{"id":5774,"date":"2009-05-16T00:59:20","date_gmt":"2009-05-16T05:59:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com?p=5774"},"modified":"2009-05-19T13:13:07","modified_gmt":"2009-05-19T18:13:07","slug":"indian_election_1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sepiamutiny.com\/blog\/2009\/05\/16\/indian_election_1\/","title":{"rendered":"Indian Election Results: Bring on the links [Updated]"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Indian election results have been pouring in, with the Congress\/UPA government set to return to power for another five years. Here<\/a> is the New York Times’ story; apparently, this is the first time since Nehru that an Indian political party has served out the full five years, and then been reelected to power.<\/p>\n\n

I wanted to give readers a chance to share information and suggest sites that are gathering results in various parts of the country. I am especially curious to see what happens with Shashi Tharoor in Trivandrum (I blogged about him<\/a> a few weeks ago), and of course the political landscape as a whole. As of 1:00 am EDT, the UPA is up over the NDA\/BJP around 220-150 [update: the final number for the UPA will be something more like 259]. The UPA is going to stay in, and even consolidate its power — which means, greater independence from the Left. Manmohan Singh is likely to remain Prime Minister for awhile, and perhaps it’s going to be curtains for L.K. Advani’s Prime Ministerial aspirations.<\/p>\n\n

I was watching IBN live here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n

The NDTV VoteMap<\/a> is pretty nice, though it would be better if there were a way to see who held a given state or a given district earlier.<\/p>\n\n

On Twitter, the tag seems to be #indiavotes09<\/a>. The stream is moving very quickly. There is something called Tweetgrid<\/a>, which lets you see feeds for six Twitter keywords at once.<\/p>\n\n

Shashi Tharoor has his own Twitter feed: ShashiTharoor<\/a>. As of now, he is up by 30,000 votes, with more than half of the votes counted.<\/p>\n\n

The BBC’s live results are pretty good<\/a>. As of this writing, Varun Gandhi (the communal one, from Sanjay’s wing of the family) is leading, and Mayawati’s BSP is losing. In Kerala, the left is likely to decline dramatically from 2004. The Communists are in decline in West Bengal too<\/a>, presumably in payback for their handling of Nandigram<\/a>. Lalu Prasad Yadav, who had earlier decided to pull support from Congress, is now admitting it was a mistake<\/a>, as his RJD party ended up losing seats.<\/p>\n\n

Via Ultrabrown<\/a>, Bloomberg has a story<\/a>, with Congress leaders using “Jai Ho” as a victory chant. Also via Ultrabrown, Mayawati is going to lock up victorious BSP candidates<\/a>, to prevent them from being picked off by other parties. It’s a typical Mayawati thing to do, and presumably illegal — though that’s never stopped her before.<\/p>\n\n

Please suggest any sites with data and analysis that you would recommend. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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