BJP leader Shahnawaz Hussain loses Bhagalpur ticket to JD(U) in Bihar despite being member of party’s central election committee
5 years, 9 months ago

BJP leader Shahnawaz Hussain loses Bhagalpur ticket to JD(U) in Bihar despite being member of party’s central election committee

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Ironically, Shahnawaz Hussain is a member of the BJP’s central election committee, which takes the final call on the candidates to field in the polls. In 1999, a young Syed Shahnawaz Hussain created history for the BJP by winning the Lok Sabha election from Bihar’s Muslim-dominated Kishanganj constituency. His victory was even more significant then as the BJP’s other emerging Muslim face Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, the sitting MP from Rampur and a Union minister, had lost that election for the 13th Lok Sabha. Now, 20 years after he first made news on a national scale by making a surprise entry into Parliament and the Cabinet, Shahnawaz is back in the headlines again but for wrong reasons this time — the Bhagalpur Lok Sabha seat, from where he contested three time and was preparing for a fourth contest, has been assigned to ally Janata Dal under their seat-sharing agreement in Bihar.

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Hindustan Times  

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Hindustan Times  

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Hindustan Times  

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The Hindu  

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ABP News  

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The Quint  

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Hindustan Times  

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Hindustan Times  

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Hindustan Times  

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Hindustan Times  

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New Indian Express  

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Deccan Chronicle  

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The Hindu  

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Firstpost  

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Live Mint  

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Bihar bypolls: Counting on, ruling NDA ahead in two seats

Hindustan Times  

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Assam Bypoll Results Live: Counting for five Assembly seats today, Himanta's leadership to be tested
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Assam Bypoll Results Live: Counting for five Assembly seats today, Himanta's leadership to be tested

India TV News  

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Wayanad election result live: Can Priyanka Gandhi secure Lok Sabha debut from Congress stronghold?
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Wayanad election result live: Can Priyanka Gandhi secure Lok Sabha debut from Congress stronghold?

Hindustan Times  

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Bypoll Election Results 2024 Highlights: AAP calls Punjab bypoll wins ‘semi-final’ before Delhi Assembly polls
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Bypoll Election Results 2024 Highlights: AAP calls Punjab bypoll wins ‘semi-final’ before Delhi Assembly polls

The Hindu  

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Ahmednagar election results live: BJP mob tried to access EVM, alleges Rohit Pawar
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Ahmednagar election results live: BJP mob tried to access EVM, alleges Rohit Pawar

Hindustan Times  

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Barhait Assembly Election Results Live: Will Hemant Soren make a hat-trick victory?

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Chatra Assembly Election Results LIVE: Will Janardhan Paswan's switch to LJP (RV) help him secure victory?

India TV News  

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Chinchwad Assembly Election Results LIVE: Rahul Tanaji Kalate Vs Shankar Jagtap, who will win? Check

India TV News  

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Gandey Assembly Election Results Live: Can Hemant Soren's wife Kalpana repeat bypoll victory?

India TV News  

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India Today  

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India Today  

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Bihar bypolls: NDA wins all four seats, PK's Jan Suraaj Party fails to open its account
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Bihar bypolls: NDA wins all four seats, PK's Jan Suraaj Party fails to open its account

New Indian Express  

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BJP sweeps UP bypolls, wins seven of nine seats; SP suffers setback in Dalit, Muslim-majority seats

New Indian Express  

LUCKNOW: After facing a humiliating defeat in recent Lok Sabha polls, the ruling BJP managed to salvage its pride by sweeping the bypoll to nine assembly constituencies winning seven of them on Saturday. While Moradabad’s Kundarki, the stronghold of senior SP leader late Shafiqur Rehman Barq, is a Muslim-dominated seat, Katehri in Ambedkar Nagar has a substantial chunk of Dalit …

Karnataka bypoll results: Outcome crucial for both ruling and opposition camps
1 month, 3 weeks 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, …

Mumbadevi elections: Will Shiv Sena leader Shaina NC break Congress candidate Amin Patel's winning streak?
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Mumbadevi elections: Will Shiv Sena leader Shaina NC break Congress candidate Amin Patel's winning streak?

