Tag: elections
Gujarat Records 68% Voting In First Phase, Expected To Cross 70%: EC
Over 70 per cent voting was registered in Gujarat at close of polling at 5 p.m. in the first phase, though there were still long queues lined up to vote at most polling stations, Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), Gujarat, B.B. Swain said on Saturday.....
Equity Indices Trade Higher As BJP Set To Win
Key indices of the Indian equities markets on Monday went up substantially after counting trends indicated a victory for the BJP in both Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh Assembly elections.....
Shiv Sena To Go It Alone In 2019
In a major decision, the Shiv Sena on Tuesday decided to contest the 2019 Lok Sabha and Assembly elections independent of its ally, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party. ....
BJP Leaders Discuss Simultaneous Elections At Delhi Meet
Simultaneous elections from panchayat to Parliament were on Wednesday discussed at a meeting of BJP Chief Ministers and Deputy Chief Ministers from 19 states, party leaders said.....
Congress Ahead In 17 Meghalaya Seats
The ruling Congress is leading in 17 seats, and the National People's Party in 10 in the vote count for the Meghalaya assembly on Saturday.....
Singhvi, Ketkar Among 10 Congress Candidates For Rajya Sabha Polls
The Congress on Sunday announced names of 10 candidates for the biennial Rajya Sabha elections in seven states, including Abhishek Manu Singhvi from West Bengal and senior journalist Kumar Ketkar from Maharashtra.....
Shock Defeat For BJP In UP, Bihar By-polls
In results that can set the tone for the 2019 general elections, the BJP on Wednesday received a severe drubbing in the Lok Sabha and assembly by-elections in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar losing four of the five seats, including the prestigeous Gorakhpur and Phulpur parliamentary constituencies, after non-BJP parties teamed up in alliances against the saffron party in the two states.....
Congress To Seek Like-minded Allies To Defeat BJP, Rahul Says Country Wants Change
The Congress on Saturday expressed its willingness to ally "with all like-minded parties" with a "pragmatic approach" to defeat the Narendra Modi government in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections with party chief Rahul Gandhi stating that the country was feeling tired and seeking a change.....
Mayawati Hints At SP-BSP Alliance In 2019
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Monday indicated that her party might align with Samajwadi Party (SP) in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections after the one-time bitter rivals helped defeat the BJP in the Gorakhpur and Phulpur parliamentary bypolls.....
Andhra CM Meets Kejriwal
Amid new political churning ahead of next year's Lok Sabha elections, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu met his Delhi counterpart and Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) chief Arvind Kejriwal here on Wednesday.....
