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Assam To Vote In Single Phase On April 9, Counting Of Votes On May 4
The Election Commission of India on Sunday announced that the Assam Legislative Assembly polls will be held on April 9, with counting of votes scheduled for May 4.
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Educational Qualification Not Mandatory For Panchayat Polls: Rajasthan
The Rajasthan government has clarified in the Legislative Assembly that there is no proposal under consideration to make educational qualifications mandatory for candidates contesting urban local body elections.
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Kerala Polls: What Is Vellapally Natesan's and Sukumaran Nair's Endgame
The recent press interactions by prominent Hindu leaders in Kerala, Vellappally Natesan and C Sukumaran Nair, ahead of a much-anticipated legislative assembly election, deserve closer scrutiny.
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Telangana Legislative Assembly Scraps 2-Child Policy For Local Polls
The Telangana Panchayat Raj (Amendment) Bill, 2026, has been unanimously passed by the state legislative assembly, officially abolishing the three-decade-old "two-child norm" for candidates contesting local body elections.
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Kanimozhi Birthday Video Sparks Power Play Buzz Within DMK
DMK's parliamentary party chief and head of the party's manifesto committee for the assembly elections, Kanimozhi Karunanidhi, is keen to contest the coming elections to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly, sources in the party have indicated.
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Voting Begins In Key Kerala Local Body Polls
Voters in seven districts of Kerala began casting ballots on Tuesday in the first phase of crucial local elections, viewed by many as a key indicator ahead of next year's state legislative assembly contest.
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New Bihar Assembly Sees Rise In Older Members, 40% Lack College Degrees
Around 12 per cent of the newly elected MLAs in Bihar are women, a marginal increase from the last polls, while around 40 per cent members in the new assembly do not have college degrees, according to a report by think-tank PRS Legislative Research.
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Mayawati's Party Wins Ramgarh Seat In Bihar By 30 Votes
Mayawati's Bahujan Samaj Party has won one seat in Bihar. Its candidate Satish Kumar Yadav has won, beating his nearest rival, the BJP's sitting legislator Ashok Kumar Singh, by 30 votes.
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J&K To Have 4 Women MLAs For First Time As BJP's Devyani Rana Wins Bypoll
BJP's Devyani Rana on Friday broke a new glass ceiling by winning the assembly bypoll from the Nagrota constituency, as Jammu and Kashmir will now have four elected women legislators for the first time.
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Nitish Kumar Leads Chief Minister Race, Tejashwi Yadav 2nd: Opinion Poll
As the Election Commission of India (ECI) announced the schedule for the Bihar Legislative Assembly polls on Monday, with voting set for November 6 and 11 in two phases and counting on November 14.
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Assam To Vote In Single Phase On April 9, Counting Of Votes On May 4
The Election Commission of India on Sunday announced that the Assam Legislative Assembly polls will be held on April 9, with counting of votes scheduled for May 4.
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Educational Qualification Not Mandatory For Panchayat Polls: Rajasthan
The Rajasthan government has clarified in the Legislative Assembly that there is no proposal under consideration to make educational qualifications mandatory for candidates contesting urban local body elections.
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Kerala Polls: What Is Vellapally Natesan's and Sukumaran Nair's Endgame
The recent press interactions by prominent Hindu leaders in Kerala, Vellappally Natesan and C Sukumaran Nair, ahead of a much-anticipated legislative assembly election, deserve closer scrutiny.
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Telangana Legislative Assembly Scraps 2-Child Policy For Local Polls
The Telangana Panchayat Raj (Amendment) Bill, 2026, has been unanimously passed by the state legislative assembly, officially abolishing the three-decade-old "two-child norm" for candidates contesting local body elections.
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Kanimozhi Birthday Video Sparks Power Play Buzz Within DMK
DMK's parliamentary party chief and head of the party's manifesto committee for the assembly elections, Kanimozhi Karunanidhi, is keen to contest the coming elections to the Tamil Nadu legislative assembly, sources in the party have indicated.
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Voting Begins In Key Kerala Local Body Polls
Voters in seven districts of Kerala began casting ballots on Tuesday in the first phase of crucial local elections, viewed by many as a key indicator ahead of next year's state legislative assembly contest.
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New Bihar Assembly Sees Rise In Older Members, 40% Lack College Degrees
Around 12 per cent of the newly elected MLAs in Bihar are women, a marginal increase from the last polls, while around 40 per cent members in the new assembly do not have college degrees, according to a report by think-tank PRS Legislative Research.
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Mayawati's Party Wins Ramgarh Seat In Bihar By 30 Votes
Mayawati's Bahujan Samaj Party has won one seat in Bihar. Its candidate Satish Kumar Yadav has won, beating his nearest rival, the BJP's sitting legislator Ashok Kumar Singh, by 30 votes.
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J&K To Have 4 Women MLAs For First Time As BJP's Devyani Rana Wins Bypoll
BJP's Devyani Rana on Friday broke a new glass ceiling by winning the assembly bypoll from the Nagrota constituency, as Jammu and Kashmir will now have four elected women legislators for the first time.
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Nitish Kumar Leads Chief Minister Race, Tejashwi Yadav 2nd: Opinion Poll
As the Election Commission of India (ECI) announced the schedule for the Bihar Legislative Assembly polls on Monday, with voting set for November 6 and 11 in two phases and counting on November 14.
