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Preview. 714 million voters, election divided into five phases for safety reasons, a myriad of parties and an uncertainty that makes surveys in pure speculation. With you the Indian elections, the largest democratic exercise ever conducted.

Preview. The Election Commission has declared itself very satisfied with the process, although the violence has left 35 dead on the subcontinent. The share was around 57 percent, or about 429 million voters: almost as much as the combined populations of the United States and Russia.

Preview. The Indian Parliament has 543 elected seats and two presidential appointees (not covered). So to form a government parties need to touch the magic figure of 272 deputies. Not even the main parties aspire to that.

Preview. So far were: Congress Party (the Gandhis), 145 seats. The opposition Hindu Bharatiya Janata Party of, 138. Both were leading paths and respective coalitions: the UPA (United Progressive Union) and the National Alliance Democráctica (NDA).

Preview. The UPA has ruled during the term, with external support of the Communists first and then the Samajwadi regionalist. The alternative to the two blocks is the Third Front, an amalgam of communist parties, regional or caste whose paste is "secular". A mess, go ...

Preview. "I know (the result) before me. We enchufaremos machines and is fully automatic and fast, "says the curator SYQureshi. This time, to cast the votes that voters had just one click, by the grace of the EVM slot machines that even run on batteries.

Preview. So on Saturday morning (Friday night in America), here we are. Surveys: light, minimal, almost no advantage for the Congress. And a fact: in 2004, all were wrong to predict the victory of the BJP. More emotion, CAN NOT.

08.00. Election recount has begun.

08.06 The majority of India is still eating breakfast, waiting for the first trends. Although many "net" (politicians) have had a stormy night ... They will leave elect?

08.15 The first seats (trends only): one for the Congress in Rajasthan (Ajmer) and one for the Janata Dal-Secular in Karnataka. Pure anecdote, but this has begun to run.

08.21 The seat would go to Ajmer Sachin Pilot, one of the young of the new wave of the Congress Party. Rahul Gandhi-Nehru's grandson, no less-is trying to renew it and make it hereditary collection of temptations. He does not include himself in the offer, of course.

08.23 The early trends also give good data for the Congress in the northern part of Kerala (south). So far the Communists dominated comfortably the state, but all the polls predicted a rise of Congress and a drop of ICC. Will confirmed.

08.26 Karnataka (southwest) also gives juicy details: the BJP seems to maintain its hegemony in the region. It has four seats with advantage, one Congress.

08.28 India is playing its election with the English system: it is divided in 543 districts with candidates only, no lists. It's simple: the candidate with most votes in each district wins the seat.

08.30 The network provides data on NDTV 30 seats: advantage for the coalition of the Congress-UPA (14 seats). The NDA led by BJP, gets 10, and the Third Front 6. There is nothing said, most data come from districts that were already in the hands of Congress.

08.34 This is my bet: the elections will come a Parliament similar to the above, although somewhat weakened the governing coalition. In my astrological prediction Manmohan Singh as prime minister will not repeat and will be a bargaining chip in negotiations with other parties. There you have it.

“, dicen los tertulianos de la NDTV. 08.35 "There is nothing clear at this time," say the pundits of NDTV. Nor should we have a master to be set, say a.

08.42 With 65 seats, in terms of benefits are not consolidated, the BJP and Congress are tied with 23 seats each. The Left Front (Communist groups), it busts (5). The BJP is making nine Members who have had ...

08.45 ... but Congress maintains its advantage if you add its coalition partners, namely the UPA.

Go crowds 10.26! It is one to see the atmosphere in the streets: many police, big screens at the headquarters of the Electoral Commission, particularly normal. The results have been very rapid: the Congress has everything to prevail in this election.

10.37 It does not reach the magic number of 272 or with the aid of their party in the UPA coalition, but is staying closer to predicting the majority: 229 seats and give it a lack of computing about 50.

10.39 So things are: with 504 seats counted, the UPA has 229 seats, NDA 154. And it highlights the collapse of the Third Front, with only 74 seats. The Fourth Front, a coalition of caste in northern India, drops to 30.

10.40 The Third Front, supported by the Communists, is the big loser at the moment. The Communists suffered heavy punishment in their strongholds Kerala and West Bengal, two of the states where the Congress and its allies move more decisively.

10.41 The brokers will be rubbing his hands with these results: the two great fears, privately and publicly-recognized are the communists and Mayawati, the leader "Dalit" that many pointed to as the "capped" the election. No threat to Congress.

