Gujarat: Congress launches inquiry into cross-voting in presidential election
2 years, 5 months ago

Gujarat: Congress launches inquiry into cross-voting in presidential election

Firstpost  

The BJP-led National Democratic Alliance’s candidate Draupadi Murmu, who won the election, got 121 votes from Gujarat, 10 more than the BJP’s strength of 111 in the state Assembly Ahmedabad: The Gujarat unit of Congress has initiated an inquiry into the suspected cross-voting by at least seven MLAs in the 18 July presidential election, a party leader said on Friday. The BJP-led National Democratic Alliance’s candidate Draupadi Murmu, who won the election, got 121 votes from Gujarat, 10 more than the BJP’s strength of 111 in the state Assembly. Of the 10 additional votes that she got, one was of Nationalist Congress Party MLA and two others could be of Bharatiya Tribal Party. Which indicated that at least seven MLAs of Congress voted for her, a party leader said.

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Ludhiana: Congress secures win after repoll in Khanna Ward 2
1 day, 15 hours ago

Ludhiana: Congress secures win after repoll in Khanna Ward 2

Hindustan Times  

The Congress emerged victorious in the by-election for Ward 2 of the Khanna Municipal Council after re-polling was conducted at the polling booth number 4 on Monday. In the re-polling, the Congress secured 261 votes, while the Aam Aadmi Party garnered 149 votes and the BJP and Shiromani Akali Dal received 14 and 5 votes, respectively. These votes were added …

Election Wrap: Mahayuti’s Decisive Victory Is Big Story This Poll Season. Hemant Scripts I.N.D.I.A Comeback In Jharkhand
Top News
1 month ago

Election Wrap: Mahayuti’s Decisive Victory Is Big Story This Poll Season. Hemant Scripts I.N.D.I.A Comeback In Jharkhand

ABP News  

Maharashtra Elections 2024: The Mahayuti’s massive win in Maharashtra was the big story from the latest election season, even as the Opposition managed to retain Jharkhand with a decisive majority. Led by the BJP’s 132 seats, the Mahayuti looked set to wrest 236 seats in the 288-seat Maharashtra assembly, reducing the Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi to 48. Hail Jharkhand!” While …

BJP’s Swarupji Thakor wins from Vav in razor-tight contest against Congress
1 month ago

BJP’s Swarupji Thakor wins from Vav in razor-tight contest against Congress

Hindustan Times  

AHMEDABAD: Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Swarupji Thakor on Saturday won the Vav assembly seat in Gujarat, defeating Gulabsinh Rajput of the Congress in a razor-tight contest by a lead of just about 2,442 votes. Swarupji Thakor secured 92,129 votes after 24 rounds of counting against Gulabsinh Rajput of the Congress who had 89,734 votes. The BJP’s campaign was led by …

Gujarat: BJP’s Swarupji Thakor wins Vav bypoll in close contest
1 month ago

Gujarat: BJP’s Swarupji Thakor wins Vav bypoll in close contest

Hindustan Times  

Bharatiya Janata Party candidate Swarupji Thakor on Saturday won the Vav assembly by-election in Gujarat by defeating Congress candidate Gulabsinh Rajput by a slender margin of 2,353 votes. The by-election, which recorded a 70.55% voter turnout on November 13, was necessitated after sitting Congress MLA Geniben Thakor was elected to Lok Sabha earlier this year from Banaskantha constituency. The electoral …

Karnataka bypoll results 2024: Congress wins in all three constituencies — Channapatna, Sandur and Shiggaon
1 month ago

Karnataka bypoll results 2024: Congress wins in all three constituencies — Channapatna, Sandur and Shiggaon

Live Mint  

Congress has won in all three constituencies in Karnataka - Channapatna, Sandur and Shiggaon - that went into polls, as per current Election Commission of India. The bypolls in Sandur, Shiggaon, and Channapatna were prompted by the vacating of seats following the election of their representatives—E Tukaram of the Congress, former Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai of the BJP, and Union …

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 …

Gujarat Bypoll Results 2024 Live: Will Congress retain Vav seat in three-way contest?
1 month ago

Gujarat Bypoll Results 2024 Live: Will Congress retain Vav seat in three-way contest?

