Rajya Sabha elections: TMC announces 6 candidates, including Derek O'Brien | Check full list here
1 year, 5 months ago

Rajya Sabha elections: TMC announces 6 candidates, including Derek O'Brien | Check full list here

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Rajya Sabha elections: Trimalol Congress on Monday announced six candidates for the forthcoming Rajya Sabha elections. The Mamata Banerjee party announced the candidature of the following MPs: Derek O'Brien Dola Sen Sukhendu Sekhar Ray Samirul Islam Prakash Chik Baraik Saket Gokhale "May they persist in their dedication to serving the people and uphold Trinamool's enduring legacy of indomitable spirit and advocacy for the RIGHTS OF EVERY INDIAN. Rajya Sabha elections According to the Election Commission of India, the election for ten Rajya Sabha seats in Gujarat, Goa, and West Bengal will take place on July 24. TMC MPs O'Brien, Dola Sen, Sushmita Dev, Shanta Chhetri and Sukhendu Sekhar Ray and Congress member Pradip Bhattacharya are retiring from West Bengal on August 18.

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Rajya Sabha adopts motion to nominate 12 MPs to joint panel on simultaneous polls
3 days, 20 hours ago

Rajya Sabha adopts motion to nominate 12 MPs to joint panel on simultaneous polls

The Hindu  

The Rajya Sabha on Friday adopted through voice vote a motion to nominate 12 of its members to the joint committee of Parliament that will scrutinise the two bills proposing simultaneous elections. Soon after the House met following an initial adjournment in the morning, Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar asked Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal to move a motion to nominate …

Rajya Sabha bypoll: BJP nominee Rekha files paper, set to be elected unopposed
1 week, 6 days ago

Rajya Sabha bypoll: BJP nominee Rekha files paper, set to be elected unopposed

Hindustan Times  

Bharatiya Janata Party nominee and former National Commission for Women chief Rekha Sharma submitted her nomination papers for the Rajya Sabha bypoll from Haryana on Tuesday. Bharatiya Janata Party nominee and former National Commission for Women chief Rekha Sharma submitting her nomination paper for Rajya Sabha bypoll in presence of Chief minister Nayab Singh Saini, state BJP chief Mohan Lal …

Ex-BJP MP Sujeet Kumar files nomination papers for Rajya Sabha seat on BJP ticket
2 weeks ago

Ex-BJP MP Sujeet Kumar files nomination papers for Rajya Sabha seat on BJP ticket

Hindustan Times  

BHUBANESWAR: Former Biju Janata Dal leader Sujeet Kumar, who resigned from the party and his Rabha Sabha seat in September, on Monday filed his nomination for the by-election to the Upper House on a Bharatiya Janata Party ticket. Sujeet Kumar filed his nomination papers in the state assembly in the presence of chief minister Mohan Charan Majhi, BJP state unit …

TMC names Ritabrata Banerjee as candidate for Rajya Sabha bypolls
2 weeks, 3 days ago

TMC names Ritabrata Banerjee as candidate for Rajya Sabha bypolls

India TV News  

Rajya Sabha bypolls: The Trinamool Congress on Saturday nominated party leader Ritabrata Banerjee for the upcoming by-elections to Rajya Sabha from West Bengal. Ritabrata Banerjee TMC candidate for Rajya Sabha "Under the inspiration of Hon’ble Chairperson @MamataOfficial, we are pleased to announce the candidature of Shri Ritabrata Banerjee for the forthcoming Rajya Sabha bye-Elections. Rajya Sabha bypolls By-elections will be …

Chandrababu Naidu's party set for Rajya Sabha comeback in Andhra Pradesh bypolls
3 weeks, 6 days ago

Chandrababu Naidu's party set for Rajya Sabha comeback in Andhra Pradesh bypolls

India Today  

The Election Commission of India announced by-elections to fill three vacant Rajya Sabha seats in Andhra Pradesh, following the resignations of YSR Congress Party members Mopidevi Venkataramana, Beeda Masthan Rao, and R Krishnaiah. This leaves the YSRCP with only eight Rajya Sabha members, as the resignations dealt a significant blow to the party. This past June, the TDP-led NDA alliance …

6 vacant Rajya Sabha seats to go to polls on Dec 20: EC
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3 weeks, 6 days ago