10.47 In Kerala, the UPA get 15 seats and the Communists, only five. One of the star signings of Congress, the top UN official Shashi Tharoor, concurred in one district and is leading by 24,000 votes. New to the Foreign Minister?

10.48 The big disappointment is Mayawati. Who most and who least considered possible prime minister. But according to the results of their stronghold, Uttar Pradesh, only get 18 of the 80 in game (in the absence of the count of five). His consolation is that it takes something in Chattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh.

, el actual primer ministro regional. 10.50 It is also confirmed in Bihar (north) the great performance of Nitish Kumar, the current regional prime minister. Bihar is the poorest region but until their rivals praise his work. Nitish was now allied to the BJP with his Janata Dal-United. See what he does after today.

10.54 win in New Delhi: Congress wins the BJP in New Delhi by 7-0. The UPA is going up 55 seats and the NDA low 13. This is probably the end of the long policy LK Advani. "We are disappointed. We expected it r im, "says a party spokesman.

10.57 "We've done worse than expected in Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan and Gujarat. And the left has fallen in other states, "he continues. Tough times for the champions of Hindu cultural nationalism. The government of the country is too far away.

en Orissa (este). 11.04 Often the political instincts of Naveen Patnaik, Orissa (east). His party, the Biju Janata Dal, the BJP left before the election and attended only to the regional elections are held simultaneously. Sweeping.

11.08 And what a time for fall web servers that ... Well I will continue to soldier on. Yesterday the newspaper articles devoted to Mayawati, who disappointingly get about 20 seats out of 543. Nice way to point to the winner, one point less for the media.

11.10 The UPA now has 236 seats. The NDA, 161. The sum Third Front 80. The rise of around 60 seats in Congress, thanks largely to the fall of the Communists (lost 19 in Bengal), their gains in Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Kerala and Madhya Pradesh. And it keeps the type elsewhere.

”. 11.12 This happens to me to speak: the owner is "Manmohan Singh is preparing for a second term as prime minister." He is a man with a reputation for honest and firmer than its detractors believe. But his silence on the killings in Sri Lanka seems a blur avoidable.

11.15 At present, the Communists are now the fourth force, overcome by regionalists of caste Samajwadi Party. Their vote bank (SP) are the backward castes and Muslims in Uttar Pradesh, and is doing better than expected. It seemed fitting that a bump.

11.18 The BJP president, Rajnath Singh, presented by the district of Ghaziabad (near Delhi) is gaining in his district by only 3,300 votes. Be out of breath. "We introspection," says another leader of the BJP.

, del BJP, por 30.000 votos en el distrito de Philibhit (norte). Earn 11.20 Varun Gandhi also the wayward, the BJP by 30,000 votes in the district Philibhit (north). Gandhi, grandson of Indira but estranged from the family, she starred in the campaign with an inflammatory speech in which he threatened the Muslims of India. It seemed to work, sadly.

… Rahul Gandhi ha prometido ir limpiando de rasgos dinásticos la política india. 11.21 More on Dynasties: win the "noblemen" Rahul Gandhi, Varun Gandhi, Priya Dutt, Sachin Pilot, Milind Deora ... Rahul Gandhi has promised to be cleaning features dynastic politics in India. Has much work ahead.

, ministro de Economía y luego de Interior en el Gobierno Singh. 11.27 The big negative surprise for the Congress is defeat for the district of Sivaganga (Tamil Nadu, south) of Palaniappan Chidambaram, Minister of Economy and Interior after the Singh government. Chidambaram is a heavyweight central policy, but lost by 6,000 votes.

11.29 Ravi Shankar Prasad, spokesman for the BJP, is angry: "T he Congress is ahead, I admit. But let's wait until the end. " He says the Third Front has fallen a lot, Rajasthan has been a clear defeat his party in Maharashtra has been below expectations.

11.31 The Congress has benefited from the debacle of the Third Front and has maintained the level in the regions where they expected to suffer falls. "The BJP's campaign attacked the dignity of prime minister and now they must repent," he says smiling Anand Sharma, spokesperson of the Congress.

11.33 Do not seek the district of Manmohan Singh. Not submitted. Assam is senator and Congress decided to guard it. So if repeated, India will remain a prime minister who does not belong to the House. Which is controversial and what questionable?.

11.35 "Rahul Gandhi has improved its position. His strategy has worked in Uttar Pradesh because it has shown a long-term thinking, "says the editor of The Hindu, T. Ram. It also reinforces the voices that mark him as prime minister in waiting.

