2012 Assembly Elections

• UP elections: On Delhi's edge, BSP holds sway

  The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) may have lost power in Uttar Pradesh but it kept in sway in areas bordering the national capital, winning six of the 11 assembly seats in the districts of Ghaziabad, Gautambudh Nagar and Panchsheel Nagar (Hapur). Out of the rest, the Samajwadi Party and the Congress-Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) alliance won two each and one...

• UP election results: Ayodhya rejects BJP, opts for Mulayam's candidate

  BJP has lost the temple town of Ayodhya, considered to be its bastion since 1991, from where it spearheaded the Ram temple movement which catapulted the party at the Centre.

• Assembly election results: Congress leads in Manipur's early trends

  Counting of votes in the 60-member Assembly in Manipur has begun in all the nine districts of the state amid tight security. Initial leads indicate a second term for the Ibobi Singh government, with the Congress leading in 9 out of 12 seats.

• Goa assembly polls - Facts at a glance

  The Goa assembly elections are to be held on Saturday.

• Rahul can become Prime Minister at midnight if he desires: Jaiswal

  After his controversial comments about imposition of President's rule in Uttar Pradesh, Union Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal today created a flutter when he said Rahul Gandhi could become Prime Minister "even at midnight if he so desires".

• Why didn't BJP bring back black money during its rule? asks Sonia

  Targetting the BJP for campaigning against the UPA government over its "failure" in bringing back black money stashed abroad, Congress president Sonia Gandhi today asked why the BJP-led NDA government did not act upon it when it was in power.

• Congress is in strong position in Uttar Pradesh due to Rahul: Lalu

  Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) President Lalu Prasad today said that Congress was in a strong position in Uttar Pradesh assembly elections mainly due to hard work done by Rahul Gandhi.

• UP polls: 59 per cent turnout registered in fifth phase

  Uttar Pradesh recorded 59 per cent polling at the end of the fifth phase of assembly elections, covering 49 seats spread over 13 districts, including Bundelkhand region.

• UP: In a first, voters boycott poll for no development

  Voters at Patna polling station in Tindwari constituency of UP Banda district boycotted the polls.

• UP polls: 57 per cent turnout in fourth phase

  A turnout of 57 per cent was today recorded in an incident-free fourth phase of Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls covering Rae Bareli and Amethi, strongholds of Nehru-Gandhi family, and part of backward Bundelkhand region whose development Rahul Gandhi has espoused.

• BJP complains to Election Commission on Beni Prasad's quota remark

  The BJP too has landed up at the Election Commission's door to complain against Congress minister Beni Prasad Verma for his remark on reservation.

• Why Narendra Modi has been missing in UP polls

  As campaign for Phase IV inches to a close today- there are fears in the party that- that Modi may skip UP totally.

• UP polls: Mega rallies in Rae Bareli today

  Uttar Pradesh votes in the third phase tomorrow and the biggest political guns are out campaigning in the heartland.

• Uttar Pradesh polls: Voter turnout picks up after a dull start to the second phase

  Voting began on a slow note this morning in the second phase the Uttar Pradesh assembly elections began today but picked up by afternoon. 52 per cent polling had been reported till 4 pm. Buoyed by the over 62 per cent voter turn out in the first phase, authorities hope this round too will see people voting in large numbers.

• Goa polls: Congress in tailspin over dissidence

  In a move to placate the large-scale dissidence in the party ahead of March 3 Goa Assembly polls, Congress poll managers are pulling all stops to placate the dissenters who have raised the banner of revolt after being denied tickets.