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Indian election heading for a tight finish

By Joe Leahy in Mumbai

Published: May 13 2009 15:48 | Last updated: May 13 2009 17:35

India’s month-long national elections are heading for a tight finish with exit polls on Wednesday predicting that India’s Congress party-led ruling coalition would scrape in for a second five-year term.

Official results are due to be released on Saturday and past exit polls have wrongly predicted the result of the world’s biggest democratic exercise.

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