11.37 There are already data / trends in all districts. With 543 seats counted and coalitions: the UPA gets 244 seats. The NDA, 158. The Third Front does not break the barrier of 100 seats and stays at 92. And in the Fourth Front, with 33 seats, the Samajwadi Party holds only the type.

11.40 For the UPA, the stage is a dream: the Congress Party has only to agree with the Fourth Front, turned away from them during the elections, but there was prior agreement. And so will have an absolute majority with possibly only dreamed of before the count.

11.41 Congress counted as separate party has more seats than all the coalition assembled by the BJP. In Ashoka Road (BJP headquarters) is a day of long faces and see if also long knives. LK Advani is still missing, at the moment.

11.44 The good news for the Congress coalition also come to Tamil Nadu. The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK), its regional ally, resisting the advances of the opposition AIADMK. Win by 22 to 16. In previous elections, the AIADMK drew a blank.

. 11.47 At this time, party to party, the Communists recover the third. Congress, 190. The BJP, 121. The Communists obtained 27 seats, three more than the Samajwadi Party. And a little oxygen to Mayawati and BSP, which rises to 23.

11.49. Sushma Swaraj, BJP leader: "The results are in line with expectations. We have to analyze. " Swaraj is one of the betes noires of Sonia Gandhi (threatened to shave his hair if he was prime minister of Italy). At least win your seat.

12.33 The BJP complains about the absence of former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee, this time, very sick and could not get the party up the pieces. A charismatic man, Vajpayee. The BJP will have to meet to find another leader. Bet on Narendra Modi, Gujarat strongman.

12.35 Continue the vote count, although this will change soon ... seat up or down. Is as follows: the UPA has 254 seats (only 18 of the absolute majority). The NDA is with 160 (lost 21 since the last election). The Third Front has 87 and Fourth Front 29.

. 12.38 As for parties: the Congress is with 198 seats and the BJP with 116. The communists have 28 and Mayawati has overcome the Samajwadi Party (22) to bring the BSP (23) as the fourth training with more representation in this account.

. 12.40 That is, the roof of the Congress is now in the 200 seats and Sonia Gandhi, after ten years as president of the party, has clear consummate his return to the top of the podium. Far from the majority of old, but also the crisis of the 90.

12.42 Results of the most populous region, Uttar Pradesh: Mayawati victory with 23 seats, but without the expected strength. Samajwadi follows with 22. And third is the Congress, with a spectacular and surprising ascent that takes you to the 21 seats. The BJP gets 13.

12.45 It should be remembered that all the results so far are the result of trends and no candidate has yet been officially declared the winner. Timesnow chain shows the site of the communists in Bengal: there is little party meeting inside and out.

12.49 drums and banners outside the house of Sonia Gandhi, at 10 Avenue Janpath Delhi. Congressional supporters will mount a big party. "We are very happy," says Tourism Minister Ambika Soni. Neither party's own survey released these days was so optimistic.

”, dice el periodista MJ Akbar en el canal Headlines Today. 12.52 "An important component of these elections has been to support the aspirations of youth representing the Congress Party," says the journalist MJ Akbar in the channel Headlines Today. Betting on Rahul Gandhi as "leader now established."

12.55 Before the count, it seemed that regional leaders left with advantage and had opened a frantic race contacts. But the results strongly deny this: Congress and the BJP together account for about 315 seats. In 2004, only amounted to 280. The center advances.

12.56 The UPA will meet tomorrow to decide the "future course of action." Commentators say that even that will be negotiated Manmohan Singh revalidate their mandate. It supports up to Sharad Pawar, an ally of the Congress that will go down in history as the eternal candidate.

12.59 The Electoral Commission website works horribly wrong, begins to announce the first definitive results. In Goa Francisco Sardinha South has won the bid to regain man bullfighting in this former Portuguese colony.

13.02 One of the keys to the victory of Congress is the region of Rajasthan. The Congress, the state recovered in recent regional elections, there gets 20 seats and reduces the presence of the BJP to 4. What is said a turnaround that has proved a grave for the Hindu nationalists.

13.03 Congress also manages to win in the regional elections of Andhra Pradesh in the southeast, which were held simultaneously. But have to agree with other education or regionalist opposition can take away the candy.

Tremendous 13.14 at Chidambaram! Regains the advantage, but the interior minister is winning only 19 votes in Sivaganga. Less fortunate is the Minister for Women, Renuka Chowdhury, leader Margaret Alva or who are losing in their districts.

