Bihar Assembly polls witness 52 per cent voters' turnout in second phase
Nov 04, 2020, at 01:13 am
Patna/UNI: An estimated 52.11 per cent of the total 2,86,11,164 electorate exercised their franchise in 94 constituencies during second of three-phased Bihar Assembly Elections, sealing fates of 1,463 candidates including the CM candidate of Grand Alliance Tejashwi Prasad Yadav.
SP will win 351 seats in UP Assembly polls in 2022: Akhilesh Yadav
Feb 20, 2020, at 11:03 pm
Lucknow/UNI: Predicting a landslide victory of Samajwadi Party in the next Assembly elections, party national president Akhilesh Yadav on Thursday said the party will win at least 351 seats because people are fed up with the 'mis-rule' of BJP government.
Mamata Banerjee congratulates Arvind Kejriwal as AAP set to win Delhi polls
Feb 11, 2020, at 01:33 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee congratulated his Delhi counterpart Arvind Kejriwal as the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is set for a landslide victory in Delhi assembly elections.
AAP to form govt for third time in Delhi: Exit Polls
Feb 09, 2020, at 10:25 am
New Delhi/IBNS: Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) is set for a hattrick with the party likely to form government in Delhi again by bagging around 56 of 70 assembly seats, NDTV's Exit Polls claimed.
LJP planning to contest 119 assembly seats in Bihar
Jan 27, 2020, at 10:41 pm
Patna/UNI: Lok Janshakti Party (LJP), an ally of National Democratic Alliance (NDA), is preparing to contest 119 assembly seats in the assembly elections of Bihar.
Amit Shah attacks AAP for breaking promises, pledges development for Delhi
Jan 23, 2020, at 08:57 pm
New Delhi/UNI: Election campaign for fast approaching Delhi assembly picked up on Thursday with BJP organising a series of rallies and roadside meetings.
Modi thanks Maharashtra for 'blessing' NDA, vows to work in Haryana with same zeal
Oct 24, 2019, at 08:01 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday thanked the people Maharashtra for supporting the NDA to form government again and accepted people's mandate in Haryana, which is going for a hung assembly.
BJP-Shiv Sena retains Maharashtra amid Sharad Pawar's resurgence, Haryana goes for hung assembly
Oct 24, 2019, at 06:34 pm
Mumbai/Chandigarh/IBNS: Despite a resurgence of veteran politician Sharad Pawar, the Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP) and the Shiv Sena retained comfortably Maharashtra where assembly elections were held on Monday. However, the saffron party faced a setback in Haryana.
Assembly elections in Maharashtra, Haryana on Oct 21, counting on Oct 24
Sep 21, 2019, at 01:52 pm
New Delhi: The assembly elections in two Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-ruled states, Maharashtra and Haryana, will be held in a single phase on Oct 21, Chief Election Commissioner of India Sunil Arora announced on Saturday.
By not holding Kashmir assembly polls on time, Modi surrendered before militants, separatists: Omar
Apr 27, 2019, at 12:15 pm
Srinagar, Apr 27 (UNI): Alleging that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has once again surrendered before separatists and militants by not holding Assembly polls in the northern state, former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah claimed that most political parties were ready to take on these force by ignoring their threats and poll boycott.
Lok Sabha Bihar seat-sharing: BJP, JD(U) to share 17 seats each, LJP gets 6
Dec 23, 2018, at 01:34 pm
New Delhi, Dec 23 (IBNS): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Amit Shah on Sunday announced the seat sharing formula in Bihar where his party and the Janata Dal (United) will fight from 17 seats each and Ram Vilas Paswan’s Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) will contest from six seats in the upcoming 2019 Lok Sabha elections.
Shivraj Singh Chouhan accepts responsibility for BJP's defeat in MP
Dec 12, 2018, at 10:55 pm
Bhopal, Dec 12 (IBNS): Three-time Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has accepted responsibility for his party's defeat in the state.
Assembly Polls: Congress emerges winner in Chhattisgarh, MP, Raj; Modi accepts defeat
Dec 11, 2018, at 11:59 pm
New Delhi, Dec 11 (IBNS): As the counting for the assembly elections in five states nearly concluded, the day witnessed a revival of the Congress party's electoral fortunes as it won with huge margin in Chhattisgarh and gave a neck-to-neck fight in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh bagging a handsome number of seats in both states hitherto controlled by the BJP.
Poll results of five states to be out tomorrow, countdown to 2019 begins
Dec 10, 2018, at 09:43 pm
New Delhi, Dec 10 (IBNS): Assembly election results of five states - Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Mizoram and Telangana - will be out on Tuesday.
