Elections

PATNA: The voting for the Tirhut Graduate MLC by-election in Bihar was underway as voters were steadily queuing up outside polling stations on Thursday.

MUMBAI: The recent state assembly election victories have further consolidated the position of BJP-led NDA which will provide much-needed stability and resolve to push for economic reforms, according to a report on Thursday.

CHANDIGARH: The ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in Punjab on Saturday won three of the four Assembly constituencies on which elections were held on November 20, giving a morale boost to Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann.

KERALA: The contest in Kerala's Palakkad Assembly bypoll was described as a triangular fight, but Congress candidate Rahul Mamkootathil on Saturday won by a record margin of over 18,000 votes and it turned out to be more of a battle between the second- and third-placed candidates.

NEW DELHI: In the hotly contested poll between BJP-led NDA and JMM-led INDIA bloc in Jharkhand, the people of the state seem to have restored their faith in the incumbent Hemant Soren government, show early trends.

NEW DELHI: Counting of votes for 81 Assembly seats in Jharkhand began on Saturday at 8 a.m. According to the Election Commission data till 10 a.m., the JMM-led INDIA bloc is leading on more than 35 seats while BJP-led NDA is seen taking the lead on 22 seats.

BENGALURU: The counting of votes for three Assembly constituencies began in Karnataka on Saturday morning at 8 a.m. at designated places. The early counting trends indicate that NDA is leading in two segments and Congress on one.

CHANDIGARH: Polling began on Wednesday morning for bypoll to Punjab's four Assembly seats, which are witnessing a triangular contest that saw high-pitched and aggressive campaigning among the state's ruling AAP, the main opposition Congress and the BJP.

NEW DELHI: The Election Commission on Monday said that seizures in the ongoing elections to the State Legislative Assemblies of Maharashtra and Jharkhand, and bypolls have crossed the Rs 1000 crore mark.

JAIPUR: As the voting for the bypolls concluded on Wednesday across Rajasthan in seven Assembly seats, Khinvsar recorded the highest voting percentage at 75.62 while Dausa witnessed the lowest voting at 62.1 per cent, the state's Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) said.

MUMBAI: The Maharashtra Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) has said that its vigilance squads have made seizure of more than Rs 500 crores from across the poll-bound state in the past few days.

BENGALURU: Early hours of voting witnessed a good turnout in the bye-elections held for three Assembly constituencies in Karnataka on Wednesday.

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.