Alwar Bypoll

Ram Swaroop Lamba appeared to be the perfect choice. Son of the BJP's popular Jat leader and sitting Lok Sabha whose death had necessitated the Ajmer by-election, 45-year-old Mr Lamba was expected to ride a sympathy wave and command the powerful Jat vote that makes for 12 per cent of the vote share in the constituency. But the Congress fielded Ragh...

The Congress today scored a perfect three on three in the Rajasthan bypolls, delivering a major blow to the ruling BJP ahead of several state elections and the national polls next year. The party won the Alwar and Ajmer parliamentary seats and the Mandalgarh assembly segment, all held by the BJP.

The Congress today raced ahead of the BJP and won the Lok Sabha constituencies of Ajmer and Alwar as well as the Mandalgarh Assembly seat in Rajasthan where by-elections were held on Monday. The latest wins could be indicative of a changing political gradient in the electoral landscape of the state that goes to polls later this year. In West Bengal...

Counting of votes for the Rajasthan bypolls in two Lok Sabha and one Assembly constituency, a crucial contest ahead of the Assembly elections due later this year, will take place today.

Polling for the Lok Sabha seats of Alwar and Ajmer in Rajasthan and Uluberia in West Bengal, and bypoll to assembly seat of Mandalgarh in Rajasthan and Noapara in West Bengal has begun. Over 38 lakh voters would decide the fate of 41 candidates for the Lok Sabha seats of Ajmer and Alwar, and the Assembly seat of Mandalgarh. In a first, EVM machines...

By-elections being held today for two parliament seats and one assembly seat in Rajasthan are seen to test of the popularity of the BJP government, which hopes to win a second straight term in assembly elections later this year. The Congress hopes an anti-incumbency sentiment and the anger of the Rajputs against the ruling party will help it win al...

With just a week to go for the Ajmer Lok Sabha by-elections, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party and the opposition Congress have intensified their campaigning for the much-staked contest. The by-polls on January 29 in Ajmer and Alwar parliamentary and Mandalgarh assembly seats are likely to test the electoral readiness of the Vasundhra Raje-led BJP ...

In the run-up to the parliamentary bypoll to the Alwar seat in Rajasthan, it's not just caste equation that is at play. Congress, the state's main opposition party, has accused the ruling BJP of polarising the electorate. The bypoll scheduled to be held on January 29 will see a fight between BJP's Jaswant Yadav, a minister in the Vasundhara Raje go...

Ram Swaroop Lamba appeared to be the perfect choice. Son of the BJP's popular Jat leader and sitting Lok Sabha whose death had necessitated the Ajmer by-election, 45-year-old Mr Lamba was expected to ride a sympathy wave and command the powerful Jat vote that makes for 12 per cent of the vote share in the constituency. But the Congress fielded Ragh...

The Congress today scored a perfect three on three in the Rajasthan bypolls, delivering a major blow to the ruling BJP ahead of several state elections and the national polls next year. The party won the Alwar and Ajmer parliamentary seats and the Mandalgarh assembly segment, all held by the BJP.

The Congress today raced ahead of the BJP and won the Lok Sabha constituencies of Ajmer and Alwar as well as the Mandalgarh Assembly seat in Rajasthan where by-elections were held on Monday. The latest wins could be indicative of a changing political gradient in the electoral landscape of the state that goes to polls later this year. In West Bengal...

Counting of votes for the Rajasthan bypolls in two Lok Sabha and one Assembly constituency, a crucial contest ahead of the Assembly elections due later this year, will take place today.

Polling for the Lok Sabha seats of Alwar and Ajmer in Rajasthan and Uluberia in West Bengal, and bypoll to assembly seat of Mandalgarh in Rajasthan and Noapara in West Bengal has begun. Over 38 lakh voters would decide the fate of 41 candidates for the Lok Sabha seats of Ajmer and Alwar, and the Assembly seat of Mandalgarh. In a first, EVM machines...

By-elections being held today for two parliament seats and one assembly seat in Rajasthan are seen to test of the popularity of the BJP government, which hopes to win a second straight term in assembly elections later this year. The Congress hopes an anti-incumbency sentiment and the anger of the Rajputs against the ruling party will help it win al...

With just a week to go for the Ajmer Lok Sabha by-elections, the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party and the opposition Congress have intensified their campaigning for the much-staked contest. The by-polls on January 29 in Ajmer and Alwar parliamentary and Mandalgarh assembly seats are likely to test the electoral readiness of the Vasundhra Raje-led BJP ...

In the run-up to the parliamentary bypoll to the Alwar seat in Rajasthan, it's not just caste equation that is at play. Congress, the state's main opposition party, has accused the ruling BJP of polarising the electorate. The bypoll scheduled to be held on January 29 will see a fight between BJP's Jaswant Yadav, a minister in the Vasundhara Raje go...