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As with all Indian elections, there will be betrayals, sudden developments, a change of mind or even an illness. All these could have the potential of completely changing the election scenario. The X factor will record these sudden twists and abrupt turns that take place during an Indian election, even after the results are out.
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Upset over the poor show of the Shiv Sena-BJP alliance in traditional strongholds of Mumbai and Thane, Sena chief Bal Thackeray said the 'Marathi manoos' should explain reasons for not voting for the party.
The Madhya Pradesh election results — BJP-16, Congress-12, BSP-1 — do not reflect the strong undercurrent in favour of the Congress in the state. The party could have wrested at least six more seats from the BJP if candidate selection was more judicious and campaigning more focused.
Congress candidate from Amritsar Lok Sabha constituency Om Parkash Soni, who was defeated by cricketer-turned-BJP leader Navjot Singh Sidhu, on Sunday demanded a recounting of the votes and said he will move court if it is not done so within two days.
Mayawati’s hopes of playing a crucial national role have been dashed. Her Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) has not only failed to impress much in Uttar Pradesh but has also drawn a blank in all the other states.
Mayawati’s hopes of playing a crucial national role have been dashed. Her Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) has not only failed to impress much in Uttar Pradesh (UP) but managed just one seat — Rewa in Madhya Pradesh — outside the state.
An era in Bihar politics appeared to end on Saturday with the Lalu Prasad-led RJD bagging just three of its 40 Lok Sabha seats.
Nara Chandrababu Naidu, son of a farmer in a small village near Tirupati, refused to become the prime minister. He preferred the role of the CEO of Andhra Pradesh, who also dabbles in king making in Delhi.
Mayawati’s hopes of playing a crucial national role have been dashed. Her Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) has not only failed to impress much in Uttar Pradesh but has also drawn a blank in all the other states.
While the entire country was in full throttle over the most awaited event in the country, the verdict of Lok Sabha Elections 2009, one person was probably sitting at home watching the verdict shape up on TV just to be proven right. Yes, she knew it all. Here is the only astrologer who predicted congress' victory this election, reports HT Correspondent.
The Left on Friday stepped up efforts to keep its loosely built coalition of smaller regional parties together and asserted that they are as much opposed to the Congress as to the BJP.
To form a government, the Congress needs the support of at least two of these three ladies — Jayalalithaa, Mayawati and Mamata. But in every case, reasonable negotiations are impossible because all three women play the lunatic card.
Vir Sanghvi elaborates.
Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front on Thursday expressed hope that the next government at the Centre will take necessary steps to resolve the Kashmir issue.
Third Front constituents TRS, JD(S) and AIADMK have already expressed willingness to do business with the BJP or the Congress but the Left has not given up its hopes of forming a ‘non-Congress, non-BJP’ government.
Mulayam Singh Yadav (69) is a harassed man. The situation in his party is getting worse.
Even as the exit polls for the Lok Sabha elections trickled in Wednesday evening predicting a hung parliament, one has to keep in mind that they had all gone woefully wrong in the 2004 electoral battle predicting exactly the opposite of the outcome.