Madhya Pradesh Bypoll

Union minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) nominee George Kurian was on Tuesday declared elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha in a bypoll from Madhya Pradesh by the returning officer.

INDIA bloc candidate and Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu's wife Kamlesh Thakur today won the Dehra assembly bypoll in Himachal Pradesh while the alliance's AAP secured the Jalandhar West seat and Trinamool Congress took two in West Bengal.

The Bharatiya Janata Party in Madhya Pradesh is upbeat after it won a ward in Chhindwara constituency in the local body bypolls in the state, results of which were announced on Friday.

The constituencies that recently went to bypolls in Madhya Pradesh had an unexpected runner-up. NOTA (None of The Above) was the third most-polled option in two Assembly constituencies while in one seat, it was the fourth most-voted alternative.

Ending speculation about his replacement, the three-one bypoll win in Madhya Pradesh not ended up becoming a boost for Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan.

The ruling BJP in Madhya Pradesh today won bypolls to Jobat (SC) and Prithvipur assembly seats by wresting them from Congress but lost Raigaon (SC) constituency to the opposition party, officials said.

The Congress wrested the Mandi Lok Sabha seat from the BJP and the Shiv Sena recorded its first major win outside Maharashtra by winning in Dadra and Nagar Haveli in the October 30 bypolls results of which were declared on Tuesday.

The BJP, Congress and the Shiv Sena are leading in one each of the three Lok Sabha seats where bypolls were held on Saturday. Of these, the BJP is retaining Khandwa -- the constituency in Madhya Pradesh -- where Gyaneshwar Patil is leading the field

Madhya Pradesh BJP leader Bhuppendra Siingh on Saturday met State Election Commission officers in Bhopal and demanded legal action over the alleged booth capturing attempt by Congress supporters of their candidate in Prithvipur Assembly constituency.

With 55 candidates fighting over one Lok Sabha and three Assembly seats in the upcoming Madhya Pradesh bypolls, the main contest will be between the ruling BJP and the opposition Congress.

Sachin Birla, first-time Congress MLA from the Barwaha seat of Khargone district in MP joined the ruling BJP at Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan's rally.

Madhya Pradesh Congress MLA Sachin Birla on Sunday joined the ruling BJP in the presence of Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan at an election rally for Khandwa Lok Sabha bypoll.

The BJP has already fielded 50 per cent women candidates in the upcoming by-elections to four seats in Madhya Pradesh, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said after Priyanka Gandhi Vadra's announcement for Congress tickets in UP.

The Madhya Pradesh government last year told every department that before starting any programme, they should perform Kanya Pujan, a ritual that involves honouring girls with worship in the belief that it is auspicious.

A Madhya Pradesh minister's act of removing his spectacles stuck in the hair of the woman candidate of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) during campaigning for the upcoming assembly bypoll in Raigaon in Satna district has created a row.

Union minister and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) nominee George Kurian was on Tuesday declared elected unopposed to the Rajya Sabha in a bypoll from Madhya Pradesh by the returning officer.

INDIA bloc candidate and Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu's wife Kamlesh Thakur today won the Dehra assembly bypoll in Himachal Pradesh while the alliance's AAP secured the Jalandhar West seat and Trinamool Congress took two in West Bengal.

The Bharatiya Janata Party in Madhya Pradesh is upbeat after it won a ward in Chhindwara constituency in the local body bypolls in the state, results of which were announced on Friday.

The constituencies that recently went to bypolls in Madhya Pradesh had an unexpected runner-up. NOTA (None of The Above) was the third most-polled option in two Assembly constituencies while in one seat, it was the fourth most-voted alternative.

Ending speculation about his replacement, the three-one bypoll win in Madhya Pradesh not ended up becoming a boost for Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan.

The ruling BJP in Madhya Pradesh today won bypolls to Jobat (SC) and Prithvipur assembly seats by wresting them from Congress but lost Raigaon (SC) constituency to the opposition party, officials said.

The Congress wrested the Mandi Lok Sabha seat from the BJP and the Shiv Sena recorded its first major win outside Maharashtra by winning in Dadra and Nagar Haveli in the October 30 bypolls results of which were declared on Tuesday.

The BJP, Congress and the Shiv Sena are leading in one each of the three Lok Sabha seats where bypolls were held on Saturday. Of these, the BJP is retaining Khandwa -- the constituency in Madhya Pradesh -- where Gyaneshwar Patil is leading the field

Madhya Pradesh BJP leader Bhuppendra Siingh on Saturday met State Election Commission officers in Bhopal and demanded legal action over the alleged booth capturing attempt by Congress supporters of their candidate in Prithvipur Assembly constituency.

With 55 candidates fighting over one Lok Sabha and three Assembly seats in the upcoming Madhya Pradesh bypolls, the main contest will be between the ruling BJP and the opposition Congress.

Sachin Birla, first-time Congress MLA from the Barwaha seat of Khargone district in MP joined the ruling BJP at Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan's rally.

Madhya Pradesh Congress MLA Sachin Birla on Sunday joined the ruling BJP in the presence of Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan at an election rally for Khandwa Lok Sabha bypoll.

The BJP has already fielded 50 per cent women candidates in the upcoming by-elections to four seats in Madhya Pradesh, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said after Priyanka Gandhi Vadra's announcement for Congress tickets in UP.

The Madhya Pradesh government last year told every department that before starting any programme, they should perform Kanya Pujan, a ritual that involves honouring girls with worship in the belief that it is auspicious.

A Madhya Pradesh minister's act of removing his spectacles stuck in the hair of the woman candidate of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) during campaigning for the upcoming assembly bypoll in Raigaon in Satna district has created a row.