6 vacant Rajya Sabha seats to go to polls on Dec 20: EC

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi The Election Commission of India on Tuesday announced that bypolls to six vacancies in Rajya Sabha across four states will be held on December 20, and the votes will be counted on the same day. Three vacancies were created in Andhra Pradesh when YSRCP members Venkataramana Rao Mopidevi, Beedha Masthan Rao Yadav and Ryaga Krishnaiah had quit their …

Six Rajya Sabha seats to be filled in December 20 bypoll, says Election Commission. Key details inside
3 weeks, 6 days ago

Six Rajya Sabha seats to be filled in December 20 bypoll, says Election Commission. Key details inside

Live Mint  

The bypoll for filling six vacant Rajya Sabha seats in four states will be held on December 20, the Election Commission said on Tuesday. The vacancies in Rajya Sabha include the seat vacated by Venkatramana Rao who resigned in August this year, Beedha Masthan Rao who also resigned in August and Rayaga Krishnaiah who resigned in September. Jawhar Sircar, the …

Election results Highlights: CM Eknath Shinde picked as Shiv Sena's legislative leader
1 month ago

Election results Highlights: CM Eknath Shinde picked as Shiv Sena's legislative leader

Hindustan Times  

Election results live: Maharashtra minister Deepak Kesarkar said that Shiv Sena MLAs feel Eknath Shinde should continue to work as the state chief minister. Election results Highlights: In a historic mandate, the BJP-led Mahayuti alliance secured a landslide victory in Maharashtra, leaving the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi stunned. • BJP won 132 out of 148 seats it contested, with allies …

Election results Highlights: CM Eknath Shinde picked as Shiv Sena's legislative leader
1 month ago

Election results Highlights: CM Eknath Shinde picked as Shiv Sena's legislative leader

Hindustan Times  

Election results live: Maharashtra minister Deepak Kesarkar said that Shiv Sena MLAs feel Eknath Shinde should continue to work as the state chief minister. Election results Highlights: In a historic mandate, the BJP-led Mahayuti alliance secured a landslide victory in Maharashtra, leaving the opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi stunned. • BJP won 132 out of 148 seats it contested, with allies …

TMC wins all six assembly bypoll seats in Bengal including one it had never won before
1 month ago

TMC wins all six assembly bypoll seats in Bengal including one it had never won before

Hindustan Times  

KOLKATA: West Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress comfortably won the six assembly seats on Saturday including the Madarihat segment that had voted the Bharatiya Janata Party in 2016 and 2021. Trinamool Congress chief and West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee congratulated people from all religions and castes for the party’s victory in a post on X The November 13 bypolls were …

Bengal bypoll results 2024: TMC wins all six seats despite RG Kar wave; check numbers
1 month ago

Bengal bypoll results 2024: TMC wins all six seats despite RG Kar wave; check numbers

Live Mint  

Despite the ongoing protest over RG Kar rape case and demands for CM Mamata Banerjee to step down, Trinaamool Congress made a clean sweep in six assembly constituencies in West Bengal that went into polls this year. Check early trends here: In Sitai, a Scheduled Caste constituency, TMC's Sangita Roy won by 1,65,984 beating her nearest rival, Dipak Kumar Ray …

Bengal bypoll results: Trinamool leads on all six seats, as per early trends
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1 month ago

Bengal bypoll results: Trinamool leads on all six seats, as per early trends

Hindustan Times  

Trinamool Congress candidates have taken an unassailable lead in the bypolls held for six assembly constituencies in West Bengal, with counting underway since 8 am on Saturday. In Sitai, a Scheduled Caste constituency, TMC's Sangita Roy is leading by 73,452 votes, a margin of 60,493 votes over her nearest rival, Dipak Kumar Ray of the BJP, who has so far …

Rajasthan Bypoll Election Results 2024 LIVE: List of leading BJP, Congress, BAP candidates in 7 seats
1 month ago

Rajasthan Bypoll Election Results 2024 LIVE: List of leading BJP, Congress, BAP candidates in 7 seats

India TV News  

Rajasthan Bypoll Results 2024 LIVE: The counting for votes is still underway for the seven constituency seats of Rajasthan, check out the list of all the leading and trailing candidates from these seats. Seat Name Leading candidate Trailing candidate Dausa Deen Dayal Jag Mohan Chorasi Anil Kumar Katara Karilal Salumber Jitesh Kumar Katara Shanti Amrit Lal Meena Deoli-Uniara Rajendra Gurjar …