22 to 23 per cent polling in Telengana and Rajasthan till 11 am
Dec 07, 2018, at 12:58 pm
Jaipur/Hyderabad, Dec 6 (IBNS) : Rajasthan and Telengana recorded 23 and 22.1 per cent polling respectively till 11 am on Friday as voting for Assembly elections was underway in these two states.
Congress accuses Election Commission of being biased towards BJP
Oct 06, 2018, at 11:16 pm
New Delhi, Oct 6 (IBNS): The Congress party on Saturday accused the Election Commission of India (ECI) of being biased towards the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) regarding the announcement of dates for assembly polls in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Telangana and Mizoram.
No talks with Congress, BSP to contest alone in Madhya Pradesh: BSP leader
Jun 18, 2018, at 09:15 pm
New Delhi, June 18 (IBNS): The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) has declared that it will fight the Madhya Pradesh assembly elections alone and is not in talks with the Congress party over forming any alliance in the state.
Smaller parties, lone Independent MLA to decide forming next govt in Manipur
Mar 12, 2017, at 05:29 pm
Guwahati, Mar 12 (IBNS): Smaller parties Conard Sangma led National People's Party (NPP), Naga People's Front (NPF), Lok Janshakti Party (LJP), All India Trinamool Congress (AITMC) and the lone Independent MLA have emerged as the big players in Manipur to decide who will form the next government in the state-Congress or BJP.
Assembly Elections: Arun Jaitley calls UP Congress-SP alliance opportunistic
Feb 14, 2017, at 08:44 pm
Lucknow, Feb 14 (IBNS): On a campaign trail in Uttar Pradesh, Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said that the state is the biggest state of the nation, it's development is inevitable for development of India, according to media reports on Tuesday.
Uttar Pradesh: Editor of news website arrested for violation of EC poll code
Feb 14, 2017, at 06:19 pm
Ghaziabad, Feb 14 (IBNS): Uttar Pradesh Police arrested Jagran.com editor Shekhar Tripathi from Ghaziabad on charges of poll code violation, according to media reports on Tuesday.
UP: 63 pct voters turnout in first phase
Feb 12, 2017, at 01:46 am
Lucknow, Feb 11 (IBNS): About 63 percent voters exercised their franchise in the first phase of the Uttar Pradesh elections on Saturday.
Uttar Pradesh first phase polling : About 53 per cent votes cast till 3 pm
Feb 11, 2017, at 10:22 pm
Lucknow, Feb 11 (IBNS) : Nearlyk 53 per cent votes were cast till 3 PM in 73 of the 403 Uttar Pradesh Assembly constituencies in the first of the seven-phase polling which is underway on Saturday, reports said.
Assembly elections 2017: Uttar Pradesh first phase polling sees nearly 39 per cent turnout
Feb 11, 2017, at 08:05 pm
Lucknow, Feb 11 (IBNS): In the first phase of Uttar Pradesh Assembly election on Saturday, nearly 39 per cent voter turnout has been recorded till one pm, according to media reports.
Assembly Elections 2017: Polling continues in Punjab and Goa without any major news of disruption
Feb 04, 2017, at 07:24 pm
Amritsar, Feb 4 (IBNS): Polling is underway peacefully in all parts of Punjab on Saturday, according to media reports, with 35 to 40% voters casting their vote till 1 PM.
Assembly Elections: Nitish Kumar's JD-U refrains from contesting in UP
Jan 25, 2017, at 07:45 pm
Patna, Jan 25 (TheBiharPost/IBNS): Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar's party, the Janata Dal United (JD-U), has decided not to contest assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh that goes to polls next month, reports said.
EC panel seeks govt's response on Oppositions's demand to postpone Budget
Jan 07, 2017, at 06:04 pm
New Delhi, Jan 7 (IBNS): The Election Commission has sought the government's response on opposition's demand to postpone the Union Budget presentation after Mar 8, media reports said.
Opposition wants Budget 2017 placed after Mar 8, BJP against it
Jan 05, 2017, at 07:41 pm
New Delhi, Jan 5 (IBNS): Opposition parties meet the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Thursday and demanded that Budget 2017 be presented after March 8, which is the last day of voting in poll-bound five states, according to media reports.
Strict implementation of model code of conduct: Punjab chief electoral officer VK Singh
Jan 05, 2017, at 06:36 pm
Chandigarh, Jan 5 (IBNS): Chief Electoral Officer VK Singh has issued instructions to strictly implement model code of conduct in poll-bound Punjab, according to media reports on Thursday.