The Mumbai North West Parliamentary constituency is expected to pose stiff challenge for both the Shiv Sena and the Congress as both will have to contain the erosion of their traditional votebanks to the MNS and the Samajwadi Party.

Sena, Cong facing tough times in Mumbai North West

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Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his wife Gursharan Kaur today cast their votes at a polling station under Gauhati Lok Sabha constituency.

PM casts vote in Assam

An estimated 6.28% of the total 13.62 lakh electorate exercised their franchise in the initial hours of polling in the Udhampur-Doda parliamentary constituency in the second phase of Lok Sabha polls.

6.28% votes cast in Udhampur-Doda Lok Sabha seat

Three prominent non-Congress leaders in the UPA, including Sharad Pawar and Lalu Prasad, today sought to reach out to Left parties describing them as &quot;our friends&quot; whose &quot;blessings&quot; could be required in the post-poll scenario.

UPA allies reach out to Left, Karat says no

&quot;Party leader and nominee from Pilibhit parliamentary constituency Varun Gandhi will address election rallies in Hamirpur and Jalaun of Bundelkhand region, besides Fatehpur and Kanpur on April 26,&quot; party spokesman Hero Bajpai said today.

Varun Gandhi to campaign in UP on April 26

An estimated 21 per cent of the electorate today exercised their franchise in the second phase of Lok Sabha polls till noon, even as villagers boycotted polls at certain places in the state.

21% votes polled in Bihar till noon

Senior BJP leader Sushma Swaraj today claimed that the BJP-led NDA would reach the &quot;magic figure&quot; of 272 in the Lok Sabha elections and form the next government.

BJP will reach the magic number:Swaraj

Clashes between TDP and Congress workers and destruction of EVMs marred the final phase of polling in Andhra Pradesh today, where an average 28 per cent balloting was reported in the early hours of voting.

Violence mars second phase of polling in AP

&nbsp;Voting in the high-profile constituencies of Solapur and Madha in western Maharashtra today began on a slow but peaceful note.

Voting picking up in Solapur, Madha in Maharashtra

A BJD MLA was arrested from near a polling booth in Patkura in Orissa's Kendrapara district for allegedly disturbing polling.

BJD MLA arrested during polling in Orissa

On a day when his allies reached out to the Left parties for a post-poll tie-up, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today parried a question on whether he would take their support for a possible government formation.

PM parries questions on taking Left support

Eyeing the 1.8 million strong north Indian vote bank in Mumbai, 'Fourth Front' leaders Mulayam Singh Yadav, Lalu Prasad and Ram Vilas Paswan will hold a series of roadshows there tomorrow in support of Samajwadi Party's nominees.

'Fourth Front' roadshows for SP in Mumbai tomorrow

In a U-turn, the moderate faction of the Hurriyat Conference today went back on its decision to call for a poll boycott in Jammu and Kashmir and asked the people to stay away from Lok Sabha elections.

Hurriyat U-Turn, now calls for poll boycott

Marred by stray violence by naxalites, the second and final phase of Lok Sabha elections in Jharkhand evoked between 45 and 50 per cent votingin the eight Lok Sabha seats and Jamtara assembly bypoll.

45-50% polling in Jharkhand amid stray violence

About 75 per cent votes were cast for Lok Sabha polls in Tripura, which was peaceful, election office sources said here.

75% votes polled in Tripura

Barring stray incidents of violence, elections passed off peacefully on all the 17 seats of second phase in Uttar Pradesh on Thursday. Rising mercury had its impact on the polling in UP on the 17 seats that went for polls on Thursday.

43% polling in UP in the second phase

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The 2009 Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in Orissa witnessed a growth in the number of independent candidates compared to the last elections held in 2004 even though the success rate of such candidates has been dismal in Orissa politics.

More independent candidates for 2009 polls

The second phase polling for the parliamentary and assembly seats in Orissa today witnessed 61.46 percent (provisional) voters turnout despite scorching heat conditions. The first phase polls in the state held on April 16 had recorded 65.9 per cent voters turnout.

61.46% turnout in 2nd phase polls

West Bengal has surpassed the national average in the number candidates with criminal criminal charges, according to National Election Watch (NEW), a non-governmental organisation working parallely with the the Election Commission in the state.

18% Lok Sabha candidates in Bengal with criminal charges

The first phase of elections to the 17 Lok Sabha constituencies in Karnataka culminated more or less peacefully, except for a stray case of violence in Hoskote assembly segment, today. An estimated 51 per cent of 25.7 million voters turned out to vote. During the first phase of elections in 2004, the turnout was 61.4 per cent. However, in some places, the voting continued beyond the official closure time of 5 pm due to the heavy turnout of voters at the last minute.

Karnataka sees 51% voter turnout in phase I

In the midst of the election din, the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) turned 25 last week. From its parentage in the Backward And Minority Castes Employees Federation (BAMCEF), a non-political organisation of Dalit government employees that was set up in 1973, it has been a long and fruitful journey for the BSP to its position of dominance today in Uttar Pradesh, and (even more important) to changing the politics of northern India.

BSP at 25

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