In Indore, Congress sets up a BJP vs NOTA in Lok Sabha elections
7 months, 1 week ago

In Indore, Congress sets up a BJP vs NOTA in Lok Sabha elections

Hindustan Times  

BHOPAL: Days after the Congress Lok Sabha candidate from Indore, Akshya Kanti Bam, withdrew his nomination at the last moment, the party has put its weight behind a campaign asking people to go to vote, NOTA, when the city votes in the fourth phase on May 13. Indore Lok Sabha elections: Congress leaders said they were hoping to build a new record for the highest number of NOTA votes Bam stunned the Congress on April 29 when he went to the Indore district collector’s office along with Bharatiya Janata Party minister Kailash Vijayvargiya and BJP legislator Ramesh Mendola, and withdrew his nomination. An Indore Congress leader said the party decided against backing any of the 13 other candidates and came around to asking people to press the NOTA key on the electronic voting machines on May 13 to teach the BJP a lesson and has been organising torch rallies, meetings Indore Congress leader Devendra Yadav said, “An attempt was made by BJP to win the election through undemocratic way. Yadav added: “Indore will hit the headlines again on June 4 for casting the highest number of votes to NOTA.” As the NOTA campaign picked up, the BJP, which had has also had to step up to counter the narrative that blames the BJP for the unusual situation.

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Karnataka bypoll results: Outcome crucial for both ruling and opposition camps
1 month ago

Karnataka bypoll results: Outcome crucial for both ruling and opposition camps

Hindustan Times  

The counting of votes for the high stake by-polls to three Assembly segments in Karnataka, which witnessed a fierce fight between the ruling Congress and a combative BJP-JD alliance, will take place on Saturday. The by-polls to Sandur, Shiggaon and Channapatna were necessitated as the seats fell vacant following the election of their respective representatives -- E Tukaram of Congress, …

Congress Announces 39 Candidates in Mumbai, Including 5 for the City
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Congress Announces 39 Candidates in Mumbai, Including 5 for the City

Hindustan Times  

The Congress party has released two separate lists of 23 and 16 candidates for the upcoming assembly elections in Maharashtra. The party has nominated former state unit chief Manikrao Thakre from Digras, Asif Zakaria from Vandre (Bandra) west and Sachin Sawant from Andheri west. It renominated two sitting MLAs Kailash Gorantyal from Jalna and Moham Hambarde from Nanded South but …

JD(U), Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) seats poll the most number of NOTA votes in Bihar
6 months, 2 weeks ago

JD(U), Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) seats poll the most number of NOTA votes in Bihar

The Hindu  

The ruling Janata Dal and its ally Lok Janshakti Party performed quite well in the Lok Sabha elections, with the JD winning 12 of the 16 seats it contested and LJP bagging all five seats it sought. The Gopalganj constituency — where JD candidate Alok Kumar Suman defeated Premnath Chanchal ofVikassheel Insaan Party, an ally ofopposition Mahagathbandhan — recorded the …

Karnataka | Setback for BJP in Council polls, but NDA still hangs on to majority
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Karnataka | Setback for BJP in Council polls, but NDA still hangs on to majority

The Hindu  

The BJP has suffered setbacks in the Legislative Council elections as it managed to win just one of the four seats it contested. In Bangalore Graduates’ seat, Congress nominee Ramoji Gowda, who polled 36,729 votes, defeated the incumbent BJP member A. Deve Gowda by a margin of 11,841 votes. Incumbent Congress MLC Chandrashekar Patil defeated BJP nominee Amarnath Patil by …

Congress spoiled Trinamool’s party, Left hurt BJP’s chances in Bengal’s triangular fight
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Congress spoiled Trinamool’s party, Left hurt BJP’s chances in Bengal’s triangular fight

The Hindu  

The results of the Lok Sabha election in West Bengal indicate that in nearly a third of constituencies, 14 of the 42 seats, the candidates of the Left Front and the Congress secured more votes than the winning margin. For instance, in the Raiganj seat in north Bengal, the BJP’s Kartick Chandra Paul won by a margin of 68,197 votes …

Chandigarh: Barring Tewari, Tandon, 17 candidates lose security deposit
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Chandigarh: Barring Tewari, Tandon, 17 candidates lose security deposit