West Bengal Bypoll Results Live: Counting for six Assembly seats today, TMC confident of winning all seats
1 month ago

West Bengal Bypoll Results Live: Counting for six Assembly seats today, TMC confident of winning all seats

India TV News  

The counting of votes for the bypolls to six Assembly seats in West Bengal is scheduled to begin on November 23 at 8 am, following the elections held on November 13. Madarihat - In the Madarihat bypoll, Bikash Champromary of the Indian National Congress contested against Jayprakash Toppo of the All India Trinamool Congress and Rahul Lohar of the Bharatiya …

Bhawanathpur Assembly Election Result LIVE: BJP's Bhanu Pratap Shahi eyes hattrick victory, counting today
1 month ago

Bhawanathpur Assembly Election Result LIVE: BJP's Bhanu Pratap Shahi eyes hattrick victory, counting today

India TV News  

Bhawanathpur Assembly Election Result 2024: The counting of votes for the Jharkhand Assembly elections is set to begin at 8 am on Saturday. The constituency witnessed a high-stake battle between sitting BJP MLA Bhanu Pratap Shahi and Jharkhand Mukti Morcha leader Anant Pratap Deo. The key candidates for the Bhawanathpur seat were BJP leader and sitting MLA Bhanu Pratap Shahi, …

Trinamool dominates West Bengal bypolls, leads in all six constituencies
1 month ago

Trinamool dominates West Bengal bypolls, leads in all six constituencies

India TV News  

Trinamool Congress candidates are leading by significant margins in all six assembly constituencies where by-elections were held in West Bengal. Key trends from the bypolls In Sitai, a Scheduled Caste seat, TMC's Sangita Roy is leading with a massive 73,452 votes, holding a commanding margin of 60,493 votes over BJP's Dipak Kumar Ray, who has secured 12,959 votes. In Madarihat, …

Election cycle starts with voting in Jharkhand today
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1 month, 1 week ago

Election cycle starts with voting in Jharkhand today

Hindustan Times  

Ranchi: Jharkhand will kick off crucial assembly elections on Wednesday as 13.7 million people across 43 of its 81 seats will vote in the first phase of polls and bypolls will be held in 32 seats across 10 states, marking the beginning of a high-stakes round of contests. The BJP suffered some setbacks in these regions during the Lok Sabha …

Bhawanathpur Assembly Election 2024: Can JMM's Anant Pratap Deo stop BJP's Bhanu Pratap Shahi's hat-trick?
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1 month, 1 week ago

Bhawanathpur Assembly Election 2024: Can JMM's Anant Pratap Deo stop BJP's Bhanu Pratap Shahi's hat-trick?

India TV News  

Bhawanathpur Assembly Election 2024: The Bhawanathpur Assembly constituency is set for a high-stakes battle in the 2024 elections, as Jharkhand Mukti Morcha leader Anant Pratap Deo will take on the sitting BJP MLA Bhanu Pratap Shahi, who seeks a third consecutive win. Key candidates The key candidates for the Bhawanathpur seat are BJP leader and sitting MLA Bhanu Pratap Shahi, …

Teosa Assembly Election 2024: Constituency profile, past winners, margin and party-wise candidates
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Teosa Assembly Election 2024: Constituency profile, past winners, margin and party-wise candidates

India TV News  

Teosa Assembly Election 2024: Teosa assembly constituency is one of the 288 assembly constituencies in Maharashtra. Teosa Assembly Past Winners In the 2019 Maharashtra Assembly Elections, Congress candidate Adv Yashomati Chandrakant Thakur won the seats with 76218 votes. Total valid votes 1,72,545 In the 2014 Maharashtra Assembly Elections, Congress candidate Adv Yashomati Chandrakant Thakur won the seats with 58,808 votes. …

TMC and BJP Battle It Out in Festive Bengal Elections
1 month, 2 weeks ago

TMC and BJP Battle It Out in Festive Bengal Elections

Hindustan Times  

The Trinamool Congress (TMC) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) are both utilising the October-November festive season to recover lost ground in the 2026 West Bengal assembly elections. TMC has been holding 611 Bijaya sammilani events, while the BJP has launched its six-year membership drive. Despite these efforts, the BJP has lost substantial ground, while the TMC has secured 29 Lok …

