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Lok Sabha elections: Yadav stronghold in Madhepura set to stay in focus

Madhepura has since sent such leaders as former Union minister Sharad Yadav, former Bihar chief minister Lalu Prasad and Pappu (Rajesh Ranjan) Yadav, to the Lok Sabha

'Daro mat': PM hits out at Rahul Gandhi over contesting from Rae Bareily

It will be the first time in 25 years that a Nehru-Gandhi family member will not contest from Amethi

Of legacies and changing electoral realities in old family strongholds

On Friday morning, the Congress announced that party leader Rahul Gandhi, in addition to Kerala's Wayanad, where polling concluded on April 26, will contest from Rae Bareli

2024 Lok Sabha elections: Deo Sai looks to maintain Raigarh momentum

For the 2024 elections, BJP has fielded Radheshyam Rathiya against Congress' Menka Devi Singh

LS polls: History, law behind candidates contesting 2 seats simultaneously

Over the years, the Election Commission has backed arguments that candidates should be restricted to contesting from one seat

PM Modi hits out at Congress party, calls it 'mureed' of Pakistan

Rahul Gandhi, who was in Karnataka, said the PM cancelled his meetings after the alleged tapes of Revanna surfaced

29% candidates contesting in phase 3 have assets worth over Rs 1 crore

According to an ADR analysis of the self-sworn affidavits of all 1,352 candidates who are contesting in phase three, 244 (18 per cent) candidates have declared that they face criminal cases

BJP hopes to taste Lok Sabha success in Samajwadi Party's citadel Mainpuri

The BJP, which won SP's other two strongholds in bypolls in 2022, Rampur and Azamgarh, hopes to wrest Mainpuri, too

Voter turnout and Lok Sabha poll outcome: Here's the story so far

A total of 189 seats went to polls in the two phases

2024 Lok Sabha elections: BJP partners with JD(S) to secure Kolar seat

In 17 LS polls since 1951-52, a mere six MPs have represented Kolar in Parliament

Lok Sabha polls: Amid mounting pressure, JD(S) suspends Prajwal Revanna

Polling for 14 of Karnataka's 28 seats, including Hassan, which Prajwal, grandson of former prime minister H D Deve Gowda, has again contested, took place on April 26

Battleground 2024: Rivals misusing tech to spread fake videos, says PM

In Delhi, a BJP delegation, led by Union minister Ashwani Vaishnaw, complained to the EC alleging that the Congress circulated a "deep fake and morphed" video of Amit Shah to derail the poll process

LS polls: Congress' Indore candidate withdraws nomination, could join BJP

Besides Indore, seven more seats in Madhya Pradesh will go to the polls on May 13, concluding elections to the state's 29 seats

'Shehzada' insulted maharajas, silent on nawabs: PM Narendra Modi

Congress says PM guilty of distorting remarks

Lok Sabha polls: Anantnag-Rajouri an uphill challenge after delimitation

Several of the parties have petitioned the Election Commission to postpone the polling in Anantnag pointing to inaccessibility

LS candidates in the fray: Tamil Nadu and Gujarat at opposite ends

In Gujarat, the result has already been declared for the Surat Lok Sabha seat, where nominations of 12 candidates were rejected, including that of the Congress' candidate, because of discrepancies

Lok Sabha polls: 61% cast vote in Phase 2, Maharashtra sees lowest turnout

According to this newspaper's estimates, calculated from the data provided on the EC's turnout app at 9 pm, the voter turnout was almost 65 per cent

Jyotiraditya Scindia looks to reclaim lost glory in former bastion Guna

Jyotiraditya lost to his former aide Krishna Pal Yadav of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) by a sizeable margin of over 125,000 votes from Guna in 2019

Rajiv Gandhi abolished inheritance tax to save family wealth, says PM Modi

Says Congress wanted to bring back estate duty; latter calls claims 'lies'

Lok Sabha polls 2024: Political mercury rising, 2nd phase of voting today

The BJP and its allies won 62 of the 87 seats in 2019