National Conference today retained Sonwar assembly seat in Kashmir when its candidate Mohammad Yasin Shah defeated PDP's candidate by a slender margin of 50 votes.

NC retains Sonwar assembly seat

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The return of the UPA government to power will improve business sentiment and expedite recovery of the economy, reeling under the impact of the global financial meltdown, feel economists.

UPA return to improve business climate, feel economists

Inflicting a crushing blow to the ruling CPI(M)-led LDF in Kerala, a resurgent Congress-led UDF bagged 16 of the 20 Lok Sabha seats, in a virtual reversal of the 2004 verdict.

Left routed in Kerala; UDF wins 16 out of 20 seats

It not only kept the Indian media busy, but the country's electoral exercise arose equal interest among foreign scribes who have been camping here to understand the nitty gritties of the poll process in the world's largest democracy.

Foreign journalists take a pie of Indian polls

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With JD(U)-BJP combine virtually sweeping Bihar, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar today said the people had rejected the &quot;negative politics&quot; of his political adversaries Lalu Prasad and Ram Vilas Paswan.

Bihar rejects negative politics of Lalu, Paswan, says Nitish

&nbsp;Taking his defeat in polls in stride, Lok Janashakti Party chief Ram Vilas Paswan today said he is happy that secular parties have emerged victorious ending the prospects of communal forces to come into power.

Paswan happy that secular parties have emerged victorious

After winning all the seven seats in Delhi, Congress today swept the polls in Mumbai by retaining all the five seats it contested.

Cong-NCP make a clean sweep in Mumbai

Senior BJP leader Sushma Swaraj today said that results of Lok Sabha elections were not upto her party's expectations and the reasons for the defeat will be analysed in detail by its leaders later in the day.

LS results not upto BJP's expectations: Sushma Swaraj

Notwithstanding the campaign marred by mudslinging and intra-party feud, Samajwadi Party candidate Jaya Prada today won the Rampur Lok Sabha seat defeating her nearest Congress rival Noor Bano Begum by 30,931 votes.

Jaya Prada steals the show; defeats Bano

Financial sector reforms are likely to get a push in the coming days, which were relegated to the back seat due to persistent opposition from the Left parties, with the Congress-led UPA set to form the next government.

UPA's return to give push to financial sector reforms

The Madhya Pradesh Congress Campaign Committee Chairman, Ajay Singh today said that the party put up a much improved performance in Lok Sabha elections in the state because of a number of factors.

Congress put up improved performance in MP: Ajay Singh

With Congress party leading in eight of 13 the Lok Sabha constituencies in Punjab, senior party leader Amarinder Singh today attributed the outcome of the people's rejection of SAD (B) government's performance in the state.

Punjab voters reject SAD(B): Amarinder

The election results in Maharashtra were disappointing for the Shiv Sena-BJP allaince which had hoped to win at least 30 seats, state BJP president Nitin Gadkari said here today.

Maharashtra results disappointing, MNS to blame: Gadkari

Congress candidate Choudhary Lal Singh has retained Udhampur-Doda Lok Sabha seat by defeating his nearest BJP rival Nirmal Singh by a margin of 13,394 votes.

Congress candidate wins from Udhampur-Doda seat

The Trinamool Congress-Congress alliance is poised to sweep the Lok Sabha elections in West Bengal inflicting a humiliating defeat on the CPI-M-led Left Front, bagging 10 seats and leading in 16 others.

Trinamool-Congress combine inflicts humiliating defeat on CPI(M)

Karnataka unit Congress today said its performance in the Lok Sabha elections in the state was a &quot;set back&quot; to the party.

Cong says performance short of its expectation

Congress retained the Bidar assemly constituency in Karnataka bye-elections when its candidate Rahim Khan defeated Suryakant Nagamarpally of BJP by a margin of more than 10,000 votes.

Congress wins Bidar assembly by-poll

The support extended to the Congress by the JD(S) played a &quot;crucial role&quot; in defeating the Marxist party in Vatakara, former Union Minister and winning candidate Mullappally Ramachandran said today.

JD(S) played a crucial role in defeating CPI(M): Mullapally

Ruling Congress candidate John Siamkunga trounced K Lalsanga, an Independent candidate supported by Opposition Mizo National Front (MNF) and the Mizoram People's Conference (MPC) by a margin of 3,307 votes to assembly bypoll to South Tuipui seat.

Congress wins Mizoram assembly by-poll

Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) demonstrated its grip over &quot;Muslim heartland&quot; of Kerala by winning Malappuram and Ponnani Lok Sabha seats, overcoming the challenge posed by CPI(M)'s electoral adjustment with Abdul Nasser Madani-led PDP.

IUML shows grip over 'muslim heartland' of Kerala

The outcome of the Lok Sabha polls was today hailed as a &quot;vote for stability&quot; by leading NRI industrialist Lord Swraj Paul.

Lord Paul hails outcome of LS polls as 'vote for stability'

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