Tag: Election
The Rashtriya Lok Dal (RLD) is gearing up to regain lost political ground through the farmers' agitation against the three new Union farm laws. Other opposition parties are also trying to revive their political fortunes through this protest but at present the RLD seems to be ahead. ....
No government in Kerala has retained power so far but the current Pinarayi Vijayan-led LDF government is now aiming to change that after an impressive performance in the local body polls. However, the Congress-led opposition is determined to fight it out and has drafted in Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra as their star campaigners for the Assembly polls to be held in April-May. A senior Congress leader, on condition of anonymity, told IANS, that the party high command views the Kerala Assembly polls with huge importance. "Both th....
Bhyripuram, a small village in Andhra Pradesh's Srikakulam district has emerged as a champion of unanimous elections in the past 57 years, with no panchayat elections being held there. ....
The Congress will hold seat sharing talks with the Left parties on Tuesday, ahead of the West Bengal Assembly polls. ....
Metroman E. Sreedharan, who has recently been roped in by the Kerala's BJP unit and is all set to contest for the Kerala Assembly elections slated for April-May, said that he would be happy if Oommen Chandy becomes the Chief Minister again. ....
Rambhai Mokariya and Dineshbhai Prajapati (Anavadia), the BJP nominees for the two vacant Rajya Sabha seats in Gujarat, were declared elected unopposed on Monday. The Rajya Sabha elections were held uncontested after five years as there was no nomination filed by the Congress. ....
There was an average of around 64% polling in the local body elections for municipalities, district and tehsil panchayats in Gujarat on Sunday. Voting for 8,473 seats in municipalities, 980 in district panchayats and 4,773 in taluka panchayats took place across 36,008 booths. The counting of votes will take place on March 2.....
The Central Election Committee of the Congress is scheduled to hold a meeting on Saturday to finalise candidates for the first phase of the Assam and West Bengal assembly polls. ....
The ruling AIADMK has released the first list of its candidates for the assembly elections which has six senior leaders. ....
A day ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's proposed Kolkata visit to address a mega rally at the city's iconic Brigade parade ground, the BJP on Saturday released its first list of 57 candidates for the first two phases of the high-octane West Bengal Assembly elections. ....