Electoral College

US midterm elections 2018: Democrats rebuild 'Blue Wall' in rust belt as voters send message to Donald Trump

Democrats thus regained their lost standing and are moving towards rebuilding ahead of the 2020 election

Don't be fooled by Democrats taking House of Representatives, America’s democracy is dying on the vine

America’s most economically productive Americans are the majority; yet we are ruled by a regressive minority

Nepal to hold presidential election on 13 March; vice-presidential election to follow a week later

Nepal will hold its presidential election on 13 March, the Election Commission (EC) announced on Friday.

Presidential Election 2017 results: LK Advani congratulates president-elect Ram Nath Kovind on victory

BJP veteran LK Advani Thursday congratulated president-elect Ram Nath Kovind on his victory

Presidential, vice-presidential polls expose a fractured Opposition; BJP is likely to dominate both Houses

The Opposition in India is a toothless section that makes a lot of noise, but it's not equipped to give a unified fight to BJP which has an absolute majority and can go dangerously unchecked

Presidential Election 2017: Fate of Ram Nath Kovind, Meira Kumar sealed as voting ends; counting on 20 July

Lawmakers across India voted on Monday to elect the country's 14th President with Union minister M Venkaiah Naidu declaring that ruling NDA candidate Ram Nath Kovind would win with a "comfortable and respectable margin" against opposition-backed Meira Kumar.

Presidential Election 2017: Ram Nath Kovind files nominations, urges Opposition to rise above politics

Ram Nath Kovind filed his nomination papers on Friday afternoon, and is now the official presidential candidate of the NDA alliance

Presidential Election 2017: BSP cannot take negative stand against Dalit candidate, says Mayawati

Hours after the NDA picked up Bihar governor Ram Nath Kovind as its candidate for the post of president, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati said on Monday that her party cannot take a negative stand against a Dalit nominee.

Presidential Election 2017: BJP to meet Opposition leaders to garner support for candidate

The BJP on Wednesday stepped up its efforts to get maximum support for its presidential candidate with the three-member party panel speaking to a number of allies as well as opposition parties, amid indication that its nominee will file nomination next week.

Presidential Election 2017: Pranab Mukherjee retires in July, this is how India elects its president

As Pranab Mukherjee retires in July, in the first part of a three-part series, Firstpost looks at how India's complex method of electing a president ensures equal representation to states as well as the Union, irrespective of who has majority in which house