2017 Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election

UP Election Results 2017: Muslims need to embrace development, rise above 'counterfeit' secularism

Unless the Muslim leadership abandons their historical legacy of separatism and stop seeing BJP or the government as an enemy, its betterment cannot follow

UP and Uttarakhand Assembly Election results are a repeat of 1994 Andhra Pradesh election: Here's why

The BJP’s four-fifths majority in both the Uttar Pradesh (UP) and Uttarakhand assembly elections brings to mind the similar landslide which the Telugu Desam Party, then led by the late NT Rama Rao, had won in 1994 in the then united Andhra Pradesh.

UP Assembly Election 2017 Results: BJP on course for a landslide victory

Just hours into counting, it is clear that the Narendra Modi wave continues in Uttar Pradesh. A landslide victory for BJP is almost certain in the state.

Assembly election 2017: Don't expect huge Sensex rally even if BJP wins; Fed rate hike is on the way

The greater participation of retail investors in the stock market is likely to stem a huge fall even if the BJP's performance does not meet the expectation

UP Phase 3 Election 2017: As Yadav clan puts up a united front, cracks become apparent

In 2012, SP's Akhilesh, Mulayam and Shivpal Yadav were one force; in 2017, they might still be one party technically, but are certainly not a united front.

UP Election 2017: Have Amit Shah’s last-ditch efforts helped BJP win back its Jat vote-bank?

Amit Shah's efforts clearly show that BJP, rattled by the news of an uprising in the Jat community, have tried really hard to bring them back into its fold.

UP Election 2017: Complex caste dynamics in state most certainly predict a hung Assembly

Given the caste dynamics in UP, it is almost certain that election results will deliver a hung Assembly. All parties have already calculated this outcome.

Uttar Pradesh Election 2017: Akhilesh Yadav and Rahul Gandhi to begin joint poll campaign on Sunday

Congress vice-president Rahul Gandhi and Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav will hold a joint road show in Uttar Pradesh on Sunday. This would be the maiden outing of the two leaders since the Congress and SP have stitched up an electoral alliance for the state assembly polls starting from February 11.

Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election 2017: Akhilesh-led SP, Congress, RLD may form Bihar-style grand alliance

The Congress had on Friday said that it does not rule out the possibility of a pre-poll alliance with the Akhilesh-led faction of Samajwadi Party (SP) in Uttar Pradesh ahead of the state assembly elections.

Akhilesh Yadav should remember how the 'invincible' Chandrababu Naidu lost in 2004

By no stretch of the imagination, Akhilesh seems to be doing what Naidu did for Andhra Pradesh in the 90s.