EVM

Ajmer, Alwar bypolls to be first Lok Sabha elections to feature pictures of candidates on EVMs

The Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) will carry pictures of candidates along with their names — when by-elections are held in Rajasthan on 29 January.

Akhilesh Yadav says Uttar Pradesh BJP 'befooling people', urges party to make 'big demands' during budget

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav accused the ruling BJP in Uttar Pradesh of "befooling people" and said "instead of wasting time, the party should demand big" from the Centre in its budget

Samajwadi Party calls meeting to generate Opposition unity on EVM issue; Congress, BSP stay away

A meeting called by Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav to bring together Opposition parties on the issue of using ballot papers instead of EVMs in elections saw ally Congress and Mayawati's BSP staying away

Tripura Assembly polls: Electoral rolls show record improvement in gender ratio of electorate in state

Tripura, the country's second Left-ruled state after Kerala, will see assembly polls in February to elect its new state assembly

Samajwadi Party calls for Opposition unity against future use of EVMs in polls; meeting of 'like-minded' parties on 6 January

The Samajwadi Party has called a meeting of opposition parties on Saturday to discuss the "functioning of electronic voting machines

RK Nagar bypoll: TTV Dhinakaran's massive victory proves AIADMK's EPS-OPS govt has failed the test

If there is one thing Dhinakaran's victory has confirmed, it is that the EPS-OPS government's expiry date is nearing. Since February, when EPS won the trust vote managed by keeping MLAs in captivity at the resort outside Chennai, the government has not faced an electoral test. RK Nagar was therefore seen as a mini-referendum on how the people of Tamil Nadu, more so in the state capital, perceived their government. The result shows EPS and OPS have failed the test.

RK Nagar bypoll: TTV Dhinakaran drubs AIADMK's E Madhusudhanan by 40,000 votes, wins J Jayalalithaa's former seat

The by-election for former Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa’s Assembly seat saw not her party candidate, but her aide VK Sasikala's nephew and Independent candidate TTV Dhinakaran winning the contest. Dhinakaran won by 40,707 votes. While he polled 89,013 votes, the AIADMK candidate Madhusudhanan secured 48,306 votes. The DMK’s Maruthu Ganesh came third with 24,651 votes.

RK Nagar bypoll result updates: TTV Dhinakaran wins by over 40,000 votes; supporters celebrate victory

After a record voter turnout of 77.68 percent on Thursday, the counting of votes for the high-profile RK Nagar Assembly seat will take place on Sunday.

RK Nagar bypoll: NOTA gets more votes than BJP candidate Karu Nagarajan

While the main battle was confined to the giants: TTV Dhinakaran and AIADMK veteran E Madhusudhanan, in an interesting aside, NOTA pipped the saffron party's Karu Nagarajan.

RK Nagar bypoll: 77 percent voters cast ballot amid EVM malfunctioning, TTV Dhinakaran video controversy

The by-election for the RK Nagar constituency, left vacant after the death of former chief minister J Jayalalithaa in December last year, saw a voter turnout of 77.7 percent.