To secure a deposit, a candidate should get one-sixth of the total votes polled. read more

Of the total six Lok Sabha seats of the state, National Conference has swept Kashmir valley by winning or leading in all the three constituencies here while BJP has won the three seats of Jammu and Ladakh divisions. read more

Abdullah polled 1,06,750 votes, while his his nearest rival PDP candidate Aga Syed Mohsin polled 36,700 votes, an election official said. read more

Ananth Kumar Hegde is a five-time MP from the Uttara Kannada constituency, which is mostly a BJP bastion since 1996. read more

Auditing the paper trail through Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) machines, which is being used for the first time in a Lok Sabha election, is expected to delay the announcement of results. read more

Supreme Court dismisses new petition on verifying all votes with VVPAT, says ‘let country elect its government’ read more

A headmistress at the upgraded Khajuria middle school in Dumka, Mishra was admitted to the World Health hospital in Dumka on January 23, following complaints of respiratory problems read more

The 102-year-old was given a warm welcome by election staff at the Kalpa booth in Mandi Lok Sabha constituency, which went to polls in the last and seventh phase of the general elections read more

In the 7th phase, 59 seats will go to polls across seven states and one Union territory to decide the fate of 909 candidates. An electorate of 99,768,185 is expected to vote in 100,304 polling booths set up for the purpose. read more

The two constituencies in the state’s eastern and western parts are a world apart in terms of topography, dialects etc. But the problems tribals face across Madhya Pradesh remain the same. read more

Concentrated in constituencies such as Chandni Chowk, North East Delhi and East Delhi, Muslim voters said their neighbourhoods are the most deprived segments of the national capital, lacking basic civic amenities. read more

The choice of issues varied with economic background, neighbourhoods, gender and age group of the voter. read more

Priyanka Gandhi was accompanied by her businessman husband Robert Vadra as she came to cast her vote at a polling booth in Sardar Patel Vidyalaya in Lodhi Estate. read more

The parliamentary constituencies that will go to polling on Monday are Sriganganagar, Bikaner, Churu, Jhunjhunu, Sikar, Jaipur Rural, Jaipur, Alwar, Bharatpur, Karaulidholpur, Dausa and Nagaur. read more

The former UP chief minister maintained that both the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress were two sides of the same coin and didn’t deserve to return to power. read more