2014 Lok Sabha Elections

15 Political Parties Got Fewer Votes Than NOTA In 2019 General Election

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Friday June 7, 2019

Of the 36 political parties, whose representatives were elected to the 17th Lok Sabha, 15 got fewer votes than NOTA. Many of these parties contested only a handful of seats.

Lok Sabha Polls: "Come, Debate With Me. I'm Also Gujarati", Sam Pitroda Challenges PM Modi

India News | Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan | Thursday May 9, 2019

Congress leader Sam Pitroda challenges Prime Minister Narendra Modi to a debate on "issues", alleging the BJP government had failed to deliver on promises made during the 2014 Lok Sabha election campaign

Lok Sabha Polls: Anantnag In Jammu And Kashmir Records 8.76 Per Cent Voter Turnout

India News | Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan | Monday May 6, 2019

Voting in militancy-hit Pulwama and Shopian districts of Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag constituency ended with a turnout of 8.76 per cent, a significant fall from the turnout of 28.54 per cent recorded during the 2014 Lok Sabha election

BJP Never Promised Rs 15 Lakh In Bank Accounts, Says Party Leader

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday April 6, 2019

Senior BJP leader and former Union minister Kalraj Mishra today said his party had not promised Rs 15 lakh in everybody's bank account in the run up to the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, and accused the opposition parties of spreading "disinformation" over this issue to "mislead" people.

PM Modi Addresses Rallies In UP, Uttarakhand Today: Highlights

India News | Edited by Niharika Banerjee | Friday April 5, 2019

Ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections beginning April 11, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is addressing three public rallies today-- two in Uttar Pradesh and one in Uttarakhand. PM Modi addressed a rally in Amroha. He will later attend a rally in support of Saharanpur Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Raghav Lakhanpal. Saharanpur will vote on ...

Opinion: Opposition Falling Into Every Trap PM Modi Is Setting For Them

Opinion | Yashwant Sinha | Thursday March 7, 2019

Prime Minister Narendra Modi set the agenda for the 2014 Lok Sabha elections and won. He is successfully setting the agenda for the 2019 elections too and succeeding, for the simple reason that the parties in opposition are falling into every trap he is setting for them.

"Yes, BJP Used Me In 2014," Says Anna Hazare, On Day 6 Of Hunger Strike

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Monday February 4, 2019

Activist Anna Hazare said on Monday that he was "used by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)" to win the 2014 Lok Sabha elections.

Ex-Minister Gopinath Munde's Nephew Wants Probe After Expert's Wild Claim

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday January 22, 2019

Nationalist Congress Party or NCP leader Dhananjay Munde has demanded a probe either by the R&AW or a Supreme Court judge into the death of his uncle and former union minister Gopinath Munde after a cyber expert claimed that the BJP leader was "killed" as he was aware of hacking of electronic voting machines (EVMs) in the 2014 Lok Sabha polls.

Nitish Kumar's Reveal On Party No 2 Prashant Kishor Involves Amit Shah

India News | Written by Manish Kumar | Wednesday January 16, 2019

Election strategist Prashant Kishor's political debut as the number two of Bihar's ruling Janata Dal United was BJP president Amit Shah's idea, Nitish Kumar shared at an event on Tuesday.

Congress, Sharad Pawar's NCP Likely To Contest Equal Seats In Maharashtra

India News | Edited by Nidhi Sethi | Saturday January 5, 2019

After their dismal performance as allies in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, the Congress and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) parted ways in Maharashtra and contested the assembly elections separately. However, the two parties have decided to sew their alliance back with a common objective - to keep the BJP away.

"Abki Baar...": Akhilesh Yadav Uses 2014 Slogan To Mock BJP On Poll Fail

India News | Edited by Jimmy Jacob | Tuesday December 11, 2018

Even as early trends showed the BJP being treated to a drubbing in the recent assembly elections on Tuesday, opposition leaders made their excitement known through predictions of a repeat in 2019 and the occasional jibe at the Narendra Modi government. Standing tall among such comments was a playful take by Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on t...

Chhattisgarh Congress Invokes Vajpayee, Says BJP Didn't Immerse His Ashes

Assembly Chhattisgarh | Written by Anurag Dwary | Wednesday October 17, 2018

The Congress in Chhattisgarh held a protest on a curious issue -- it has accused the BJP of insulting former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee who died in August this year. Prime Minister Vajpayee's niece Karuna Shukla, who joined the Congress in the run-up to the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, has alleged that the Chhattisgarh BJP has forgotten to im...

Nothing To Look At Here, Says Nitish Kumar On BJP Alliance. And Yet...

India News | Reported by Manish Kumar, Edited by Debanish Achom | Monday June 11, 2018

It may not be a multi-car pile-up (yet), but the hazard lights are on now for the BJP's coalition in Bihar where three of three partners of the national party are convinced that they're getting a raw deal

Ready To Vote Congress To Keep BJP Out, Says Left Leader In Kerala

Kerala News | Written by Sneha Mary Koshy | Thursday March 22, 2018

A senior CPM leader in Kerala has said the party will even vote for bitter rival Congress to keep the BJP out in next year's general elections. Kodiyeri Balakrishnan is the state secretary of the CPM and in a state that swings between the Left and the Congress every five years, the statement is seen as a signal of the Left's deviation from the trad...

For Development, Need Infrastructure First: Top 5 Quotes Of PM Modi

India News | Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Friday May 26, 2017

The Narendra Modi government is marking the completion of its 3 years in office with countrywide celebrations for the next 20 days. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who took oath of office on May 26 after the party's sweeping victory in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections -- will begin the celebrations by opening India's longest bridge in Assam. PM Modi will...