The Maharashtra Assembly elections are taking place today, with the ruling BJP-led Mahayuti alliance seeking to retain power and the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) hoping for a comeback. The campaign saw prominent leaders like Narendra Modi, Amit Shah, Rahul Gandhi, and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra crisscrossing the state to garner votes. The Mahayuti is banking on popular schemes while the MVA focuses on issues like caste-based census and social justice. The elections have also seen a significant rise in the number of candidates and voters.

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The campaign, which concluded on Monday for Jharkhand's 81-member Assembly elections, was marked by an intense political slugfest this time, with the NDA and INDIA Bloc making significant efforts to...

Nearly 1.94 lakh voters are expected to reach the polling stations in Palakkad on Wednesday as the constituency goes to polls to elect a member to replace Shafi Parambil in the Assembly.

With just hours remaining for the Palakkad bypoll, the CPI-M-led Left Democratic Front has landed in controversy over an election advertisement targeting Sandeep Warrier, a former BJP leader who...

BJP national general secretary Vinod Tawade, who was under attack in connection with the cash-for-vote controversy, on Tuesday said that let the CCTV footage be checked to know the reality.

Maharashtra, Jharkhand Assembly elections, bypolls: Polling will begin in all the 288 assembly seats in Maharashtra and 81 constituencies in Jharkhand at 7 am and end at 6 pm. The votes will be counted on November 23.

Former Nationalist Congress Party (SP)’s home minister Anil Deshmukh was discharged from a private hospital a day after he was injured in a potentially fatal stone-pelting incident last night.

Intense triangular fight in Palakkad Assembly byelection as UDF, LDF, and BJP candidates reach out to voters personally.

The final round of voting for the Jharkhand Assembly elections is taking place on Wednesday, with the JMM-Congress-RJD coalition seeking to retain power while the BJP-led NDA aims to take control. The election will decide the fate of Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren, his wife, and several other candidates. Key issues during the campaign included alleged infiltration from Bangladesh, corruption, and Hindutva.

Bypolls will be held on Wednesday in 15 assembly seats spread across Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Kerala and Uttarakhand. The bypolls, however, will not have any direct impact on the respective legislative assemblies. The results will be declared on November 23. In Uttar Pradesh, polling will be held in Katehari, Karhal, Meerapur, Ghaziabad, Majhawan, Sisamau, Khair, Phulpur and Kundarki. Ninety candidates are in the fray in these seats with the maximum of 14 in Ghaziabad. This will be the first electoral test of the INDIA bloc as well as the NDA in the politically-crucial state after the Lok Sabha elections. In Punjab, bypolls will be held in four assembly seats - Gidderbaha, Dera Baba Nanak, Chabbewal (SC) and Barnala. The bypolls were necessitated after MLAs representing them were elected to the Lok Sabha. Polling will also be held for the Palakkad seat in Kerala and Kedarnath in Uttarakhand.

Mumbai, home to 1 crore voters and 420 candidates vying for 36 assembly seats, is gearing up for the Maharashtra Assembly elections on November 20. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has completed all preparations for smooth conduct of the polls, ensuring a robust security arrangement and dedicated facilities for senior citizens and differently-abled voters. The BMC has also urged citizens to exercise their franchise, emphasizing the importance of active participation in strengthening democracy.

Mumbai, Nov 19 (IANS): In possibly the most critical state Assembly elections with possible national ramifications, over 9.50 crore people in Maharashtra will troop out on Wednesday to pick their choice between the ruling MahaYuti alliance and the Opposition Maha Vikas Aghadi-INDIA bloc. While both sides are confident.....

Ranchi, Nov 19 (IANS): The campaign, which concluded on Monday for Jharkhand's 81-member Assembly elections, was marked by an intense political slugfest this time, with the NDA and INDIA Bloc making significant efforts to win over voters. Over a 35-day campaign, star campaigners from both sides organised more than 500.....

Mumbai, Nov 19 (IANS): The state election machinery is fully prepared to hold polling on Wednesday for the 288-member Maharashtra Legislative Assembly with the deployment of 15 lakh personnel across the state. The polling will begin at 7 am and end at 6 pm at 1,00,186 polling stations. More than two lakh police and se.....

Counting of votes set for Nov 23

Maharashtra-Jharkhand Assembly elections 2024: Polling for Assembly elections is underway in Maharashtra and Jharkhand. On this occasion, Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged people of both states to vote in large numbers in order to enhance the democratic festival.

Palakkad bypolls: Smooth start to polling in Palakkad byelection with minor delays, expected to pick up throughout the day.

The ruling Mahayuti is banking on its popular schemes like Majhi Ladki Bahin for women helping it retain power

Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat were among the early voters to exercise their franchise as polling was underway on Wednesday for the state assembly elections.

Polling began Wednesday morning in the Maharashtra assembly elections, where the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party-led Mahayuti alliance is vying to retain power and the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) combine is hoping for a strong comeback.

In the first six hours of the second and final phase of polling in Jharkhand, nearly 48 per cent of around 1.23 crore voters exercised their franchise on Wednesday in 38 assembly constituencies, officials said.

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Former Uttar Pradesh Governor and senior BJP leader Ram Naik exercised his franchise on Wednesday morning at the Pahadi School polling station in Goregaon, Mumbai.

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NCP(SP) Chief Sharad Pawar on Wednesday slammed the BJP for levelling allegations against his daughter and party MP Supriya Sule in connection with cryptocurrency fraud.

A high-level meeting of the ruling Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) held at the party headquarters has condemned the Union Government’s move to impose Hindi on non-Hindi speaking states. In a...