India TV News  

Gujarat Bypoll Results 2024 Live: The Election Commission of India on Saturday started vote counting for Gujarat's Vav seat. Congress candidate and former MLA Gulabsinh Rajput took on Bharatiya Janata Party 's Swaroopji Thakor in the bypoll, but the presence of BJP rebel Mavji Patel made it an interesting fight. 68.01 per cent voter turnout in bypoll The Vav assembly …

Meghalaya: NPP's Mehtab Chandee Sangma all set to win Gambegre bypoll
1 month ago

Meghalaya: NPP's Mehtab Chandee Sangma all set to win Gambegre bypoll

India TV News  

The ongoing vote counting for the Gambegre Assembly bypolls has revealed a strong early lead for Dr. Mehtab Chandee A. Sangma of the National People’s Party, with the NPP candidate securing 3,885 votes after three rounds of counting. In the third round of counting, Dr. Sangma, a prominent figure from the NPP, extended her lead over her nearest competitor, Sadhiarani …

Rajasthan by-polls: BJP wins five of seven seats, Congress loses ground with one seat
1 month ago

Rajasthan by-polls: BJP wins five of seven seats, Congress loses ground with one seat

New Indian Express  

JAIPUR: Assembly by-election results for seven constituencies in Rajasthan, announced on Saturday, marked a resounding victory for the Bharatiya Janata Party. Congress managed to secure one seat, Dausa, while the Bharatiya Adivasi Party clinched the Chaurasi seat. In Khinvsar, BJP’s Revantram Danga defeated Kanika Beniwal, wife of MP Hanuman Beniwal, by over 13,000 votes. In a closely contested Salumber seat, …

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, …

Eight BJP MLAs Keen to Join Congress, Says Leader
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Eight BJP MLAs Keen to Join Congress, Says Leader

Hindustan Times  

Several Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislators are reportedly interested in joining the Congress. The announcement comes as recent remarks by BJP legislator, ST Somashekhar, suggest a potential migration of BJP members to Congress. However, BJP leaders have dismissed the claim as baseless, calling it a politically motivated assertion.

Congress Announces 39 Candidates in Mumbai, Including 5 for the City
1 month, 4 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 …

BJP MLAs urge President Murmu to dismiss Delhi’s AAP goverment
3 months, 3 weeks ago

BJP MLAs urge President Murmu to dismiss Delhi’s AAP goverment

The Hindu  

A delegation of Bharatiya Janata Party MLAs on Friday met President Droupadi Murmu and requested her to dissolve the Delhi government led by Arvind Kejriwal. Calling it a “constitutional crisis”, Mr. Gupta, in a statement, said, “With Mr. Kejriwal behind bars for the past four months on charges of corruption related to the now-scrapped 2021-22 Delhi excise policy, critical administrative …

NCP MLAs extend support to Pema Khandu government in Arunachal
6 months ago

NCP MLAs extend support to Pema Khandu government in Arunachal

The Hindu  

Three NCP MLAs in Arunachal Pradesh extended their unconditional support to the BJP government in the State led by Chief Minister Pema Khandu. The MLAs — Nikh Kamini, Likha Soni and Toko Tatung — handed over their letter of support during a meeting with Mr. Khandu in his office here. In a post on X, “I extend my heartfelt gratitude …

Congress announces two candidates for by-elections in Nalagarh, Hamirpur
6 months, 1 week ago

Congress announces two candidates for by-elections in Nalagarh, Hamirpur

Hindustan Times  

The Congress party on Monday announced candidates for two out of the three assembly constituencies where the bypolls are scheduled to be held on July 10. Hardeep Singh Bawa and Pushpendra Vermaa were named as Congress candidates from Nalagarh and Hamirpur assembly bypolls. The party has named Pushpendra Verma and Hardeep Singh Bawa as its candidates from Hamirpur and Nalagarh …

