NATIONAL MAY 2009

NATIONAL MAY 2009

• UPA won the General Elections. It secured 263 seats out of 543. Congress secured 206 seats, Trinamool congress-19, DMK-18, NCP-9, National Conference -3, JMM-2 and AIMIM-1 among UPA.
• Naveen Patnaik sworn as the CM of Orissa for the 3rd time as Biju Janata Dal (BJD) secured a clear majority in the elections.
• The President of Sikkim Democratic Front (SDF), Pawan Kumar Chamling sworn as the CM of Sikkim for the 4th time.
• Meghalaya chief minister DD Lapang heading the Congress-led coalition United Meghalaya Alliance won the trust vote.
• Cyclone Aila has hit West Bengal and Orissa which brought heavy rains and nearly 60 people were dead.
• Sabitha Indra Reddy sworn as India’s 1st woman Home Minister of Andhra Pradesh.