Government1 (India)
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     Elections:
       People's Assembly:
         last held 21 May, 12 and 15 June 1991 (next to be held by November 1996);
         results - percent of vote by party NA; seats - (545 total), 520 elected -
         Congress (I) Party 231, Bharatiya Janata Party 119, Janata Dal Party 59,
         CPI/M 35, CPI 14, Telugu Desam 13, AIADMK 11, Samajwadi Janata Party 5, Shiv
         Sena 4, RSP 4, BSP 1, Congress (S) Party 1, other 23; note - second and
         third rounds of voting were delayed because of the assassination of Congress
         President Rajiv GANDHI on 21 May 1991
     Communists:
         466,000 members claimed by CPI, 361,000 members claimed by CPI/M; Communist
         extremist groups, about 15,000 members
     Other political or pressure groups:
         various separatist groups seeking greater communal and/or regional autonomy;
         numerous religious or militant/chauvinistic organizations, including Adam
         Sena, Ananda Marg, Vishwa Hindu Parishad, and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh
     Member of:
         AfDB, AG (observer), AsDB, C, CCC, CP, ESCAP, FAO, G-6, G-15, G-19, G-24,
         G-77, GATT, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICFTU, IDA, IFAD, IFC, ILO, IMF, IMO,
         INMARSAT, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IOC, ISO, ITU, LORCS, NAM, PCA, SAARC, UN,
         UNAVEM, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNIIMOG, UPU, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
     Diplomatic representation:
         Ambassador Abid HUSSEIN; Chancery at 2107 Massachusetts Avenue NW,
         Washington, DC 20008; telephone (202) 939-7000; there are Indian Consulates
         General in Chicago, New York, and San Francisco
       US:
         Ambassador William CLARK, Jr.; Embassy at Shanti Path, Chanakyapuri 110021,
         New Delhi; telephone [91] (11) 600651; FAX [91] (11) 687-2028, 687-2391;
         there are US Consulates General in Bombay, Calcutta, and Madras
     Flag:
         three equal horizontal bands of orange (top), white, and green with a blue
         chakra (24-spoked wheel) centered in the white band; similar to the flag of
         Niger, which has a small orange disk centered in the white band