Ten parties from across the country came together at a massive rally in Tumkur, Karnataka on Thursday (12th March) to launch a Third Front. The objective behind launching the Third Front is to put an alternative to the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the general elections beginning ...

On Wednesday (11th March), the Election Commission said it would consider the request from some quarters to postpone the upcoming parliamentary polls in Kerala by a week. Clarifying the reason Election Commission said the postponement is due to the ‘Vishu’ festival falling on April 14. ...

Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) has decided to field former Punjab governor B.K.N. Chhibber as its candidate for the Amritsar Lok Sabha seat, making him stand against ex-cricketer and current Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP  Navjot Singh Sidhu. The BSP National General Secretary, Narender ...

After splitting with Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over seat-sharing issue, Navin Patnaik's Biju Janta Dal may officially join the Third Front on Monday (9th March). Left leader Sitaram Yechury is in the state capital, Bhubaneshwar to hold meetings with BJD on joining the Third Front. Earlier, on ...

Nine-year-old Pinki Sonakar, who was the protagonist of Oscar winning documentary Smile Pinki, has been roped in as the election mascot of the National Dalit Front. The recently floated political coalition includes the Indian Justice Party (IJP), the Lok Janshakti Party (LJP) the Gondwana Party and ...

Former Indian prime minister VP Singh's son Ajai Pratap Singh has joined Ram Vilas Paswan-led Lok Janshakti Party. Ram Vilas Paswan announced on Friday (March 6) that Ajai Pratap Singh will contest Lok Sabha polls from Fatehpur. While making the announcement, Paswan appealed to the UPA partners not ...

Actor-turned-MP Raj Babbar will contest Lok Sabha election from Fatehpur Sikri constituency in Uttar Pradesh as Congress candidate. The Congress party on Wednesday (March 4) announced the first list of 24 candidates who will contest Lok Sabha election from Uttar Pradesh. The list included the names ...

The Bajujan Samaj Party (BSP) announced that it will contest all the 26 Lok Sabha seats in Gujarat. BSP spokesperson in Gujarat, R.P. Singh stated that considering Gujarat to be an important state, the party high command has decided to field candidates from all 26 seats in the ...

The Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) announced on Tuesday (March 3) to form a third front to fight the Lok Sabha elections in the state. While interacting with the media, national general secretary of JMM, Dulal Bhuiya stated that his party is considering to constitute a third front with the support of ...

With a view to provide exhaustive information about the 15th Lok Sabha election commencing on April 16, the Press Information Bureau (PIB) launched a special website on Monday (March 2). One can get all information regarding the general elections by simply typing the URL- ...

The Election Commission of India has ended all speculations on 15th Lok Sabha election dates by announcing that five-phase election will kick start on April 16 and continue till May 13. The counting of votes will be done on May 16.  The elections will be held in 5 phases in J&K and Uttar ...

Ajit Singh-led Rashtriya Lok Dal has tied up with the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) for the forth-coming Lok Sabha elections.  Ajit Singh announced the alliance with NDA at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) headquarters in New Delhi in the presence of prime ministerial candidate LK ...

Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress has joined hands with Congress to fight against ruling Left Front of West Bengal in the upcoming Lok Sabha election. West Bengal Congress president Pranab Mukherjee announced on Sunday (March 1) night that both the parties will form an alliance to fight the ...

Navin Chawla is all set to become the next Chief Election Commissioner of India as President Pratibha Patil has rejected N Gopalaswami’s recommendation to remove Chawla. The out going Chief Election Commissioner, N Gopalaswami will end his tenure on April 20 after which Navin Chawla will hold ...

Minister of state for commerce Jairam Ramesh on Wednesday (February 25) resigned from his post in order to devote full time to congress party's election campaign. The minister has submitted his resignation papers to Primer Minister Manmohan Singh and President Pratibha Patil. The President has duly ...