BJP Accuses TMC Govt of State-Sponsored Infiltration in Bengal, Calls for Election of Majority Govt in 2026
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1 month, 3 weeks ago

BJP Accuses TMC Govt of State-Sponsored Infiltration in Bengal, Calls for Election of Majority Govt in 2026

Deccan Chronicle  

Union Home Minister Amit Shah has accused the TMC government in West Bengal of being involved in the 'state-sponsored infiltration' and corruption. He highlighted the incidents of assault on women in Sandeshkhali and the rape and murder of a doctor at RG Kar hospital as evidence that women are not safe in the state. Shah called for a concerted effort …

Julana Assembly Election 2024: Will wrestler Vinesh Phogat clear her first political 'agnipariksha'?
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Julana Assembly Election 2024: Will wrestler Vinesh Phogat clear her first political 'agnipariksha'?

India TV News  

Julana Assembly Election 2024: The Julana Assembly constituency is one of the 90 constituencies in the Haryana Legislative Assembly. Congress - Vinesh Phogat BJP - Captain Yogesh Bairagi JJP - Amarjeet Dhanda INLD - Surender Lather AAP - Kavita Dalal Past winners on the seat and the parties 1967: Chaudhary Dal Singh 1968: Narain Singh Kataria 1970: Chaudhary Dal Singh …

Kaithal Assembly Election 2024: Constituency profile, past winners and party-wise candidates
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Kaithal Assembly Election 2024: Constituency profile, past winners and party-wise candidates

India TV News  

Kaithal Assembly Election 2024: The Kaithal Assembly constituency is one of the 90 constituencies in the Haryana Legislative Assembly. Kaithal Legislative Assembly Constituency Elections 2024: Poll Date The Kaithal constituency in Haryana will go to the polls in a single phase, along with the other 89 constituencies, on October 5. Kaithal Constituency Assembly Election 2024 Candidates Bharatiya Janata Party's Leela …

Ballabgarh Assembly Election 2024: Constituency profile, past winners, margin and party-wise candidates
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Ballabgarh Assembly Election 2024: Constituency profile, past winners, margin and party-wise candidates

India TV News  

The Ballabgarh Assembly constituency is one of the constituencies of Haryana. Ballabgarh Assembly Election 2024 Candidates Bharatiya Janata Party's Mool Chand Sharma, Congress party's Parag Sharma and Aam Aadmi Party's Ravindra Faujdar are the main candidates in the Ballabgarh Legislative Assembly constituency of Haryana. Ballabgarh Constituency 2014 and 2019 Winners In the 2014 Ballabgarh Assembly elections, the seat was won …

BJD Rajya Sabha member Sujeet Kumar resigns from Upper House of Parliament; joins BJP
3 months, 2 weeks ago

BJD Rajya Sabha member Sujeet Kumar resigns from Upper House of Parliament; joins BJP

The Hindu  

Biju Janata Dal’s Rajya Sabha member Sujeet Kumar has resigned from the Upper House of Parliament and joined the BJP on Friday, following a similar move by Mamata Mohanta, who quit her membership on July 31. Whenever I tried to raise the issue in party forum, I was not given due importance.” Mr. Pradhan also praised Mr. Kumar for his …

BJP Releases List Of 67 Candidates For Haryana Elections, CM Nayab Saini To Contest From Ladwa
3 months, 2 weeks ago

BJP Releases List Of 67 Candidates For Haryana Elections, CM Nayab Saini To Contest From Ladwa

ABP News  

Haryana BJP List: The Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday released a list of 67 candidates for the upcoming elections to the 90-member assembly. Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini is set to contest from Ladwa, while Gian Chand Gupta is set to contest from Panchkula. Former Haryana BJP chief Om Prakash Dhankar has been pitched from Badli, while veteran party …

Tripura BJP chief Rajib Bhattacharjee elected to Rajya Sabha
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Tripura BJP chief Rajib Bhattacharjee elected to Rajya Sabha

Hindustan Times  

Bharatiya Janata Party Tripura unit chief Rajib Bhattacharjee was elected to the Rajya Sabha after bagging 47 out of total 60 votes in the state Assembly on Monday. In 2023 Assembly polls, Bhattacharjee contested from Banamalipur seat, erstwhile home-turf of former chief minister Biplab Kumar Deb, but was defeated. The state’s lone Rajya Sabha seat became vacant after Biplab won …

