India 2014 - Results

[jaichind]

Looks like BJP doing well in Upper Assam

[Maez]

There are 25 seats in the AP Assembly elections, and YSRC is at 13 to the TDP's 11. In Telangana, TRS is up 27, with 29 seats at the moment. TDP is at 5, down 10, and Congress+ is at 4, down 14.

[Maez]

BJP is up once again in Thiruvananthapuram, according to NDTV.

[Maez]

It seems that Mayawati was unable to 'stop' the BJP in UP, as some had suggested was possible. BSP is down 4 at the moment.

[RogueBeaver]

Rahul trailing again.

[jaichind]

We are looking at a majority for NDA.  That is pretty much a lock now.

[RogueBeaver]

So what will happen to Congress after this wipeout?

[jaichind]

INC is looking at going below 100.  I think Rahul Gandhi's future would be quite cloudy at this stage.

[Antonio the Sixth]

This is gonna suck.

I was right. Hurray... I guess?

[jaichind]

NDTV projects NDA at 296 at current trends.

[Maez]

Is there anywhere to see the specific vote counts in Amethi?

[jaichind]

Is there anywhere to see the specific vote counts in Amethi?

Not that I am aware of.

[jaichind]

AAP doing well in Punjab.  AIADMK sweeping TN.

[jaichind]

TMC sweeping WB.

[Vosem]

The woman who's beating Rahul Gandhi in Amethi, Smriti Irani, is not your typical BJP politician in a lot of ways: besides being a woman (and prominent actress), she's a convert from Hinduism to Zoroastrianism. How many religious minorities are there in the BJP caucus?

[Maez]

BJP is leading in Secunderabad and Tirupati, gaining from Congress.

[jaichind]

BJD not doing that well in Orissa.

[MaxQue]

The woman who's beating Rahul Gandhi in Amethi, Smriti Irani, is not your typical BJP politician in a lot of ways: besides being a woman (and prominent actress), she's a convert from Hinduism to Zoroastrianism. How many religious minorities are there in the BJP caucus?

I'm surprised than Zoroastrianism still exists. I thought it disappeared during Antiquity.

[Famous Mortimer]

Who's winning Alappuzha?

[RogueBeaver]

What happens if Rahul loses Amethi? Find a safer seat or quit leadership?

[Maez]

Who's winning Alappuzha?

Congress at the moment, according to NDTV.

[Maez]

What happens if Rahul loses Amethi? Find a safer seat or quit leadership?

While the circumstances were certainly unique in Amethi, the seat had a 57% margin for Congress, and has voted the Gandhis in for a number of years. It should be interesting to see where he looks at after today, assuming he wants to stay in leadership.

[Vosem]

The woman who's beating Rahul Gandhi in Amethi, Smriti Irani, is not your typical BJP politician in a lot of ways: besides being a woman (and prominent actress), she's a convert from Hinduism to Zoroastrianism. How many religious minorities are there in the BJP caucus?

I'm surprised than Zoroastrianism still exists. I thought it disappeared during Antiquity.

No -- I actually have a distant cousin who converted for marriage. There was a group of Zoroastrians who fled, sometime in the 800s, to India, where they became the ancestors of modern-day Parsis (such as Smriti Irani's husband), who continue to adhere to Zoroastrianism to this day. There are about 70,000 in India, along with some 25,000 Persian Zoroastrians who continue to live in Iran and 10,000 in Afghanistan, with maybe 35,000 more in Diaspora in the Western countries. There's quite a few in Chicago ( http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2008-12-08/news/0812070263_1_zoroastrian-center-iran-and-india-illinois ).

In other news, Congress swept all 7 Delhi seats in 2009 but is being shut out this time; the BJP is winning 6 to the AAP's 1.

[jaichind]

Based on current trends NDTV projects 290 for NDA.

[RogueBeaver]

Jesus F. Christ. Then again, Congress cratered in the '90s too. You think they could've done anything to mitigate the damage? Seems far too crushing for a different outcome.