India's poor bring back Gandhi clan; Prime Minister Vajpayee resigned Thursday, as a surprise election upset put Sonia Gandhi's Congress Party on top.(WORLD)

From: The Christian Science Monitor | Date: May 14, 2004 | Copyright information

Byline: Scott Baldauf Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor

NEW DELHI -- In a stunning turnaround, India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party accepted defeat Thursday, opening the way for the Congress party to return to power for the first time in eight years.

The announcement came as polling results were still being counted in India's first ever all-electronic election. Congress, with a projected 217 seats, appears to have the best chance of forming a stable coalition, relying on left-wing and secular parties to give it a 285-seat majority of Parliament's 543 elected ...

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