Constituent Assembly

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar has said he did not request Prime Minister Narendra Modi to hold a campaign rally in his Baramati constituency because the fight there is within the family.

Mumba Devi is the presiding deity of Mumbai, the country's financial capital, and the constituency named after her is set for an epic battle this time.

Nationalist Congress Party leader Sharad Pawar, 83, on Tuesday hinted at retirement as he said he may not contest any more elections after his Rajya Sabha term ends in 18 months.

Following requests from several political parties, the Election Commission of India has changed the polling date for by-election in 14 Assembly constituencies across the states of Kerala, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh.

It will be a major contest between two Shiv Sena factions in 47 of the total 288 Assembly constituencies in Maharashtra.

The Assembly elections in Tamil Nadu are a year and a half away but the ruling DMK is already gearing up for them, with party chief and Chief Minister MK Stalin calling for a meeting of constituency observers in Chennai on Monday.

A blockbuster political battle brews in Mumbai - Bollywood's beating heart - with Aaditya Thackeray, the popular son of Shiv Sena boss Uddhav Thackeray, to fight charismatic ex Congress MP Milind Deora, who jumped to Eknath Shinde's breakaway Sena.

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah resigned from the Budgam assembly seat and retained the Ganderbal constituency, the National Conference's (NC) bastion, Pro-tem speaker Mubarak Gul announced in the House on Monday.

More than 900 centenarians, including 533 women, are eligible to exercise their franchise in 43 assembly constituencies going to polls in the first phase of Jharkhand elections on November 13, an official said.

The Maharashtra Assembly elections are just over a month away and the opposition MahaVikas Aghadi has firmed up seat sharing on 263 of the state's 288 Assembly constituencies, sources told NDTV.

Decks have been cleared for bypolls to two Assembly seats and the high-profile Wayanad constituency in Kerala with the Election Commission on Tuesday announcing the dates for the two-phase by-elections to 48 Assembly seats and 2 Lok Sabha seats.

Bypolls to 48 Assembly seats and two Parliamentary seats will be held in two phases on November 13 and 20, and the results will be declared on November 23, along with the results of the Maharashtra and Jharkhand polls.

Haryana Congress president Udai Bhan has lost from Hodal Assembly constituency by a margin of over 2,500 votes, compounding the main Opposition party's disappointment at losing an election it was expected to win comfortably.

Independent candidate and India's richest woman Savitri Jindal has secured a significant victory from the Hisar Assembly constituency, winning by a margin of 18,941 votes.

The initial leads for Haryana have begun coming in and they are in line with what the exit polls have predicted. As of 8.15 am, the Congress is ahead in 17 of the state's 90 Assembly constituencies while the BJP is leading in nine.

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar has said he did not request Prime Minister Narendra Modi to hold a campaign rally in his Baramati constituency because the fight there is within the family.

Mumba Devi is the presiding deity of Mumbai, the country's financial capital, and the constituency named after her is set for an epic battle this time.

Nationalist Congress Party leader Sharad Pawar, 83, on Tuesday hinted at retirement as he said he may not contest any more elections after his Rajya Sabha term ends in 18 months.

Following requests from several political parties, the Election Commission of India has changed the polling date for by-election in 14 Assembly constituencies across the states of Kerala, Punjab and Uttar Pradesh.

It will be a major contest between two Shiv Sena factions in 47 of the total 288 Assembly constituencies in Maharashtra.

The Assembly elections in Tamil Nadu are a year and a half away but the ruling DMK is already gearing up for them, with party chief and Chief Minister MK Stalin calling for a meeting of constituency observers in Chennai on Monday.

A blockbuster political battle brews in Mumbai - Bollywood's beating heart - with Aaditya Thackeray, the popular son of Shiv Sena boss Uddhav Thackeray, to fight charismatic ex Congress MP Milind Deora, who jumped to Eknath Shinde's breakaway Sena.

Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah resigned from the Budgam assembly seat and retained the Ganderbal constituency, the National Conference's (NC) bastion, Pro-tem speaker Mubarak Gul announced in the House on Monday.

More than 900 centenarians, including 533 women, are eligible to exercise their franchise in 43 assembly constituencies going to polls in the first phase of Jharkhand elections on November 13, an official said.

The Maharashtra Assembly elections are just over a month away and the opposition MahaVikas Aghadi has firmed up seat sharing on 263 of the state's 288 Assembly constituencies, sources told NDTV.

Decks have been cleared for bypolls to two Assembly seats and the high-profile Wayanad constituency in Kerala with the Election Commission on Tuesday announcing the dates for the two-phase by-elections to 48 Assembly seats and 2 Lok Sabha seats.

Bypolls to 48 Assembly seats and two Parliamentary seats will be held in two phases on November 13 and 20, and the results will be declared on November 23, along with the results of the Maharashtra and Jharkhand polls.

Haryana Congress president Udai Bhan has lost from Hodal Assembly constituency by a margin of over 2,500 votes, compounding the main Opposition party's disappointment at losing an election it was expected to win comfortably.

Independent candidate and India's richest woman Savitri Jindal has secured a significant victory from the Hisar Assembly constituency, winning by a margin of 18,941 votes.

The initial leads for Haryana have begun coming in and they are in line with what the exit polls have predicted. As of 8.15 am, the Congress is ahead in 17 of the state's 90 Assembly constituencies while the BJP is leading in nine.