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Singh's Congress-led coalition was beating the main Hindu nationalist opposition alliance led by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) but was still short of a majority, meaning it would have to cobble together a coalition with smaller parties. The Congress party-led coalition was projected to win 243 to 250 seats, short of the 272 seats needed for a parliamentary majority, according to NDTV. Other TV stations had similar forecasts. If confirmed, the result would be better than expected for Congress and could boost investor confidence and hopes for reforms. Markets had been jittery over a poor showing by either national alliance, fearing the emergence of a weak coalition. "The results are pleasantly surprising, we were not so confident at the beginning but now we are very confident and we will secure a majority," Congress leader Oscar Fernandez said. Congress party supporters, their arms in the air and carrying banners of star campaigners Rahul and Priyanka Gandhi, set off firecrackers in celebration in New Delhi on news of the early election returns. A strong showing by Singh's coalition would leave it less vulnerable to pressure from other parties including the communists who had walked out last year over a nuclear deal with the United States. The communists were trailing in the election including in the bastion state of West Bengal which they have ruled for more than three decades, early projections said. "So if you want to project from this, it looks like Congress will not only emerge as the single largest party but will be comfortably ahead," Vinod Mehta, editor of Outlook magazine, said. India's booming economic growth for the past four years, including rising rural incomes, may well have worked for the Congress-led coalition headed by the reformist Singh. A severe financial downturn that began last year and is continuing in Asia's third largest economy appeared to have had little impact on the fortunes of the ruling alliance. "It seems to me that we must acknowledge the economy," said political analyst Mahesh Rangarajan. "Despite the slowdown in the economy in the last year, these four or five years have been among the best in India's recorded economic history." But the BJP said it was still too early to call the election. "The trends are out, not the results," BJP leader Venkaiah Naidu told Times Now TV channel. "I do concede Congress seems to be having a clear upper hand as of now." Computerized counting of votes at hundreds of centers across the country began at 10:30 p.m. EST with the results for all parliamentary seats due later in the day BACKROOM DEALS Continued... View article on single page Share: Del.icio.us Digg Mixx Yahoo! 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