The National Democratic Alliance (NDA) got maximum support from the Other Backward Castes (OBCs), followed by Scheduled Tribes (STs) and Scheduled Castes (SCs), according to the IANS-CVOTER analysis...
In the political ‘dangal’ of the Lok Sabha elections 2019, a slew of film celebrities including Hema Malini, Sunny Deol, Kirron Kher, Manoj Tiwari, Anubhav Mohanty, Mimi Chakraborty and Nushrat Jahan...
The most interesting part of election result are the highest and the lowest margins. BJP’s CR Patil From Navsari seat won with the highest margin, while BJP candidate also had the lowest margin.
Sportsperson and how they fared in the 17th Lok Sabha election
Until 4 pm on Friday, the BJP had won 301 seats and was leading in one out of the 542 Lok Sabha seats that went to polls in seven phases in April and May.
After the exit polls prediction, Opposition parties rubbished the predictions. Congress MP Shashi Tharoor tweeted saying exit poll predictions are wrong and cited the example of Australia elections...
After the last phase of the 17th Lok Sabha election concluded on Sunday, TV channels flashed exit polls predicting a second term for Prime Minister Narendra Modi led NDA government. Results will be...
India’s business tycoons play a pivotal role in elections. From funding campaigns and tacit endorsements to being hot-button issues themselves, they are a major factor in the festival of democracy.
Sports Personalities who have turned into politicians
Sports personalities are star campaigners and have mass appeal for which parties field them. Some have been into politics for some time now, while few are making their political debut.
Actors are known to be star campaigners. They leverage party support and in many cases have led the parties to triumph. Several Bollywood celebrities have turned into politicians and the 17th Lok...
When it comes to elections across the globe, one of the most vital factor is money. Political parties spend huge amounts of money on campaigning, whether on the ground or to advertise on TV or social...
The Election Commission on Saturday gave a clean chit to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his Gujarat speech in which he had claimed that the Indian government had kept Pakistan on its toes to ensure...
Voting began on Monday across 72 Lok Sabha constituencies spread over nine states, mostly in the Hindi heartland, as the fourth of the mega seven-phase electoral exercise kicked off. This phase...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed a rally on April 17 in the Sambalpur Lok Sabha constituency in Odisha. On the day, a 1996-batch Karnataka cadre IAS officer, Mohammed Mohsin posted as General...
Officers on election duty are the invisible part of the voting process. They sit in one place, in the same position, at the polling booths without taking any break.
Voting began on Tuesday for 116 Lok Sabha seats, including all constituencies in Gujarat and Kerala, with BJP president Amit Shah, Congress chief Rahul Gandhi and several Union ministers among...
In a direct contest, most voters in Andhra Pradesh, Punjab, Kerala and Tamil Nadu will vote for Rahul Gandhi as the Prime Minister but in the rest of the country Narendra Modi continues to be the...
The EC issued a notice to Punjab Minister and Congress leader Navjot Singh Sidhu for violating Model Code of Conduct during an election rally in Bihar’s Katihar when he urged Muslims to not split...
YS Jagan Mohan Reddy of YSRCP, who is nipping away at the heels of Andhra Pradesh CM N. Chandrababu Naidu, is a key player in state politics. However, he could be positioning himself for a possible...
Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao submitted his explanation to the Election Commission, which had served notice to him for violating the Model Code of Conduct by allegedly making...
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and AICC president Rahul Gandhi conducted election rallies in Andhra Pradesh. The difference in their approaches is obvious in their speeches.
Campaigning for next month’s elections to all 17 Lok Sabha seats in Telangana will gather further momentum with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress President Rahul Gandhi addressing election...
When he addressed his party workers in Pune on February 9 this year, BJP’s national president Amit Shah said that he was working towards the BJP-Sena alliance winning a staggering 45 out 48 seats (...
Star Campaigners In Elections 2019 To Up Glam Quotient
TDP always fell back on either other parties or star power to win elections. Last time, it was Tollywood actor Pawan Kalyan and several other Telugu artistes.
Social media platforms, including Facebook and Twitter, agreed on Wednesday to process any request from the Election Commission to take down content within three hours during the 48-hour period...
It would not be wrong to say that never has such a situation overtaken Telugu Desam Party since its inception. We have seen how people would jostle with one another for a TDP ticket. Things have...
Cash Withdrawals Cannot Exceed Rs 10 Lakhs Under Model Code
Election commission of India will announce dates for Lok Sabha polls 2019 at 5pm at Vignan Bhavan. The Lok Sabha polls notification for Andhra Pradesh...