India's Congress party on Saturday won the general elections, leading by more than 60 seats, beating the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). The party is headed by Sonia Gandhi.
The projections, based on counting of electronic machines of the Election Commission, said the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) has won 230 seats out of 525 seats counted so far. The BJP won 160 and Third Force 73. Eighteen seats are still being counted.
The Congress has also won all the seven seats in the capital New Delhi.
The outgoing ruling party will thus continue its rule of the country with Prime Minister Manmohan Single to take a second term, according to analysts.
However, the party may still need to gain the support of some parties of the Third Force to set up a government, since they will be short of the 272 majority in lower house of parliament (Lok Sabha,).
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