Arjun Modhwadia, four other newly elected BJP legislators take oath in Gujarat
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Arjun Modhwadia, four other newly elected BJP legislators take oath in Gujarat

Hindustan Times  

Ahmedabad: Five Bharatiya Janata Party lawmakers in Gujarat including four Congress turncoats were administered the oath of office by assembly speaker Shankar Chaudhary on Tuesday, raising the BJP’s strength in the 182-member house to 161. Bypolls were held in Porbandar, Manavadar, Khambhat, Vaghodiya and Vijapur seats, necessitated due to sitting MLAs joining the BJP The most prominent of the five …

Election results 2024 | Samajwadi Party makes comeback in Uttar Pradesh as INDIA bloc leads over NDA
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Election results 2024 | Samajwadi Party makes comeback in Uttar Pradesh as INDIA bloc leads over NDA

The Hindu  

The Samajwadi Party and Congress of the INDIA bloc are leading in 34 and 7 Lok Sabha seats in Uttar Pradesh, the Election Commission's data for polls to the 80 parliamentary constituencies showed. Among the prominent leaders who have taken comfortable leads over their rivals is Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Varanasi, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh in Lucknow, Samajwadi Party …

Congress leading in both seats in Manipur
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Congress leading in both seats in Manipur

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi: Even as the counting of votes is underway, the Congress party is leading in both seats of Manipur. In Inner Manipur, Indian National Congress candidate Bimol Akoijam was leading against the Bharatiya Janata Party candidate T Basanta Kumar Singh by 78,947 votes, as per the latest data on the Election Commission of India website. Congress’ Alfred Kanngum Arthur …

Pema Khandu-led BJP sweeps Arunachal Pradesh in assembly polls for third consecutive time
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Pema Khandu-led BJP sweeps Arunachal Pradesh in assembly polls for third consecutive time

Hindustan Times  

The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party on Sunday, June 2, returned to power in Arunachal Pradesh for the third time in a row, as the party secured the majority by winning 33 seats out of the total 60 in the assembly elections 2024, the Election Commission website showed. Tesam Pongte of the BJP won from Changlang North, defeating his nearest rival …

Partap Singh Bajwa to camp in Ludhiana, take on Ravneet Singh Bittu
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Partap Singh Bajwa to camp in Ludhiana, take on Ravneet Singh Bittu

Hindustan Times  

Leader of Opposition in Punjab Partap Singh Bajwa slammed Bharatiya Janata Party candidate from Ludhiana sitting MP Ravneet Singh Bittu, and state BJP chief Sunil Jakhar for shifting their allegiance and said that this proves that, like other turncoats, they both are opportunists and hungry of power. Leader of opposition Partap Singh Bajwa in Ludhiana on Sunday Addressing a press …

Congress declares four more candidates for Punjab
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Congress declares four more candidates for Punjab

The Hindu  

The Congress party on April 29 declared four more candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha election in Punjab, fielding its State party president Amarinder Singh Raja Warring from Ludhiana Parliamentary constituency. Raja Warring would be facing Ravneet Singh Bittu, former Congress leader and Lok Sabha MP from Ludhiana, who recently joined the BJP, and is BJP’s candidate from Ludhiana. Apart …

BJP rebel, former mayor frontrunners for Congress’ ticket for Dharamshala by-poll
8 months ago

BJP rebel, former mayor frontrunners for Congress’ ticket for Dharamshala by-poll

Hindustan Times  

Bharatiya Janata Party rebel Rakesh Chaudhary and former Dharamshala mayor Devinder Singh Jaggi are among the names being considered for the Congress party to give the ticket for the by-election in Dharamshala, set to be held alongside Lok Sabha polls in the final phase on June 1. The other two names doing rounds include Manoj Thakur, a prominent Gaddi leader …

Congress files 16 complaints with EC against BJP amid Lok Sabha polls 2024: ’PM Modi used religion to ask voters...’
8 months ago

Congress files 16 complaints with EC against BJP amid Lok Sabha polls 2024: ’PM Modi used religion to ask voters...’