, su amigo “dalit” Ram Vilas Paswan y la madre de Varun Gandhi, Maneka , quien había dejado a su hijo el sitio en Philibhit y se estrenaba en el distrito vecino de Aonla. 13.15 also lose Railway Minister Lalu Prasad, his friend "Dalit" Ram Vilas Paswan and the mother of Varun Gandhi, Maneka, who had left his son Philibhit site and was released in the neighboring district of Aonla. With defeat, for the moment.

13.20 Arun Jaitley, a senior BJP is officially acknowledging defeat. Although I do not hear anything else, because the intervention is still only in Hindi. With poker face while maintaining composure. This is one of the bad times of a politician.

. 13.22 In hindsight, it is easy to say: but voters in India have appreciated the care and social programs to the rural population. Many analysts also claim that Congress owes its victory Rahul Gandhi and his campaign in the north, with appeals to young people.

). 13.25 We always forget that about 70 percent of India's population is in the field and cares little for the urban elite (hence the Mumbai attacks have had so little echo). And most people live from agriculture. Congress has managed to connect with them.

13.30 Time to draw some big winners: the Congress Party, the Janata Dal-United, Biju Janata Dal and the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, which prevails in Tamil Nadu though many gave him for dead. Leaders are also celebrating.

13.32 Big losers: the BJP and the Communist parties. The Rashtriya Janata Dal of Lalu Prasad (who also is losing in his district). The Akali Dal in Punjab. And to some extent, the Samajwadi Party, which lost more than 10 seats, though less than expected.

Mayawati 13.33 strokes a Pyrrhic victory in Uttar Pradesh, where he expected much better results and where the moral winner is the Congress party Sonia and Rahul Gandhi are winning their seats and training has regained much lost ground in the last decade.

13.36 Another big loser is Ram Vilas Paswan. So far estranged ally of the Congress but during elections, Paswan is one of the leading "Dalit" in the country. Where appropriate, the new boundary delimitation has departed from its traditional vote banks.

13.38 The President of the Congress Party, Sonia Gandhi, presented by Rae Bareily, congratulates electoral victory by Manmohan Singh, who no-show. India, ever so paradoxical to the small details.

13.42 There are women in sari dancing in front of the headquarters of the Congress Party, at 24, Akbar Road. Sachin Pilot and Shashi Tharoor and are officially members of the next parliament, but the Commission has just officially allocated 17 seats.

”, promete Naveen Patnaik en su primera intervención tras repetir victoria con el BJD en las elecciones de Orissa. 13.55 "Working for peace, harmony, well being," promises Naveen Patnaik in his first speech after repeat victory with the BJD in Orissa elections. In Orissa occurred months ago a tremendous massacres of Christians which led him to break with the BJP's Hindu.

13.56 The Bihar is a real landslide: Some projections say that Lalu Prasad's party will get only two seats. It will be pulling your hair out for not having reached a pre-election agreement with the Congress party. He says he is "thinking".

. 14.05 If a leader of the BJP coming out stronger today, that is Narendra Modi. Maintains its performance in Gujarat, the region in 2002 took place shortly after arriving, he power-the violent pogroms against Muslims. He is accused of collusion but people vote.

14.06 Chidambaram has won his seat by 300 votes. But the promise is not happy: The AIADMK has requested a recount in Sivaganga. It was predicted that competition in the district promised a result equaled. We will see to what extent.

, uno de los grandes ganadores del día. 14.51 Talk Nitish Kumar, one of the big winners of the day. His party, the Janata Dal-United, has been the engine of the NDA in Bihar. Of the 40 seats at stake, have won 33, with a rise of 22 seats. The RJD of Lalu is losing and decays: only earn 3.

15.09 The latest trends according to the NDTV television network indicate that the Congress has passed the barrier of the 200 seats. Sonia Gandhi has convened a meeting at 16.15 pm with the top brass of the party.

15.26 And Manmohan Singh will speak at 16.00 pm. Must be one of the few leaders in history to win an election without appearing to them. Television channels are stark: "decisive victory", "best in decades."

15.53 Trinamool Congress, Bengal, is one of the big winners of the elections, after ending the Communist rule in the region. Mamata Banerjee has come out with the graphic gesture of victory among the din of his followers. His alliance with Congress has been successful.

