election results

New Delhi, February 27 – The highly anticipated vote counting for Jharkhand's urban civic elections was underway on Friday, amid tight security arrangements across the state.The elections for 48 Urban Local Bodies (ULBs), including nine Municipal Corporations, 20 Municipal Councils, and 19...

New Delhi, February 18 – The resurgent Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami is asserting itself politically, as evidenced by its firm stance on immediate constitutional reforms, directing its criticism at the newly formed government led by BNP's Tarique Rahman.In June last year, the registration of...

Hyderabad, February 18 – Backward Classes have won more than 61 per cent of the seats in the recently held municipal elections in Telangana.Although 28.22 per cent of the wards in municipalities and 35.25 per cent divisions in municipal corporations were reserved for Backward Classes (BCs)...

Hyderabad, February 16 – The BJP has significantly increased its presence in urban local bodies (ULBs) in Telangana and emerged as the largest party in more than 15 municipalities, state BJP president N. Ramchander Rao said on Monday.He claimed that the party opened its account in several...

Hyderabad, February 16 Tension gripped the town of Thorrur in the Mahabubabad district on Monday as workers from the BRS and the ruling Congress were engaged in scuffles during the election of the municipal chairman.Neither party secured a clear majority in Thorrur in the February 11 municipal...

Kolkata, February 15 – West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has sent flowers and sweets to Tarique Rahman after his party's landslide victory in Bangladesh's 13th national parliamentary election, sources in the state government said on Sunday.Banerjee congratulated the citizens of...

Hyderabad, February 15 Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy said on Sunday that the Congress secured 85 to 90 per cent of the municipalities and municipal corporations in the recently held urban local body elections, attributing the outcome to his government's two-year administration...

Thane, February 14 Ahead of the mayoral election in the Bhiwandi-Nizampur Municipal Corporation in Thane district, the leader of a local party, which has four corporators, was arrested on Saturday in a case of alleged fraud, police said.The mayoral election in the Bhiwandi civic body is...

Dhaka, February 14 – With the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) set to form the next government in Bangladesh following a decisive victory in the 13th Parliamentary election, the party’s chairman, Tarique Rahman, emphasized on Saturday the need to maintain law and order “at any cost” and urged...

New Delhi, February 14 – Senior Congress leader and Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, on Saturday described the party’s performance in the Telangana local body elections as an endorsement of its governance model centered on welfare, dignity, and inclusive growth...

Dhaka, February 14 – Following a decisive victory in the 13th Parliamentary election, the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) is set to form the next government in Bangladesh. In response, the radical Islamist party, Jamaat-e-Islami, alleged that the results in some constituencies were rigged...

Washington, February 14 – Former White House official Lisa Curtis described the election results as "a good day for Bangladeshi democracy," noting the largely peaceful conduct of the elections as a positive sign, while also highlighting the rise of Jamaat-e-Islami and the damage to institutions...

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 were significant because they followed a period of political turmoil, instability, and security...

February 13, New Delhi – The Caribbean nation of Barbados has elected Prime Minister Mia Mottley for a historic third consecutive term, with her Barbadian Labour Party (BLP) winning all seats in the island nation's House of Assembly, as counting concluded early Thursday.Mottley's BLP secured...

Hyderabad, February 13 The ruling Congress party is ahead of the opposition BRS and BJP as counting for the Telangana Municipal elections progressed on Friday.Out of the 2,582 wards in 116 municipalities where elections were held on February 11, Congress was leading in 300, while BRS was...

Dhaka, February 13 The Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) appeared to be solidifying its lead over its former ally, Jamaat-e-Islami, as the counting of votes for the crucial general elections, aimed at replacing the interim administration, progressed late on Thursday night. This administration...

Municipal elections in Telangana concluded peacefully, with only a few minor incidents, and electoral officials reported a total voter turnout of 73.01 percent across the state. Voters turned out in large numbers to cast their votes. Among the municipalities, Choutuppal in the Yadadri...