Rajya Sabha bypolls: Union minister Ravneet Bittu, Congress's Abhishek Singhvi elected unopposed
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Rajya Sabha bypolls: Union minister Ravneet Bittu, Congress's Abhishek Singhvi elected unopposed

Hindustan Times  

Former union minister Upendra Kushwaha, Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi, Congress turncoats Union minister Ravneet singh Bittu and Kiran Choudhry were among members elected to Rajya Sabha unopposed on Tuesday. Senior advocate and Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi List of new entrants to Rajya Sabha • Upendra Kushwaha and Manan Kumar Mishra were elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha from …

Rajya Sabha elections: BJP’s Kiran Choudhry, George Kurian elected unopposed from Haryana, Madhya Pradesh respectively
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Rajya Sabha elections: BJP’s Kiran Choudhry, George Kurian elected unopposed from Haryana, Madhya Pradesh respectively

The Hindu  

BJP leader Kiran Choudhry was declared elected unopposed in the Rajya Sabha bypoll from Haryana after the deadline for withdrawal of nomination ended at 3 pm on Tuesday. Union minister Kurian elected unopposed to Rajya Sabha from Madhya Pradesh Union minister and BJP nominee George Kurian was on Tuesday declared elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha in a bypoll from …

Rajya Sabha bypoll: With no opposition, it’ll be a cakewalk for Kiran
4 months ago

Rajya Sabha bypoll: With no opposition, it’ll be a cakewalk for Kiran

Hindustan Times  

Former Congress leader Kiran Choudhry, the daughter-in-law of former chief minister Bansi Lal, is set to get elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha from Haryana as nominee of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party after no other candidate entered the fray on Wednesday, the last day for filing the nomination. On Wednesday, flanked by chief minister Nayab Singh Saini, state BJP …

Rajya Sabha bypolls: Union Minister Ravneet Singh Bittu files nomination as BJP candidate from Rajasthan
4 months ago

Rajya Sabha bypolls: Union Minister Ravneet Singh Bittu files nomination as BJP candidate from Rajasthan

The Hindu  

Union Minister of State Ravneet Singh Bittu filed his nomination papers as a Bharatiya Janata Party candidate for the Rajya Sabha byelection from Rajasthan in Jaipur on Wednesday. Mr. Bittu was accompanied by Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma, Deputy CMs Prem Chand Bairwa and Diya Kumari, and Parliamentary Affairs Minister Jogaram Patel during the filing of his nomination in the …

Haryana: BJP’s Kiran Choudhry set to enter Rajya Sabha unopposed
4 months ago

Haryana: BJP’s Kiran Choudhry set to enter Rajya Sabha unopposed

Hindustan Times  

Kiran Choudhry, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party nominee for the Rajya Sabha seat byelection from Haryana, is set to get elected unopposed as no other party has fielded a candidate. Kiran Choudhry, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party nominee for the Rajya Sabha seat byelection from Haryana, filing her papers in Chandigarh on Wednesday. When contacted, Saket Kumar, the managing director …

Rajya Sabha bypolls: George Kurian files nomination from Madhya Pradesh
4 months ago

Rajya Sabha bypolls: George Kurian files nomination from Madhya Pradesh

The Hindu  

Union Minister of State and Bharatiya Janata Party candidate for the Rajya Sabha byelection from Madhya Pradesh, George Kurian, filed his nomination at the State Assembly in Bhopal on Wednesday. Mr. Kurian, who was announced as the party’s candidate on Tuesday evening, is expected to be elected unopposed from the seat that was recently vacated by Union Cabinet Minister Jyotiraditya …

With 9 seats, BJP may bag major chunk in RS bypolls
4 months ago

With 9 seats, BJP may bag major chunk in RS bypolls

Hindustan Times  

The Bharatiya Janata Party is set to bag nine of the twelve Rajya Sabha seats in the latest round of by-elections in which all candidates might win uncontested, barring any last-minute change. The two seats had fallen vacant after Union minister Sarbanand Sonowal won the Lok Sabha seat from Dibrugarh and Kamakhya Prasad Tasa won the seat from Kaziranga. Union …

