Assembly Elections In 5 States

The high-level panel on 'one nation, one election' studied election processes in seven countries including South Africa, Sweden and Belgium, before recommending simultaneous polls for Lok Sabha and state assemblies in India.

Former Haryana finance minister and BJP nominee from the Narnaund assembly seat for the October 5 assembly polls, Captain Abhimanyu is the richest candidate in the state with declared assets worth Rs 417 crore.

The Congress is offering "good small numbers" of seats in Haryana to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in an effort to forge a pre-poll alliance ahead of the October 5 Assembly elections, state Congress in-charge Deepak Babaria said.

The Congress made significant gains in Haryana wresting five Lok Sabha seats and giving a setback to ruling BJP, whose tally was down from 10 to five in the state, where the assembly polls are also due later this year.

Bhajan Lal Sharma, a first-time MLA from the Sanganer Assembly constituency, took oath as the new Chief Minister of Rajasthan on Friday, while Diya Kumari and Prem Chand Bairwa were sworn in as his two deputies in the BJP-led state government.

Microphones fell silent and rallies ended as the longest campaigning period for the assembly elections among the five states going to polls came to a close in Telangana at 5 pm on Tuesday.

The Election Commission on Monday said over Rs 1,760 crore worth of freebies, drugs, cash, liquor and precious metals aimed at inducing voters in the five poll-going states have been seized so far.

NCP president Sharad Pawar on Thursday claimed that the BJP will be ousted from power in the assembly elections being held in five states. Of the states where polling will be held on Friday, the BJP is the ruling party only in Madhya Pradesh.

In the run-up to the assembly elections in five states, the Income Tax department has seized more unexplained cash as compared to elections held in those states earlier, CBDT (Central Board of Direct Taxation) chairman Nitin Gupta said on Wednesday.

In a major announcement ahead of elections in five states this month, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that his government has decided to extend the free ration scheme for the poor for five years.

Congress, looking to retain power in Chhattisgarh, has Speaker Charan Das Mahant, 69, leading its campaign in the state for the second consecutive time. The state will vote in two phases on November 7 and November 17 to send 90 MLAs to the assembly.

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday said that the grand old party will form the government in all the five states, going to polls next month and that there is anti-incumbency in the Bharatiya Janata Party ruled Madhya Pradesh.

As five states go to polls, data compiled by a think tank showed that these state assemblies -- Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Telangana, Chhattisgarh and Mizoram -- met for less than 30 days a year and the number of sittings have been going down.

BJP president J P Nadda on Monday welcomed the election commission's (EC) announcement of assembly polls in five states and claimed his party will form government in all the states with a big majority under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's leadership.

The 2023 Madhya Pradesh election will be in a single phase on November 17, followed by voting in Rajasthan on November 23 and in Telangana on November 30. Mizoram will vote on November 7 and Chhattisgarh in two phases - November 7 and 17.

The high-level panel on 'one nation, one election' studied election processes in seven countries including South Africa, Sweden and Belgium, before recommending simultaneous polls for Lok Sabha and state assemblies in India.

Former Haryana finance minister and BJP nominee from the Narnaund assembly seat for the October 5 assembly polls, Captain Abhimanyu is the richest candidate in the state with declared assets worth Rs 417 crore.

The Congress is offering "good small numbers" of seats in Haryana to the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in an effort to forge a pre-poll alliance ahead of the October 5 Assembly elections, state Congress in-charge Deepak Babaria said.

The Congress made significant gains in Haryana wresting five Lok Sabha seats and giving a setback to ruling BJP, whose tally was down from 10 to five in the state, where the assembly polls are also due later this year.

Bhajan Lal Sharma, a first-time MLA from the Sanganer Assembly constituency, took oath as the new Chief Minister of Rajasthan on Friday, while Diya Kumari and Prem Chand Bairwa were sworn in as his two deputies in the BJP-led state government.

Microphones fell silent and rallies ended as the longest campaigning period for the assembly elections among the five states going to polls came to a close in Telangana at 5 pm on Tuesday.

The Election Commission on Monday said over Rs 1,760 crore worth of freebies, drugs, cash, liquor and precious metals aimed at inducing voters in the five poll-going states have been seized so far.

NCP president Sharad Pawar on Thursday claimed that the BJP will be ousted from power in the assembly elections being held in five states. Of the states where polling will be held on Friday, the BJP is the ruling party only in Madhya Pradesh.

In the run-up to the assembly elections in five states, the Income Tax department has seized more unexplained cash as compared to elections held in those states earlier, CBDT (Central Board of Direct Taxation) chairman Nitin Gupta said on Wednesday.

In a major announcement ahead of elections in five states this month, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that his government has decided to extend the free ration scheme for the poor for five years.

Congress, looking to retain power in Chhattisgarh, has Speaker Charan Das Mahant, 69, leading its campaign in the state for the second consecutive time. The state will vote in two phases on November 7 and November 17 to send 90 MLAs to the assembly.

Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Wednesday said that the grand old party will form the government in all the five states, going to polls next month and that there is anti-incumbency in the Bharatiya Janata Party ruled Madhya Pradesh.

As five states go to polls, data compiled by a think tank showed that these state assemblies -- Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Telangana, Chhattisgarh and Mizoram -- met for less than 30 days a year and the number of sittings have been going down.

BJP president J P Nadda on Monday welcomed the election commission's (EC) announcement of assembly polls in five states and claimed his party will form government in all the states with a big majority under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's leadership.

The 2023 Madhya Pradesh election will be in a single phase on November 17, followed by voting in Rajasthan on November 23 and in Telangana on November 30. Mizoram will vote on November 7 and Chhattisgarh in two phases - November 7 and 17.