“On Friday, India’s Election Commission announced that the Bharatiya Janata Party had swept the five-week election for the Lok Sabha, the lower house of Parliament. The BJP exceeded already high expectations by winning an absolute majority, capturing 282 of 543 seats. With coalition partners, the party will control 337 seats.
The Indian National Congress, which has dominated the world’s most populous democracy since independence in 1947, suffered its worst electoral defeat ever. Congress took just 44 seats. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh resigned on Saturday.

In the Indian political context, the biggest loser was Rahul Gandhi, who would have replaced Singh had Congress been successful at the polls. His heart obviously wasn’t in continuing his family’s hold on power, however. “* The Young Turks hosts Ben Mankiewicz and Ana Kasparian break it down.

*Read more here from Gordon G. Chang / Forbes:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/gordonchang/2014/05/18/china-biggest-loser-in-indias-modislide-election/