BJP to field Kiran Choudhry for Rajya Sabha poll from Haryana
4 months ago

BJP to field Kiran Choudhry for Rajya Sabha poll from Haryana

Hindustan Times  

The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party announced on Tuesday that former Congress Legislature Party leader Kiran Choudhry will be its candidate for the upcoming Rajya Sabha seat by-election from Haryana. BJP’s decision to reward Tosham MLA Choudhry with a berth in the Rajya Sabha comes nearly two months after she quit the Congress to join the BJP following an unending cold …

Rajya Sabha bypolls: BJP announces nine candidates
4 months ago

Rajya Sabha bypolls: BJP announces nine candidates

The Hindu  

The Bharatiya Janata Party on Tuesday announced nine candidates for bypolls to the Rajya Sabha, to be held on September 3, fielding Union Ministers Ravneet Singh Bittu and George Kurian from Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh, respectively, and former Congress leader Kiran Choudhary from Haryana. Bihar has two seats going for the Rajya Sabha byelection, and the BJP has officially nominated …

Power Games | RS Elections: Kushwaha, Kiran, Pratima among favourites
4 months ago

Power Games | RS Elections: Kushwaha, Kiran, Pratima among favourites

New Indian Express  

The Election Commission has set the ball rolling to fill 12 vacancies in the Rajya Sabha from nine states. Former Congress leader Ravneet Singh Bittu, who was inducted into the Union ministry even after he lost the Lok Sabha election on a BJP ticket, will have to be accommodated in the Rajya Sabha. Sources said among the strong contenders for …

NDA eyes majority in Rajya Sabha after bypolls
4 months, 1 week ago

NDA eyes majority in Rajya Sabha after bypolls

The Hindu  

The BJP-led NDA is expected to achieve a clear majority in Rajya Sabha after by-elections for 12 seats scheduled next month, which would help the party get the nod for key legislations such as the Waqf Bill. Ten Rajya Sabha seats fell vacant as the sitting members, including Union ministers Piyush Goyal, Sarbananda Sonowal, and Jyotiraditya Scindia, were elected to …

West Bengal: BJP'S Suvendu Leads Sit-In Against TMC Violence
5 months, 1 week ago

West Bengal: BJP'S Suvendu Leads Sit-In Against TMC Violence

Deccan Chronicle  

Kolkata: West Bengal leader of the opposition Suvendu Adhikari staged a four-hour sit-in demonstration with a group of around BJP 300 workers outside Raj Bhavan on Sunday against the post-poll violence allegedly by the Trinamul Congress in the state. Mr Adhikari however announced the plan of a new agitation by the BJP on July 21, the day when TMC holds …

Assembly bypolls: Voting underway in 13 seats across seven states, high stakes battle in Bengal
5 months, 2 weeks ago

Assembly bypolls: Voting underway in 13 seats across seven states, high stakes battle in Bengal

India TV News  

Assembly Bypolls: Voting for by-elections in 13 assembly constituencies across seven states, Bihar, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Madhya Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, and Himachal Pradesh, today. This electoral exercise, the first since the Lok Sabha elections, will decide the fate of many veterans and some debutantes, including Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu's wife, Kamlesh Thakur. Madhya Pradesh Amarwara West …

Pranab Mukherjee’s son and TMC leader Abhijit eyes Congress return, says ’enough is enough’
6 months ago

Pranab Mukherjee’s son and TMC leader Abhijit eyes Congress return, says ’enough is enough’

Live Mint  

Abhijit Mukherjee, a two-time Member of Parliament and Trinamool Congress leader, on Wednesday, June 19, expressed his desire to return to the Congress party three years after his exit. Mukherjee, the son of former President of India the late Pranab Mukherjee, quit the grand old party to join the Mamata Banerjee-led TMC in 2021. By contesting alone, I may get …

TMC, BJP gear up for bypolls at Bengal assembly seats won by turncoats
6 months, 1 week ago

TMC, BJP gear up for bypolls at Bengal assembly seats won by turncoats

Hindustan Times  

The bypolls to be held at four assembly seats in West Bengal on July 10 has prompted both Trinamool Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party to prepare for a tough battle since three of these constituencies were wrested by the saffron camp in the last 2021 state elections but the winners, who had switched over from the ruling party, changed …

