Kerala Rajya Sabha Polls

Confidence in the INDIA bloc took a hit by close of voting after six Congress MLAs in Himachal Pradesh and seven Samajwadi Party lawmakers in Uttar Pradesh cross-voted in the February 27 Rajya Sabha election.

Left Democratic Front (LDF) candidates John Brittas and V Sivadasan today filed nomination papers for the Rajya Sabha polls, scheduled on April 30.

The Election Commission (EC) on Monday declared that polls to the three Rajya Sabha seats from Kerala falling vacant later this month will be held on April 30.

The Kerala High Court on Monday directed the Election Commission to hold the biennial election to the three Rajya Sabha seats from Kerala from the present state Assembly.

Senior CPI(M) leader Sitaram Yechury questioned the Election Commission's (EC) decision to keep in abeyance the elections to fill three Rajya Sabha seats from Kerala, and called it "unconstitutional."

The second part of the Budget session of Parliament was off to a stormy start today - the Rajya Sabha was adjourned at 10.02 am, minutes after Question Hour began - as Congress MPs raised slogans demanding a debate over the rise in fuel prices in the past many weeks. The Upper House then got adjourned three more times before calling it a day in the...

MV Shreyams Kumar, state president of the ruling LDF ally Loktantrik Janata Party, was elected to the Rajya Sabha from Kerala in the bypoll held in Thiruvananthapuram on Monday to fill the vacancy caused by the death of his father and media baron MP Veerendra Kumar.

Loktantrik Janata Dal (LJD) state president MV Shreyams Kumar filed his nomination paper on Thursday to contest the Rajya Sabha poll from Kerala as the Left Democratic Front (LDF) candidate.

Kerala Congress (M) candidate Jose K Mani filed his papers as the United Democratic Front nominee for the June 21 biennial elections to Rajya Sabha, amid controversy over the Congress decision to forego its seat in the upper house of the parliament in favour of its ally.

Counting is on for the Rajya Sabha elections in seven states today. 59 seats are at stake in the elections to the Upper House of parliament. For the 59 Rajya Sabha seats to be filled, 33 candidates from 10 states were declared elected unopposed. While the elections in Uttar Pradesh are being watched closely, contests are on in six other states as w...

In a nail-biting finish last evening, the BJP managed to outwit Mayawati by ensuring her Bahujan Samaj Party's sole candidate was denied a Rajya Sabha seat in Uttar Pradesh. Just after that, a row broke out in Jharkhand as election officials held back the result for the state's second seat. The ruling BJP had won one seat and the second, was expect...

Ahead of the Lok Sabha polls due next year, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has sent a clear hint to the Congress for a possible tie-up. The Trinamool Congress chief today announced that her party would support Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi in Rajya Sabha elections from the state.

Superstar Mammootty, his actor son Dulquar Salman and BJP Rajya Sabha member Suresh Gopi were among the celebrities who made a beeline to polling stations and cast their votes today.

The outcome of the Rajya Sabha elections in Kerala on Monday went on expected lines with the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) winning two seats and the Left Democratic Front (LDF) seeing one of its two candidates getting elected. Congress veteran and sitting Rajya Sabha member PJ Kurian and former legislator and Kerala Congress-Mani lead...

Four aspirants are in the fray for three vacancies to the Rajya Sabha from Kerala for which elections will be held tomorrow. Going by the strength of the rival coalitions in the Assembly, the ruling Congress-led UDF could win two seats, and the LDF one.

Confidence in the INDIA bloc took a hit by close of voting after six Congress MLAs in Himachal Pradesh and seven Samajwadi Party lawmakers in Uttar Pradesh cross-voted in the February 27 Rajya Sabha election.

Left Democratic Front (LDF) candidates John Brittas and V Sivadasan today filed nomination papers for the Rajya Sabha polls, scheduled on April 30.

The Election Commission (EC) on Monday declared that polls to the three Rajya Sabha seats from Kerala falling vacant later this month will be held on April 30.

The Kerala High Court on Monday directed the Election Commission to hold the biennial election to the three Rajya Sabha seats from Kerala from the present state Assembly.

Senior CPI(M) leader Sitaram Yechury questioned the Election Commission's (EC) decision to keep in abeyance the elections to fill three Rajya Sabha seats from Kerala, and called it "unconstitutional."

The second part of the Budget session of Parliament was off to a stormy start today - the Rajya Sabha was adjourned at 10.02 am, minutes after Question Hour began - as Congress MPs raised slogans demanding a debate over the rise in fuel prices in the past many weeks. The Upper House then got adjourned three more times before calling it a day in the...

MV Shreyams Kumar, state president of the ruling LDF ally Loktantrik Janata Party, was elected to the Rajya Sabha from Kerala in the bypoll held in Thiruvananthapuram on Monday to fill the vacancy caused by the death of his father and media baron MP Veerendra Kumar.

Loktantrik Janata Dal (LJD) state president MV Shreyams Kumar filed his nomination paper on Thursday to contest the Rajya Sabha poll from Kerala as the Left Democratic Front (LDF) candidate.

Kerala Congress (M) candidate Jose K Mani filed his papers as the United Democratic Front nominee for the June 21 biennial elections to Rajya Sabha, amid controversy over the Congress decision to forego its seat in the upper house of the parliament in favour of its ally.

Counting is on for the Rajya Sabha elections in seven states today. 59 seats are at stake in the elections to the Upper House of parliament. For the 59 Rajya Sabha seats to be filled, 33 candidates from 10 states were declared elected unopposed. While the elections in Uttar Pradesh are being watched closely, contests are on in six other states as w...

In a nail-biting finish last evening, the BJP managed to outwit Mayawati by ensuring her Bahujan Samaj Party's sole candidate was denied a Rajya Sabha seat in Uttar Pradesh. Just after that, a row broke out in Jharkhand as election officials held back the result for the state's second seat. The ruling BJP had won one seat and the second, was expect...

Ahead of the Lok Sabha polls due next year, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has sent a clear hint to the Congress for a possible tie-up. The Trinamool Congress chief today announced that her party would support Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi in Rajya Sabha elections from the state.

Superstar Mammootty, his actor son Dulquar Salman and BJP Rajya Sabha member Suresh Gopi were among the celebrities who made a beeline to polling stations and cast their votes today.

The outcome of the Rajya Sabha elections in Kerala on Monday went on expected lines with the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) winning two seats and the Left Democratic Front (LDF) seeing one of its two candidates getting elected. Congress veteran and sitting Rajya Sabha member PJ Kurian and former legislator and Kerala Congress-Mani lead...

Four aspirants are in the fray for three vacancies to the Rajya Sabha from Kerala for which elections will be held tomorrow. Going by the strength of the rival coalitions in the Assembly, the ruling Congress-led UDF could win two seats, and the LDF one.