Hindustan Times  

With Congress’s Manish Tewari getting 48.3% of the total polled votes, followed by BJP’s Sanjay Tandon winning 47.7% votes, all other candidates in the fray for the lone seat of Chandigarh parliament constituency lost their security deposits by failing to get required vote share. Of the total 4,48,547 polled votes in Chandigarh, Tewari got 2,16,657 votes and won by a …

LS polls: North-West Delhi seat records highest number of NOTA votes in city
6 months, 2 weeks ago

LS polls: North-West Delhi seat records highest number of NOTA votes in city

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi, Of the 45,554 'None of the Above' votes cast in the seven city seats in the Lok Sabha elections, the North-West Delhi constituency recorded the highest number of such votes at 8,984, the Election Commission data shows. LS polls: North-West Delhi seat records highest number of NOTA votes in city In the constituency, BJP's Yogender Chandoliya won by …

Andhra Pradesh Lok Sabha Election 2024: Complete List of MLAs From TDP, YSRCP and BJP
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Andhra Pradesh Lok Sabha Election 2024: Complete List of MLAs From TDP, YSRCP and BJP

News 18  

Telegu Desam Party chief Chandrababu Naidu-led NDA scored a landslide victory after winning 150 out of 175 assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh on June 4 in the 2024 Lok Sabha Elections. This means Jagan Mohan Reddy’s YSRCP has been dethroned from power. “YSR Congress Party will act as the voice of the voiceless,” said Reddy while conceding defeat to TDP. …

Congress' Mansoor Ali Khan gives jitters to BJP’s PC Mohan
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Congress' Mansoor Ali Khan gives jitters to BJP’s PC Mohan

New Indian Express  

BENGALURU: Among the three Lok Sabha constituencies in Bengaluru, Bangalore Central witnessed an interesting turn with the Congress’ Mansoor Ali Khan giving a tough fight to three-time BJP MP PC Mohan, who was facing anti-incumbency. Mansoor held a strong lead against Mohan with over 80,000 votes in the morning, giving strong hopes to Congress workers, who started celebrating. However, post …

Indore registers over 2 lakh NOTA votes, candidate-less Congress's appeal works
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Indore registers over 2 lakh NOTA votes, candidate-less Congress's appeal works

India Today  

The Indore Lok Sabha seat saw a unique result on Tuesday. Ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, Congress's Indore candidate Akshay Kanti Bam withdrew his name from the fray on April 29 and went ahead to join the BJP. In the 2019 Lok Sabha polls, Bihar's Gopalganj Lok Sabha seat registered a maximum NOTA vote of 51,660, news agency PTI …

Election Results 2024: BJP MP Shankar Lalwani wins from Indore by record margin of 11.75 lakh votes, NOTA creates record
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Election Results 2024: BJP MP Shankar Lalwani wins from Indore by record margin of 11.75 lakh votes, NOTA creates record

The Hindu  

BJP's sitting MP from Indore Shankar Lalwani won on Tuesday by a record margin of 11,75,092 votes in a contest where NOTA created a record with 2.18 lakh voters opting for the 'none of the above' option in the Lok Sabha elections. For constituency-wise real-time updates, visit our Election Results page In Tikamgarh seat, Union minister Virendra Kumar emerged victorious …

In Indore LS Seat, Runner NOTA gets Record Votes, ‘Loses’ to BJP
6 months, 2 weeks ago

In Indore LS Seat, Runner NOTA gets Record Votes, ‘Loses’ to BJP

Deccan Chronicle  

Bhopal: In an unprecedented development, BJP has retained Indore Lok Sabha constituency in Madhya Pradesh by ‘defeating’ its ‘nearest rival’ NOTA, or none of the above, by a record margin of 10,08,077 votes. BJP candidate Shankar Lalwani who is seeking re-election in the constituency won a record 12,26,751 votes while NOTA has emerged as the runner by getting a record …

Indore script electoral history with 2,18,674 NOTA votes, BJP's 11.75 lakh ballot gap win
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Indore script electoral history with 2,18,674 NOTA votes, BJP's 11.75 lakh ballot gap win

