by-election

Ahmedabad/Anand, March 23: The Gujarat unit of the Congress party has begun the process of selecting candidates for the upcoming by-election to the Umreth Assembly constituency, with party-appointed observers set to hear prospective candidates, party leaders confirmed on Monday.In a letter...

Beed, March 22 As preparations are underway in Maharashtra's Beed district for the upcoming gram panchayat elections, the focus will be on Massajog village, where a by-election will be held after the sensational murder of sarpanch Santosh Deshmukh.The by-election in Massajog, in Kaij tehsil...

Bengaluru, March 22 After several rounds of discussions amidst stiff competition for party tickets, the Congress announced Umesh Meti and Samarth Mallikarjun as the party candidates for the Assembly by-elections to the Bagalkot and Davangere South assembly constituencies on Sunday.The...

Kohima, March 21 The Congress fielded T Chalukumba Ao as its candidate for the by-election to the Koridang assembly constituency in Nagaland.State Congress president S Supongmeren Jamir formally handed over the symbol to Ao at the party's state headquarters in the presence of working...

Kohima, March 21 – A multi-cornered electoral contest is likely in the April 9 by-election to the Koridang Assembly constituency in Mokokchung district of Nagaland, with major political parties having already announced their candidates.Following the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its ally...

Kochi, March 21 – With the April 9 Assembly elections approaching, the contest in Kerala's Thrikkakara constituency has drawn significant attention, shaped by personal loss, a contestant's recovery, and a competitive three-way race.The seat became vacant in 2022 after the death of P.T. Thomas...

Agartala, March 19 – A multi-corner political contest is likely in the April 9 by-election to the Dharmanagar Assembly constituency in Tripura's North Tripura district, with major political parties stepping up preparations.Following the announcement by the CPI-M-led Left Front, the Bharatiya...

Agartala, March 19 Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha expressed confidence on Thursday about the BJP's victory in the by-election to the Dharmanagar Assembly seat, asserting that it would be a one-sided affair since the opposition was "unsettled".The by-election is scheduled for April 9, with...

New Delhi/Bhopal, March 19 – The Madhya Pradesh Congress unit has praised the Supreme Court's decision to stay the Madhya Pradesh High Court's order and maintain Congress leader Mukesh Malhotra's status as a legislator until the next hearing.The Congress described the interim relief by the...

Agartala/Kohima, March 19 – The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) announced its candidates for the April 9 by-elections to two Assembly constituencies in the Northeastern states of Tripura and Nagaland on Thursday.According to notifications issued by election authorities in both states, nominations...

Bengaluru, March 19 – The BJP has announced its candidates for the by-elections to the Bagalkote and Davanagere South Assembly constituencies on the occasion of Ugadi, setting the stage for intense political contests in both seats ahead of the April 9 polls.In Bagalkote, the party has fielded...

Panaji, March 19 The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) announced Geetesh Naik as its candidate for the Ponda assembly by-election in Goa, scheduled for April 9.Naik joined AAP on Wednesday in the presence of the party's national convenor, Arvind Kejriwal, in Ponda, South Goa district.The by-election to...

Panaji, March 18 MLAs from the Congress, AAP, and the Revolutionary Goans Party (RGP) in Goa met Governor P. Ashok Gajapathi Raju on Wednesday to protest the shortened budget session and demanded that the assembly be reconvened.The budget session was shortened on Monday following the...

Panaji, March 18 The opposition Congress party has announced Dr. Ketan Bhatikar as its candidate for the upcoming Ponda assembly by-election in Goa.The by-election to the Ponda constituency in South Goa is scheduled for April 9, necessitated by the death of the sitting BJP MLA and former...

New Delhi, March 17 – Trinamool Congress Chairperson Mamata Banerjee refused to fall for the bait offered by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to avenge her 2021 defeat in Nandigram, which forced her to contest from the safer seat of Bhabanipur so that she could continue to be the Chief Minister...

The Election Commission of India has issued a notification today for the by-election to the Dharmanagar Assembly constituency. The process of filing nominations has started today. However, no nomination papers were filed on the first day.Nominations will be accepted until March 23. The...

Agartala/Kohima, March 16 – The official notifications for the by-elections on April 9 for two Assembly constituencies in the northeastern states of Tripura and Nagaland were issued on Monday, officials said.According to the notifications issued by the election authorities in the two states...

Gandhinagar, March 16 – The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) announced on Monday that it will contest all 12,000 seats in the upcoming local self-government elections in Gujarat.The first list of candidates is expected to be released after a three-day screening process currently underway. The...

Panaji, March 16 Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said on Monday that the continuation of Goa's budget session will depend on the opinion of the Election Commission of India (ECI), following the announcement of a by-election for an assembly seat in the South Goa district.The budget session of the...

Ahmedabad, March 16 The vote share of the Other Backward Class (OBC) community, combined with the dominance of the Patidar community, shapes electoral politics in the Umreth assembly constituency in the Anand district of Gujarat, where a by-election is scheduled on April 23.The constituency...