Maharashtra, Jharkhand Break 2019 Record; EC Seizes Rs 1,000 Crore in Poll Raids

20 Nov 2024

The Election Commission has reported that enforcement agencies have seized over Rs 1,000 crore worth of cash, liquor, and other inducements during the ongoing elections in Maharashtra, Jharkhand, and across 14 states where bypolls are being held. Of this amount, Rs 858 crore has been confiscated from Maharashtra and Jharkhand,...

Bypolls: Voting starts in six states for 7 assembly seats

05 Sep 2023

At seven in the morning on Tuesday, voting began for the seven assembly constituencies in six states, including Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Kerala, Tripura, West Bengal, and Jharkhand. Notably, this is the first election between the newly formed Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) of the opposition bloc and the Bharatiya...

Karnataka elections witness diverse range of emotions.

12 May 2023

The polling booths on Wednesday in Karnataka witnessed inclusive, vibrant, and peaceful voting, with a range of individuals turning out in large numbers to cast their votes. The diverse group included newlyweds and a heartwarming moment of childbirth, as well as tribals and trans people, highlighting the inclusivity of the...

Odisha CM Naveen Patnaik’s message to BJP, ‘will never support those who disrespect women’

09 Dec 2022

Biju Janata Dal president and Chief Minister of Odisha Naveen Patnaik warned the Bhartiya Janta party that people in his state would never allow disrespect for women after BJD candidate Barsha Singh Bariha defeated the saffron party handily in the Padampur bypolls. Thanking people for Bariha's victory in a video...

Odisha’s Padampur sees highest voter turnout, 65.28 pc till 3 pm

05 Dec 2022

Padampur in Odisha had the highest voter turnout at 65.28 percent up till 3 o’clock among the six assembly byelections held in five states on Monday, In Gujarat, voting for the second round of the assembly elections took place concurrently with the byelections. Data from the Election Commission of India...

J&K: Polling held in two DDC constituencies

05 Dec 2022

Voting began for two District Development Council (DDC) constituencies in Jammu and Kashmir on Monday at 7 a.m.: Hajin-A in Bandipora and Drugmulla in Kupwara. Election authorities ordered a re-poll in these two constituencies owing to contested candidate qualifications, according to officials. There were 42 polling booths in Drugmulla and...

Mainpuri election scene accelerates as CM Yogi set to enter campaign

28 Nov 2022

Yogi Adityanath, the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh, will launch his campaign on November 28 with his first public gathering in Mainpuri, increasing the heat quotient of the crucial election. The Samajwadi Party's traditional stronghold is being attacked by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which has already unleashed its army...

Dimple Yadav likely to file nomination for Manipuri LS bypolls

13 Nov 2022

Dimple Yadav, the Samajwadi Party candidate for the Mainpuri Lok Sabha bypolls, is anticipated to submit her nomination papers on Monday, according to a senior party official. Alok Shakya, district president of the Samajwadi Party's Mainpuri district unit, informed PTI that the 44-year-old wife of SP leader Akhilesh Yadav will...

By-elections 2022: RJD wins Mokama seat, BJP triumphs in Gopalganj, UP’s Gola Gokarannath

06 Nov 2022

Neelam Devi, a candidate for the Rashtriya Janata Dal, has won the Mokama assembly by-election in Bihar with a margin of 16,741 votes. The first election after Chief Minister Nitish Kumar broke with the BJP and joined forces with the RJD and Congress to establish a Grand Alliance administration in...

Bypolls 2022: TRS leads on Munugode seat with 714 votes in fourth round

06 Nov 2022

Koosukuntla Prabhakar Reddy, a candidate for the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), is in the lead with 26,443 votes after four rounds of counting in the Munugode bypoll. In Telangana's Munugode assembly district, Bhartiya Janata Party candidate Komatireddy Raj Gopal Reddy is in last place with 25,729 votes.