Ruling Congress Sweeps To India Election Victory

Victory: Congress party workers celebrate victory in the India elections in New Delhi today. The coalition is expected to have won 261 seats - just 11 short of an overall majority. Photo from The Daily Mail.

India's Ruling Party Wins Resounding Victory -- Yahoo News/AP

NEW DELHI – The ruling Congress party swept to a resounding victory Saturday in India's mammoth national elections, defying expectations as it brushed aside the Hindu nationalist opposition and a legion of ambitious smaller parties.

The strong showing by the party, which is dominated by the powerful Nehru-Gandhi political dynasty, laid to rest fears of an unstable, shaky coalition heading the South Asian giant at a time when many of it neighbors are plagued by instability, civil war and rising extremism.

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