India's PM faces tough agenda
Tough tasks lie ahead for the new Indian government as ministers are sworn in in Delhi.

Results day as it happened
How events unfolded on the day Congress swept to a decisive general election victory.

Election train interactive map
Retrace the BBC's election train journey around India, in text, audio and video.

New ministers
A look at the main players in India's new cabinet

Quick guide: Indian election
The BBC News website's guide to the 2009 Indian elections

Guide to coalitions
The parties and alliances - and how they are likely to fare

India's new government sworn in
India's new Congress-led government, with Manmohan Singh as prime minister, takes the oath of office in Delhi.

Congress hails India poll victory
Indian PM Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi thank the people for delivering the party a "massive mandate".

India's marathon poll concludes
The fifth round of voting takes place as the marathon general election draws to a close.

Media frenzy on India poll talks
India's media try to dissect coalition possibilities as counting looms in the marathon general election.

Parties meet after election
Two of India's main political parties, the Congress and the BJP, are holding separate meetings to discuss strategy a day after voting ended in the elections.

Singh 'agreed Left nuclear deal'
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was ready to let the Left take credit for a final US nuclear deal, his ex-media adviser says.

Delhi 'passes poll turnout test'
Voter awareness campaigns in India's capital, Delhi, appear to have had some success, with turnout up on the last election.

As it happened: Round four
Full coverage of the penultimate stage of voting as it happened in India's marathon election.

Delhi campaign to get voters out
People are being urged to vote in Delhi following low turnout in previous rounds.

Voting 'enters key phase'
Congress and the BJP go head to head in voting that could decide who forms a government.

India holds second election day
Polls are held across India in the second of five stages of a marathon general election, with millions voting in 12 states.

First day voting: As it happened
Full coverage of the first day of voting as it happened in India's marathon, five-phase election.

New election head to take office
A controversial new chief election commissioner is to take office in India with the marathon five-phase election now under way.

Media applaud India's elections
Newspapers applaud the first phase of general elections, despite disruption by Maoists.

Millions of Indians go to polls
Indians cast their ballots in the first round of marathon general elections.

Court orders Varun Gandhi bail
A grandson of ex-Indian PM Indira Gandhi is granted bail and will continue campaigning in the election, officials say.

Wrong rally blunder in India poll
A minister in the Indian state of Karnataka makes a quick exit after realising he was addressing the wrong election rally.

BJP sets out India poll manifesto
India's main opposition Bharatiya Janata Party releases its election manifesto, with some key financial pledges.

Sanjay Dutt barred from election
India's Supreme Court rules that Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt cannot contest elections because of a previous conviction.

Tamil Nadu: kingmaker state
The BBC's Chris Morris in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu assesses its vital role in determining who will be the next prime minister.

Slideshow: Election Express
Sights and sounds from the BBC train that travelled across India as the country went to the polls.

Congress gambles on ex-cricketer
On the campaign trail with ex-cricketer and Congress candidate Mohammad Azharuddin.

India's E-election
The BBC's Prachi Pinglay in Mumbai reports on the various websites educating the voter.

Mumbai suffers voter apathy
Turnout appears thin in Mumbai despite last November's deadly attack.

Advani heeds over-confidence
Why BJP candidate for prime minister, LK Advani, is happy to be the underdog.

PM in waiting?
Rahul Gandhi on course for Amethi win

Bengal comeback
The charismatic Mamata Banerjee of W Bengal

Star performer
On the campaign trail with film star Chiranjeevi

Gujarat Muslims the 'living dead'
The displaced victims of the 2002 anti-Muslim riots for whom the elections hold little meaning.

Crime and caste in Bihar
While anti-poverty efforts are important in Bihar, crime and caste still play a key role.

Tapping support
US-based Indians campaign for vote back home

Breaking ranks in Kashmir
The Kashmiri separatist leader contesting the polls

One man, one vote in the forest
Soutik Biswas meets the sole voter at a polling station in the forests of Gujarat, western India.

Mayawati spreads wings
Ambitious Dalit icon Mayawati expands her horizons

Y Yadav: Party manifestos
Despite ideological differences, Congress and the BJP are essentially selling the same message to the Indian electorate, argues political scientist Yogendra Yadav.

M Rangarajan: Parties' decline
Historian Mahesh Rangarajan analyses the decline of the country's national parties.

A Panagriya: Growth and votes
Arvind Panagriya on how the economy impacts voting

Middle path
Electorate votes to keep India at the centre

Elections past
Three generations recall India's democratic history

Battleground map
The election timetable and nine states to watch

Coming of age
Rahul Gandhi, five years after his political debut

Big numbers
714 million voters, 543 seats, and other key figures

Democratic dance
Ramachandra Guha on why India's election is special

Boundary changes
How redrawn constituencies might affect result

True or false?
Yogendra Yadav on six myths about India's elections