Seat Sharing

Congress calls off seat-sharing talks with Left in Bengal after CPM-led front announces 25 candidates

The West Bengal unit of the Congress on Sunday called off seat-sharing talks with the CPM-led Left Front for the Lok Sabha polls, after weeks of hectic parleys failed to resolve the impasse over distribution of seats.

Rahul Gandhi's attacks on Modi may grab eyeballs, but without meaningful alliances, Congress' revival is at risk

In the run-up to the 2019 Lok Sabha election, Congress under Rahul Gandhi seems torn between its ambition to re-emerge as a national alternative to BJP for its long-term survival and the reality of its reduced national footprint

Seat-sharing major hurdle for both NDA, Grand Alliance as caste considerations, reluctant leaders slow decision-making

Both the NDA and Grand Alliance is facing the difficult task in terms of seat-sharing for the Lok Sabha election with leaders refusing to let go of their constituencies

Size of Bihar mahagathbandhan puts RJD at disadvantage in home state as allies demand large share of seats

RJD supremo Lalu Prasad Yadav has rejected Congress' seat-sharing formula for the grand alliance, saying Congress should focus on states where it was capable of taking on BJP alone and not Bihar

Seat-sharing talks for LS polls could increase Congress-JD(S) woes as HD Kumaraswamy, others push for their kin

Late actor-politician Ambareesh's wife Sumalatha’s unexpected claim over Mandya constituency has resulted in a new headache for the JD(S)-Congress coalition in sharing the 28 LS seats in Karnataka

After BSP-SP snub, Congress in dire need of favourable seat-sharing formula with NCP in Maharashtra

The Congress and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) have nearly sealed the deal on a seat-sharing formula in Maharashtra for the Lok Sabha elections.

Congress, NCP reach seat-sharing deal on 40 Lok Sabha seats from Maharashtra; Ahmednagar, Pune among contentious constituencies

Earlier on Saturday, Jayant Patil met NCP chief Sharad Pawar along with party workers from Ahmednagar. Requesting anonymity, an NCP leader said the party will get the Ahmednagar seat.

Shiv Sena's attempt to hijack Ram Mandir issue from BJP comes at crucial time: Seat-sharing talks for polls are around the corner

At a Shiv Sena gathering at Ayodhya, Uddhav Thackeray had demanded that the BJP-led government declare a date for the construction of the Ram Mandir to start.

Daily Bulletin: Women to try Sabarimala entry; 43 die in Indonesia tsunami; Bihar seat-sharing decision likely today; day's top stories

Daily bulletin: Women from a Chennai-based organisation to make an attempt to enter Sabarimala today; NDA to announce seat sharing in Bihar during a joint press conference; day's top stories

Upendra Kushwaha resigns as Union minister: RLSP chief flays Narendra Modi for Bihar special package 'jumla'

RLSP chief Upendra Kushwaha has been unhappy with the seat-sharing formula for Bihar that Amit Shah came up with for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.