Page 5 - Lok Sabha Elections 2019

Opposition rally HIGHLIGHTS: BJP's 'achhe din' over, says Mamata Banerjee

Tejashwi Yadav accused Modi of being a factory, manufacturer and distributor or lies

Tight security for counting of votes in Chhattisgarh

Counting of votes for all 11 Lok Sabha seats in Chhattisgarh will be held at 27 centres in the state on Thursday amid tight security. The state recorded 71.48 per cent voter turnout in the 11 Lok Sabha seats where voting was held in three phases on April 11, 18 and 23. "The counting of votes will start at 8 am on Thursday at 27 centres - one each at 27 district headquarters of the state. All preparations have been completed for the counting," state Chief Electoral Officer Subrat Sahoo told PTI. Tight security arrangements have been made at the counting centres, particularly those in Naxal-hit areas, he said. The postal ballots will be counted first, followed by the electronic voting machines (EVMs), he said. The fate of 166 contestants, including three sitting Congress MLAs, wife of the incumbent Assembly speaker, and state BJP vice-president, will be decided on Thursday. In the last three Lok Sabha polls since 2004, the BJP won 10 out of 11 seats in the state. Stat

Is it the end of the age of alliance politics in India? Yes, for now

A reincarnation of the politics of charisma has ensured that alliance politics has been trumped for the time being

Change or status quo? Reading the many interpretations of election outcome

Amid the narrative of change, there seems a deeply conservative preservation of the status quo; major change is reserved for Lutyens Delhiites in their new avatar as Khan Market gang, writes T N Ninan

'TMC exodus in 7 phases': BJP's Mission West Bengal & the story so far

Three West Bengal MLAs, including BJP leader Mukul Roy's son Subhrangshu Roy, and over 50 municipal councillors, most of them from the Trinamool Congress, joined the BJP on Tuesday.

Letter to BS: The over-critical attitude hardly appeals the larger masses

It is time that political entities comprehend the rising expectations of the middle class and collaborate to fulfill the growt

SP will fight UP bypolls on all 11 seats alone if BSP goes solo: Akhilesh

The SP chief said that for the party the killing of its workers was more important than the 'gathbandhan'

Indian elections become world's most expensive: This is how much they cost

Spending by political parties and candidates to woo 900 million voters in the just concluded polls cost them nearly Rs 60,000 crore

Rahul considered Amethi not just as his constituency but his family: Babbar

The Gandhi scion lost to BJP's Smriti Irani from the constituency in the recently-held general elections

Story in numbers: The best show by women candidates is not enough

The 17th Lok Sabha has the highest ever number of women parliamentarians at 78 - with 716 women candidates having contested and logging a success rate of 11%

A verdict against PLU

For now all that we have been left with is our defiance. Is it enough?

Relevance of Badals in question after dismal show in Lok Sabha elections

A look at Punjab's election results shows that the party might just have itself to blame for the debacle

DMK's secularism plank needs to be pitched in other states: M K Stalin

The nation has been prompted to "look south" for DMK's Parliamentary election strategy that "saved" Tamil Nadu from the "cruel hands of communal forces," he said

BJP nearly doubles number of states, UTs where its vote share is over 50%

In the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, the party had polled more than half the votes in seven states and UTs

Delhi Congress questions Sheila Dikshit-led panel's findings for LS defeat

The committee members took feedback from the seven district presidents and two party candidates in the just-concluded polls in the national capital on Thursday

Gangwar, Prahlad Joshi, Prahlad Patel among front-runners for Speaker's job

The seat of the Lok Sabha Speaker is considered among the most prestigious posts in Parliament. The Speaker is the highest authority in the House and also the custodian of the Parliament building.

134-yr-old Congress, party of India's independence, is now on life support

While historically Congress secured more than 25% of the vote share, it now hovers at less than 20%. That could signal the party is headed for a death spiral

Rahul, Sonia and former PM Manmohan Singh to attend Modi's swearing-in

As many as 8,000 guests, including VVIPs, will attend the swearing-in ceremony of Prime Minister Modi and his council of ministers on Thursday

From Dravid to Shah Rukh, top celebrities invited for Modi's swearing-in

Industry bigwigs such as Mukesh Ambani, Gautam Adani and Ratan Tata have also been invited for the event

8000 to attend Modi swearing-in, dinner guests to be served 'Dal Raisina'

Rashtrapati Bhavan kitchen's speciality 'Dal Raisina' will be served to foreign delegates in a dinner to be hosted by President Ram Nath Kovind to dignitaries after the function