Imphal, Dec 23 (IANS) The ruling Congress party’s Elangbam Suraj Singh won the by-election from the Yaiskul assembly constituency in Manipur, defeating his nearest Independent rival H. Jayadev by over 900 votes, results of which were declared Wednesday.
The Congress candidate won the seat by a margin of just 943 votes.
The by-election, held on [...]
New Delhi, Nov 30 (ANI): Samajwadi Party (SP) supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav today downplayed the remarks of party general secretary Amar Singh, on losing the Firozabad bypoll.
Amar Singh had earlier blamed the Yadav’s family over confidence for the loss.
SP general secretary said [...]
New Delhi, Nov 30 (ANI): Samajwadi Party (SP) supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav today downplayed the remarks of party general secretary Amar Singh, on losing the Firozabad bypoll.
Amar Singh had earlier blamed the Yadav’s family over confidence for the loss.
SP general secretary said [...]
Dhanbad, Nov 24 (ANI): Bollywood actress Mahima Chaudhary was on Monday caught up in a scuffle between Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) activists in Jharkhand ’s Dhanbad district.
Chaudhary was campaigning for a Congress candidate along with other party workers as they ran into activists of rival BJP.
Police said around 10,000 people clashed [...]
New Delhi, Nov 14 (IANS) Victorious Congress candidate from Firozabad parliamentary constituency in Uttar Pradesh Raj Babbar Saturday said that efforts were made by ‘certain people’ to persuade actor Salman Khan not to campaign for him.
In an interview to Star News’ weekly programme ‘Jo Kahunga, Sach Kahunga’, Raj Babbar said that Salman came to campaign [...]
Kerala/ WB/ Shimla/ Rajasthan/ Lucknow, Nov 10 (ANI): Continuing with its impressive performance in the Lok Sabha elections, the Congress led UDF retained all the three assembly seats in Kerala.
The LDF suffered a blow in politically sensitive Kannur, where Congress candidate and former CPM MP A P [...]
Lucknow, Nov 10 (IANS) Congress candidate and actor Raj Babbar was Tuesday elected to the Lok Sabha from Firozabad in Uttar Pradesh, defeating Samajwadi Party chief Mulayam Singh Yadav’s daughter-in-law Dimple by over 85,000 votes.
Celebrations erupted on the streets of Firozabad, which adjoins the Taj Mahal district of Agra, as officials announced that Raj Babbar [...]
Lucknow, Nov 10 (IANS) Congress candidate and film star Raj Babbar Tuesday won the Firozabad Lok Sabha by-election, defeating Dimple Yadav of the Samajwadi Party by over 85,000 votes, officials said.
Shimla, Nov 10 (IANS) The Congress bagged one of the two Himachal Pradesh assembly by-election seats Tuesday but that seemed scant compensation for its humiliating defeat in Rohru, always considered a stronghold of former chief minister and union Steel Minister Virbhadra Singh.
BJP’s Khushi Ram Balnatah, who had lost the elections four times against Virbhadra Singh, [...]
Guwahati, Nov 10 (IANS) Assam’s ruling Congress party Tuesday wrested both the assembly seats for which by-elections were held three days ago from the opposition Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) and the Asom United Democratic Front (AUDF).
Wajed Ali Choudhury won the South Salmara seat by a margin of more than 6,000 votes defeating AUDF candidate Abdur [...]
Raipur, Nov 10 (IANS) Chhattisgarh’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) suffered a shocking defeat Tuesday with the Congress wresting the Vaishali Nagar assembly seat in a closely contested by-poll held three days ago.
Congress candidate Bhajan Singh Nirankari, who was trailing till the 11th round of counting, improved his performance in the last five rounds and [...]
Raipur, Nov 10 (IANS) Chhattisgarh’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) suffered a shocking defeat Tuesday as the Congress wrested the Vaishali Nagar assembly seat in a closely contested by-election held three days ago.
Congress candidate Bhajan Singh Nirankari, who trailed till the 11th round of counting, surged past Jageshwar Sahu of the BJP in the last [...]
Shimla, Nov 10 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tuesday bagged one seat and the opposition Congress one in the assembly by-elections held last week.
Congress candidate Sujan Singh Pathania won the Jawali seat by 5,249 votes, whereas the BJP’s Khushi Ram Balnatah won from Rohru by a margin of 8,473 votes, state chief [...]
Raipur, Nov 10 (IANS) Chhattisgarh’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tuesday established an early lead over the Congress in the Vaishali Nagar assembly seat as officials counted votes cast in Saturday’s by-election.
Jageshwar Sahu was leading by some 600 votes over Congress candidate Bhajan Singh Nirankari, officials said. The counting of votes started in Durg district [...]
New Delhi, Nov 9 (IANS) The Election Commission said Monday it was all set for counting of votes in a Lok Sabha and 31 assembly constituencies across seven states that went to the polls Saturday.
The counting of the hundreds of thousands of votes will start at 8 a.m. and most results are expected by noon.
The [...]
