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India's twin election problem: No machines, dysfunctional machines

While the solution to malfunctioning VVPATs requires a common-sense solution, producing over a million VVPATs in time for 2019 elections seems to be a Herculean task at best

What has changed for India's female voters since 1980, and what has not

Even as the overall voter turnout among female voters has increased between 1980 and 2014, it is still low when with the adult population sex ratio in most states

Assembly polls 2018 to see disabled-friendly booths, app to file complaints

The Election Commission has laid a special emphasis on making the poll process accessible for all sections, especially the persons with disabilities, those who are aged or infirm, said O P Rawat

Boycott polls till VVPAT or ballot system not available: Raj Thackeray

The allegations that EVMs are being tampered have been confirmed in all subsequent polls, he claimed

Lok Sabha elections 2019: BJP to contest 20 out of 40 seats in Bihar

'BJP would contest 20 seats, JD-U 12, LJP five, RLSP two and a splinter group of RLSP one seat', an official said

BJP may lose 30-40 seats in LS polls but NDA will return to power: Athawale

Athawale warned that if the Patidar stir is not resolved in time it could cost the BJP two to three Lok Sabha seats in Gujarat in next year's elections

Ready for 2019 polls but won't contest in Tamil Nadu by-polls: Kamal Haasan

We are getting ready for it (2019 general elections) and it's true that we are ready already, Haasan said

Will TMC back BJP if Sushma or Rajnath made PM candidate, Cong asks Mamata

The Congress thinks that the BJP as a whole represents one single ideology which is against the basic ethos of the country and its diversity, Adhir Chowdhury said

State scan: Yogi govt starts ringing the temple bells in Uttar Pradesh

Now as the 2019 Lok Sabha polls are less than eight months away, the BJP has resumed stoking the emotional Ram temple issue

How politics and economics have their own versions of the Shepherd Problem

Some problems are unsolvable even though they have data, because the information is inadequate

LS polls 2019: Cong sets up 3 panels for coordination, manifesto, publicity

Gandhi also formed a committee comprising 19 top party leaders who will look after the party's publicity during the elections

Lok Sabha election 2019: PM Modi faces no real challenge, says Paswan

The Lok Janshakti Party chief and Union minister mocked opposition parties

The power of focus

An Indian prime minister's job is daunting by almost any yardstick, writes Kanika Datta

Lok Sabha polls 2019: Modi's eight magnets that can attract voters to BJP

Modi's social and economic manoeuvers have delivered good results that could make Indians give his government another shot at power in 2019

BJP to suffer major losses in 2019 as people are unhappy: Arvind Kejriwal

The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) head also said the common man is angry with the BJP for "creating hurdles" in the works of the Delhi government under him

How a spate of spoilers may ruin BJP's election strategy for 2019

In the run-up to the elections, the BJP will not be able to deploy the chess moves that it was perhaps counting on

Congress to declare first list of candidates in Odisha soon

In Odisha, elections for both Lok Sabha and state Assembly are scheduled to be held next year.

In run up to 2019, Twitter's BlueRoom to host interviews with politicians

Twitter and Facebook are bolstering their backend operations by tying up with political analysts, psephologists and social media analysts

Mr Modi's electoral balance sheet

Apart from whatever challenges the opposition parties can put up from outside, a challenge that can come from within should not be ignored

BJP needs 'Vajpayee's touch' with allies to win 2019 polls: Naresh Gujral

He was speaking at the launch of book "Newsman: Tracking India in the Modi Era" written by veteran journalist Rajdeep Sardesai