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Parties To Explain Why Candidates With Criminal Past Selected: Election Commission
Political parties will have to compulsorily explain the reasons behind the selection of candidates with a criminal past, said the Election Commission today, adding that "winnability" as reason alone will not suffice.
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No Bar On Candidates Charged With Murder, Rape in Election: Foreign Media
Lok Sabha elections 2019: About 19 per cent of those standing in the election face charges including rape, murder and kidnapping, New-Delhi based Association of Democratic Reforms said on Monday, citing signed affidavits submitted to the Election Commission.
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Maharashtra Council Polls: 87 Candidates Face Criminal Charges
An analysis of the affidavits of 836 candidates, out of the total 869 in fray for the ongoing polls in 10 municipal councils in Maharashtra, has revealed that 87 of them were facing criminal cases, including some serious charges like murder, rape, kidnapping and dacoity.
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Gujarat Assembly Election 2017: 21 Per Cent Congress, 15 Per Cent BJP Candidates In Second Phase Face Criminal Cases
21 per cent of the Congress candidates and 15 per cent of the BJP nominees for the second phase of the Gujarat assembly polls have declared "serious criminal cases against themselves", according to a report released by the ADR today.
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Manipur Elections 2017: BJP, Congress Field Equal Number Of Candidates With Criminal Cases
Manipur gears up for its first of the two phased elections today. A little more than half its total constituencies, 38, go to polls today. The north-eastern state has 60 assembly constituencies. Today, the fate of 168 candidates will be tested.
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42 Candidates In Second Phase Of Assam Elections Have Criminal Cases
Forty-two of the 523 candidates contesting in the second phase of Assam Assembly polls have criminal cases and 32 of them face serious offences like murder, kidnapping and crime against women, according to an analysis by two think thanks.
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In Jharkhand Assembly Elections, No Dearth of Candidates Facing Criminal Charges
With just a couple of days away for the first phase of polling to begin in Jharkhand, the Association for Democratic Reforms has released a survey according to which 92 of 200 candidates in the first phase face criminal charges.
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Aamir Khan to urge people to vote for clean candidates
The Bollywood actor will urge people not to vote for candidates with criminal background in the upcoming elections in Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Goa and Manipur.
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Up next in Bihar: 104 millionaires
Against only 36 multi-millionaires in the last Assembly elections, there are over 100 multi-millionaires in the second and third phases of the ongoing Bihar polls, a report by two NGOs has said. It adds that 219 candidates have criminal records.The Association of Democratic Reforms and the National Election Watch said on Thursday that 104 candidate...
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Parties To Explain Why Candidates With Criminal Past Selected: Election Commission
Political parties will have to compulsorily explain the reasons behind the selection of candidates with a criminal past, said the Election Commission today, adding that "winnability" as reason alone will not suffice.
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No Bar On Candidates Charged With Murder, Rape in Election: Foreign Media
Lok Sabha elections 2019: About 19 per cent of those standing in the election face charges including rape, murder and kidnapping, New-Delhi based Association of Democratic Reforms said on Monday, citing signed affidavits submitted to the Election Commission.
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Maharashtra Council Polls: 87 Candidates Face Criminal Charges
An analysis of the affidavits of 836 candidates, out of the total 869 in fray for the ongoing polls in 10 municipal councils in Maharashtra, has revealed that 87 of them were facing criminal cases, including some serious charges like murder, rape, kidnapping and dacoity.
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Gujarat Assembly Election 2017: 21 Per Cent Congress, 15 Per Cent BJP Candidates In Second Phase Face Criminal Cases
21 per cent of the Congress candidates and 15 per cent of the BJP nominees for the second phase of the Gujarat assembly polls have declared "serious criminal cases against themselves", according to a report released by the ADR today.
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Manipur Elections 2017: BJP, Congress Field Equal Number Of Candidates With Criminal Cases
Manipur gears up for its first of the two phased elections today. A little more than half its total constituencies, 38, go to polls today. The north-eastern state has 60 assembly constituencies. Today, the fate of 168 candidates will be tested.
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42 Candidates In Second Phase Of Assam Elections Have Criminal Cases
Forty-two of the 523 candidates contesting in the second phase of Assam Assembly polls have criminal cases and 32 of them face serious offences like murder, kidnapping and crime against women, according to an analysis by two think thanks.
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In Jharkhand Assembly Elections, No Dearth of Candidates Facing Criminal Charges
With just a couple of days away for the first phase of polling to begin in Jharkhand, the Association for Democratic Reforms has released a survey according to which 92 of 200 candidates in the first phase face criminal charges.
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Aamir Khan to urge people to vote for clean candidates
The Bollywood actor will urge people not to vote for candidates with criminal background in the upcoming elections in Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Goa and Manipur.
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Up next in Bihar: 104 millionaires
Against only 36 multi-millionaires in the last Assembly elections, there are over 100 multi-millionaires in the second and third phases of the ongoing Bihar polls, a report by two NGOs has said. It adds that 219 candidates have criminal records.The Association of Democratic Reforms and the National Election Watch said on Thursday that 104 candidate...