India TV News  

Mumbadevi Assembly Election 2024: The Mumbadevi Assembly constituency is set for a high-stakes battle in the 2024 elections, as ruling Mahayuti fielded a young leader Shaina NC. Key candidates The key candidates for the Mumbadevi seat are Shiv Sena leader Shaina NC, Congress candidate Amin Patel and AIMIM's Mohd. In the 2019 Maharashtra Assembly elections, Congress candidate Amin Patel defeated …

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'Ram Ya Rozgaar?': The Real Winners & Losers of the 2024 Lok Sabha Elections

The Quint  

The grey-haired Prasad was no political novice but a nine-time MLA. He was then a young political activist, a self-confessed ‘chela’ of the former Prime Minister and Lok Dal leader Chaudhary Charan Singh. Such was his devotion to his mentor that he could not attend his father’s last rites as he was away in Amethi during the 1981 by-polls in …

Lok Sabha Bypoll: Wayanad records lowest-ever turnout. ‘A big thank you…,’ says Priyanka Gandhi Vadra
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Lok Sabha Bypoll: Wayanad records lowest-ever turnout. ‘A big thank you…,’ says Priyanka Gandhi Vadra

Live Mint  

Wayanad Lok Sabha seat recorded a voter turnout of 64.24 percent in the bypoll on November 13, Election Commission of India said. In the Lok Sabha Elections 2024, Wayanad recorded 72.92 percent voter turn out. In 2014, the seat recorded 73.25 per cent voter turnout while in 2009, when the first Lok Sabha election was held from the seat, the …

Jharkhand Assembly Elections Phase 1 LIVE UPDATES: Polling begins at 43 seats in 15 districts
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Jharkhand Assembly Elections Phase 1 LIVE UPDATES: Polling begins at 43 seats in 15 districts

India TV News  

Jharkhand Assembly Elections Phase 1 LIVE UPDATES: Polling for the first phase of assembly elections in Jharkhand began today. In Jharkhand, the BJP-led NDA is looking to oust the JMM-led coalition, with key candidates like former Chief Minister Champai Soren and Congress leader Ajoy Kumar in the fray. Key candidates in the first phase include former Chief Minister and BJP …

Reputations of political heavyweights including CM Bhajanlal Sharma on the line as voting ends in Rajasthan bypolls
2 months ago

Reputations of political heavyweights including CM Bhajanlal Sharma on the line as voting ends in Rajasthan bypolls

New Indian Express  

JAIPUR: Voting for the bypolls across seven assembly seats in Rajasthan concluded on Wednesday, with 69 candidates in the race. The results on November 23 will significantly impact the political influence of Chief Minister Bhajanlal Sharma, Congress State President Govind Singh Dotasara, Sachin Pilot, Agriculture Minister Dr. Kirori Lal Meena, RLP Chief Hanuman Beniwal, and BAP leader Rajkumar Roat. Under …

Rajasthan’s seven Assembly bypolls present a test of credibility for veteran leaders
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Rajasthan’s seven Assembly bypolls present a test of credibility for veteran leaders

The Hindu  

The byelections to seven Assembly seats in Rajasthan, being held on Wednesday, have presented a test of credibility for veteran leaders of both the ruling BJP and the Opposition Congress. Five of the seven seats fell vacant following the election of sitting MLAs, all of whom were from Congress and its allies in the INDIA bloc, as Lok Sabha Members. …

As three assembly seats go to bypolls, Channapatna in focus
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2 months ago

As three assembly seats go to bypolls, Channapatna in focus

Hindustan Times  

Voters in Karnataka will determine the fate of three key assembly seats on Wednesday, as Channapatna, Shiggaon, and Sandur constituencies prepare for bypolls. The by-elections in these constituencies were triggered after three seats, including Channapatna, were left open as JD leader HD Kumaraswamy, Shiggaon by ex-CM Basavaraj Bommai, and Sandur by Congress’s E Tukaram were appointed as Union ministers. The …

Election cycle starts with voting in Jharkhand today
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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 …

Khunti Assembly Election 2024: Can BJP's Nilkanth Singh Munda beat JMM's Ram Surya Munda?
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Khunti Assembly Election 2024: Can BJP's Nilkanth Singh Munda beat JMM's Ram Surya Munda?

India TV News  

Khunti Assembly Election 2024: With the Jharkhand Assembly elections around the corner, all eyes are on the high-stakes Khunti seat. In 2014, Munda got 59,198 votes by a huge margin, Sushil Pahan of Jharkhand Mukti Morcha got 32,871 votes and Dayamani Barla of JVM got 20,726 votes. Key candidates In a fresh challenge, the JMM has fielded Ram Surya Munda …

Big names face the test as Jharkhand votes in Phase I; Priyanka makes electoral debut in Wayanad
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Big names face the test as Jharkhand votes in Phase I; Priyanka makes electoral debut in Wayanad

The Hindu  

Voters are set to go to the polls in 43 of Jharkhand’s 81 Assembly constituencies on Wednesday, as well as for bypolls in 31 Assembly seats scattered across the country, and in the high-profile Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency in Kerala where Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is making her electoral debut. Key contests in the first phase of polling …

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