Congress narrowly saves the Leader of Opposition post in Rajya Sabha
6 months, 1 week ago

Congress narrowly saves the Leader of Opposition post in Rajya Sabha

The Hindu  

Success in the Lok Sabha has imperiled the Opposition’s equation in the Rajya Sabha, with the Congress narrowly saving the post of Leader of the Opposition after two of its members K.C. A total of 10 vacancies, two each from Assam, Bihar and Maharashtra and one each from Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Haryana and Tripura have arisen following victory of Rajya …

Assembly byelections in Himachal’s Dehra, Hamirpur and Nalagarh on July 10
6 months, 1 week ago

Assembly byelections in Himachal’s Dehra, Hamirpur and Nalagarh on July 10

Hindustan Times  

The Election Commission on Monday announced byelections in the three assembly constituencies of Dehra, Hamirpur and Nalagarh on July 10, the result of which will be out on July 13. The byelections were necessitated following the resignation of the three Independent MLAs, Hoshiyar Singh, Ashish Sharma and KL Thakur. Though the three MLAs resigned from the assembly on March 22, …

Assam: Focus shifts to bye-elections after Lok Sabha polls
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Assam: Focus shifts to bye-elections after Lok Sabha polls

Hindustan Times  

With the Lok Sabha polls getting over, Assam will now shift focus to upcoming bye-elections to five assembly and two Rajya Sabha seats that will be held in the next six months. Two sitting Rajya Sabha MPs, Union minister and former CM Sarbananda Sonowal and Kamakhya Prasad Tasa, and five MLAs, including a cabinet minister, are among the 14 Lok …

Election Results 2024: TMC's Abhishek Banerjee Meets Uddhav Thackeray In Mumbai; President Dissolves 17th Lok Sabha
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Election Results 2024: TMC's Abhishek Banerjee Meets Uddhav Thackeray In Mumbai; President Dissolves 17th Lok Sabha

News 18  

Election Results 2024: Highlights On Lok Sabha Election Result Explore our Live Coverage on Lok Sabha Election Results now available here. Election Results LIVE: Narendra Modi & BJP Are Not Having The Majority, Says Shiv Sena 's Sanjay Raut Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut said, “Today, TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee and party leader Derek O’Brien met with Shiv …

Lok Sabha Election Results: Bengal elects five 'young' representatives for Lower House | Check names
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Lok Sabha Election Results: Bengal elects five 'young' representatives for Lower House | Check names

India TV News  

In the 18th Lok Sabha elections, West Bengal elected four young representatives for the Lower House. Abhishek Banerjee leads young MPs group in Bengal 36-year-old TMC candidate Abhishek Banerjee won from the Diamond Harbour seat with a huge margin of 7,10,930 votes, the highest in the state. 41-year-old BJP's Shantanu Thakur, a union minister, was elected from the Bongaon Lok …

BJP gets a drubbing in all five Lok Sabha seats of Ayodhya division
6 months, 2 weeks ago

BJP gets a drubbing in all five Lok Sabha seats of Ayodhya division

Hindustan Times  

The inauguration of Ram temple in Ayodhya earlier this year was considered one of the defining emotive issues of 2024 Lok Sabha polls. Yet it did not convert into electoral dividends for the Bharatiya Janata Party as the party lost all five Lok Sabha seats of Ayodhya division, including the Faizabad constituency. As per political observers, the BJP’s failure to …

Election Results 2024 | India celebrates democracy — in pictures
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Election Results 2024 | India celebrates democracy — in pictures

The Hindu  

The election results for all the 543 seats were announced by the Election Commission of India early this morning. Janata Dal supporters offer sweets to the cut out of Bihar CM Nitish Kumar as initial trends show victory for the party candidates in the Lok Sabha elections, in Patna on June 4, 2024. Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Kangana Ranaut being …

Trinamool wins big in West Bengal, bags 29 seats, restricts BJP to 12
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Trinamool wins big in West Bengal, bags 29 seats, restricts BJP to 12

The Hindu  

The Trinamool Congress registered a massive victory in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls in West Bengal, winning 29 of the 42 Lok Sabha seats till reports last came in on Tuesday evening, and final results are awaited. Key player With an emphatic victory in the Lok Sabha polls, West Bengal Chief Minister and TMC chairperson Mamata Banerjee has emerged as …

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