Up Civic Polls

UP civic polls: BJP won 14 of 16 mayoral seats 'due to EVM'; is mum on Panchayat election defeat, says Akhilesh Yadav

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) of "spreading lies"

UP civic polls result: AAP alleges BJP's victory due to 'EVM tampering', says democracy is in danger

Blaming EVM "tampering" for BJP's victory in UP civic polls, AAP said there was no wave of Narendra Modi or Yogi Aditynath that resulted in party's big win

UP civic poll results 2017: BJP sweeps elections but Mayawati's BSP is the silent winner

Given the scale of BJP's campaign, it was expected to make it to the top. But not many would have predicted a respectable second place finish for BSP.

BJP won't come to power if ballot papers are used in 2019 Lok Sabha polls: Mayawati

Challenging the BJP, Bahujan Samaj Party supremo Mayawati said on Saturday "with full confidence" that the saffron party would lose the general elections due in 2019 if ballot papers are used, instead of electronic voting machines.

'Good news pouring in from all sides', Narendra Modi on Uttar Pradesh civic polls result and GDP growth rate

Buoyed by the latest GDP growth figures and the BJP's landslide victory in the Uttar Pradesh civic polls, Narendra Modi said that good news is pouring in from all sides

Congress plays down UP civic poll loss, says ruling party normally wins local body elections

Congress on Friday downplayed its loss in the Uttar Pradesh civic polls saying such elections are contested on local issues and are normally won by the state's ruling dispensation

BJP's performance in UP civic election 2017 might tilt scales in its favour ahead of Gujarat Assembly polls

Uttar Pradesh civic election results as declared today have shown that saffron surge continues in Uttar Pradesh. This was first big test for Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath — popularity and performance, which he has passed with flying colours.

BJP set to sweep UP civic polls with lead in Ayodhya and Varanasi; Congress fares poorly in its bastion Amethi

BJP appeared set for a massive victory in the Uttar Pradesh civic polls with the saffron party candidates winning or leading in 14 out of the 16 mayoral seats, including the prestigious Ayodhya and Varanasi

UP civic polls: Five booth-level officers suspended, cases lodged against 48 for anomalies in voters' list

Taking cognizance of reports of anomalies in the voters' list in the Uttar Pradesh civic polls, the Bareilly district administration five booth-level officers (BLOs)

Uttar Pradesh civic polls third phase updates: Shots fired at Aliganj MLA Satyapal Rathore's sons in polling booth

The voting for the third phase of Uttar Pradesh civic polls will take place on Wednesday.