In the 2004 general elections, the Congress alliance won the largest number of seats and got an assurance of support from the Left Front upsetting the Atal Bihari Vajpayee-led National Democratic Alliance, which was variously forecast to win outright victory or at least emerge as the largest alliance. Shortly thereafter, સોનિયા ગાંધી was nominated by the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance to be the next Prime Minister. But સોનિયા ગાંધી refused to take the position based on her "inner voice". She backed eminent economist, former Union Finance Minister and senior Congress leader Dr. મનમોહન સિંહ for the post of Prime Minister, and he was sworn-in as Prime Minister on 22 May 2004.
Despite strong opposition from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), AIADMK, SP, RJD, LJP, TDP, Communist Party of India, Communist Party of India (Marxist) and Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), the ભારતીય રાષ્ટ્રીય કોંગ્રેસ won the elections again in 2009, the people gave their mandate to the Congress party and it was the only party to achieve 206 seats in 20 years. The youth supported the Congress under the leadership of Rahul Gandhi. The Congress's popularity increased by 61% during the elections.

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