India&#39;s Ruling Congress Party Wins Key State Election
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India&#39;s ruling Congress Party has retained power in legislative elections in the country&#39;s second largest state of Maharashtra.
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Prime Minister Ariel Sharon won an important victory within his party today that greatly improves the likelihood his faltering government will survive and proceed with a plan
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The ruling left coalition in the Indian state of West Bengal  completes a country record of 30 years in power.
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The ruling Islamic-rooted party won a landslide victory Sunday, raising more questions about the future of Turkey's officially secular state.
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AHMEDABAD, India  - India began counting votes on Sunday in a bitterly fought state poll that will seal the future of a hardline Hindu leader and is expected to have a national impact on the fortunes of the parties involved.
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India's governing Congress Party suffers a setback in  state elections in Punjab and Uttaranchal.
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Pratibha Patil has won India's presidential election and will become the country's first female president, officials say.
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NEW DELHI -- India chose its first female president yesterday in an election hailed as a victory for women in a country where gender discrimination is deep-rooted and widespread.
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Australia&#39;s prime minister, John Howard, won the strongest mandate of any leader in nearly 25 years yesterday when he took control of the upper house of parliament.
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Turkey's ruling AK Party won a resounding election victory on Sunday, giving the pro-business, Islamist-rooted party a mandate for reform but risking fresh tensions with the secular elite.
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India's ruling center-left Congress  party was heading for victory in elections in the key western  state of Maharashtra that is the heart of business and  Bollywood, television exit polls showed on Wednesday.
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Turkey's Islamic-rooted ruling party was headed for victory Sunday with more than half the votes counted in parliamentary elections that pitted the government against opponents warning of a threat to secular traditions.
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Democrats had great success in state legislative races this year, even as they performed poorly in the presidential race and campaigns for Congress. Many Democratic gains came in the heart of Republican territory.
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India's governing Congress Party suffers a setback in key state elections in Punjab and Uttarakhand.
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Namibia&#39;s ruling SWAPO party scored an overwhelming victory in official election results on Sunday, bolstering the former guerrilla movement as it grapples with sensitive issues such as land reform.
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India's ruling Congress party elected on Friday powerful politician Vilasrao Deshmukh as the new chief minister of the giant state of Maharashtra, ending nearly two weeks of political vacuum in the key province.
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Morocco's conservative Istiqlal party, a member of the kingdom's ruling coalition, won most seats in parliamentary elections, according to provisional results released by the government.