Page 14 - Elections

Haryana elections: BJP fields Yogeshwar Dutt, Babita Phogat, Sandeep Singh

The Maharashtra Assembly has 288-seats and Haryana has 90-seats

EC to announce dates of assembly elections in Maharashtra, Haryana today

The poll panel has convened a press conference this noon

Make source of funds received during elections 'public': Mayawati to BJP

She said that before pointing a finger at others, the party should introspect

As yet, just a protest vote

In the absence of fundamental legal changes, 'NOTA' is only a means of expressing disapproval of all the candidates in an election, with no ability to influence the result

AIADMK has to win seats and control dissidents to continue in power

The AIADMK has to win seats and control dissidents to continue in power

Polls, while noisy, can have little relevance: Julius Baer's Mark Matthews

The key thing to watch now will be the direction of the monetary policy action

Assembly polls 2018: BJP's general secretaries working behind the scenes

Come election and for the leaders, the invisible GSO is the primary source of information and assessment about ticket aspirants

Owaisi, Ambedkar tie-up may upset Congess-NCP arithmetic in Maharashtra

The Shiv Sena refers to Aurangabad as Sambhajinagar and the AIMIM is the second-largest party in the municipal corporation there

Letter to BS: Candidates accused of crimes must be barred from elections

Unless the rule "presumed guilty, until pronounced innocent by the courts" is applied to candidates accused of serious crimes, Indian democracy will remain a farce

Elections without money impractical: Authors of Costs of Democracy

From the perspective of the BJP, one of the ancillary benefits of demonetisation was to disadvantage smaller, regional parties who might have an outsize reliance on cash, said the authors

Concurrent Lok Sabha and assembly polls can be held in 2 phases: Law panel

The first phase of simultaneous polls can take place in 2019, and second one in 2024 the panel said

Race to backwardness: Congress, BJP are misusing constitutional provisions

The Congress government in Karnataka has placed the proposal before the BJP-led central government for official recognition

To name or not to name

Should a chief minister be named ahead of the election? Or should the election be strictly on the basis of voting by elected legislators of the party?

Right to contest polls from jail does not give right to campaign: Delhi HC

Mukhtar Ansari parole was cancelled as he may influence witnesses in 2005 murder case of a BJP MLA

Can't contest polls if your child is not enrolled in school, says NCPCR

This is only for those candidates who have children between the age of 6-14 years

Lessons in trust from America's experience with electronic voting

Electronic systems adopted suffer from weak transparency and scrutiny even when result is challenged

Simultaneous polls would benefit national parties: Experts

BJP has been of the view that there should be combined elections from panchayat to Parliament

BJP nod to simultaneous polls to Parliament, assemblies

Modi indicated he was supportive of such a proposal, if it took shape

People are placing faith in BJP: Modi

In his tweets, Modi said the party will do everything possible to fulfil the dreams and aspirations of the people of Assam

Kolkata polls: Celebrations outside Mamata Banerjee's house as TMC leads trends

Trinamool Congress (TMC) ahead in 200 of the state's 294 seats in West Bengal