Assembly Elections

AIR To Broadcast 40-Hour Programme On Results Of National, State Polls

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday May 18, 2019

The All India Radio will broadcast a special programme for 40 hours the day results of the Lok Sabha and assembly elections in four states will be declared.

Election 2019: Lok Sabha Results To Draw Battle Lines Ahead Of Maharashtra State Polls

India News | Press Trust of India | Saturday May 18, 2019

Election: The results of the Lok Sabha election, which will decide the fate of four Union ministers and two Congress stalwarts from Maharashtra, is likely to impact the political situation in the state, which will go to polls few months later.

Lok Sabha Elections 2019: PM Modi Is "Losing And Is Desperate", Says Congress Leader Salman Khurshid

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Thursday May 16, 2019

Unlike in the Bihar Assembly elections, the Muslim vote has split between the Congress and the SP-BSP alliance in the Lok Sabha elections in Uttar Pradesh, said former External Affairs Minister Salman Khurshid.

J&K BJP Bats For Assembly Polls In November After Nomads Return To Plains

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday May 15, 2019

The BJP's Jammu and Kashmir unit on Tuesday said assembly elections should be held in November after over 30 lakh nomads return from the state's high-altitude areas to the plains.

Odisha Lok Sabha Result To Be Declared Late Due To Assembly Vote Counting

India News | Press Trust of India | Tuesday May 14, 2019

The declaration of election results of Lok Sabha in Odisha is likely to be delayed compared to other states since votes for assembly polls will also have to be counted, a senior election official said Monday.

BJP Ready For J&K Polls, Election Body Must Take Decision: Jitendra Singh

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday May 6, 2019

Union minister Jitendra Singh on Monday said the BJP is ready to hold assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir but a final decision on the matter needs to be taken by the Election Commission after considering security related concerns.

Congress Worker Stabbed, 3 Polling Officials Suspended In Odisha

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday April 29, 2019

A Congress worker was stabbed to death, while three polling personnel were suspended for violation of norms in Odisha, where the fourth and final phase of polling were conducted on Monday in six Lok Sabha and 41 assembly constituencies, an election official said.

64% Voting In Fourth Phase Of Polls, Clashes Reported In Bengal: 10 Facts

India News | Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Monday April 29, 2019

Sporadic violence in Bengal and complaints to the Election Commission from the BJP and the state's ruling Trinamool Congress marked polling in fourth phase of the national election. The Election Commission said the provisional voting figure is 64 per cent. The highlight of this round was Mumbai, the country's financial capital home to billionaires ...

Vasundhara Raje's Son Faces Former BJP Student Wing Leader In Jhalawar

India News | Written by Harsha Kumari Singh | Saturday April 27, 2019

Rajasthan is all set to vote in the national election on Monday. In the 2014 polls, the party took all the 25 seats in state. But for this election, former chief minister and BJP leader Vasundhara Raje, who was voted out in the assembly election in December last year, is campaigning sparingly for the party.

Elections 2019-"Will Break Before Assembly Polls": Milind Deora On BJP-Sena Alliance

India News | ANI | Saturday April 27, 2019

Mumbai Congress chief and South Mumbai candidate Milind Deora today said that the BJP-Shiv Sena alliance will break before Assembly elections in Maharashtra, scheduled to be held later this year.

J&K Administration Wants State Polls Pushed To November, After Amarnath Yatra

India News | Reported by Nazir Masoodi and Arvind Gunasekar, Edited by Jimmy Jacob | Friday April 26, 2019

Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik today recommended against holding the state assembly elections in June, and asked the Election Commission to consider pushing the exercise to November instead. He cited the upcoming holy month of Ramzan, Amarnath Yatra, tourism season and movement of the nomadic Bakarwal tribe as some of the reasons for de...

Fresh Poll Date Announced For Odisha's Patkura Assembly Seat

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Wednesday April 24, 2019

The Election Commission (EC) on Wednesday announced the fresh poll schedule for Odisha's Patkura Assembly constituency where polls were postponed following the death of Biju Janata Dal (BJD) candidate Bed Prakash Agarwalla.

Assembly Elections 2019 Highlights: Odisha, Gujarat, Goa Vote In Phase 3

India News | Edited by Ridhima Shukla | Tuesday April 23, 2019

Phase three of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections began at 7 am today, and 117 parliamentary constituencies are voting across 13 states and 2 union territories. Coinciding with today's Lok Sabha elections are assembly elections in Odisha.

119 Crorepati Candidates Contesting Third Phase Lok Sabha Polls In Odisha

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Saturday April 20, 2019

As many as 119 crorepati candidates are contesting the Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in the third phase in Odisha, said a report on Saturday.

In Karnataka, Tiny Swing Can Make Huge Difference: Prannoy Roy's Analysis

India News | NDTV News Desk | Sunday April 21, 2019

The fractured verdict of the assembly elections in Karnataka may reflect in the state's mandate for the Lok Sabha as well.