Election Dates

MP heads to polls on 17 Nov, Rajasthan on 23 Nov, two-phase polls in Chhattisgarh on 7 &17 Nov; results on 3 Dec: EC

Madhya Pradesh will head to polls on 17 November, Mizoram on 7 November, Rajasthan 23 November, Telangana 30 November, and two-phase polls will be held in Chhattisgarh on 7 and 17 November, Election Commission of India announced on Monday

Lok Sabha Election 2019; Model Code of Conduct watch: EC issues notice to BJP's Kirron Kher for using children in campaign

Lok Sabha Election 2019; Model Code of Conduct Watch: The Election Commission (EC) has issued a notice to BJP's Chandigarh candidate Kirron Kher, seeking a reply after she shared a video on Twitter in which children were seen campaigning for her.

Lok Sabha polls: Voters to decide fate of 945 candidates in 72 seats across nine states in fourth phase

Across 72 constituencies in nine states, more than 12 crore voters will exercise their franchise on Monday during the fourth phase of the Lok Sabha election.

Congress, BJP manifestos strengthen mai-baap sarkar syndrome, but paternalistic State is biggest hurdle to growth

Congress Will Deliver is replete with promises, which is natural for a party which wants to come to power. Sankalpit Bharat, Sashakt Bharat has more chest thumping about achievements, which, too, is natural for an incumbent party that wants another term

Election Commission's cVIGIL app empowers citizens to expose poll code violations, helps authorities take quick action

To quickly identify cases of violation of the Model Code of Conduct, the Election Commission has come up with an app called cVIGIL to empower citizens to report violations through videos and photos.

Why have photos of Narendra Modi not been removed from tickets, passes: EC asks railways, civil aviation ministries

The Election Commission of India has written to the ministries of Railways and Civil Aviation, asking them why photographs of Prime Minister Narendra Modi have not been removed from rail tickets and Air India boarding passes in spite of the Model Code of Conduct having come into effect.

Mayawati will not contest 2019 Lok Sabha election; BSP chief joins likes of Sharad Pawar, Sushma Swaraj, Deve Gowda

In what comes as a shocker ahead of the elections scheduled from 11 April, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief and former chief minister Mayawati on Wednesday announced that she will not be contesting the Lok Sabha polls. More details are awaited.

BJP may field Ravi Shankar Prasad from Patna Saheb for Lok Sabha polls; Shatrughan Sinha hints at exit from party

Shatrughan Sinha, who is the BJP MP from Patna Saheb, is likely to be replaced with Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad in the Lok Sabha election, according to sources

Lok Sabha polls: Narendra Modi does not 'campaign', he tells stories in which Opposition is villain and he is hero

With one term gone and with Modi's delivery falling short of promises, the stuff of his narrative will inevitably change now but his story-telling techniques won’t.

No pre-poll alliance for BJD; Naveen Patnaik says party will contest Lok Sabha, Odisha Assembly elections on its own

"We will fight the elections on our own," Naveen Patnaik told reporters when asked if there was any likelihood of the BJD entering into a tie-up with other political parties for the parliamentary and Assembly elections in the state.