Elections

WAYANAD: Polling commenced at the high-profile Lok Sabha constituency in Wayanad on the dot at 7 A.M, on Wednesday morning, when voters were seen queuing up in good numbers even before the polling began.

NEW DELHI: Voting is underway in the bye-elections for 31 Assembly seats across 10 states, as well as the Wayanad Lok Sabha constituency in Kerala, from where Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra is making her electoral debut.

NEW YORK: As the nation gets ready to head to the polls, the aggregation of polls that had given Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump a slight lead, but well within the margin of error, turned to give Democratic nominee Kamala Harris an edge.

CHANDIGARH: The Election Commission on Monday rescheduled Assembly bypolls for four seats in Punjab from November 13 to November 20 in view of festivals, an official statement said.

NEW YORK: As a sophisticated Artificial Intelligence-driven fake video reaching to the highest level of the Democratic Party’s presidential ticket surfaced, US officials have sounded the alarm about foreign interference in Tuesday’s election and beyond.

NEW DELHI: After the Election Commission of India (ECI) rejected the Congress' allegations of irregularities in the recent Haryana Assembly elections, calling the claims of EVM tampering "baseless", Congress General Secretary Jairam Ramesh on Friday came up with the grand old party's counter-response to the poll body alleging that its goal is to strip itself of the last vestiges of neutrality.

NEW YORK: If the RealClear Polling's (RCP) aggregation of polls in the seven swing states translates into votes at the voting booth, it sees Republican Candidate Donald Trump heading to the White House with a majority in the electoral college.

BENGALURU: Karnataka BJP President B. Y. Vijayendra stated on Monday that the victory for the BJP is assured in all three by-elections in the state.

TOKYO: Lawyers filed lawsuits at several high courts in Japan on Monday seeking to nullify the results and conduct a rerun of the previous day's general election, local media reported.

RANCHI: The JMM has released a list of 35 candidates for the Jharkhand Assembly elections, naming Chief Minister Hemant Soren from Barhait, his wife Kalpana Soren from Gandey and brother Basant Soren from Dumka.

KOLKATA: A four-cornered contest in the by-polls for six Assembly constituencies in West Bengal is confirmed now with CPI-M having announced candidates for four out of six of those constituencies, late last night.

CHANDIGARH: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), on Sunday, released the list of candidates for the upcoming bypolls to the four Assembly constituencies in Punjab, scheduled on November 13.

CHANDIGARH: The Election Commission of India (ECI) has announced by-elections for four assembly seats in Punjab: 10-Dera Baba Nanak, 44-Chabbewal (SC), 84-Gidderbaha, and 103-Barnala.

RANCHI: The Election Commission of India will announce the dates for the Jharkhand Assembly elections on Tuesday, officially kickstarting the electoral contest between the NDA and the INDIA bloc.

NEW DELHI: As the BJP has achieved a significant milestone by securing a historic third-consecutive term in Haryana, the party's National Spokesperson Shahnawaz Hussain on Wednesday said that it is now clear that the Congress will not be able to win any elections in the future.

JAMMU: The results of the J&K Assembly elections were announced on Tuesday, with the National Conference-led alliance winning 49 seats (NC won 42, INC - 6 and CPI-M - 1) in the 90-member house.

NEW DELHI: Senior Congress leader Kumari Selja on Tuesday said that drawing conclusions based on trends so early in the day is "hasty" and expressed strong confidence in Congress winning the Haryana Assembly elections.

NEW DELHI: Rajya Sabha MP Swati Maliwal on Tuesday hit out at the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) for allegedly betraying the INDIA Bloc and undermining the Congress in Haryana.

SRINAGAR: As people of J&K await the results, the counting of votes started for all the 90 Assembly constituencies in 20 districts at 8 a.m. on Tuesday.

TUNIS: Exit polls have shown that Tunisian President Kais Saied is expected to win the presidential election, state media reported.

CHANDIGARH: The election to the 90-seat legislative Assembly on Saturday saw over 40 per cent of voters cast their ballots by 1 P.M., amidst minor skirmishes in Narnaund.

CHANDIGARH: As polling for the 90-member legislative Assembly in the BJP-ruled Haryana began on Saturday with 2.03 crore electorates salted to decide the fate of 1,031 candidates, outgoing Chief Minister and BJP leader Nayab Singh Saini expressed confidence the party would be forming the government for the third time with a huge margin.

CHANDIGARH: Polling for the 90-member Legislative Assembly in the BJP-ruled Haryana began on Saturday morning with 2.03 crore voters eligible to decide the fate of 1,031 candidates in the fray.

NEW DELHI: For the members of the Valmiki community, it is a momentous day to be voting for the first time in the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections.

CHANDIGARH: After visiting the poll-bound Haryana thrice for campaigning till now, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address an election meeting in Haryana's Faridabad on Tuesday for the Assembly elections scheduled on October 5.

SRINAGAR: Large numbers of voters, including the older generation and the youth, were turning out to exercise their democratic rights on Wednesday in J&K indicating that irrespective of who wins or loses, the victory of democracy in Kashmir is resounding.

RAJOURI: Jammu and Kashmir BJP President Ravinder Raina cast his vote on Wednesday at the Lamberi polling station in the Nowshera Assembly constituency, Rajouri district, as the second phase of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections commenced.

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday congratulated Anura Kumara Dissanayake for his victory in the Sri Lankan Presidential elections and said he looks forward to working closely with him to further strengthen the India-Sri Lanka ties.

NEW DELHI: India’s neighbour Sri Lanka will elect its new President on Saturday in the island nation’s first election after its economic collapse in 2022.

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday that the turnout in the first phase of the Assembly election in J&K has shown that the people there are very enthusiastic about the elections and are keen to make the poll process vibrant.

SRINAGAR: Enthusiastic voters, including entire families, mothers with infant children, and a near-centenarian, who has cast his ballot regularly since 1951, thronged polling booths in the first phase of the J&K Assembly elections on Wednesday, with the overall turnout logged at 50.65 per cent till 3 p.m.

NEW DELHI: As voting was underway for the first phase of the Assembly election in Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday, many first-time voters expressed hope for a change, particularly in addressing key issues like unemployment and regional development.

JAMMU: Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit J&K on Saturday for an election rally, his first campaign event in the union territory after the Assembly polls were announced.

AMMAN: Jordan's Independent Election Commission Chairman Musa Maaytah announced preliminary results from the country's 20th parliamentary election.

NEW DELHI: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Tuesday released its third list of candidates, comprising 11 names, for the upcoming Haryana Assembly elections.