New Indian Express  

The NOTA option garnered 16.28 per cent of the total vote cast in the Indore Lok Sabha seat. In the last parliamentary polls, voters in Bihar's Gopalganj created a record with 51,660 of them, or 5 per cent, opting for NOTA, which is placed as the last option on the electronic voting machine. In the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, NOTA …

In Sikkim, NOTA outdid Congress; CM got more votes than 31 BJP candidates
6 months, 2 weeks ago

In Sikkim, NOTA outdid Congress; CM got more votes than 31 BJP candidates

The Hindu  

Candidates of the Congress, which ruled Sikkim for more than four years after its merger with India in 1975, polled 50 votes fewer than NOTA in the 12 seats the party contested in the Himalayan State on April 19. The 31 candidates of the Bharatiya Janata Party did better than their Congress counterparts but their total tally of 19,956 votes …

India Lok Sabha election 2024 Phase 4: Who votes and what’s at stake?
7 months, 1 week ago

India Lok Sabha election 2024 Phase 4: Who votes and what’s at stake?

Al Jazeera  

A total of 96 constituencies across 10 states and union territories will vote on May 13 in the fourth phase of the Lok Sabha elections. It also saw the competition between the two main contenders heighten as the Congress Party’s former President Sonia Gandhi said Modi and the BJP were focusing “only on gaining power at any cost”. Registered voters …

Congress calls for NOTA in Indore after setback over nominee
7 months, 1 week ago

Congress calls for NOTA in Indore after setback over nominee

The Hindu  

Workers from various parties of the INDIA bloc gathered for a protest on Saturday next to the Gandhi statue at Indore’s famed Regal Square with banners and placards asking people to press NOTA on May 13 when the Lok Sabha constituency in Madhya Pradesh goes to the polls. One of the banners said: “Press the last button — NOTA — …

Congress campaigns for NOTA in Indore after its candidate withdraws nomination, defects to BJP
7 months, 1 week ago

Congress campaigns for NOTA in Indore after its candidate withdraws nomination, defects to BJP

Live Mint  

The fourth phase of Lok Sabha elections 2024, scheduled for May 13, will witness polling in one of the most talked about seats of Madhya Pradesh. Indore, where Congress has been away from victory since 1989, is going to be an interesting contest after the grand old party's candidate withdrew his nomination and joined the rival BJP. Akshay Kanti Bam …

Opinion: Indore, now a battle between NOTA and prestige
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Opinion: Indore, now a battle between NOTA and prestige

India Today  

By allegedly coercing the Congress candidate to withdraw from the fray in Indore, one of its safest seats in Madhya Pradesh, the BJP has unwittingly exposed itself to a slew of charges, thereby turning an almost favourable outcome into a moral loss that no victory margin will offset. While the Congress accused the ruling party of orchestrating the withdrawal and …

BJP and Congress Spar in Crucial Third Phase of Lok Sabha Elections
7 months, 2 weeks ago

BJP and Congress Spar in Crucial Third Phase of Lok Sabha Elections

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: The high-octane campaign for the third phase of Lok Sabha elections that saw the BJP-led NDA and the I.N.D.IA. In Maharashtra, where 11 of the 48 Lok Sabha seats will go to polls, a riveting contest is on in Baramati between Sharad Pawar’s daughter Supriya Sule and Sunetra Pawar, wife of the veteran leader's estranged nephew and Maharashtra …

MP HC dismisses Congress substitute candidate’s petition to contest from Indore
7 months, 2 weeks ago

MP HC dismisses Congress substitute candidate’s petition to contest from Indore

Hindustan Times  

Bhopal: In a major setback to the Congress party, a division bench of the Madhya Pradesh Indore high court dismissed the petition of a Congress substitute candidate, Moti Singh, filed against rejection of his candidature from Indore. Bam was declared as the ‘approved candidate’ and Singh as the ‘substitute candidate’ by issuing Form-B in the prescribed form as mentioned under …

MP HC dismisses Congress substitute candidate's plea to contest election on party's symbol from Indore
7 months, 2 weeks ago

MP HC dismisses Congress substitute candidate's plea to contest election on party's symbol from Indore

