Elections LIVE: Congress issues fresh list for Uttarakhand polls, Harish Rawat to contest from Ramnagar
- Assembly Election 2022 Live Updates: Voting in all five states will be held in seven phases. The counting will take place on March 10.
A total of five states – Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Manipur and Goa – are set to hold the assembly elections in the coming weeks.
In Uttar Pradesh, the Samajwadi Party (SP) is geared for a battle against the Yogi Adityanath-led Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government to wrest power. The party announced that patron Mulayam Singh Yadav, SP chief Akhilesh Yadav and new entrant Swami Prasad Maurya are among its 30 star campaigners for the first phase of the UP assembly election.
Former Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh, who recently launched his own party, announced the first list of 22 candidates of the newly-formed Punjab Lok Congress for the upcoming Assembly polls.
The Congress government in Punjab said it will decide on the chief ministerial face after the polls, although the party will fight the election under the leadership of Navjot Singh Sidhu, Charanjit Singh Channi and Sunil Jakhar.
The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has expanded its reach forming a crucial opposition party in Punjab and Goa. Meanwhile, in Uttarakhand and Manipur, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is confident of returning to power.
As per the schedule of the Election Commission, the polling for the five states will be held in seven phases, with the first phase commencing from February 10 and the last phase ending on March 7.
The counting will take place on March 10.
Follow all the updates here:
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Jan 24, 2022 09:54 PM IST
Congress releases another list of 11 candidates for Uttarakhand polls
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Jan 24, 2022 06:50 PM IST
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Jan 24, 2022 03:07 PM IST
Congress issues list of 30 star campaigners for first phase of UP polls
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Jan 24, 2022 12:56 PM IST
Arvind Kejriwal launches AAP's ‘Ek Mauka AAP Ko’ campaign for upcoming assembly polls
Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal launches AAP’s campaign 'Ek Mauka AAP Ko' as his party prepares to fight polls in Punjab, Goa, Uttarakhand & Uttar Pradesh.
“The people of Delhi can make videos telling people from other states about the work done by AAP and appeal to them to give Kejriwal/AAP a chance, ahead of polls. Upload these videos on social media. After polls, I will have dinner with 50 Delhiites whose videos will go viral,” Kejriwal said.
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Jan 24, 2022 12:41 PM IST
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Jan 24, 2022 12:38 PM IST
Congress CEC to meet and finalise candidates for Punjab, Uttarakhand polls
Congress CEC to meet today for the selection of candidates for Punjab Assembly elections. The CEC will also decide today on the remaining list of the candidates for the Uttarakhand polls.
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Jan 24, 2022 11:15 AM IST
UP CM Yogi Adityanath arrived at BJP headquarters in Delhi
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Jan 24, 2022 11:06 AM IST
‘People haven’t forgotten the hooliganism during your govt': UP deputy CM slams Akhilesh Yadav
Uttar Pradesh deputy chief minister Keshav Prasad Maurya on Monday targeted Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav by saying that voters of the poll-bound state will not fall for his 'alluring bluff' as they have got used to good governance.
Accusing Akhilesh, the former UP chief minister, for spreading riots and hooliganism, Maurya tweeted, "Akhilesh Yadav ji, the people have not forgotten the pain of riots, hooliganism, exodus during your government. Your tenure has not been forgotten even today that was responsible for corruption, religious and caste conflicts. As of now, the public has got used to good governance. Now no one will fall for your alluring bluff."
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Jan 24, 2022 10:31 AM IST
Congress set to launch Uttarakhand poll campaign today
The Congress is all set to launch its poll campaign for Uttarakhand at 1pm today. Chhattisgarh chief minister Bhupesh Baghel will headline the campaign.
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Jan 24, 2022 08:13 AM IST
Punjab elections: Valuables worth ₹46.66 crore, over 6 lakh litres of liquor seized in violation of code
Various enforcement teams have seized valuables worth ₹46.66 crores for violation of the code till January 18, after the Model Code of Conduct came into force in Punjab. Moreover, the surveillance teams have also seized 6.60 lakh litres of liquor worth ₹2 crore.
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Jan 24, 2022 07:30 AM IST
UP polls: BJP to hold CEC meeting to decide on remaining candidates
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had on Sunday held a marathon meeting of its core members to decide on the remaining candidates of Uttar Pradesh Assembly polls. A meeting of the Central Election Committee is expected soon.
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