Page 3 - Assembly Elections 2017

UP polls 2017: Open to 'all possibilities' to prevent BJP, says Akhilesh

Exit polls indicated the BJP emerging as the largest single party in UP

EXIT POLLS 2017 LIVE: India Today gives BJP 250+ seats, SP-Cong fails

BJP locked in a keen triangular battle involving the SP-Congress alliance and the BSP

Punjab Assembly polls: Anxiety level high; betting market predicts AAP win

The fate of the next government will be decided in the agricultural Malwa belt

Cash seizure up by 263 per cent this assembly polls, Rs 184 cr seized: EC

6,264 kgs of drugs was seized from UP, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Manipur and Goa during election period

Manipur Assembly election 2017: Record 86% turnout in last phase

The first phase polling, held on March 4 in 38 seats, recorded 86% turnout

UP Assembly: Biggest acid test for Modi since Lok Sabha 2014

BJP has been successful in all the state assembly polls across India barring Bihar and Delhi

UP Assembly elections 2017: 60.03% voting in final phase

Turnout for these seats was 57.92% in the last Assembly polls in 2012

Uttar Pradesh poll juggernaut halts after gruelling 2 months

The over two month long poll juggernaut in Uttar Pradesh, a state which virtually holds the key to power at the Centre, came to end this evening following the conclusion of voting in the last 7th phase.The gruelling election process, which started to roll after Election Commission (EC) on January 4, 2017, announced the polling schedule for the five election-bound states viz. UP, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Goa and Manipur.Due to its large geography, population and highest number of assembly seats at 403, the UP polling was scheduled across 7 phases starting from Western UP region and culminating with Eastern UP districts, bordering Bihar, Jharkhand and Madhya Pradesh.The polling dates in UP fell on February 11, 15, 19, 23, 27, March 4 and 8.However, one assembly segment in Ambedkarnagar district would witness polling tomorrow, since the process was postponed over the death of the ruling Samajwadi Party (SP) candidate.2017 election was marked with Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) mascot and Prime

UP Assembly election 2017: 56% voting till 4 pm in last phase

Assembly constituencies in Varanasi saw 45% polling, while Mirzapur had 47.50% polling till 4 pm

Manipur Assembly 2017: 67% votes cast in second phase till 1 pm

Irom Sharmila is pitted against the chief minister in Thoubal Assembly seat

UP polls: Brisk voting in Varanasi, women turn up in large numbers

Modi camped for three days in the temple town to canvass support for the BJP candidates

UP Elections 2017: 12% votes cast in 2 hours in final phase

Impressive voter turn out has been recorded in the first two hours of polling in all the 40 seats

Assembly Elections 2017: Holy city Varanasi slips on clean-up act

Cleaning the ghats and wards without cleaning the water would be only cosmetic, say officials

Muslim youth yearn for economic growth

An individual the Azamgarh's Shibli students were uncomfortable with was Mayawati

Varanasi road shows: 30 special flights, over 115 VVIPs touch base

Political road shows and rallies were held in Varanasi, days before the last phase of polls in UP

Akhilesh has been misguided: Sadhna Yadav

Sadhna is believed to be close to Shivpal Singh Yadav

Those who revise more succeed in exams: Akhilesh on polls

He attacked PM Modi for raising power failure issue

PM Modi most talked about politician on Facebook

He is followed by Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav

Photo gallery: Varanasi soaks in poll colours ahead of last phase

Various shades of the holy city of Varanasi during campaigning for the seventh phase of the UP polls

Assets of re-contesting MLAs in UP soar 82% in 5 years: ADR

SP's 162 MLAs' average assets increased by over Rs 2 cr while that of BSP's 57 MLAs by over Rs 4 cr