assembly election

Trichy (Tamil Nadu), April 11 DMK leader Udhayanidhi Stalin on Saturday dubbed actor-politician Vijay as "Delhi's B team" and said the party candidate from Trichy East, Inigo S Irudayaraj, is the original "star" of the constituency, who is set to make a mark in this April 23 Assembly election...

Thiruvananthapuram, April 11 CPI state secretary Binoy Viswam said on Saturday that there was a political motive behind the controversy surrounding the marriage of a young woman who gained prominence during the Prayagraj Kumbh Mela and later married her friend, a Muslim man, at a temple in...

Kochi, April 11 K V Thomas, the Special Representative of the Kerala government in New Delhi, said on Saturday that the CPI(M)-led LDF will return to power for a third time, and the Congress-led UDF will not form a government due to the alleged "internal conflicts" within it.Thomas, a former...

Puducherry, April 10 The Puducherry, Karaikal, Mahe, and Yanam regions have six centers for counting the votes cast in the single-phase Assembly election held on April 9.Puducherry's Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) P Jawahar said in a press release on Friday that while Puducherry, with 23...

In Assam, the Election Commission has announced re-polling at one polling station in the Sribhumi district. The Commission has declared the polling held at the Babyland High English School Polling Station, under the Karimganj North Assembly Constituency, yesterday as invalid. Re-polling will now...

Karaikudi (Tamil Nadu), April 10 TVK chief Vijay's journey, as part of his Assembly election campaign plan, from Madurai, was considerably delayed, and as a result, he missed the scheduled speech here on Friday, disappointing his fans and supporters who had been waiting for hours.Party sources...

Chennai, April 10 DMK leader Udhayanidhi Stalin held a roadshow in Chennai's Chepauk-Thiruvallikeni Assembly constituency on Friday, from where he is seeking re-election for the second time.Udhayanidhi, who has been campaigning throughout the state in support of the DMK-led Secular Progressive...

Kannur (Kerala), April 10 Multiple incidents of violence were reported in various parts of the Taliparamba constituency here, with a CPI(M) worker allegedly stabbed and Congress-led UDF workers attacked after the Assembly election polling concluded on Thursday night, police said.In...

Erode (Tamil Nadu), April 9 DMK leader Kanimozhi stated on Thursday that AIADMK chief Edappadi K Palaniswami had betrayed Tamil Nadu by forming an alliance with the BJP, and that people will reject the combine in the April 23 elections.She criticized the AIADMK general secretary for supporting...

Kolkata, April 9 – The Election Commission of India has filed an FIR against Trinamool Congress candidate Pabitra Kar of Nandigram after receiving a complaint from BJP candidate Suvendu Adhikari. According to the commission, the complaint was filed on Thursday morning.Incidentally, on...

Kolkata, April 9 Debasish Kumar, the Trinamool Congress candidate for the Rashbehari assembly constituency in south Kolkata, who is seeking re-election from the seat, has declared movable and immovable assets worth a total of Rs 4.95 crore.In the affidavit filed for the 2021 assembly elections...

Chennai, April 9 AIADMK chief Edappadi K Palaniswami said on Thursday that he had only sought to know where Chief Minister M K Stalin "disappeared" during the pandemic, but did not make any wrong statements about him.Addressing a poll rally in support of his party candidate Aadhi Rajaram in...

Mumbai, April 9 Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis spoke to state Congress president Harshwardhan Sapkal on Thursday and requested him to withdraw the party's candidate from the Baramati by-election.Deputy Chief Minister and NCP president Sunetra Pawar is contesting the Baramati...

Thiruvananthapuram, April 9 – The high-stakes Assembly elections in Kerala gained significant momentum on Thursday, with nearly 50 per cent of the state's 2.71 crore electorate having cast their votes by 1 p.m., raising expectations that the final turnout could challenge long-standing records...

Davanagere/Bagalkot, April 9. Voting at polling stations in the Davanagere South and Bagalkot Assembly constituencies of Karnataka crossed 20 per cent by 11 A.M. on Thursday. Voting commenced at 7 A.M., and voters can exercise their franchise until 6 P.M.According to official data released by...

Sivasagar, Apr 9 Raijor Dal president Akhil Gogoi on Thursday claimed that the people of Assam were voting to save democracy from the "fascist BJP government".Gogoi, who is seeking re-election from the Sibsagar seat, claimed that people of the state were turning up at polling booths in large...

Kottayam (Kerala), April 9 Congress candidate Chandy Oommen, son of former Chief Minister Oommen Chandy, wore black attire as a mark of protest while arriving to cast his vote along with his family in the crucial Assembly election at Puthuppally on Thursday.Around 10:30 am, Oommen, accompanied...

Bengaluru, April 9 In the first two hours since voting began for bypolls to the two Bagalkot and Davanagere South assembly constituencies, the voter turnout stood at 11.87 percent and 9.01 percent, respectively, on Thursday.The voting for the bypolls in the two constituencies, necessitated by...

Puducherry, April 9 Voting for the Assembly election commenced amid tight security across the union territory of Puducherry on Thursday, with 9.50 lakh voters set to decide the electoral fortunes of the ruling NDA, determined to retain power, and the opposition INDIA bloc, which is steadfast in...

New Delhi, April 9 Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday appealed to the people of Assam, Kerala, and Puducherry to exercise their franchise in large numbers in the upcoming assembly elections in the two states and the Union Territory.In separate messages in English, in addition to...