Up Assembly Poll

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.

Shaina NC, the spokesperson of the BJP, has made an appearance on the list of Shiv Sena of Eknath Shinde -- one of the many surprises thrown up by the tussle over seats on either side in the assembly elections 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.

INDIA bloc candidates will contest all nine seats in the upcoming bypolls on his party's election symbol 'cycle', Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh Yadav announced on Wednesday.

Exit polls create expectations that cannot always be met and before getting hopes up, one should look into the specifics of the exit poll -- like where it was held and what was the sample size, the Election Commission said today.

The fallout of the Congress' poor show in the Haryana election - which has included a stinging attack from allies Shiv Sena (UBT) and Trinamool - rumbles on, with the Samajwadi Party snubbing a seat-share ask for by-polls to 10 UP Assembly seats.

Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti's daughter Iltija Mufti conceded defeat in the assembly elections today, as her party - People's Democratic Party (PDP) led by her mother - is headed towards one of its worst performances.

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.

Upping the ante against the Congress less than two hours before campaigning ended for the Haryana Assembly elections, which will be held in two days, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that the party stands for corruption and casteism.

With the stage set for the first phase of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly scheduled for September 18, the fate of 219 candidates will be determined by over 23.27 lakh voters.

BJP leader Kirit Somaiya on Tuesday refused to take up the responsibility as "communication chief with the Election Commission of India for Maharashtra assembly polls", stating that he should have been consulted beforehand.

The Election Commission has set up 24 special polling stations in Jammu, Udhampur and New Delhi to facilitate voting by Kashmiri migrants in the upcoming Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections, a senior official said.

Ahead of the Assembly elections, the Gurugram district election department has further accelerated the pace of preparations, saying that polling stations have been set up in the district's high-rise societies.

With assembly polls in key states coming up, Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi today said the "mahaul (public mood)" is in the Congress's favour. Her remarks come ahead of assembly polls in Haryana, Maharashtra and Jharkhand.

Top BJP leaders in Uttar Pradesh will meet this morning to review preparations for the upcoming by-elections to 10 assembly seats, the first polls in the state after a sharp drop in the ruling party's tally in the recent Lok Sabha election.

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.

Shaina NC, the spokesperson of the BJP, has made an appearance on the list of Shiv Sena of Eknath Shinde -- one of the many surprises thrown up by the tussle over seats on either side in the assembly elections 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.

INDIA bloc candidates will contest all nine seats in the upcoming bypolls on his party's election symbol 'cycle', Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh Yadav announced on Wednesday.

Exit polls create expectations that cannot always be met and before getting hopes up, one should look into the specifics of the exit poll -- like where it was held and what was the sample size, the Election Commission said today.

The fallout of the Congress' poor show in the Haryana election - which has included a stinging attack from allies Shiv Sena (UBT) and Trinamool - rumbles on, with the Samajwadi Party snubbing a seat-share ask for by-polls to 10 UP Assembly seats.

Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti's daughter Iltija Mufti conceded defeat in the assembly elections today, as her party - People's Democratic Party (PDP) led by her mother - is headed towards one of its worst performances.

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.

Upping the ante against the Congress less than two hours before campaigning ended for the Haryana Assembly elections, which will be held in two days, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that the party stands for corruption and casteism.

With the stage set for the first phase of the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly scheduled for September 18, the fate of 219 candidates will be determined by over 23.27 lakh voters.

BJP leader Kirit Somaiya on Tuesday refused to take up the responsibility as "communication chief with the Election Commission of India for Maharashtra assembly polls", stating that he should have been consulted beforehand.

The Election Commission has set up 24 special polling stations in Jammu, Udhampur and New Delhi to facilitate voting by Kashmiri migrants in the upcoming Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections, a senior official said.

Ahead of the Assembly elections, the Gurugram district election department has further accelerated the pace of preparations, saying that polling stations have been set up in the district's high-rise societies.

With assembly polls in key states coming up, Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi today said the "mahaul (public mood)" is in the Congress's favour. Her remarks come ahead of assembly polls in Haryana, Maharashtra and Jharkhand.

Top BJP leaders in Uttar Pradesh will meet this morning to review preparations for the upcoming by-elections to 10 assembly seats, the first polls in the state after a sharp drop in the ruling party's tally in the recent Lok Sabha election.