Live Mint  

The Congress approached the Election Commission on Monday with 16 complaints against the BJP — including the use of religious symbols during campaign and the uncontested victory of a BJP candidate from Gujarat. A delegation led by Abhishek Manu Singhvi also flagged recent remarks by Prime Minister Narendra Modi that “used religion to ask voters to refrain from voting for …

Nomination of Congress’ Surat candidate rejected as proposers claim ‘not signed’
8 months ago

Nomination of Congress’ Surat candidate rejected as proposers claim ‘not signed’

Hindustan Times  

The nomination of the Congress’ Lok Sabha candidate from Gujarat’s Surat, Nilesh Kumbhani, was rejected on Sunday after the district returning officer prima facie found discrepancies in the signatures of the proposers. Babu Mangukiya, the lawyer representing the Congress party, said, “The nomination forms of Dinesh Kumbhani and Suresh Padsala were rejected because four proposers claimed that the signatures on …

Congress relies on its current and former MLAs in Gujarat
8 months, 1 week ago

Congress relies on its current and former MLAs in Gujarat

The Hindu  

The Congress has fielded five sitting legislators and seven former legislators in Gujarat, where it’s contesting 24 seats, while two seats have been given to its INDIA bloc partner, the Aam Aadmi Party. The party’s sitting MLAs in the fray are Amit Chavda from the Anand Lok Sabha seat, Geniben Thakor from Banaskantha, Tushar Chaudhary from Sabarkantha, Anant Patel from …

PDP to contest on all three Lok Sabha seats in the Kashmir Valley, Mehbooba to contest from Anantnag-Rajouri
8 months, 2 weeks ago

PDP to contest on all three Lok Sabha seats in the Kashmir Valley, Mehbooba to contest from Anantnag-Rajouri

The Hindu  

The Peoples Democratic Party on Sunday announced it will field candidates from all three Lok Sabha seats in the Kashmir Valley, with party president Mehbooba Mufti contesting from south Kashmir’s Anantnag-Rajouri seat. PDP youth president Waheed-ur-Rehman Parra and former Rajya Sabha member Fayaz Ahmad Mir will contest from central Kashmir’s Srinagar and north Kashmir’s Baramulla seats, respectively. However, Ms. Mufti …

Congress’s fresh faces to clash with BJP’s veterans in Vidarbha
8 months, 4 weeks ago

Congress’s fresh faces to clash with BJP’s veterans in Vidarbha

Hindustan Times  

MUMBAI: Battlelines have been drawn between the Bharatiya Janata Party and Congress in the eastern part of Vidarbha, as the district goes to polls in the first phase of Lok Sabha elections on April 19. While BJP has picked prominent leaders such as union transport minister Nitin Gadkari and state forest minister Sudhir Mungantiwar in two of the five seats …

3 Cong candidates in Gujarat launch poll campaign after offering prayers at temple in Kheda
8 months, 4 weeks ago

3 Cong candidates in Gujarat launch poll campaign after offering prayers at temple in Kheda

Deccan Chronicle  

Kheda, Mar 26 Congress candidates for three Lok Sabha seats of Anand, Kheda and Panchmahal in Gujarat on Tuesday launched their election campaign after offering prayers at a famous temple at Fagvel in Kheda district. Two sitting Congress MLAs and a former legislator, nominated by the party to represent the three seats in central Gujarat, offered prayers at the temple …

Why is BJP courting Congress candidates despite election dominance in Gujarat?
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Why is BJP courting Congress candidates despite election dominance in Gujarat?