India TV News  

Moti Singh, Congress’s substitute candidate from Indore Lok Sabha constituency faced a setback after the Madhya Pradesh High Court on Saturday dismissed his appeal to contest the election on the party's symbol after its original candidate withdrew from the fray. The decision came as a shocker for Congress which has been left without a candidate in Indore after its nominee …

LS polls: Its candidate gone to BJP, Congress urges voters to hit NOTA in Indore
7 months, 3 weeks ago

LS polls: Its candidate gone to BJP, Congress urges voters to hit NOTA in Indore

Deccan Chronicle  

INDORE: The Congress, ejected from the contest after its Indore candidate joined the BJP, is appealing to voters to press the None Of The Above' option, a move slammed by the ruling party as negative tactics. Akshay Kanti Bam, who had been pitted against BJP's sitting MP Shankar Lalwani, shocked the grand old party on Monday, which was the last …

In Surat repeat, Congress’ Indore candidate pulls out, joins BJP
7 months, 3 weeks ago

In Surat repeat, Congress’ Indore candidate pulls out, joins BJP

Deccan Chronicle  

Bhopal: In another blow to Congress after the Surat fiasco, Akshay Kanti Bamb, the Congress’ Indore candidate, on Monday withdrew his nomination for the Lok Sabha elections and joined the BJP. Last week, the BJP had marked its first victory in Lok Sabha polls from Surat in Gujarat after the nomination form of Congress candidate Nilesh Kumbhani was rejected over …

Indore Lok Sabha seat Congress candidate withdraws nomination, joins BJP
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Indore Lok Sabha seat Congress candidate withdraws nomination, joins BJP

The Hindu  

In a major blow to the Congress in Madhya Pradesh before the third phase of polling, Akshay Kanti Bam, party’s candidate from Indore on Monday withdrew his nomination and joined the Bharatiya Janata Party. The move, which gave the BJP candidate and sitting MP Shankar Lalwani a virtual walkover, comes just days after a local court issued directions to add …

Congress Indore nominee Akshay Kanti Bam's photo with BJP's Kailash Vijayvargiya: ‘Welcome ’
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Congress Indore nominee Akshay Kanti Bam's photo with BJP's Kailash Vijayvargiya: ‘Welcome ’

Hindustan Times  

Congress Lok Sabha candidate Akshay Kanti Bam joined the Bharatiya Janata Party after withdrawing his candidature from Indore, Madhya Pradesh Minister and BJP leader Kailash Vijayvargiya said on Monday. Kailash Vijayvargiya in a post on X said Akshay Kanti Bam was welcome to join the BJP. The Congress had fielded Akshay Kanti Bam against sitting BJP MP Shankar Lalwani from …

Indore Congress candidate Akshay Kanti Bam withdraws nomination, joins BJP
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Indore Congress candidate Akshay Kanti Bam withdraws nomination, joins BJP

Hindustan Times  

Indore Congress candidate Akshay Kanti Bam withdrew his nomination papers on Monday, quit the party and joined the Bharatiya Janata Party. Bam reached the district collector office along with sitting BJP MLA Ramesh Mendola to withdraw his nomination. “We welcome Akshay Kanti Bam Ji Congress Lok Sabha candidate from Indore into the BJP under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra …

Congress candidate Akshay Kanti Bam from Indore withdraws nomination, joins BJP
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Congress candidate Akshay Kanti Bam from Indore withdraws nomination, joins BJP

Op India  

Once again, adding to the string of setbacks for the Congress party during the current Lok Sabha elections, Akshay Kanti Bam, its candidate from Indore, withdrew his nomination on Monday. In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, the Indore Lok Sabha constituency, situated in Madhya Pradesh, witnessed a significant victory for the BJP as Shankar Lalwani clinched the seat with an …

Akshay Kanti Bam, Congress candidate from Indore, withdraws nomination in another blow to party
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Akshay Kanti Bam, Congress candidate from Indore, withdraws nomination in another blow to party

India TV News  

In yet another setback to the Congress party amid the ongoing Lok Sabha elections, its candidate from Indore Akshay Kanti Bam withdrew his nomination on Monday. The Congress had fielded Bam against sitting BJP MP Shankar Lalwani from the Indore Lok Sabha seat, where polling will be held on May 13. "Congress Lok Sabha candidate from Indore Akshay Kanti Bam …

