Jharkhand will go for five-phased assembly poll from November 30 to December 20. The counting of votes will take place on December 23
The last date for filing of nomination papers is November 13 and for withdrawing nominations is November 16
Sometimes, it pays to hear early warning signals
Experts see a shift in the way political parties are now addressing the electorate
The BJP is attempting to unseat the Mamata Banerjee government from power in the state
We would give priority to youth in deciding party tickets for the assembly elections. It will be a mix of youth and experience, says Delhi Congress head Subhash Chopra
The former prime minister said JD(S) would contest the bypolls to fill 15 vacancies in Karnataka Assembly alone and 'certainly maintain equidistance' from the Congress and the BJP
The BJP has also been criticised for the mismatch between seeking support from a rape accused and its much-publicised Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao campaign
PM Modi indicated Maharashtra CM and Haryana CM would continue
The BJP was set to form the government with some of the independents and small parties
Aaditya Thackeray has been given charge of the Yuva Sena and is tussling with the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad
In Haryana, a predominantly rural state, crop prices have been constantly falling for the past two years
The Congress, which had won 10 seats in the region in 2014, won 17 this time
There was good news for the BJP in Uttar Pradesh, with the party winning seven of the 11 seats that had bypolls
Manpreet Singh Ayali of Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) won over Sandeep Singh Sandhu of Congress and secured 66297 votes against Sandhu's 51625, from Dakha Assembly constituency
Congress candidate and former Union minister Kantilal Bhuria won by margin of over 27,804 votes, defeating BJP's Bhanu Bhuria, who was contesting his maiden election, an official said
Raj, whose father Ram Chandra Paswan had won the seat in the general elections for a second consecutive term, defeated Ashok Kumar of the Congress by over 1.02 lakh votes
BJP's tally in both Maharashtra and Haryana was less than the number of seats they won in 2014 assembly elections
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was leading in five seats, while the Samajwadi Party (SP) was ahead in Rampur and the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) in Jalalpur
The Congress' Rita Chaudhary defeated her nearest rival the BJP's Sushila Sigra in the Mandawa seat in Jhunjhunu by a margin of 33,704 votes