[Marxism] Communist parties' performance in Indian elections.

[Christopher Carrico <ccarrico@xxxxxxxxxx>]

"Kerala lived up to its reputation as one of India's few 
Communist strongholds â the left won almost all the seats 
there."   Kerala:  CPM 12 & CPI 3 of 20 seats.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/south_asia/04/indian_el
ections/html/south_region.stm

"The Communist parties have done exceedingly well in their 
stronghold, West Bengal, and are expected to be a key ally 
of the new Congress party-led federal government."  (CPM has 
14 seats of 25 called so far, RSP 3 & CPI 2.)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/south_asia/04/indian_el
ections/html/east_region.stm

Samajwadi Party, regional left party to which Phoolan Devi 
belonged, leads in U.P., Rashtriya Janata Dal, socialist 
party and key player in the Congress coalition leads in 
Bihar.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/spl/hi/south_asia/04/indian_el
ections/html/heartland_region.stm

Overall, "Communist parties, expected to back a Congress-led 
Government, have also recorded their best-ever performance 
with huge victories in Kerala and West Bengal."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/3712201.stm 


   



 



 
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