Surat in Indore? Congress candidate switches to BJP ahead of polls
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Surat in Indore? Congress candidate switches to BJP ahead of polls

India Today  

Congress's Indore candidate, Akshay Kanti Bamb, on Monday withdrew his nomination, ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. The development was confirmed after Madhya Pradesh Minister and BJP leader Kailash Vijayvargiya posted a picture of Bamb, and wrote 'welcome to the party'. "Congress Lok Sabha candidate from Indore Akshay Kanti Bam is welcome in the BJP under the leadership of …

Maya throws down challenge to Congress, fields a Yadav from Gandhi bastion
7 months, 4 weeks ago

Maya throws down challenge to Congress, fields a Yadav from Gandhi bastion

Hindustan Times  

LUCKNOW: The Bahujan Samaj Party has fielded an OBC candidate from the Yadav community, Thakur Prasad Yadav, from the Gandhi family bastion Rae Bareli Lok Sabha constituency. In the 2009 Lok Sabha election, the BSP candidate RS Kushwaha was the runner-up, whereas Congress candidate Sonia Gandhi won the seat. Congress leaders close to the Gandhi family, such as Arun Nehru, …

Former Mumbai congress president Sanjay Nirupam might quit party over Lok Sabha candidacy
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Former Mumbai congress president Sanjay Nirupam might quit party over Lok Sabha candidacy

New Indian Express  

Congress party is likely to face another setback as its former Mumbai Congress president Sanjay Nirupam is on his way out. Nirupam on Wednesday said that he gave one week's time to his party to decide over Lok sabha seat, and that time is over today, so he is free to take the decisions. Nirupam is keen to contest the …

My Congress Opponent is a Non-Entity: Aruna
9 months ago

My Congress Opponent is a Non-Entity: Aruna

Deccan Chronicle  

Aruna, the party nominee from the Mahbubnagar Lok Sabha seat, said that those who don’t have political identity and whom the people hardly recognise are contesting the ensuing elections. In a reference to Congress candidate Challa Vamsichand Reddy, Aruna claimed that she had introduced him to politics. He has no political future without me,” she said Addressing a small gathering …

Lok Sabha polls: Mayawati's BSP faces uphill battle in UP amid three-way fight with NDA, INDIA bloc
10 months ago

Lok Sabha polls: Mayawati's BSP faces uphill battle in UP amid three-way fight with NDA, INDIA bloc

New Indian Express  

LUCKNOW: The recently announced seat-sharing agreement between the Samajwadi Party and Congress presents challenges for the Bahujan Samaj Party, led by Mayawati, as it navigates a triangular contest in Uttar Pradesh against the NDA and INDIA bloc for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. The opposition alliance has designated 63 Lok Sabha seats for the SP and other constituent parties, while …

Assembly Elections 2023: How many people opted for NOTA?
1 year ago

Assembly Elections 2023: How many people opted for NOTA?

Firstpost  

In Madhya Pradesh, 0.98 per cent of the voters pressed the NOTA button. Less than one per cent opted for NOTA The counting of votes in three out of four states on Sunday showed that less than one per cent of the voters exercised the ’none of the above’ option in the just-concluded Assembly polls, according to the election commission. …

Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election: Narottam Mishra, 11 other ministers lose despite BJP's big victory
1 year ago

Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election: Narottam Mishra, 11 other ministers lose despite BJP's big victory

India TV News  

Although the Bhartiya Janta Party secured a landslide victory in Madhya Pradesh in the assembly elections held on Sunday, close to 12 ministers of the saffron party including home minister Narottam Mishra lost their seats. Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Union ministers Narendra Singh Tomar, Prahlad Patel, BJP general secretary Kailash Vijayavargiya, Congress's Kamal Nath and former minister Ram Niwas …

Telangana Elections Witness High Nota Votes
1 year ago

Telangana Elections Witness High Nota Votes

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: In the high-octane Telangana Assembly elections where passions ran high, many voters chose the None Of The Above option to indicate their unhappiness with the candidates in the fray. Quthbullapur constituency recorded the highest number of votes for Nota at over 4,000, followed by Medchal, Achampet, Boath, Nizamabad Rural and Dubbak. The constituencies where NOTA stood fourth were Achampet, …

