Election

New Delhi: Incumbency was set for a beating in three states on Sunday with Mamata Banerjee emerging star of the day to lead her TMC to triumph in West Bengal for a third consecutive term while the BJP was poised for return in Assam as...

Thiruvananthapuram: Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan's statement that the Bharatiya Janata Party, which had won one seat in Kerala in the 2016 Assembly polls, would see its account getting closed this time, has come true with the Centre's ruling party failing to secure any victory despite...

Kolkata: Defence Minister Rajnath Singh Sunday congratulated Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee, as trends suggested her party would register a thumping victory in the West Bengal assembly polls. "Congratulations to the Chief Minister of West Bengal, @MamataOfficial Didi on her partys victory in West Bengal...

New Delhi: Against the backdrop of ‘unprecedented public health concerns’, the Election Commission Friday invoked is constitutional powers to put in place restrictions on campaigning by political parties, including curtailing its time, for the West Bengal Assembly elections. In an order, the poll panel curtailed...

Kolkata: Ruling Trinamool Congress Friday sought clubbing of the last three phases of assembly elections after the fifth round Saturday considering alarming COVID situation in West Bengal. After Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee had on the previous day mooted the idea of conducting polls for the...

Chennai: The ruling AIADMK has allotted 20 Assembly constituencies and the Kanyakumari Lok Sabha seat to its ally BJP for the April 6 Assembly elections, after several rounds of negotiations. Following up with the release of its first list of six candidates for the polls...

Bengaluru: The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) won 3 of the 4 seats in the October 28 biennial elections to the Karnataka Legislative Council, including 2 from Teachers and 1 from Graduates constituency, an official said Tuesday. "BJP's Puttanna won the Bangalore Teachers seat with...

Imphal/Kohima: Ruling BJP candidates Tuesday won two Assembly seats in Manipur bypolls and the party is leading in another seat, while an Independent candidate won the fourth seat in the state. BJP's ally and ruling Nationalist Democratic Progressive Party (NDPP) bagged one Assembly seat in...

Patna: The AIMIM, the BSP and Independent candidates set for a win will have extra value amid the extremely tight situation in Bihar as the NDA and the Mahagathbandhan are neck to neck in getting to a simple majority. Even as the NDA is ahead...

Patna: Voting in 94 of the total 243 Assembly seats in Bihar will be held November 3 during the second phase of state elections in which over 2.85 crore voters will decide the fate of 1,463 candidates in fray. As many as 41,362 polling stations...