Hindustan Times  

Bharatiya Janata Party Gujarat chief CR Patil on Tuesday welcomed former Congress legislator Arjun Modhwadia and former Congress state working president Ambrish Der into the fold. Many are left questioning why the BJP, which secured a significant victory with 156 seats in the 2022 Gujarat assembly elections and won all 26 Lok Sabha seats in Gujarat since 2014, is actively …

All five Rajya Sabha candidates from M.P. elected unopposed
10 months ago

All five Rajya Sabha candidates from M.P. elected unopposed

The Hindu  

Union Minister L. Murugan and four other candidates for the Rajya Sabha from Madhya Pradesh were elected unopposed on Tuesday. Four candidates were from the Bharatiya Janata Party, including Mr. Murugan, Ujjain-based Dalit saint Umesh Nath Maharaj,. He was named Congress candidate despite reports claiming that various senior State leaders, including former CM Kamal Nath and former PCC chief Arun …

BJP's Rajya Sabha list: JP Nadda from Gujarat, Congress turncoat Ashok Chavan from Maharashtra
10 months, 1 week ago

BJP's Rajya Sabha list: JP Nadda from Gujarat, Congress turncoat Ashok Chavan from Maharashtra

Hindustan Times  

The Bharatiya Janata Party on Wednesday named party chief J P Nadda as its candidate for Rajya Sabha elections from Gujarat and fielded Congress turncoat Ashok Chavan from Maharashtra. Chavan's candidature for the Rajya Sabha elections was announced a day after he joined the BJP following his exit from Congress. Read | 29 likely to be elected to Rajya Sabha …

Who is Diya Kumari, Jaipur princess who won Rajasthan polls by 71,368 votes?
1 year ago

Who is Diya Kumari, Jaipur princess who won Rajasthan polls by 71,368 votes?

Hindustan Times  

Bharatiya Janata Party candidate and Rajsamand MP Diya Kumari won the Rajasthan's Vidhyadhar Nagar assembly seat against Congress' Sitaram Agarwal with a margin of 71,368 votes. BJP MP Diya Kumari Follow Election Results LIVE Updates here She credited prime minister Narendra Modi for the saffron party's performance in the assembly election in Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh saying that Modi's …

Abusing Sanatana Dharma...: Venkatesh Prasad congratulates BJP for 'landslide victory' in assembly elections
1 year ago

Abusing Sanatana Dharma...: Venkatesh Prasad congratulates BJP for 'landslide victory' in assembly elections

India TV News  

Proving most of the exit polls wrong, the Bharatiya Janata Party emerged victorious in three out of four states, who Assembly Elections results were announced on Sunday, December 3. BJP have won rather comfortably in Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh while the Indian National Congress won 64 to Bharat Rashta Samiti's 39 in Telangana. Former India pacer Venkatesh Prasad, who …

Amid paper leak issue, Rajasthan Congress chief put to test on home turf
1 year, 1 month ago

Amid paper leak issue, Rajasthan Congress chief put to test on home turf

The Hindu  

“I will not allow the future of our youths to be destroyed by the man who claims to be working for your welfare as your representative,” Subhash Maharia, former Union Minister, declared at an election meeting in Khuri Bari village of Lachhmangarh constituency on Tuesday. Mr. Maharia, the BJP candidate for the Rajasthan Assembly election, knew where to hit during …

Independent Muslim candidate wins Hindu-dominated ward in Ayodhya
1 year, 7 months ago

Independent Muslim candidate wins Hindu-dominated ward in Ayodhya

India Today  

An independent Muslim candidate has secured a surprise victory in a ward in the Hindutva nerve centre of Ayodhya in the civic election results declared on Saturday. The Muslim vote share in this ward located on the backyards of the Ram Janmabhoomi is only 11 per cent of the total votes with 440 Muslim votes as against 3,844 Hindu votes. …

Karnataka elections: Congress wins majority of seats in Belagavi district
1 year, 7 months ago

Karnataka elections: Congress wins majority of seats in Belagavi district

The Hindu  

In Belagavi, the Congress bagged 11 of the 18 seats. Laxman Savadi, who quit the BJP to join the Congress, won by a huge margin of over 76,000 votes against his rival BJP candidate Mahesh Kumthalli in Athani. Satish Jarkiholi, Congress MLA, who is seeking re-election from Yamakanamaradi beat Basavaraj Hundri, the BJP candidate, by over 55,000 votes. In Bailhongal, …

Will Munirathna dodge controversies to register another victory in Rajarajeshwarinagar?
1 year, 7 months ago

Will Munirathna dodge controversies to register another victory in Rajarajeshwarinagar?

