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...