Uttar Pradesh Elections

Prepping For "Next Step", Says Akhilesh Yadav After Meeting Mayawati

India News | Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Monday May 20, 2019

Samajwadi Party leader Akhilesh Yadav, after meeting with alliance partner Mayawati on Monday, spoke about prepping for "the next step", ahead of results on May 23 Thursday.

Exit Poll 2019: More Than Half Of UP Seats May Go To BJP, Predict Exit Polls

India News | Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Sunday May 19, 2019

Exit Poll 2019: The Grand Alliance of Akhilesh Yadav and Mayawati may not be able to stop the BJP march through Uttar Pradesh --the state that sends the maximum number of lawmakers to the Lok Sabha, predict early exit polls. But among opposition parties, they might fare the best against the BJP, the poll of polls show.

Election 2019 Phase 7 Highlights: Voting For Final Phase Of Lok Sabha Elections Ends

India News | Edited by Swati Sharma | Sunday May 19, 2019

Voting has ended for the seventh and final phase of Lok Sabha elections.

No Top Court Reprieve For Mayawati's Party Candidate, Accused Of Rape

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday May 17, 2019

The Supreme Court Friday refused to grant interim protection from arrest to a SP-BSP alliance candidate from Ghosi Lok Sabha constituency in Uttar Pradesh, who was seeking relief till May 23 in a rape case registered against him.

Lok Sabha Elections 2019: Samajwadi Party Leader Azam Khan's Wife Alleges Death Threat To Family

India News | ANI | Friday May 17, 2019

Wife of Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan has alleged a threat to her family from the administrative officials of Rampur and has also sought their removal.

Akhilesh Yadav, Maneka Gandhi Among Top Contenders For Phase 6 UP Polls

India News | Press Trust of India | Friday May 10, 2019

Hectic electioneering ended on Friday evening for 14 Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh, including those for which Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav and Union minister Maneka Gandhi are contesting.

Analysing The Priyanka Gandhi Impact In Uttar Pradesh: Highlights

India News | Edited by Revathi Hariharan | Friday May 10, 2019

With two phases of voting left for the 80 Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh, Prannoy Roy and his team on The Countdown get you special insights from the state's electorate, along with exclusive interviews with Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav and wife Dimple Yadav, and UP Congress chief Yogesh Shukla.

63.5% Total Voter Turnout Recorded For Phase 5 Of Elections: Highlights

India News | Edited by Arun Nair | Monday May 6, 2019

At least 63.5 per cent of the 8.75 crore voters in the 51 seats across the seven states have exercised their franchise in the fifth phase of Lok Sabha election, which is the lowest in all the phases so far, Election Commission data shows. According to the Commission's Voter Turnout android application, at 9.00 PM, the turnout in the Monday's polli...

Lok Sabha Polls: "Naampanti", "Vaampanti", "Vikaspanti": PM Now Classifies Governments

India News | Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan | Sunday May 5, 2019

Political tension in UP has been turned up in recent days after PM Modi's "Bhrastachari number 1 (corrupt number 1)" comment about assassinated former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi

Re-Polling Ordered In 8 Booths Of Uttar Pradesh's Shahjahanpur Constituency

India News | ANI | Sunday May 5, 2019

The Election Commission of India (ECI) has ordered to conduct re-polling in eight booths in Shahjahanpur constituency in Uttar Pradesh on May 6.

Lok Sabha Elections 2019: Our Campaign Against Black-Money And Corruption Will Not Slow Down, Says PM Modi

India News | Edited by Prionka Jha | Tuesday April 30, 2019

Ahead of fifth phase, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today addressed a rally in Muzaffarpur in Bihar in the afternoon. From Bihar, he will travel to Uttar Pradesh and address two rallies in Bahraich and Barabanki respectively. 

Elections 2019: In Pilibhit, BJP's Gandhi Hopes For Another Win From Understated Campaign

India News | Written by Alok Pandey | Tuesday April 23, 2019

A brief 25-second phone conversation with the BJP's Varun Gandhi, the evening before Pilibhit, from where he is aiming to get elected to the Lok Sabha , consists only of several nos. Mr Gandhi was responding to a request from this reporter to agree to an interview before the vote in the western Uttar Pradesh seat.

Uncle Vs Nephew As Shivpal Yadav Goes UP Against Akshay In UP's Firozabad

India News | Press Trust of India | Monday April 22, 2019

Firozabad earned the sobriquet "Suhagnagari" as its bangles bound families in matrimonial alliances, but this election season the Uttar Pradesh town is witnessing a prestige battle between two members of a family -- Samajwadi Party's Akshay Yadav and his estranged uncle Shivpal Singh Yadav.

Uttar Pradesh Elections: Identities Of Burka-Clad Women Not Being Verified, Says BJP Leader

India News | ANI | Thursday April 18, 2019

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate and sitting Member of Parliament from Amroha constituency in Uttar Pradesh Kanwar Singh Tanwar said identities of burka-clad women are not being verified properly at various polling booths in his constituency.

Election 2019: SP Chief Akhilesh Yadav Asks Poll Body To Rectify Malfunctioning EVMs

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday April 18, 2019

Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav Thursday expressed concern over reports of EVM malfunctions in some parts of the Uttar Pradesh where polling for the second phase of the Lok Sabha polls are taking place and asked the Election Commission to take immediate steps to rectify them.