Indore-1 Election Result 2023: BJP's Kailash Vijayvargiya defeats Congress sitting MLA Sanjay Shukla
1 year ago

Indore-1 Election Result 2023: BJP's Kailash Vijayvargiya defeats Congress sitting MLA Sanjay Shukla

India TV News  

Indore-1 Vidhan Sabha Seat Results 2023: Indore-1 is constituency number 204 of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly. As per the Election Commission, BJP candidate Kailash Vijayvargiya defeated sitting Congress MLA Sanjay Shukla by a margin of 57,939 votes. Key candidates in Indore-1: Former Madhya Pradesh Cabinet Minister Kailash Vijayvargiya from the Bharatiya Janata Party and sitting MLA Sanjay Shukla from …

Datia Election Result: BJP's Narottam Mishra loses to Congress' Bharti Rajendra with margin of 7,742 votes
1 year ago

Datia Election Result: BJP's Narottam Mishra loses to Congress' Bharti Rajendra with margin of 7,742 votes

India TV News  

Datia Vidhan Sabha Seat Results 2023: Datia is constituency number 22 of the Madhya Pradesh Legislative Assembly. As per the Election Commission, BJP candidate and state home minister Narottam Mishra lost to Congress candidate Bharti Rajendra with a margin of 7,742 votes. Candidates in Datia Assembly Seat 2023 Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Narottam Mishra from the Bharatiya Janata Party and …

Can ‘Hanuman Bhakt’ Kailash Vijayvargiya Give 'Sanjeevani' to BJP in MP's Indore?
1 year, 2 months ago

Can ‘Hanuman Bhakt’ Kailash Vijayvargiya Give 'Sanjeevani' to BJP in MP's Indore?

News 18  

For 16 years, Indore Member of Parliament Kailash Vijayvargiya did not take grains in his meal. Reason: His solemn promise that he would build an ‘asht dhatu Hanuman statue’. Also, I thought my son would get a ticket, but my party has the ‘one family one ticket’ rule." पल्हर नगर कॉलोनी, इंदौर में भाजपा के महिला मोर्चा, अनुसूचित जाति मोर्चा, …

'I was surprised,' says Kailash Vijayvargiya after BJP fields him from Indore-1 constituency in MP elections
1 year, 2 months ago

'I was surprised,' says Kailash Vijayvargiya after BJP fields him from Indore-1 constituency in MP elections

India TV News  

Madhya Pradesh: National General Secretary of BJP, Kailash Vijayvargiya said it was surprising for him after the party named him candidate from the Indore-1 constituency in the upcoming Madhya Pradesh assembly elections. Speaking after being named from the Indore-1 constituency, Kailash Vijayvargiya said, “Although I had said that I don’t want to contest in the elections, but I got the …

Assembly Byelections 2023 | Death of Ghosi’s ‘Aaya Ram, Gaya Ram’ delivers a blow to BJP in Uttar Pradesh
1 year, 3 months ago

Assembly Byelections 2023 | Death of Ghosi’s ‘Aaya Ram, Gaya Ram’ delivers a blow to BJP in Uttar Pradesh

The Hindu  

Published : Sep 09, 2023 14:58 IST - 6 MINS READ When independent MLA Gaya Lal from Hassanpur in Haryana joined Congress in 1967 and then quit it within nine hours to join the United Front government, he was given the sobriquet of “Aaya Ram-Gaya Ram” : an identity to which he remained committed throughout his political life. In the …

Smaller parties key to success of BJP’s ‘Mission 45’ in Maharashtra
1 year, 4 months ago

Smaller parties key to success of BJP’s ‘Mission 45’ in Maharashtra

The Hindu  

The Bharatiya Janata Party might be in the driver’s seat in Maharashtra with the Ajit Pawar-led Nationalist Congress Party faction joining the ruling dispensation, but its ties with smaller parties will determine the success of ‘Mission 45’: the BJP’s aim of winning 45 out of the State’s 48 Lok Sabha seats in next year’s general election. Should they go solo, …

