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  • India: Communist boost in Indian polls

    05/11/2006 9:28:08 AM PDT · by TigerLikesRooster · 14 replies · 475+ views
    BBC News ^ | 05/11/06
    Communist boost in Indian polls The Communists won a record seventh term in West Bengal India's Communist parties have swept to power in two Indian states as votes are being counted following elections that lasted a month. A communist alliance won a record seventh term in West Bengal and has wrested Kerala from the Congress Party. Separately, Congress Party President Sonia Gandhi has been re-elected in Rae Bareilly - she had quit parliament in March after a political row. Her party is hoping to retain Assam and form a government in Tamil Nadu. The southern state of Tamil Nadu appears...