New Delhi, Nov 8 (IANS) The Election Commission Sunday censured Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi for violating model code of conduct by making poll promises to influence prospective voters in the just concluded bye-polls in the state.
The panel said they had received a complaint that while campaigning in Dhekiajuli constituency Nov 3, the chief minister [...]
Jaipur, Nov 7 (IANS) Around 50 percent polling was reported Saturday in bypolls from Rajasthan’s two assembly constituencies of Todabhim and Salumber where the main battle is between the ruling Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
‘The polling, which was completely peaceful, should be in the region of around 50 percent,’ an election department official [...]
Guwahati, Nov 7 (IANS) Moderate to brisk polling was recorded till Saturday afternoon in two Assam assembly constituencies, officials said.
‘More than 50 percent polling as been recorded in both the constituencies,’ an election official said. Voting for the Dhekiajuli and South Salmara seats ends at 4 p.m.
The by-elections were necessitated after incumbent legislators Joseph Toppo [...]
Jaipur, Nov 7 (IANS) Brisk polling was reported Saturday in Rajasthan’s two assembly constituencies of Todabhim and Salumber where the main battle is between the ruling Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Long queues were seen at polling stations. The state election department said over 12 percent voted in the first three hours of polling.
The [...]
Guwahati, Nov 7 (IANS) Voting for two Assam assembly constituencies began Saturday amid tight security, officials said.
An Election Commission official said voting for the Dhekiajuli and South Salmara seats began at 8 a.m. with people lining up polling centres since early in the morning. Voting ends at 4 p.m.
The by-elections were necessitated after incumbent legislators [...]
Raipur, Nov 6 (IANS) Chhattisgarh’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the main opposition Congress will battle it out for the lone assembly seat that goes to polls Saturday.
The BJP, which is in power since December 2003, is pulling no stops to retain the seat which was vacated by its legislator Saroj Pandey.
Pandey was elected [...]
Guwahati, Nov 6 (IANS) Two Assam assembly constituencies go to polls Saturday amid tight security, officials said.
An Election Commission official said voting for the Dhekiajuli and South Salmara seats would begin at 7 a.m.
The by-elections were necessitated after incumbent legislators Joseph Toppo from the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) and Badruddin Ajmal of the Asom United [...]
Mumbai, Nov 4 (IANS) Belying rumours of a rift between them, budding actor Pratik Babbar this week took off for Ferozabad district of Uttar Pradesh to campaign for his father and Congress candidate Raj Babbar for a by-election Nov 7.
While Pratik was in Uttar Pradesh, his aunt Manya Patil confirmed Pratik’s determined bid to stand [...]
Lucknow, Nov 4 (IANS) Former Indian cricket team captain and Congress MP Mohammad Azharuddin and union Minister for Road Transport and Highways R.P.N. Singh have been charged with violating the election code of conduct ahead of by-polls in Uttar Pradesh, police said Wednesday.
Singh and Azharuddin — who is the Congress MP from Moradabad — addressed [...]
Shimla, Oct 26 (IANS) Steel Minister Virbhadra Singh Monday launched the Congress party’s election campaign in Himachal Pradesh for the Nov 7 by-elections to two assembly seats, while saying he should not be blamed if the party nominees did not win. He is upset because his wife was not nominated from one of the seats.
‘I [...]
Panchkula (Haryana), Oct 22 (IANS) Former Indian cricketer Yograj Singh, who is the father of cricket star Yuvraj Singh, Thursday lost his maiden election from Haryana’s Panchkula assembly seat.
Yograj, who was fielded by the Indian National Lok Dal (INLD), was defeated by Congress candidate Devender Kumar Bansal from the Panchkula seat, adjoining state capital Chandigarh, [...]
Itanagar, Oct 22 (IANS) The ruling Congress continued its triumphant run in Arunachal Pradesh, winning 17 of the 23 seats declared so far, as the Trinamool Congress sprang a surprise by bagging one seat in its electoral debut in the state.
Voting was held for 57 seats with three candidates already declared elected unopposed.
Chief Minister [...]
Chandigarh, Oct 22 (IANS) Punjab’s ruling Shiromani Akali Dal Thursday scored its first electoral win in Haryana with its candidate Charanjeet Singh getting elected from the Kalanwali (reserved) assembly seat.
Charanjeet Singh defeated Sushil Kumar Indora of the Congress by over 12,500 votes.
This is the first electoral victory for the Akali Dal in Haryana. The Akalis [...]
Kannur (Kerala) Oct 18 (IANS) Kannur district collector V.K. Balakrishnan Saturday sent a report to the chief electoral officer about a possible violation of election guidelines by Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs Vayalar Ravi.
Balakrishnan told IANS that he submitted a report to the chief electoral officer based on newspaper reports about the honourable minister at [...]
Kailthal, Oct 13(ANI): A polling agent was killed in Haryana’s Kailthal district on Tuesday following a clash between supporters of a Congress party candidate and an independent candidate.
According to the Deputy Commissioner of Kaithal, Amneet P. Kumar, the clash took place when supporters of Congress candidate Dillu Ram objected to [...]