Mamata 15.54 starred in a controversial campaign against the installation in the region of the Tata Nano factory. He alleged that the expropriation of peasants to install the plant were abusive, which earned him the enmity of Ratan Tata and, it seems, the support of many voters in Bengal.

16.36 Press conference Manmohan Singh. He says he will try to persuade Rahul Gandhi to join his cabinet of ministers. The modest Singh assumes that repeats as head of government. Rahul is enshrined as a national leader, if he was not yet.

”. 16.38 Sonia Gandhi: "People of India always choose well." Congress raised a slogan outside the maximalisms: step by step for the growth of India. Shortly epic, but in view of the results, a success of his strategists.

16.40 Signs of Congress had an angelic trinity: Sonia, Rahul and Manmohan. They looked like the family of father, mother and son: appealing to women voters Sonia, Manmohan to economic elites and middle classes, young Rahul. Pure restraint and fidelity to their vocation catch-all.

16.42 Rural Congress has increased its party image of the "common man" ("aam aadmi"), with development programs slowly but surely and promises of inclusiveness for the next wave of Indian growth: lower-middle classes who think the progress for themselves or their children.

“. Ram Dutt Tripathi 16.46 on the BBC: "The revival of the Congress in the most populous Indian state of Uttar Pradesh is the biggest story in this election (...) The Congress appears to have regained its traditional vote base among the poor, Muslims and upper-class Brahmins. "

Lalu Prasad 16.48, a man between sympathetic and quirky, you are in Parliament. Presented for two districts (which is legal) and managed to win at least one of them. You will hear his voice in the House, which does not mean that his party has garnered a humiliating defeat in Bihar.

Commentators on channel 16.53 Timesnow: the eyes are on two reactions, that of Rahul Gandhi and LK Advani of. One must make public if it enters the Singh government and makes its more than likely successor. The other is not expected nothing but retreat.

16.54 Sonia Gandhi has appeared dressed in a purple sari. Smiling and as happy as Manmohan Singh, who gave her roses and appeared with her ​​in his house Janpath Avenue. This is the Congress victory was announced at the home of the dynasty, not the party headquarters.

Congress imposes 16.56 to 29.10% of the vote. The BJP gets 19.18%. Mayawati won 6.08% and 5.33% communist. There are provisional and also in Indian elections percentages are inconclusive, because it is a majority system.

17.00 With a proportional system and the same percentage, Congress would have 157 seats (now give about 200) and the BJP, 103 (now give 121). Mayawati, who won for now 23, would in this hypothetical computer 32. But things are as they are.

. 17.03 also confirms a sad theory: with the eyes of the world in India, Sri Lanka Army has entered the blood and fire in the last redoubt of the Tamil guerrillas, who claim between 2,000 and 3,000 civilian deaths. If there are no war crimes, comes as Congress and see.

17.05 The LTTE (Tamil Tigers) ordered the murder of Sonia's husband, former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi. Now we are paying: Congress has given tacit approval to the Government of Sri Lanka to stop them at all costs. Are more than 7,000 civilians killed this year.

17.06 The operation of the Congress has had its impact in Tamil Nadu, where the population shares with the victims of ethnic conflict. Its regional ally, the DMK, maintains the type, but Congress has lost some ground and Chidambaram, we saw before, was sweating.

17.08 In my district of New Delhi, Vijay Goel has lost, the BJP. And that he spent the campaign flooding the particular mobile citizens, including my own-with messages calling for the vote. It seems that most Goel gift left them cold. Seat for Congress.

17.12 The BBC reported that, while the BJP has fallen a lot in Orissa after the killing of Christians, send in some of the areas where these occurred. One of their candidates, Manoj Pradhan, in prison for murder and rioting, earns good advantage.

17.13 One factor that few have spoken to explain the debacle of BJP: Hindu radicals Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) have chosen to remain passive in this election. They have presence across India and the BJP will certainly longing for his grassroots activism.

desde el año 1971 que los votantes dicen sí al Gobierno saliente para que revalide su mandato. 17.23 This is the first time since 1971 that voters say yes to the outgoing government to revalidate their mandate. Manmohan Singh has achieved something not achieved since Indira Gandhi and demagogue-seen the results of that election-cry: "Let us end poverty!"

17.25 That is, Indian voters have given a kick to the famous vow "anti-incumbency", the flagship franchise of punishment to successive Governments, which has dominated Indian politics in recent decades. El tranquilo Manmohan Singh puede estar orgulloso y estas elecciones serán recordadas.

