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election symbol news

TMC rebel faction to meet ECI in Delhi, stake claim to party symbol: Ritabrata

The Ritabrata Banerjee-led group has sought Election Commission recognition as the official TMC and control of the party’s election symbol. (Samir Jana/ Hindustan Times)
Updated on Jul 01, 2026 08:28 pm IST

Hoshiarpur incident: Congress worker’s detention for ‘insulting’ AAP poll symbol sparks row

According to police records, local residents submitted a complaint alleging that a group of five youths scattered brooms on the ground, issued threats, and circulated provocative content on social media to disrupt public order during their post-election victory celebrations. (HT)
Published on Jun 02, 2026 08:38 am IST

T’gana Jagruthi to contest local polls on Forward Bloc symbol

K Kavitha (ANI)
Published on Jan 25, 2026 06:54 am IST

Communist Nation Party-India moves HC over ECI’s rejection of names

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Published on Mar 12, 2025 10:02 am IST

Delhi HC junks Janta Party plea against ECI symbol order

Delhi HC junks Janta Party plea against ECI symbol order
Published on Jan 17, 2025 03:43 pm IST

PWP fears losing ‘cart’ symbol, seeks protection from HC

PWP fears losing ‘cart’ symbol, seeks protection from HC
Updated on Nov 28, 2024 06:28 am IST

INDIA bloc to contest UP bypolls on Samajwadi Party's ‘cycle’ symbol: Akhilesh

Samajwadi party president Akhilesh Yadav speaks to media persons at the party office in Lucknow. (Deepak Gupta/HT)
Published on Oct 24, 2024 10:43 am IST

No cycle, laptop-powered SP banks on Akhilesh’s face in J&K polls

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav (HT File)
Updated on Sept 19, 2024 05:12 am IST

I never changed my party, I was in NCP only, says Nawab Malik

Nawab Malik (Kunal Patil/HT Photo)
Updated on Aug 16, 2024 06:02 am IST

SBSP replaces ‘stick’ with ‘key’ as party symbol

SBSP national president OP Rajbhar. (Sourced)
Updated on Aug 13, 2024 10:04 am IST

Lok Sabha 2024 winners list: Complete list of candidates leading across parties

People watch latest election results live on a large screen at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) office in Bengaluru on June 4, 2024.
Updated on Jun 04, 2024 06:51 pm IST

Sharad Pawar’s faction to sound ‘tutari’ from Raigad Fort

Workers of the Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar) celebrate outside the party office in Thane on Friday. (Praful Gangurde / HT Photo)
Updated on Feb 24, 2024 06:44 am IST

Pakistan holds polls, army’s shadow looms

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Pakistan's former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, center, and his daughter Maryam Nawaz, right, waves to their supporters as they arrive to address an election campaign rally in Hafizabad, Pakistan, on Jan. 18, 2024.
Published on Feb 07, 2024 10:00 pm IST

Yash in talks for another Bollywood project?

Yash will be seen in Nitesh Tiwari's project
Updated on Jan 30, 2024 04:16 pm IST

Imran Khan gets his ‘bat’ again. Courtesy: This Pakistan court order

Pakistan's former prime minister Imran Khan.
Published on Dec 26, 2023 06:43 pm IST

EC hears warring NCP factions, next hearing on Oct 9

The Ajit Pawar faction argued its case on Friday before the Election Commission of India. (PTI)
Updated on Oct 07, 2023 06:44 am IST

Sharad Pawar’s NCP admits 40 MLAs have defected to Ajit camp

Pune, India - October 29, 2018: Nationalist Congress Party leaders Ajit Pawar and Sharad Pawar at the samvidhan bachao (save the Constitution) rally organised at Ganesh Kala Krida Manch on Monday. in Pune, India, on Monday, October 29, 2018. (Photo by Rahul Raut/HT PHOTO)
Updated on Sept 09, 2023 12:22 am IST

EC seeks responses from NCP factions by Aug 17

Pune, India - October 29, 2018: Nationalist Congress Party leaders Ajit Pawar and Sharad Pawar at the samvidhan bachao (save the Constitution) rally organised at Ganesh Kala Krida Manch on Monday. in Pune, India, on Monday, October 29, 2018. (Photo by Rahul Raut/HT PHOTO)
Updated on Jul 27, 2023 01:05 am IST

Maha political crisis: Won’t let anyone steal NCP’s name or symbol, says Sharad Pawar

NCP chief Sharad Pawar with party leader Jayant Patil during the party meeting at Y B Chavan centre, in Mumbai, Wednesday, July 5, 2023. (PTI)
Updated on Jul 06, 2023 12:49 am IST

NCP to contest assembly polls to get lost national party status restored

The removal of this status is being seen as a setback for Pawar, who is active in national politics and one of the seniormost leaders in the country. A former Union minister in three different governments, he has always been keen on playing a key role in national politics, and heading a national party gave him the background for this. (HT PHOTO)
Updated on Apr 12, 2023 12:33 am IST

Shah slams Rahul Gandhi, says Modi will become PM again with full majority

Union home minister Amit Shah. (ANI)
Updated on Apr 11, 2023 04:15 pm IST

Kamal Haasan’s party MNM moves Madras HC, seeks battery-torch symbol

Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) chief Kamal Haasan will contest in the assembly elections due in early 2021 and losing the ‘battery-torch’ could be a setback for the party which has campaigned with this symbol.
Updated on Dec 18, 2020 09:35 pm IST

Maharashtra assembly polls 2019| Road roller, CCTV camera, coconut, new poll symbols on the block

For independents or candidates from unrecognised parties, the candidate has to approach the EC and get a symbol allotted from the available list.
Updated on Oct 10, 2019 03:57 am IST

AC, laptop,capsicum: Haryana, Maharashtra polls candidates can choose from 197 symbols

New Delhi, 22 May (ANI): Election Commission of India Headquarter in New Delhi on Wednesday. (ANI Photo)
Updated on Sept 26, 2019 08:39 am IST

JD(U) gets ‘farmer driving a tractor’ symbol in Jharkhand

The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Friday allotted the ‘farmer driving a tractor’ symbol to the JD(U) after Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM), which had a similar symbol, lodged a complaint for the state’s polls.
Updated on Sept 14, 2019 07:32 am IST

Controversy over K Chandrasekhar Rao’s image in mega temple

What triggered the controversy was the carving of the images of KCR and that of his party’s election symbol, car, on the pillars on the southern side of “asthabhuji prakaram” (Octagonal compound wall).
Updated on Sept 07, 2019 01:14 am IST