The Hindu  

With a whopping 4.78 lakh voters, the Rajarajeshwarinagar Assembly constituency is one among those in the city that has the highest number of voters. In the last two elections, the incumbent MLA and Minister in the State cabinet, Munirathna won as a candidate from the Congress. However, in 2019, Munirathna shifted his loyalty to BJP with 16 other MLAs of …

President Droupadi Murmu's Bengal Visit Triggers Another TMC-BJP Tussle
1 year, 8 months ago

President Droupadi Murmu's Bengal Visit Triggers Another TMC-BJP Tussle

News 18  

The visit of President Droupadi Murmu to West Bengal has also sparked a political face-off between the Trinamool Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party. On Monday, the state’s TMC government organised a grand reception for India’s first tribal woman President, but the BJP was absent. Those who queued up to vote against her would take the centre stage & hog the …

Meghalaya Elections: What’s the Problem in Having a CM from Khasi Hills, Asks Mukul Sangma
1 year, 9 months ago

Meghalaya Elections: What’s the Problem in Having a CM from Khasi Hills, Asks Mukul Sangma

News 18  

With all eyes on government formation in Meghalaya following Assembly elections results on March 2, Trinamool Congress legislature party leader and former chief minister Mukul Sangma has said that with support from the TMC and Congress, the regional United Democratic Party will lead the new alliance in the state. Though National People’s Party chief Conrad Sangma has staked claim to …

Congress' Imran Khedawala lone Muslim MLA in new Gujarat Assembly
2 years ago

Congress' Imran Khedawala lone Muslim MLA in new Gujarat Assembly

The Hindu  

Imran Khedawala of the Congress is the only Muslim candidate elected to the 182-member Gujarat Assembly in the just concluded polls, which saw the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party register a landslide victory. He defeated his nearest rival, Bhushan Bhatt of the BJP, in the Muslim majority constituency, where state president of the All India Majlis-E-Ittehadul Muslimeen and former MLA Sabir …

CSDS-Lokniti Survey | What contributed to the BJP’s massive victory in Gujarat?
2 years ago

CSDS-Lokniti Survey | What contributed to the BJP’s massive victory in Gujarat?

The Hindu  

The voters of Gujarat have created electoral history in the State by delivering a historic mandate for the Bharatiya Janata Party. An analysis of aggregate data indicates that the BJP’s impressive performance was the by-product of an increase in vote share from 2017 by a mere three percentage points. Seven of every 10 of the BJP’s voters focused on the …

Gujarat Assembly Elections 2022: Big wins for BJP's Bhupendra Patel, Hardik Patel; no luck for AAP's Isudan Gadhvi
2 years ago

Gujarat Assembly Elections 2022: Big wins for BJP's Bhupendra Patel, Hardik Patel; no luck for AAP's Isudan Gadhvi

Firstpost  

The heavyweights in the fray in Gujarat included Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, BJP’s Hardik Patel and Alpesh Thakor, Congress’ Jignesh Mevani and AAP’s Isudan Gadhvi and Gopal Italia. Catch all the live updates from the Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh counting Bhupendra Patel BJP’s incumbent chief minister Bhupendra Patel won big from Ghatlodia, the urban constituency in Ahmedabad city. In the …

