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18 Assembly seats spread across eight Maoist-affected districts of Chhattisgarh will go to polls in the first phase. As many as 4,336 polling booths have been set up for this phase. All arrangements have been done for free and fair elections. The remaining 72 constituencies will witness polling on November …

Scrutiny of nominations will be held on Monday, while the last date of withdrawal of nominations is 14th of this month. Elections will be held in both Mizoram and Madhya Pradesh on November 28, and the counting of votes will be held on December 11.

The announcement came shortly after US law enforcement and intelligence agencies said they had no indication of efforts to disrupt election infrastructure but that Americans should be wary of Russian attempts to spread fake news. A study published last week found that misinformation on social media was spreading at a …

Star campaigners of various parties are touring Bastar and Rajnandgaon areas to garner support for their candidates. Chhattisgarh has a total of 90 constituencies. Scrutiny of nominations for the second phase was held on Saturday. The last day for withdrawal of candidature is tomorrow. 72 seats will go to polls …

ABVP wins posts of Delhi University student union president, vice president, joint secretary.

Speaking at a programme,  Sirisena said that the election won’t be held even a day earlier than the schedule.  His comments assume significance amidst speculations that he may opt to have a presidential poll after January next year, at the end of 4 years of his 5 year term.  Sirisena …

Touching many relevant points on the report which has been uploaded on its website, the commission has called for further discussions and examination on the matter, involving all the stakeholders before it makes the final recommendations to the centre. In chapter 11, titled ‘CONCLUSIONS’, Commission has said, “Any major decision that has a …

According to the trends, the PTI was leading in 74 seats, PML-N in 54 and the Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari-led Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) stood at third position with 27 seats. The voter turnout was recorded between 50 and 55 per cent of the nearly 106 million electorate, similar to the previous contest in …

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Election Commission has deferred polling in Rajarajeswari Nagar Assembly Constituency after various complaints regarding the distribution of money, gifts and other materials including seizure of thousands of genuine voter ID cards from an apartment in the constituency recently. Voting will now take place on 28th of this month. Polling for the …

The rally was attended by other senior congress leaders including former prime Minister Manmohan Singh,  former Congress president Sonia Gandhi. BJP has questioned Congress president Rahul Gandhi’s claim that his party will win all upcoming assembly polls. President of the Congress Party Rahul Gandhi seems cornered over his claims and …

Bengaluru: A total of 2,655 candidates are in fray for the ensuing May 12 Karnataka Legislative Assembly polls, according to a data from the state Chief Electoral Office. Of the 3,509 who filed valid nominations by the last date on Tuesday, 583 candidates withdrew by Friday and 271 were rejected …

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi had approached the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) for an alliance during the 2014 general elections, claimed Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu on Saturday. “Even during 2014 general election, we didn’t try for an alliance with BJP. Modi himself came to us, said that …