The results for bypolls to seven assembly seats in six states will be declared on Friday. This is significant, as this is first electoral contest between the BJP-led NDA and the Opposition’s INDIA bloc, ahead of Lok Sabha elections in 2024. The counting of votes will 8 am at centres set up in the respective…
As per party insiders, the list may include candidates for 66 seats the Congress has lost five times consecutively. (Representative Image: PTI) “For several seats we have got as many as 25 applications, while in some seats the number is five. There may be more than 4,000 applications at present. We will scrutinise them and…
The BJP, which was ousted from power in Chhattisgarh in 2018 after a 15-year rule, last week released its first list of candidates for 21 seats where it faced defeat last time. (Image: PTI) The visiting MLAs are from Assam and three non-BJP ruled states — Bihar, Odisha and Jharkhand. Legislators from West Bengal will…
The poll panel has come out with consolidated instructions issued by it from 1999 onwards on making election campaign ”eco-friendly”. (Representative Image: Shutterstock) ”Protecting the environment is not an individual task but a collective responsibility and hence the Election Commission urges all the political parties to avoid the use of plastic/polythene and similar non-biodegradable materials…