Anti Incumbency

Rajasthan Congress in disarray; all guns trained on Ashok Gehlot for focussing on son's campaign, neglecting other seats

Rajasthan Congress, which faced an embarrassing defeat in the state in the Lok Sabha elections only months after winning the mandate in the Assembly polls, appears to be lacking leadership, with all guns trained on Ashok Gehlot.

Ram Madhav's remarks that BJP may fail to win absolute majority in Lok Sabha could boost Opposition's campaign drive

Ram Madhav's statement could provide impetus to the waning drive of the Opposition parties to come together to form an anti-BJP front.

Congress won 8 of 39 Assembly polls under Rahul Gandhi; recent victories due to anti-incumbency, not strategy

Assembly Election Results 2018: There is also no clear trend in the rise of the fortunes of the Congress under the leadership of Rahul Gandhi, be it the victories in Punjab and Karnataka, the performance in Gujarat or the wins in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Rajasthan this week

Madhya Pradesh Assembly polls: Congress moves EC seeking probe into unclaimed blank postal ballots

"The postal ballots found at Home Guards office should have been delivered to service voters, who are posted outside. It appears that they had not been given to the jawans. This should be investigated," MP Congress Election Affairs Wing in-charge JP Dhanopia said.

High turnout in Madhya Pradesh polls doesn't indicate anti-incumbency or pro-Opposition trend, other factors matter

The record voter turnout in this election in Madhya Pradesh could be the result of various other factors such as the anti-incumbency factor, introduction of new voters, mobilisation of voters, high-decibel campaigning, the role of the Election Commission and a renewed strategy of the Congress.

Why Karnataka vote won’t tell us anything about 2019: A year is a long time in politics

Those who think that the Karnataka Assembly election will set the tone for national politics are bound to be overwhelmed by the next set of political calculations that may emerge from the Assembly elections in Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh

Congress' decision to go solo in upcoming Assembly polls will help party ascertain its position, size up likely allies for 2019

Congress did not concede to Mayawati’s demands because it would have conveyed the impression that it lacks the confidence to win on its own in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh even with the BJP encumbered by 15 years of anti-incumbency

AAP promises 'Delhi model' government in Telangana, predicts hung Assembly after elections in state

The Election Commission (EC) had on Saturday announced the election schedule for five states, including Telangana.

Karnataka Assembly Election 2018: Four electoral trends emerging from state as Congress, BJP, JD(S) battle it out

As Karnataka's voters go to polls on Saturday, to choose between BJP, Congress and JD(S), it's worth pondering over how four past trends will play out.

Rahul Gandhi and Congress apart, triple anti-incumbency looms as major threat to Narendra Modi's return in 2019

BJP’s electoral success over the last four years that has seen it control almost two-thirds of India could become its own enemy, hobbling prospects of a slam dunk victory for Narendra Modi in 2019