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| BJP 'admits Indian poll defeat' |
| Leaders of India's main opposition BJP have admitted defeat in the general election as counting trends show the ruling Congress alliance well ahead.
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| INDIA
, 16-May-2009
4:33:38 AM |
| Senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley said: "We accept this verdict." The Third Front has also conceded the election.
Official results are now coming in. The main trends reported by state TV showed Congress ahead in 262 seats, the BJP in 159 and the Third Front in 57.
Congress supporters have already begun celebrating in Delhi.
Rajnath Singh, president of the Hindu-nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party, told reporters it had not expected this kind of result. "We will sit together later today, once all the results are out, and analyse what happened," he said.
Mr Jaitley said: "Something certainly did go wrong... Our performance was not up to expectation."
Prakash Karat, the leader of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), the key mover in the Third Front, accepted Congress had won.
"The CPM and the Left parties have suffered a major setback," he said.
The BBC's Chris Morris in Delhi says that a small crowd gathered early outside Congress headquarters to celebrate, banging drums and chanting slogans.
Our correspondent says several days of backroom deals still lie ahead but the prospect of a very weak and unstable government has receded.
Tourism Minister Ambika Soni said it was clear there would be a new five-year tenure for the Congress alliance.
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