Kerala Election 2014

The BJP will focus its energy on conquering Tamil Nadu and Kerala in the next five years after its almost complete takeover of the northeast in the national election, the party's strategist in the region Himanta Biswa Sarma told NDTV. He also faulted West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for "trying to stop people from praising Lord Ram" in th...

Kerala's Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency, from where Congress President Rahul Gandhi is contesting for the first time, saw a turnout of over 79 per cent on Tuesday.

Congress leader and party candidate from this parliamentary constituency in Kerala Shashi Tharoor, who is aiming for a hat-trick win in the Lok Sabha elections, on Saturday said that the 2014 fight was tougher.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is now speaking at BJP's big "Main Bhi Chowkidar event in New Delhi. AT the event, the PM said," During 2014 elections, I was new to India. I had some familiarity as a Chief Minister. My detractors had publicised me. People were asking  who is he. In between this, the BJP gave me mandate and I got to travel across the ...

Amid calls for Rahul Gandhi to contest from a seat in southern India apart from his Amethi constituency, Union Minister Smriti Irani, who challenged the Congress president in his Uttar Pradesh seat in the 2014 election, said that the calls were being "staged" as people in Mr Gandhi's constituency have rejected him.

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...

The Indian Union Muslim League (IUML), the largest ally of the Congress in Kerala, has retained the Malappuram parliament seat, winning a by-election by a big margin of 1.7 lakh votes. The BJP, which has been trying to increase its footprint in the state will be disappointed with a small fall in its vote share. The party is still a distant third be...

As traditional rivals Congress and the Left - allies in West Bengal - engage in a bitter battle for Kerala, they cannot write off the BJP factor. The party could influence which of them wins.

Former Kerala minister TH Mustafa, who had demanded Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi's ouster for leading their party to its worst-ever performance, and handing over the reins of the party to his sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, has been suspended by the state Congress Committee.

Though Kerala has no representation in the Narendra Modi ministry that assumed office on Monday, the BJP turned it into a festive occasion across the state distributing tea and sweets in party offices.

Whether the Congress wins or loses, one thing the party leaders in Kerala do not miss out on after the elections is washing dirty linen in public.

Massive advertisements greeted people in their dailies in Chennai on Sunday morning, highlighting the three-year-old J Jayalalithaa government's achievements in Tamil Nadu, just two days after her AIADMK made a spectacular win in the Lok Sabha elections.

The Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) remained ahead in 11 Lok Sabha seats in Kerala, while the BJP made headway in one, as counting reached its halfway mark on Friday.

All arrangements have been made for the smooth conduct of counting of votes for the 20 Lok Sabha seats in Kerala that went to polls on April 10, Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Kerala Nalini Netto said in Thiruvananthapuram today.

Political parties in Kerala have backed a proposal of the State Election Commission to introduce multi-post Electronic Voting Machines in three-tier local body elections due in September 2015.

The BJP will focus its energy on conquering Tamil Nadu and Kerala in the next five years after its almost complete takeover of the northeast in the national election, the party's strategist in the region Himanta Biswa Sarma told NDTV. He also faulted West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for "trying to stop people from praising Lord Ram" in th...

Kerala's Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency, from where Congress President Rahul Gandhi is contesting for the first time, saw a turnout of over 79 per cent on Tuesday.

Congress leader and party candidate from this parliamentary constituency in Kerala Shashi Tharoor, who is aiming for a hat-trick win in the Lok Sabha elections, on Saturday said that the 2014 fight was tougher.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is now speaking at BJP's big "Main Bhi Chowkidar event in New Delhi. AT the event, the PM said," During 2014 elections, I was new to India. I had some familiarity as a Chief Minister. My detractors had publicised me. People were asking  who is he. In between this, the BJP gave me mandate and I got to travel across the ...

Amid calls for Rahul Gandhi to contest from a seat in southern India apart from his Amethi constituency, Union Minister Smriti Irani, who challenged the Congress president in his Uttar Pradesh seat in the 2014 election, said that the calls were being "staged" as people in Mr Gandhi's constituency have rejected him.

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...

The Indian Union Muslim League (IUML), the largest ally of the Congress in Kerala, has retained the Malappuram parliament seat, winning a by-election by a big margin of 1.7 lakh votes. The BJP, which has been trying to increase its footprint in the state will be disappointed with a small fall in its vote share. The party is still a distant third be...

As traditional rivals Congress and the Left - allies in West Bengal - engage in a bitter battle for Kerala, they cannot write off the BJP factor. The party could influence which of them wins.

Former Kerala minister TH Mustafa, who had demanded Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi's ouster for leading their party to its worst-ever performance, and handing over the reins of the party to his sister Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, has been suspended by the state Congress Committee.

Though Kerala has no representation in the Narendra Modi ministry that assumed office on Monday, the BJP turned it into a festive occasion across the state distributing tea and sweets in party offices.

Whether the Congress wins or loses, one thing the party leaders in Kerala do not miss out on after the elections is washing dirty linen in public.

Massive advertisements greeted people in their dailies in Chennai on Sunday morning, highlighting the three-year-old J Jayalalithaa government's achievements in Tamil Nadu, just two days after her AIADMK made a spectacular win in the Lok Sabha elections.

The Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) remained ahead in 11 Lok Sabha seats in Kerala, while the BJP made headway in one, as counting reached its halfway mark on Friday.

All arrangements have been made for the smooth conduct of counting of votes for the 20 Lok Sabha seats in Kerala that went to polls on April 10, Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Kerala Nalini Netto said in Thiruvananthapuram today.

Political parties in Kerala have backed a proposal of the State Election Commission to introduce multi-post Electronic Voting Machines in three-tier local body elections due in September 2015.