17.28 Termina el culebrón de la jornada, es decir, si Palaniappan Chidambaram estará o no en el Parlamento. Tras ir perdiendo y ganando y con alegaciones de unos y otros, Chidambaram volverá al Parlamento por su distrito de Sivaganga , según informa el canal NDTV.

17.30 El presidente del Parlamento saliente, Somnath Chatterjee , fue expulsado del Partido Comunista por negarse a dimitir a cuenta del acuerdo nuclear con Estados Unidos (que llevó a los comunistas a salir del Gobierno). Hoy saborea su venganza contra el partido: “ los líderes narcisistas no ayudan “, dice.

17.33 Ha hablado mucha gente pero siguen mudos tanto el candidato del BJP, el octogenario LK Advani, como Rahul Gandhi. La senectud contra la juventud que viene pidiendo paso, esos 100 millones de nuevos votantes que mayoritariamente han votado Congreso, a la vista de los resultados.

17.37 Mejor no hacer quinielas: mi apuesta del principio del día no se cumple. Dije que ganaría el Congreso, aunque más debilitado, y que Manmohan Singh no repetiría como primer ministro. Mea culpa: sólo acerté lo primero pero tranquilos, que seguiré apostando.

17.47 En la NDTV están comparando al Gobierno Singh con los tiempos de Nehru. Palabras mayores: dicen que desde 1957 no había un Gobierno que hubiera resistido toda la legislatura bajo el mismo líder para ser luego resultado reelegido. Sicofante, sicofante…

17.52 A este jugador lo quiero en mi equipo. CM Chang, del Frente Popular de Nagaland (una pequeña y conflictiva región del noreste) se ha impuesto por 483.003 votos de diferencia sobre el segundo. Sonia Gandhi lo hizo en Uttar Pradesh por unos 372.000. No es poca cosa.

18.15 “ La gente ha decidido que este país no puede ir hacia adelante mirando constantemente al pasado, como parecen hacer los comunistas” , dice un militante del Congreso. Ese ha sido un mensaje en campaña de Manmohan Singh, y se diría que ha calado entre los electores.

18.21 El Partido del Congreso ha roto, combinando tendencias y algunos resultados declarados, la barrera de los 200 escaños. Hay que remontarse a la década pasada (1991) para encontrar un resultado así. El portavoz del BJP Arun Jaitley felicita a Sonia Gandhi.

18.33 El canal Timesnow da a la UPA 244 escaños ya la NDA 163. En el nuevo Parlamento, según estos datos, los comunistas tendrán 28 escaños que de todos modos podrían resultar fundamentales para que la UPA llegue hasta la ansiada cifra de la mayoría absoluta, en los 272 diputados.

18.35 La presidenta india, Pratibha Patil , estará respirando aliviada. Las encuestas predecían un Parlamento confuso y sin mayorías, por lo que habría sido tarea suya encargar la formación de un Gobierno a uno de los partidos. Ella es amiga de Sonia Gandhi (y le debe el cargo) ¿A quién habría llamado?

18.39 Lo que venía diciendo: LK Advani quiere abandonar su puesto como líder del BJP tras la derrota, pero el comité del partido ha rechazado su decisión. Es una forma de homenajearle y probablemente buscan ganar tiempo antes de abrir la sandía de la sucesión.

18.44 De la caída del Samajwadi Party en Uttar Pradesh y las ganancias limitadas de Mayawati se deriva la interpretación de que el Congreso ha logrado atraer a sectores de aquel partido. Posiblemente los musulmanes, descontentos porque el SP pactó con el polémico Kalyan Singh (que va ganando).

18.48 Kalyan Singh gobernaba Uttar Pradesh y promovió activamente el movimiento que desembocó en la destrucción de la mezquita Babri, uno de los episodios más negros de la historia moderna de la India. Los musulmanes no perdonan a Singh, miembro de la apetitosa casta Lodh.

18.55 Por regiones: la NDA vence en gran parte del cinturón del hindi: Bihar, Jharkhand, Chattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh y Gujarat. Añade Karnataka y Himachal Pradesh. El problema es que no aporta mucho más en el resto del país y algunas de esas victorias no llevan aparejadas grandes ventajas en escaños.

19.00 La UPA logra presencia significativa en todo el país, tanto donde gana como donde pierde. Tiene en el bolsillo Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Maharashtra, Rajastán, Cachemira, Delhi, Haryana, Punjab, Bengala, Assam, y casi todos los microestados del noreste del país.

