en in power for a decade. Yet more has happened here. Take, for example, the utter defeat of the Bahujan Samaj Party of Mayawati, the Dalit leader in Uttar Pradesh. She was not an incumbent and her party HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_031575 --- PAGE BREAK --- managed to collect some 20% of the votes cast in the state. Indee

al correspondent, CNN U.S. 59 Mayawati Kumari <http://www.forbes.com/lists/2008/11/biz_powerwomen08_Mayawati-Kumari_RA YH.html> Chief minister, Uttar Pradesh India 67 Janice Fields <http://www.forbes.com/lists/2008/11/bizpowerwomen06_Janice-Fields_KTA4 .html> Chief operating officer and executive vic

rojecting the seat count. First, slight shifts in voting patterns could play havoc with seat projections, especially in two large northern states — Uttar Pradesh (UP) and Bihar — which account for 120 seats. In these states most seats will see a three- or four-way contest between the NDA, UPA and important re