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For 2024, Balyan would expect an easier contest than five years back when the RLD, SP, and Bahujan Samaj Party had an alliance
Family dynamics and political allegiances reflect both individual ambitions and familial ties ahead of the Lok Sabha polls
The history of Bijnor Lok Sabha constituency is intertwined with the rise of the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) and its party chief Mayawati
For the past three decades, political parties with regional footprints accounted for 200 or more seats, and nearly half the votes polled in the Lok Sabha elections
From Chandigarh, the BJP has fielded its Chandigarh unit chief Sanjay Tandon. From UP's Ghazipur, the BJP has fielded Paras Nath Rai against the SP's Afzal Ansari
A third of the Bharatiya Janata party (BJP)'s 303 members of Parliament are not contesting the 2024 Lok Sabha Elections
Congress stepping back and allowing the Sena (UBT) to take the lead in the Lok Sabha fight was a sign of the national party's enlightened self-interest
According to the ADR analysis, 836 (52 per cent) candidates have declared being a graduate or above
The Congress' Nyay Patra purportedly has a solution to every problem that the Modi government has imposed on this country over the past decade, said Congress spokesperson Supriya Shrinate
The 10th Lok Sabha in 1991 had only one Independent MP, Satyendra Nath Brohmo Chaudhary, who was from Kokrajhar
Current estimates suggest that voters now make up almost 70 per cent of total population
The party omitted mentioning its promise of restoring the old pension scheme (OPS) in the manifesto
CPI (M) said it stands for state governors to be chosen out of a panel of three eminent persons proposed by the chief minister, state funding of elections and banning corporate donations to parties
The Congress was not part of the opposition alliance, and it proved to be a marginal player in UP five years back, securing a meagre 6.3 per cent of votes
A statewise look at the data shows that in 2019, Bihar recorded the highest percentage of NOTA vote share of 2%
Only eight of the 20 MPs with the highest winning margins in the 2019 Lok Sabha polls have been re-nominated by their parties for the 2024 General Elections
With the latest list of candidates, the Congress has announced its contestants on 231 seats and is set to field its lowest-ever number of candidates for any general elections since 1951-52
Provide polling officials and voters with oral rehydration salts (ORS)
DMK President and Chief Minister M K Stalin questioned the BJP's 'sudden love' for fishermen ahead of elections
Begins campaigning in UP from Meerut