We will contest Lok Sabha elections under MVA banner in Maharashtra, says Congress
1 year, 5 months ago

We will contest Lok Sabha elections under MVA banner in Maharashtra, says Congress

The Hindu  

Starting the process of reviewing election-preparedness of all State units ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, the Congress on July 11 announced that it will contest the election in Maharashtra as part of the Maha Vikas Aghadi alliance. In the wake of the NCP split, engineered by Ajit Pawar, Maharashtra Pradesh Congress Committee chief Nana Patole dismissed speculation of …

Elections 2022 Updates: Congress High Command to Decide Himachal CM, Says Rajeev Shukla After Key Meeting With MLAs in Shimla
2 years ago

Elections 2022 Updates: Congress High Command to Decide Himachal CM, Says Rajeev Shukla After Key Meeting With MLAs in Shimla

News 18  

Newly elected Himachal Pradesh Congress MLAs have passed a resolution authorising the party president to pick the next chief minister, said AICC in-charge for state Rajeev Shukla after a Congress Legislature Party meeting was in Shimla on Friday to discuss appointment of next chief minister. As votes were counted for the Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh Assembly Elections on Thursday, the …

Gujarat Assembly poll results | NOTA votes down by over 9%
2 years ago

Gujarat Assembly poll results | NOTA votes down by over 9%

The Hindu  

The share of ‘None Of The Above’ votes in the Gujarat Assembly elections fell by more than nine per cent from 2017, with the highest of 7,331 such votes polled in Khedbrahma seat this time. According to Election Commission data, 5,01,202 or 1.5 per cent votes polled this election in the state were NOTA, down from 5,51,594 in the 2017 …

Gujarat election 2022: Over 9% fall in NOTA votes recorded than last election
2 years ago

Gujarat election 2022: Over 9% fall in NOTA votes recorded than last election

Hindustan Times  

The Election Commission of India data revealed that the share of NOTA in the Gujarat Assembly election fell over nine percent this year as compared with the 2017 data. The highest NOTA votes recorded in Khedbrahma assembly constituency with 7,331. A total of 5,01,202 NOTA votes have been recorded this election than 5,51,594 votes in the 2017 Assembly election. Highest …

Bypoll Results: Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Yatra Fails to Arrest Congress Slide as BJP Gains Ground
2 years, 1 month ago

Bypoll Results: Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodo Yatra Fails to Arrest Congress Slide as BJP Gains Ground

News 18  

The results of the recent seven assembly bypolls scattered across India may not be a surefire election barometer but they do indicate which way the political winds are blowing today in the country. BJP’s Aman Giri won the Gola Gokarannath assembly seat by a record margin of nearly 35,000 votes, easily defeating the Samajwadi Party candidate. The BJP followed the …

AIMIM BJP's 'B-team' in Bihar, NOTA Steals Show, Cong's Munugode Loss: News18 Decodes Bypoll Tales
2 years, 1 month ago

AIMIM BJP's 'B-team' in Bihar, NOTA Steals Show, Cong's Munugode Loss: News18 Decodes Bypoll Tales

News 18  

With the BJP and regional parties winning byelections to seven assembly seats in six states, all parties drew positives from their performances as they prepare for the 2024 general elections. The BJP?s Kusum Devi won the Gopalganj by-election by a narrow margin of 1,794 votes over the RJD?s Mohan Prasad Gupta, political grapevine was abuzz with that that Asaduddin Owaisi?s …

Bypoll Results: BJP Bags 4 of 7 Seats, Loses High-stakes Munugode to TRS; Bihar Fight Ends in Draw
2 years, 1 month ago

Bypoll Results: BJP Bags 4 of 7 Seats, Loses High-stakes Munugode to TRS; Bihar Fight Ends in Draw

News 18  

The Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday secured the maximum number of seats as the counting of votes concluded for the by-elections to seven assembly constituencies in six states —Dhamnagar assembly seat of Odisha, Gola Gokarannath in Uttar Pradesh, chief minister Bhajan Lal’s family bastion Admapur in Haryana and Gopalganj assembly seat in Bihar. Uttar Pradesh The BJP retained the Gola …

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