Kolkata, March 8 – The special intensive revision of electoral rolls in West Bengal has introduced a new political variable ahead of the assembly polls, with Election Commission data showing a marginally sharper decline in women electors than men – a shift analysts say could influence outcomes...
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Kathmandu, March 8 – Balendra Shah, the rapper turned politician, is set to form the government in Nepal after securing a resounding victory in the crucial general election, results of which were declared on Sunday. This victory has significantly weakened the established parties in the...
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Kathmandu, March 7 RSP leader and rapper-turned-politician Balendra Shah 'Balen' defeated four-time prime minister K P Sharma Oli by a significant margin of about 50,000 votes in the Jhapa-5 constituency, the traditional stronghold of the CPN-UML.The Rashtriya Swatantrata Party (RSP) leader...
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communist party of nepal (unified marxist–leninist)
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Kathmandu, March 7 RSP's Balendra Shah defeated four-time Prime Minister K. P. Sharma Oli by a significant margin and is set to form the next government in Nepal, effectively dismantling traditional political parties in the first general elections since last year's violent protests by the Gen Z...
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madhesh province
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proportional voting
rastriya swatantra party (rsp)
New Delhi, February 24 The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed the deployment of West Bengal civil judges, in addition to 250 district judges, and the requisitioning of judicial officers from Jharkhand and Odisha to handle the 80 lakh claims and objections related to deletion from the electoral...
New Delhi, February 24 The Supreme Court on Tuesday allowed the Chief Justice of the Calcutta High Court to deploy civil judges and also to requisition judicial officers from neighboring Jharkhand and Odisha to deal with the 80 lakh claims and objections in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision...
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New Delhi, February 21 Union Minister Kiren Rijiju described the Supreme Court's order for the deployment of judicial officers to assist in the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the electoral rolls in West Bengal as a "very significant directive" and stated that the Mamata Banerjee...
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Dhaka, February 15 The right-wing Jamaat-e-Islami, which emerged as the main opposition party in the recently concluded Bangladesh elections, challenged the results on Sunday, demanding that the Election Commission recount votes in 32 constituencies where its candidates were "unfairly defeated."...
Dhaka, February 13 – The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) is poised for a decisive victory in the landmark parliamentary elections, and is set to return to power after two decades.The elections, held after a period of political instability and security concerns, including attacks on...
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