19.02 Parece que los comunistas conservan la pequeña Tripura (en el noreste). En Orissa gana el barón Patnaik. Y sigue la lucha cerrada entre Mayawati y el SP por Uttar Pradesh, aunque este estado, con diferencia el más poblado del país, arrojará resultados igualados.

19.03 Dice Headlines Today que Maneka Gandhi se ha recuperado en Aonla y está ganando por poco. Como Chidambaram, otra superviviente. Quienes no se recuperan son Ram Vilas Paswan (LJP) y la ministra saliente Renuka Chowdhury.

19.11 Hay una apuesta nueva al conocer los resultados (más o menos provisionales): el 80 por ciento de los consultados por Headlines Today asegura que el índice Sensex de la bolsa de Bombay pegará este lunes un gran salto adelante alentado por un Gobierno fuerte. La mayoría apuesta por las infraestructuras.

19.21 Según NDTV, el BSP de Mayawati no será la primera fuerza en Uttar Pradesh. Gran decepción para ella y gran equivocación de muchos analistas. El Samajwadi está ganando 24 escaños, seguido del Congreso y Mayawati, empatados a 20. Además, el Congreso obtiene victorias en todas las áreas de Andhra Pradesh.

19.40 Los hermanos Rahul y Priyanka Gandhi acaban de comprobar lo que es la densidad de población. No les dejan ni andar. Están en Sultanpur (Uttar Pradesh) . Manmohan Singh ha dicho a LK Advani que es el “ momento de abrir un nuevo capítulo “. Y tanto que pasarán página.

20.04 The BJP has to do with slogans look. In 2004, caused derision its "India Shining", which was a shot in the foot-lost power. And now, with "a strong leader, good government" will equal ... The BJP said that Manmohan was a weak leader, the people have decided to have a strong majority.

20.08 Manmohan Singh is considered the father of the 1991 reforms that opened the Indian economy after decades of stagnant licensing system. Analysts expect to undertake a second round of reform to partly eliminate the labyrinthine administrative processes.

20.23 Details of the Electoral Commission: between seats declared and led the Congress gets 206 deputies. The BJP, 116. The third political force is the Samajwadi Party with 23, and then come Mayawati (21), the JD-U of Nitish Kumar (21) and Communists (20). Today, many leaders will have nightmares.

Rahul Gandhi speaks 20.26. It is with his sister Priyanka, smiling and her husband, Robert Vadra. Recognizes that Advani has conducted a campaign "strong", perhaps in deference to senecto rival. Then warns that youth in this election has had a major role.

20.31 "Our goal is development. We owe it to the poor of this country. That will not change win or lose, "says Gandhi. Kudos to the Congress Party in this campaign. Their leaders have demonstrated votes have read correctly the feeling of India. Now, turn comply with the program.

21.17 Projections NDTV. The UPA gets 258 members, an increase of 78 over the 2004 elections. The NDA stays 162, which loses 15. The Third Front is lost in 31 and 77 deputies. The Fourth Front fell even more: yield 34 seats and gained only 30.

21.20 The view is: Congress drink of defeats communists in Kerala and Bengal. And their ex-partners Fourth Front in Uttar Pradesh. When BJP snatches Rajasthan and Punjab. His allies seemed limited mass loss, as in Tamil Nadu. Point by point, went (almost) everything right for the UPA. In short ...

SUMMARY. The coalition led by Congress Party obtained a clear victory, and although not reaching the majority, you could simply agree with one of the many parties that will form the Parliament. All indications are making it difficult to fish from the Third or the Fourth fronts.

SUMMARY. Manmohan Singh, Congress candidate, accumulating honors: Legislature completed a tightrope (for the weakness of his party), retains its position strengthened mandate and allow you to address the reforms needed-creating his famous "inclusiveness" - with fewer sticks the wheels than before.

SUMMARY. Period of reflection for the BJP's Hindu cultural nationalism. The party lost about 20 seats and can not eat ground to Congress a priori favorable circumstances. The BJP must decide which of their souls (the religious reformist, nationalist, the Brahmanic) actually piloting the ship.

SUMMARY. In the Communist side, hard punishment fall into fronts that seemed untouchable (in Bengal, its worst result in 32 years) and explained so badly that seem opposed to progress. And big disappointment for the "Dalits" Mayawati: the regional coach of 2007 has become a pumpkin at the stroke of the elections.

