthcare, tourism and most important a harmoeous society with a common vision, with a caring attitude and and people of india will realise that its time we come together for a common cause - to build India. my good wishes to our great leader. wish you all the best.

6. Mahendra Sanjoo Says:
   May 16th, 2009 at 11:06 pm

   It’s really good to see a thoughtful verdict towards a stable India and hope that it will give new government more maneuverable capabilities to bring reforms in India’s social & economic space. It’s a clear mandate of youth and recognizes Rahul Gandhi very well as a upcoming leader with a strategic perspective of long term stability and hope leadership will deliver & maintain as per expectations.

7. Albert Nayan Says:
   May 17th, 2009 at 12:03 am

   Thanks to the people who supported congress on this span of time only right deplomates can lead INDIA perfect.

8. amrit oswal Says:
   May 17th, 2009 at 12:17 am

   India is always known as a democratic country since independence of which citizens are still not aware of the benefits provided by the government. The law makers are the law breakers, which is a shame. Every person of india is just not a citizen of india, he is an indian and deserves all the rights to be benefitted by all the rights declared by the gvernment inadequate of low , middle or high class.

9. Ross De Souza Says:
   May 17th, 2009 at 3:00 am

   The Indian people have once again showed their wisdom and fore sight to the rest of the world that “THE BEST IS YET TO COME”. All the bickering that we are so accustomed to seeing and hearing on our TV screens will now stop. I hope the Congress will rule wisely and go back to the days when coalition politics was not existent. I congratulate the youth of India for coming out and voting. God Bless India

10. B Roth Says:
    May 17th, 2009 at 11:32 am

    I’m from the US, but I have been following the India elections and would like to give congratulations to your democratic process! I must say I do not know who the ‘players’ are but wholeheartedly acknowledge you are the world’s largest democracy and I will celebrate all of your elections (even if I don’t understand the players, which is probably ok, given I am several continents away). I hope relations between the US and India can progress, we have so much in common, and not THAT many differences. I wish your country all the best. I hope to visit India soon.

    Brian

11. sushant kumar Says:
    May 17th, 2009 at 3:51 pm

    Wow…!!!!! Never expected a stable government to be formed..!!!!!!! ” THE INDIAN VOTER “…… You rock man…!!!!!!!

12. Abdul basheer khan Says:
    May 17th, 2009 at 6:29 pm

    I am glad to have Sonia Gandhi mendate and hope for a bright future of India

13. A.S.Mathew Says:
    May 18th, 2009 at 3:10 am

    Thank God for having a solid
    Government led by Dr.Singh.
    India is going to have greater
    prosperity and peace in the
    days ahead. The proud electorate of India could show
    the world that in the
    largest democracy, democracy
    is working smoothly.

14. shukla sanjeev Says:
    May 18th, 2009 at 1:41 pm

    jai ho
    DELHI HUEE HAMAREE
    AAB U.P.KI BAARI
    11(MLA)laana hai
    U.P.ko banana hai(C.E.upp)

15. DippDoo Says:
    May 19th, 2009 at 6:54 am

    I am very happy and proud to hear that India has voted for Dr. Manmohan Singh’s party. No one else is more worthy. But please, stop this “wah-wah” over Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi…What credentials do they have ??? Their last name ??? I hope India continues to elect individuals based on what they are.

16. mukesh(biochem) Says:
    May 19th, 2009 at 2:54 pm

    congrats for all the winning cndidates…………….. i hope all the candidates doing work hard and make a bright and prosperous india. they work on prgressivity and poorness people in india i wish him all the best…………… jai ho……….

17. mukesh(biochem) Says:
    May 19th, 2009 at 3:13 pm

    delhi huee hamaree
    aab u.p. ki baari

18. Abdul basheer khan (Saudi Arabia) Says:
    May 19th, 2009 at 5:21 pm

    I am confident that congress will sapport Lalo as a railways minister because he has done an excilent job in railways it is in benefit of the country .
    Congress is a broad minded party and congress want to do good things in India,s favour

19. Md. Ahad Ali Kharupetia, Darrang (Assam) Says:
    May 20th, 2009 at 8:38 pm

    I am very happy and proud to hear that India has voted for Dr. Manmohan Singh’s party.I am glad to have Sonia Gandhi mendate and hope for a bright future of India.

20. amit MORADABAD Says:
    May 21st, 2009 at 5:48 pm

    jai ho
    U.P.me jangalraj jana hai
    maya ko C.M.kya MLA bhi nahi banana hai
    jai ho.,,,,,,,,,

21. congratulations Says:
    June 5th, 2009 at 3:04 pm

    We hope to see India becoming a super power.We want the government to allocate resources to rural development and monitor the same

22. neha Says:
    June 18th, 2009 at 2:48 pm

    structural problems in the democratic system of goverhnance with special refrence to 15 common election held in india may 2009

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