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    Trinamool Congress party leader Mamata Banerjee, left, speaks to supporters and the media outside her residence in Kolkata, India, Friday, May 13, 2011. Counting of votes began Friday in India's fourth most populous state of West Bengal, where India's ruling Congress and its ally Trinamool Congress were predicted to unseat a Communist led government that has held power for 34 years. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

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    Indian sand artist Swapan Das gives finishing touches to a portrait of Trinamool Congress party leader Mamata Banerjee near a party office in Kolkata, India, Friday, May 13, 2011. Counting of votes began Friday in India's fourth most populous state of West Bengal, where India s ruling Congress and its ally Trinamool Congress were predicted to unseat a Communist led government that has held power for 34 years. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)

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    An election official shows security seals of an electronic voting machine to party agents at a counting station in Kolkata, India, Friday, May 13, 2011. Counting of votes began Friday in India's fourth most populous state of West Bengal, where India's ruling Congress and its ally Trinamool Congress were predicted to unseat a Communist led government that has held power for 34 years. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)

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    Trinamool Congress party supporters paint their faces with colored powder as they celebrate the early leads outside the residence of party leader Mamata Banerjee in Kolkata, India, Friday, May 13, 2011. Counting of votes began Friday in India's fourth most populous state of West Bengal, where India's ruling Congress and its ally Trinamool Congress were predicted to unseat a Communist led government that has held power for 34 years. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

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    Trinamool Congress party leader Mamata Banerjee, left, speaks to the supporters outside her residence in Kolkata, India, Friday, May 13, 2011. Counting of votes began Friday in India's fourth most populous state of West Bengal, where India's ruling Congress and its ally Trinamool Congress were predicted to unseat a Communist led government that has held power for 34 years. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

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    Trinamool Congress party supporters smear each others' faces with colored powder as they celebrate the early leads outside the residence of party leader Mamata Banerjee in Kolkata, India, Friday, May 13, 2011. Counting of votes began Friday in India's fourth most populous state of West Bengal, where India's ruling Congress and its ally Trinamool Congress were predicted to unseat a Communist led government that has held power for 34 years. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

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    Trinamool Congress party supporters paint their faces with colored powder as they celebrate the early leads outside the residence of party leader Mamata Banerjee in Kolkata, India, Friday, May 13, 2011. Counting of votes began Friday in India's fourth most populous state of West Bengal, where India's ruling Congress and its ally Trinamool Congress were predicted to unseat a Communist led government that has held power for 34 years. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

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    A Trinamool Congress party supporter celebrates the early leads of the party, outside the residence of party leader Mamata Banerjee, seen in poster, in Kolkata, India, Friday, May 13, 2011. Votes were being counted Friday in five Indian state elections that have tested the ruling Congress party as it battles corruption scandals and protests over food inflation. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

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    Trinamool Congress party supporters celebrate the early leads of the party, outside the residence of party leader Mamata Banerjee, seen in poster, in Kolkata, India, Friday, May 13, 2011. Officials counted votes Friday in five Indian state elections where the ruling Congress party is hoping to make crucial gains despite battling corruption scandals and protests over food inflation. (AP Photo)

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    An election official shows an electronic voting machine to the polling agents in Gauhati, India, Friday, May 13, 2011. The ruling Congress party faces a test battling a string of corruption scandals as counting of votes began Friday in five Indian states. (AP Photo/Anupam Nath)

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    Trinamool Congress party supporters watch election results in Kolkata, India, Friday, May 13, 2011. Counting of votes began Friday in India's fourth most populous state of West Bengal, where India's ruling Congress and its ally Trinamool Congress were predicted to unseat a Communist led government that has held power for 34 years. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

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    A TV shows election results in the empty Communist Party of India Marxist head office in Kolkata, India, Friday, May 13, 2011. Counting of votes began Friday in India's fourth most populous state of West Bengal, where India's ruling Congress and its ally Trinamool Congress were predicted to unseat a Communist led government that has held power for 34 years. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

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    A Trinamool Congress party supporter celebrates the early leads outside the residence of party leader Mamata Banerjee, seen in poster, in Kolkata, India, Friday, May 13, 2011. Counting of votes began Friday in India's fourth most populous state of West Bengal, where India's ruling Congress and its ally Trinamool Congress were predicted to unseat a Communist led government that has held power for 34 years. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

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    West Bengal state Chief Minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, in the back seat of his car, comes out after submitting his resignation, in Kolkata, India, May 13, 2011. Counting of votes began Friday in India's fourth most populous state of West Bengal, where India's ruling Congress and its ally Trinamool Congress were predicted to unseat a Communist led government that has held power for 34 years. (AP Photo/Sucheta Das)

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    Indian workers count electronic voting machines meant for use in the Uttar Pradesh state elections, in Lucknow, India, Tuesday, March 6, 2012. Election officials across five Indian states Tuesday began counting votes in crucial provincial elections that are being seen as a test of strength for the country's ruling Congress party. (AP Photo/Rajesh Kumar Singh)

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