Gujarat poll results: How the Young Turks have fared
2 years ago

Gujarat poll results: How the Young Turks have fared

India Today  

They made their way into national politics with the birth of successive rebellions. Rivaba Jadeja Won: The wife of cricketer Ravindra Jadeja, Rivaba, who made her electoral debut on a BJP ticket in this assembly election, won by a 50,456 vote margin from the Jamnagar North seat. Isudan Gadhvi Lost: The AAP’s chief ministerial candidate lost to BJP’s Mulubhai Bera, …

Rajasthan by-elections: Congress’ Anil Sharma wins Sardarshahar assembly seat
2 years ago

Rajasthan by-elections: Congress’ Anil Sharma wins Sardarshahar assembly seat

Hindustan Times  

Congress candidate Anil Sharma, who was leading in the third round of counting on the Sardarshahar assembly seat in Rajasthan’s Churu district, won by a huge margin of 26,850 votes against Bharatiya Janata Party’s Ashok Kumar Pincha. Terming the victory as “.people’s seal on the accountable good governance and public welfare schemes of the state’s ruling Congress government”, chief minister …

Poll results not as per our expectations: Gujarat Congress chief
2 years ago

Poll results not as per our expectations: Gujarat Congress chief

Deccan Chronicle  

AHMEDABAD: Gujarat Congress president Jagdish Thakor on Thursday conceded defeat following the party's dismal performance in the state Assembly elections and said the results were not as per their expectations. Thakor also congratulated Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other Bharatiya Janata Party leaders for the BJP's thumping victory in Gujarat. Though the Congress did everything right - be it the …

Gujarat Assembly Elections 2022 | Kandhal Jadeja wins Kutiyana marking SP’s first win in the State
2 years ago

Gujarat Assembly Elections 2022 | Kandhal Jadeja wins Kutiyana marking SP’s first win in the State

The Hindu  

Samajwadi Party candidate Kandhal Jadeja won the Kutiyana seat, marking the first win for the party in Gujarat. Mr. Jadeja rode on the popularity of his mother Santokben Sarmanbhai Jadeja, the late don whose story got a Bollywood retelling as Shabana Azmi’s “Godmother”. He switched to SP after NCP denied him a ticket since he voted for the BJP candidate …

Gujarat Assembly election results: BJP's Rivaba Jadeja wins by 53,000+ votes
2 years ago

Gujarat Assembly election results: BJP's Rivaba Jadeja wins by 53,000+ votes

Hindustan Times  

Bharatiya Janata Party leader Rivaba Jadeja marked her political debut - the 2022 Gujarat Assembly election - with victory from the state's Jamnagar constituency. The wife of star India cricketer Ravindra Jadeja, Rivaba Jadeja defeated the Aam Aadmi Party's Karshanbhai Karmur, a member of the influential Ahir community, by 53,570 votes. Rajkot, Dec 01 : Bharatiya Janata Party candidate from …

Gujarat election result live updates | Trends suggest BJP headed for a sweeping victory
2 years ago

Gujarat election result live updates | Trends suggest BJP headed for a sweeping victory

The Hindu  

Heading for a two-thirds majority, the BJP has retained power in Gujarat for a record seventh straight term by winning or leading in 156 of the 182 seats with a vote share of nearly 53%. — PTI 6.00 pm BJP’s Kirtikumar Patel wins Unjha Assembly seat, trounces Congress candidate Bharatiya Janata Party’s Kirtikumar Patel defeated Arvind Patel in Unjha Assembly …

Can Hardik Patel, who switched to BJP from Congress, win Viramgam constituency?
2 years ago

Can Hardik Patel, who switched to BJP from Congress, win Viramgam constituency?

Hindustan Times  

Gujarat's Viramgam constituency battle is the first electoral test for the Bharatiya Janata Party's Patidar quota stir leader Hardik Patel after he switched sides from Congress to the saffron party in June. Can Hardik Patel, who switched to BJP from Congress, win Viramgam constituency? The 2017 elections were a close contest with Congress' Bharwad Lakhabhai Bhikhabhai who won the seat …

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