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  Adhere to Model Code to ensure level playing fields, EC tells Centre

  Politics | January 29, 2017 11:34 IST

  The Election Commission has told the Centre that it should strictly adhere to the provisions of the Model Code of Conduct to ensure level playing fields in poll-bound states.

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  RBI rejects EC plea for relaxing weekly cash limits for candidates contesting Assembly polls: Report

  Politics | January 28, 2017 13:13 IST

  The Reserve Bank of India has reportedly rejected the Election Commission’s request to relax weekly cash withdrawal limits for candidates contesting upcoming Assembly polls in five states.

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  Desist from seeking votes in name of religion, caste: Election Commission to parties

  Politics | January 24, 2017 22:41 IST

  Election Commission today directed political parties to desist from seeking votes in the name of religion and caste in upcoming Assembly polls.

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  Uddhav Thackeray in favour of Budget after polls, says BJP may ‘manipulate’ people

  Politics | January 04, 2017 20:30 IST

  Shiv Sena on Wednesday demanded that the Narendra Modi government postpone the upcoming budget till the Assembly elections to the five states are completed.

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  Referendum, acid test or matter of survival: What’s at stake for parties in the upcoming five-state battle?

  Politics | January 04, 2017 19:29 IST

  The Election Commission of India on Wednesday announced the schedule of polls in five states, including country’s most populated and politically crucial Uttar Pradesh.

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  Govt’s plan to advance Budget to Feb 1 under review, says EC

  Politics | January 04, 2017 23:22 IST

  The Election Commission of India on Wednesday said that it was reviewing the Centre’s plan to present the Union Budget on February 1, days before five states, including politically crucial Uttar Pradesh, votes to choose a new government.

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  Ahead of assembly polls, BJP to reach out to Deras in Punjab to seek ‘blessings’

  Politics | September 21, 2016 20:25 IST

  The BJP has set out on an exercise to seek the blessings from the Deras in Punjab ahead of Assembly polls next year.

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  Amit Shah calls Nitish Kumar a ‘vote katwa’, will benefit SP by dividing votes

  Politics | July 02, 2016 21:32 IST

  BJP national president today made a stringent attack on Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar calling him a “vote katwa” who will try to divide votes in order to obstruct BJP’s victory in the 2017 Assembly polls.

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  Assembly Polls 2016 :Surge in female contestants, not MLAs

  India | May 23, 2016 14:00 IST

  Female contestants increased across the four states that went to polls recently—but not legislators—and three times as many women contested in Kerala compared to the 2011 elections, according to an IndiaSpend analysis of electoral data.

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  West Bengal Assembly polls: BJP plays spoilsport for alliance

  Politics | May 23, 2016 12:13 IST

  Kolkata: The BJP, which had lost some steam after the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, has put up a spirited show in the West Bengal Assembly elections this time and has played spoilsport for the opposition

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  Assembly polls: Every third lawmaker has a criminal record, over 50 per cent are crorepatis

  Politics | May 20, 2016 22:56 IST

  New Delhi: The assembly polls in five states are over and the results are out. The victors are busy celebrating; others introspecting. Now that the chaos of campaigning, voting and the results has begun to

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  Seven-year-old girl beaten up in Bengal, family blames Trinamool

  Politics | May 02, 2016 9:31 IST

  Kolkata:A seven-year-old girl was injured when she was beaten up allegedly by miscreants allied to West Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress after her grandfather, a CPI-M supporter, voted in the fifth phase of the assembly polls

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  Vaiko stuns party workers, opts out of poll race

  India | April 25, 2016 18:09 IST

  Kovilpatti: MDMK chief and a key architect of the DMDK-PWF-TMC combine Vaiko today stunned his supporters by going back on his decision to contest the May 16 assembly polls alleging the DMK was planning to

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  Lok Sabha, assembly polls must be held together: PM Modi

  Politics | April 24, 2016 17:00 IST

  New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today said that elections to the Lok Sabha and state assemblies must be held together as holding them separately hurts economic development. “Elections to the state assemblies and

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  Can Vijay Sampla win over crucial ‘Dalit’ votes for BJP in 2017 Punjab Assembly polls?

  Politics | April 14, 2016 19:33 IST

  New Delhi: With an eye of the sizeable chunk of Dalit voters in Punjab, the BJP has appointed Vijay Sampla, the party’s most prominent Dalit face in the state, as its new President of the

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  FIR lodged against Assam CM Tarun Gogoi for poll code violation

  Politics | April 11, 2016 20:19 IST

  Guwahati: The Election Commission of India today registered a FIR against Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi for violating Representation of People Act by holding a press conference during the assembly polls. “Holding press conference

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  Uttar Pradesh: Can Keshav Prasad Maurya, the new BJP President, do a Narendra Modi in 2017 polls?

  Politics | April 09, 2016 11:58 IST

  New Delhi: Ahead of next year’s Assembly elections, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has appointed Keshav Prasad Maurya, a Dalit face, as its President in Uttar Pradesh. The appointment of Maurya becomes significant in view

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  Kerala Assembly polls: Congress releases candidates' list, Oommen Chandy to contest from Puthupally

  Politics | April 05, 2016 8:16 IST

  Thiruvananthapuram: The Congress on Monday evening released its list of 83 candidates for the assembly polls in Kerala that includes the names of 33 of 39 sitting legislators. The list was released by the All

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  Every fifth candidate contesting first phase of Bengal assembly polls has criminal cases

  Politics | March 30, 2016 20:31 IST

  New Delhi: As many as 58 of the 296 candidates contesting the first phase of the West Bengal assembly polls have declared that they have pending criminal cases against them, NGO Association for Democratic Reforms

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  AAP to contest 2017 Uttarakhand assembly polls alone

  Politics | January 16, 2016 21:58 IST

  Rishikesh: Aam Aadmi Party today announced that it will contest the 2017 Assembly polls in Uttarakhand alone.Giving this information to reporters at Rishikesh Press Club, AAP's state observer Shrichand Vohra said that the party has so far