India votes for stability

The poll results are in and the Congress Party headed up by Sonia Ghandi won the majority of seats in the Indian Lokh Sabha (People's assembly). The congress party won some 165 seats out of 250 available seats. They still need to forge an alliance with a smaller party in order to declare a decisive majority. Either way this is a major setback to LK Advani the senior leader of the BJP. Manmohan Singh the current Prime Minister is due to get a second term easily and now he has the political support he needs to see through necessary reforms.