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The Congress party candidate for the Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) Om Parkash Soni (R) greets Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP), candidate for the Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA), Tarun Chugh (3L) after the announcement of results in Soni's favour outside a counting center in Amritsar on March 6, 2012. Early results from five crucial state elections in India indicated a mid-term blow for the Congress-led national government and a setback for the fortunes of the Sonia Gandhi political dynasty. The key outcome will be from Uttar Pradesh (UP), India's most populous and politically significant state where 200 million people live amid some of the worst poverty on the planet and the Congress party, which runs the feral government, trailing in fourth place.

The Congress party candidate for the Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) Om Parkash Soni (R) greets Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP), candidate for the Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA), Tarun Chugh (3L) after the announcement of results in Soni's favour outside a counting center in Amritsar on March 6, 2012. Early results from five crucial state elections in India indicated a mid-term blow for the Congress-led national government and a setback for the fortunes of the Sonia Gandhi political dynasty. The key outcome will be from Uttar Pradesh (UP), India's most populous and politically significant state where 200 million people live amid some of the worst poverty on the planet and the Congress party, which runs the feral government, trailing in fourth place.