Election

Kolkata: Sporadic incidents of violence marked the first two hours of polling in West Bengal, where an estimated 16.90 per cent of voters exercised their franchise till 9.00am Monday in eight Lok Sabha constituencies, election officials said. An electorate of 1,34,56,491 will decide the fate...

Mumbai: Bollywood stars Aamir Khan, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Rekha, Madhuri Dixit Nene and R Madhavan stepped out early morning to exercise their right to vote for Lok Sabha Election 2019, here Monday. Maharashtra is polling in on 17 seats in the fourth phase of the...

Lucknow: The Samajwadi Party (SP) has claimed that a number of its leaders have been put under house arrest in Kannauj where party president Akhilesh Yadav’s wife Dimple Yadav is contesting the Lok Sabha elections. SP state president Naresh Uttam sent a letter to the...

Jajpur: Prominent leaders will try their luck in the elections to the seven Assembly seats under Jajpur Lok Sabha constituency to be held in the fourth phase Monday. These leaders are from the BJD, the BJP and the Congress.   Among them, BJD heavyweights Amar Prasad...

Kendrapara: The strong base of the Biju Janta Dal (BJD) in the rural areas of Kendrapara and its aggressive campaign by party workers and volunteers in many areas of the constituency are likely to give a tough time to former MP and BJP candidate Baijayant...

Bhubaneswar: The fourth and final phase of elections in Odisha scheduled for April 29 will be a litmus test for the ruling BJD as the party which had swept the 2014 polls winning 20 Lok Sabha seats and 117 Assembly seats, will now have to...

Baripada: A few hours were left for voters to exercise their franchise in eight Assembly seats and the lone Parliamentary seat in Mayurbhanj and decide the fate of 81 candidates in the fray. The administration has made everything ready for the fourth and final phase...

Bhubaneswar: The BJD candidate for Kendrapara Lok Sabha seat, Anubhav Mohanty, and the BJP’s Baijayant Panda, who has served this constituency for a decade, are now eying the coastal area to triumph and prove their mettle.   Desperate to reach out to the maximum number...

Bhopal: A 50-year-old woman poll staffer died after suffering a heart attack ahead of voting in Chhindwara Lok Sabha seat of Madhya Pradesh, an official said, Monday. Sunanda Kotekar, who was deployed at Lodhikheda polling booth in Saunsar area of Chhindwara, felt uneasy, Sunday night,...

Rupsa: Campaigning in the Basta Assembly constituency was over Saturday evening, paving the way for the fourth phase of elections Monday. Though the finishing round of rallies, meetings and campaigns had an impact on the voters, all the candidates have not met the electorate seeking...