The Election Commission (EC) of India on Tuesday (February 17) imposed ban on publishing results of exit polls and opinion polls from 48 hours before voting till the end of all phases of the election. The ban was imposed following a notification of the Supreme Court of India. Detailed guidelines ...

Dr. Farooq Abdullah, former Chief Minister of J & K and President of National Conference, was elected to Rajya Sabha along with his party colleague Mohammad Shafi Uri, on Friday (February 13).
 
According to the returning officer, while Farooq Abdulla polled 27 votes, his party man ...

The coming Lok Sabha elections 2009 will be held between April 8 and May 15. This information was revealed by Election Commissioner S Y Quraishi in London. Quraishi said after delivering a lecture on 'J and K Elections 2008', at the India House last evening (27th January).
 
He however told ...

DMK on Monday (12th January) won the Tirumangalam bye-election by a comfortable margin with its candidate Latha Athiyaman trouncing her nearest AIADMK rival M Muthuramalingam by 39,266 votes.
 
With the win, the DMK added one more seat to its tally in the 234-member state assembly as its ...

West Bengal’s principal opposition party Trinamool Congress Friday (9th January) wrested the Nandigram assembly constituency from the ruling Left Front by a huge margin in the Jan 5 by-poll.
 
Nandigram area has achieved notoriety in the last two years for the violence associated with ...

The chief minister of Jharkhand Shibu Soren suffered a major set back when he lost a crucial assembly by-election to Jharkhand Party candidate Gopal Krishna Patar by 9,000 votes. Gopal Krishna is a member of the ruling alliance led by the JMM. The winning of Tamar assembly seat was important for ...

The Rajinder Nagar seat in the Delhi Assembly elections has been won by Ramakant Goswami of the Congress by over 6000 votes. Goswami defeated his nearest BJP rival Asha Yogi, the widow of late leader Puran Chand Yogi. With this win, the strength of Congress in Delhi Assembly has gone to 43 from ...

In the recent assembly election in five states Congress put up an impressive show by cornering three states: Delhi, Mizoram and Rajasthan into its kitty. While in Delhi Congress obtained a simple majority and captured power for third time consecutively. Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit has ...

The Congress party is all set to come to power in the states of Mizoram, Delhi and Rajasthan by maintaining an impressive lead in the all the three states. In Chhattisgarh, a neck-and-neck competition is going on between the Congress and BJP. However, BJP has established a clear lead in Madhya ...

Early trends show Congress leading in Rajasthan against BJP. However, BJP is reported to be enjoying upper hand in the state of Madhya Pradesh. On the other hand, both Congress and BJP are in neck-and-neck tussle in Delhi. Counting of votes for the recently held assembly elections in Rajasthan, ...

The proposed Prime Ministerial candidate and Senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader L.K. Advani on Monday (November 17) announced that BJP would create a separate Telangana state in Andhra Pradesh, if voted to power in 2009 Lok Sabha elections.
While addressing an election rally in Raipur, ...

Dispersing the speculations over the possibility of early Lok Sabha elections, Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh said that the elections would be held as per the schedule. He made the statement to media-persons, accompanying him on his way back home from the G 20 Summit in Washington, on November ...

It is not even a fortnight left for Delhi Assembly elections and the electoral dice seems to have been rolling a bit faster. The Congress, in its latest bid to woo voters, has claimed to seek the “special-statehood identity” for Delhi, if it manages to retain the coveted throne. If the ...

The chief minister of Delhi, Sheila Dikshit is likely to contest in the up-coming assembly election from New Delhi constituency. This decision was announced by Congress party while revealing its first list of 48 candidates for Delhi elections. Meanwhile, rival party BJP is reported to nominate the ...

The Supreme Court of India has stayed JNUSU (Jawaharlal Nehru University Students Union) election for violation of Lyngdoh Committee recommendations. The stay order came on the plea filed by amicus-curiae and Additional Solicitor General (ASG) Gopal Subramanium. They had contended that there is a ...