Election News
36 articles on India Vote Kar are tagged “Election News”, published between May 2018 and March 2026. They are filed mainly under BJP, Congress, Aam Aadmy Party. They are listed below, newest first, followed by related coverage and topics.
2019 Elections: BJP Wants a Pre-Poll Ally in Tamil Nadu by October
The Bharatiya Janata Party will announce an alliance with a regional party in Tamil Nadu by October for the 2019 national election, a party leader has said, citing BJP president Amit Shah. According to the leader, Shah told the state unit during a visit in July that a tie-up would be formalised by October. Talks and the DMK Another leader said the party had been in contact with both of M Karunanidhi’s sons, M K Stalin and M K Alagiri. Shah was expected to attend the memorial meeting for KarunanidhiRead More
Uttar Pradesh: Small Parties Pitch Themselves as Game Changers for 2019
Small parties in Uttar Pradesh are presenting themselves as possible “game changers” in the 2019 Lok Sabha contest between the BJP and the opposition. Such parties often help allies in assembly elections by transferring their committed voters, but have historically made less of a mark in Lok Sabha polls. Who is in the fray The NISHAD Party, the Peace Party, the Apna Dal (Sonelal), the Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party (SBSP) and the AIMIM are all offering themselves as allies. They expect to get few seats, but argue that in closeRead More
Bengal Panchayat Polls: Supreme Court Refuses Re-election in Uncontested Seats
The Supreme Court on Friday rejected petitions by the CPI(M) and the BJP seeking to cancel elections to more than 20,000 local body seats in West Bengal that were won without a contest, giving relief to Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee. Every one of those seats was won by Trinamool Congress candidates, and the opposition had claimed its candidates were stopped from filing nominations. What the court ruled A three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice Dipak Misra, and including Justices D Y Chandrachud and A M Khanwilkar, used its special powersRead More
Over 77% Turnout in Meghalaya Bypolls as CM Conrad Sangma Contests South Tura
More than 77% of voters turned out on Thursday in peaceful bypolls to two Meghalaya assembly seats, South Tura and Ranikor, the state’s Chief Electoral Officer F R Kharkongor said. Results are due on August 27. Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma, currently the Tura MP, is contesting South Tura in West Garo Hills on a National People’s Party (NPP) ticket. Turnout and polling In South Tura, 72.89% of the 30,231 voters cast their ballots; in Ranikor, 82.1% of 29,685 voters did. In the assembly election earlier this year, Ranikor hadRead More
Odisha Election 2019: Congress, BJD and BJP Prepare Candidate Lists
Political parties in Odisha have started choosing candidates for the 2019 assembly election amid talk of early polls. Odisha Congress chief Niranjan Patnaik said the party aimed to release its first list of 50 assembly candidates once its election committee cleared them, and it is set to name at least 50 by August 31. The BJD, which governs the state, and the BJP are getting ready as well. Congress moves first Sources said the Congress could ask its chosen candidates to start work in their constituencies from the first orRead More
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