SUMMARY. Emerge some regional barons, as Naveen Patnaik or Nitish Kumar. But the most important message is that India has said yes to the development schemes of the Congress that the hand of Rahul Gandhi has managed to present himself as the closest match to the aspirations of this country.

SUMMARY. India has again surprised everyone. Therefore, they were wrong again all surveys, including the party that takes the greasy pole. This country seems to always being dismantled while mending their own broken. But it goes ahead and is admirable. Good night.

Eight shot dead by police against a Communist demonstration

Nueva Delhi, 28 jul 2007.- Una protesta comunista que buscaba un mejor reparto de las tierras en la región india suroriental de Andhra ocasionó al menos ocho muertos cuando la policía abrió fuego contra los manifestantes.
Los enfrentamientos tuvieron lugar en la localidad de Modigonda, a unos 250 kilómetros de la capital regional, Hyderabad, y entre los muertos hay una mujer y un niño de ocho años, mientras que hay ocho heridos más, de los cuales tres se encuentran en estado crítico, informó la agencia india IANS.
En una jornada de huelga, los activistas bloquearon carreteras y vías de tren en demanda de tierras para los más pobres, y los servicios públicos quedaron suspendidos como medida de precaución, según otra agencia india, PTI.
Pero en Modigonda, las protestas tomaron un derrotero violento cuando varios activistas del Partido Comunista de India Marxista (CPI-M), que bloqueaban una carretera, arrojaron piedras a un vehículo de la policía, e hirieron a dos policías.
En respuesta a las pedradas, la Policía abrió fuego sobre los manifestantes y sobre un grupo de mujeres que se encontraban sentadas a la sombra.
Las imágenes de la televisión local mostraron a los policías disparando armas automáticas sobre varios manifestantes, cuyos cuerpos quedaron ensangrentados y tendidos en el suelo, rodeados por una multitud que gritaba pidiendo ayuda.
La situación continuó siendo tensa, ya que varios activistas del CPI-M tomaron los cadáveres de los fallecidos y los llevaron a la oficina de los funcionarios del distrito, donde destruyeron muebles y archivos cegados por la ira.
Los activistas alegaron que los disparos de la Policía se produjeron sin mediar provocación, y que buscaban matar a manifestantes inocentes.
En Hyderabad, el ministro regional de Interior, K. Jana Reddy, anunció una investigación sobre los hechos, y envió un Inspector General de Policía para dirigirla.
“Si algún policía es encontrado culpable, tomaremos medidas”, dijo el ministro del Interior, citado por IANS.
Mientras, el jefe del Gobierno regional, YS Rajasekhara Reddy, se reunió con carácter de urgencia con el Director General de Policía, para analizar la situación.
Las muertes en Andhra tuvieron lugar durante la huelga de un día convocada por dos formaciones comunistas para protestar por la violencia empleada el pasado jueves por la Policía contra activistas comunistas en varios puntos de la región.
Los disparos de la Policía han generado ya una ola de críticas entre las fuerzas políticas de Andhra, donde el principal partido de la oposición, el Telugu Desam Party (TDP), que apoyaba la huelga, tildó la actuación de los agentes de “bárbara” e “inhumana”.
Durante casi tres meses los partidos de izquierda han pedido la distribución entre los pobres de tierras y construcciones gubernamentales, unas protestas que han incluido incluso las ocupaciones de terrenos.
El pasado jueves, las manifestaciones de los comunistas causaron violentos disturbios contra la Policía, un asunto que ha dominado la última sesión parlamentaria de la Asamblea Regional, este viernes.
El Gobierno regional se encontraba en conversaciones con las formaciones comunistas para resolver las protestas; el diálogo quedó inconcluso el pasado viernes, aunque estaba previsto que fuera retomado hoy.
El secretario regional del CPI, K. Narayana, y otros nueve líderes locales, que se encuentran en huelga de hambre indefinida desde hace una semana, fueron trasladados hoy a un hospital, porque su estado de salud se está deteriorando.
Los disturbios de hoy en Andhra recuerdan en buena medida a los registrados el pasado 14 de marzo en la región de Bengala (noreste), donde murieron 14 personas y otras 40 resultaron heridas en disturbios entre la Policía y miles de agricultores que protestaban porque sus tierras estaban siendo expropiadas.
La Policía abrió entonces fuego contra los campesinos, que habían bloqueado carreteras y vías férreas en la zona para protestar contra la implantación de una zona económica exclusiva que servirá para instalar fábricas.