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Opinion: Why BJP Win In Gujarat Local Body Polls Has Worried Congress And AAP
The BJP's performance was sweeping in the truest sense. It won all 15 municipal corporations and 78 out of 84 municipalities - crossing the 50% vote-share mark in each - an indicator not just of victory, but dominance in urban areas.
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BJP Tightens Grip As AAP, Congress Collapse: Decoding Gujarat Civic Polls
Gujarat Civic Polls: Official figures show a sharp rise in the BJP's performance across municipal corporations.
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Voting Begins For Gujarat Local Body Polls, Amit Shah To Vote In Ahmedabad
Gandhinagar, April 26 (IANS) Voting for Gujarat’s local body elections began on Sunday, with polling underway across municipal corporations, municipalities, district panchayats and taluka panchayats in what is one of the state’s largest grassroots el
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Rajasthan Cabinet Removes 2-Child Norm For Local Body Polls After 3 Decades
In a significant policy shift, the Rajasthan Cabinet on Wednesday approved the removal of the decades-old two-child norm for contesting Panchayati Raj and urban local body elections, ending a restriction that had been in place for nearly 30 years.
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Telangana Civic Body Polls: BJP Skips Nizamabad Race, Wins Big In Karimnagar
Telangana's urban local body elections have thrown up sharp political contrasts for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). While the party secured a decisive mayoral victory in Karimnagar, it has chosen to sit in the opposition in Nizamabad.
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Congress Tops Telangana Civic Polls, But BJP's Breakthrough Tempers Victory
In a decisive shift in Telangana's urban political landscape, the results of the recent urban local body elections covering 2,995 of 2,996 wards have been declared, revealing a dramatic realignment of civic power across the state.
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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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Maharashtra Civic Polls: Which Party Dominated Last Elections
After years of waiting, 29 municipal corporations in Maharashtra are going to elect their mayors in elections scheduled for January 15, 2026. These include two newly-created corporations in Jalna and Ichalkaranji.
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Nagaland's Historic Local Body Polls With 33% Women's Quota Today
Today's a big day in Nagaland's political history. The first-ever urban local body elections with 33 per cent reservation for women will be held today. There is however no election in eastern Nagaland region due to a poll boycott called by the ENPO.
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Karnataka Approves 33% Quota For Other Backward Classes In Urban Polls
The Karnataka cabinet on Thursday accepted three of the five recommendations of the Justice K Bhakthavatsala Commission on providing one-third or 33 per cent reservation to other backward classes (OBC) in urban local bodies (ULB) elections.
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"Misuse Of Government Machinery": Mayawati Slams BJP Over UP Civic Polls
A day after results of the urban local body polls in Uttar Pradesh were announced, Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati Sunday accused the ruling BJP of misusing government machinery, and said her party will not sit silently over it.
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BJP Sweeps Municipal Polls In Uttar Pradesh, Wins All 17 Mayoral Seats
"In 2017, BJP won 60 seats but this year we've won more than double the seats in urban local body polls," Yogi said.
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Yogi Adityanath Thanks UP For Forming 'Triple-Engine' Government
UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath thanked people and congratulated BJP workers on Saturday on the party's massive victory in the urban local body polls and for forming a "triple-engine government" in the state.
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Yogi Adityanath's Message After BJP Sweeps UP Local Body Polls
Welcoming the BJP's victory in the Uttar Pradesh civic polls, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath thanked voters and assured that his government will ensure development and good governance.
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UP Urban Body Polls: BJP Leading On 3 Mayoral Seats, Including Lucknow
BJP's Sushma Kharakwal is ahead of Samajwadi Party's Vandana Mishra by 530 votes in Lucknow.
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Opinion: Why BJP Win In Gujarat Local Body Polls Has Worried Congress And AAP
The BJP's performance was sweeping in the truest sense. It won all 15 municipal corporations and 78 out of 84 municipalities - crossing the 50% vote-share mark in each - an indicator not just of victory, but dominance in urban areas.
-
BJP Tightens Grip As AAP, Congress Collapse: Decoding Gujarat Civic Polls
Gujarat Civic Polls: Official figures show a sharp rise in the BJP's performance across municipal corporations.
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Voting Begins For Gujarat Local Body Polls, Amit Shah To Vote In Ahmedabad
Gandhinagar, April 26 (IANS) Voting for Gujarat’s local body elections began on Sunday, with polling underway across municipal corporations, municipalities, district panchayats and taluka panchayats in what is one of the state’s largest grassroots el
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Rajasthan Cabinet Removes 2-Child Norm For Local Body Polls After 3 Decades
In a significant policy shift, the Rajasthan Cabinet on Wednesday approved the removal of the decades-old two-child norm for contesting Panchayati Raj and urban local body elections, ending a restriction that had been in place for nearly 30 years.
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Telangana Civic Body Polls: BJP Skips Nizamabad Race, Wins Big In Karimnagar
Telangana's urban local body elections have thrown up sharp political contrasts for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). While the party secured a decisive mayoral victory in Karimnagar, it has chosen to sit in the opposition in Nizamabad.
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Congress Tops Telangana Civic Polls, But BJP's Breakthrough Tempers Victory
In a decisive shift in Telangana's urban political landscape, the results of the recent urban local body elections covering 2,995 of 2,996 wards have been declared, revealing a dramatic realignment of civic power across the state.
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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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Maharashtra Civic Polls: Which Party Dominated Last Elections
After years of waiting, 29 municipal corporations in Maharashtra are going to elect their mayors in elections scheduled for January 15, 2026. These include two newly-created corporations in Jalna and Ichalkaranji.
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Nagaland's Historic Local Body Polls With 33% Women's Quota Today
Today's a big day in Nagaland's political history. The first-ever urban local body elections with 33 per cent reservation for women will be held today. There is however no election in eastern Nagaland region due to a poll boycott called by the ENPO.
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Karnataka Approves 33% Quota For Other Backward Classes In Urban Polls
The Karnataka cabinet on Thursday accepted three of the five recommendations of the Justice K Bhakthavatsala Commission on providing one-third or 33 per cent reservation to other backward classes (OBC) in urban local bodies (ULB) elections.
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"Misuse Of Government Machinery": Mayawati Slams BJP Over UP Civic Polls
A day after results of the urban local body polls in Uttar Pradesh were announced, Bahujan Samaj Party chief Mayawati Sunday accused the ruling BJP of misusing government machinery, and said her party will not sit silently over it.
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BJP Sweeps Municipal Polls In Uttar Pradesh, Wins All 17 Mayoral Seats
"In 2017, BJP won 60 seats but this year we've won more than double the seats in urban local body polls," Yogi said.
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Yogi Adityanath Thanks UP For Forming 'Triple-Engine' Government
UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath thanked people and congratulated BJP workers on Saturday on the party's massive victory in the urban local body polls and for forming a "triple-engine government" in the state.
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Yogi Adityanath's Message After BJP Sweeps UP Local Body Polls
Welcoming the BJP's victory in the Uttar Pradesh civic polls, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath thanked voters and assured that his government will ensure development and good governance.
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UP Urban Body Polls: BJP Leading On 3 Mayoral Seats, Including Lucknow
BJP's Sushma Kharakwal is ahead of Samajwadi Party's Vandana Mishra by 530 votes in Lucknow.
