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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
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
Besides Indore, seven more seats in Madhya Pradesh will go to the polls on May 13, concluding elections to the state's 29 seats
Congress says PM guilty of distorting remarks
Several of the parties have petitioned the Election Commission to postpone the polling in Anantnag pointing to inaccessibility
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
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 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
Says Congress wanted to bring back estate duty; latter calls claims 'lies'
The BJP and its allies won 62 of the 87 seats in 2019
Congress claimed EC is 'super, super cautious' when it comes to complaints against PM Modi
PM lying since election slipping away from BJP grasp: Rahul Gandhi
He said the Congress' actions betrayed that it didn't respect either the Constitution or B R Ambedkar, while he was dedicated to protecting the sanctity of that document
Urges people to vote in large numbers on Friday
Of the 87 seats, the BJP and its former allies won 62, or 71% of the seats, and another seat was won by its current ally, the JD(S) in the previous general election
The Vokkaliga dominated seat has sent leaders such as former Karnataka CM SM Krishna to the parliament
The decline in voter turnout in the Nagaland Lok Sabha constituency was over 25 per cent because of calls for a poll boycott across six districts
Polling in Barmer-Jaisalmer (Rajasthan) Lok Sabha seat will be held on April 26
The insistent requests from candidates for more Congress guarantee cards is reinvigorating strategists and war room leaders. With plans to distribute 30 million cards, the Congress aims for 80 million
In a bypoll in 2002, after the sitting Congress MP passed away, Deve Gowda defeated Shivakumar from the seat. The constituency votes in the second phase on April 26