The European Union (EU) Election Observation Mission (EOM) will monitor Saturday's presidential elections Sri Lanka and also analyze social media usage and fake news, authorities said on Thursday.
The local bodies that went to polls are two major municipal corporations of Mangaluru and Davangere and six city municipal councils, three town municipal councils and three town Panchayats in seven districts.
Ahead of the model code of conduct coming into effect from Monday in the 15 assembly constituencies where by-polls are scheduled, Chief Electoral Officer Sanjiv Kumar said the preparations were afoot for the smooth conduct of elections on December 5. The model code of conduct shall come into force from November 11 in the district or districts in which the whole or any part of the assembly constituency going for byelection is included, Kumar told reporters on Sunday.
One year from Sunday, voters will decide whether to grant President Donald Trump a second term in office, an election that will be a referendum on Trump’s vision for America’s culture and role in the world. Much is unknown about how the United States and its politics will look on Nov. 3, 2020.
The leader of the U.K.’s opposition Labour Party told fellow lawmakers Tuesday that he’ll back an early election for Britain now that the prospect of crashing out of the European Union without a deal has been taken off the table.
With Azam Khan's wife Tanzeen Fatima now winning his Rampur seat in the bypolls on Thursday, the state assembly will now see the mother and son together in the House.
The four districts selected under the Centre's programme for expeditious socio-economic development are Gadchiroli, Osmanabad, Washim and Nandurbar. They collectively comprise 14 assembly segments of the total 288 in the state.
Congress, CPI(M), NC and PDP did not take part in the elections, which were held on party basis, leaving the field open to the BJP, that had candidates in 280 blocks, and Independents. The National Conference had made clear that it would be able to decide on participating in the BDC elections only after its leadership was released so that a broader consultation could be held.
The BJP and its allies on Thursday won 26 of the 51 assembly seats at stake in the bypolls across 18 states and the Congress emerged victorious in 12 constituencies while Asaduddin Owaisi's AIMIM tasted its maiden electoral success in Bihar.
Scheer is a career politician who is seen as a possible antidote to Trudeau’s flash. Scheer, 40, calls Trudeau a phony who can’t even recall how many times he has worn blackface.
While Chief Minister Kamal Nath is holding rallies and road shows for his party candidate Kantilal Bhuria, BJP state President Rakesh Singh and former Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan are campaigning for their candidate Bhanu Bhuria.
The posh suburb of Worli is in news this election season in Maharashtra. Aaditya Thackeray, grandson of Shiv Sena founder Bal Thackeray and son of Shiv Sena chief Uddhav Thackeray is contesting Maharashtra Assembly elections from Worli constituency.
Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Elections 2019: Assembly elections in Maharashtra are just around the corner. Politically, Maharashtra is one of the major states in the country. As Election Commission of India announced on September 21, Maharashtra Assembly Elections will be held on October 21. All 288 legislative assembly seats will go to polls in a single phase on October 21.
At least 15 people were wounded Saturday when a bomb exploded at a polling station in southern Afghanistan on Saturday. The blast occurred hours after the voting began for the Presidential elections.
The whistleblower at the center of Congress’ impeachment inquiry alleges that President Donald Trump abused the power of his office to “solicit interference from a foreign country” in next year’s U.S. election. The White House then tried to “lock down” the information to cover it up, the official’s complaint says.
Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu on Thursday made a strong pitch for holding simultaneous polls across India to avoid "deviation, dilution and diversion" of the public work.
DMK President M K Stalin announced the 66-year old Pugazhenthi's candidature in a party statement.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday launched an ambitious pension scheme for farmers in poll-bound Jharkhand. Under the 'Pradhan Mantri Kisan Mandhan Yojana', farmers between 18 and 40 years of age will get Rs 3,000 monthly pension after reaching 60.
On Sunday, municipal and regional elections were held across Russia, with a total of 22 administrative centres electing city parliaments, and three regional capitals electing heads of municipalities, Sputnik news agency reported.
Kerala local body bypoll results: The ruling Left Democratic Front or LDF have won 22 seats in Kerala local body bypolls. The bypolls to 44 local body seats in Kerala concluded on Friday. How many seats UDF and BJP managed to get in Kerala bypolls? Read to know more
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