Hindu Nationalists Top Vote in India; Bloc Seeks Allies to Form Government

From: The Washington Post | Date: March 4, 1998| Author: Kenneth J. Cooper | Copyright information

A multiparty bloc led by the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party emerged today as the top vote-getter of India's parliamentary election, coming within about two dozen seats of a majority in the 545-member lower house of Parliament. Party leaders promptly embarked on a determined search for the allies needed to form the next government of the world's largest democracy.

The voting, the most competitive in the nation's 50-year history, left the lower house almost evenly divided...

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