General Election
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Bangladesh Election: Which political parties are contesting and what happened in the last 3 polls?
World | Feb 07, 2026, 11:51 PM ISTBangladesh General Election: The National Citizen Party, a fresh centrist force spearheaded by 27-year-old student activist Nahid Islam, promises sweeping reforms including a new constitution, improved healthcare and climate action.
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Bihar Lok Sabha Elections Results 2024 Highlights: NDA wins 30 out of 40 seats
Bihar | Jun 04, 2024, 11:59 PM ISTBihar Lok Sabha Elections Results 2024 Highlights: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the Janata Dal-United, the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and the Congress are the main parties in the state.
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BJP files complaint with EC against Congress for 'spreading lies', creating 'atmosphere of tensions'
India | May 02, 2024, 10:02 PM ISTThe BJP, in its complaint to EC, has said that the Congress and other opposition parties have been spreading lies against the party alleging that it will end the reservation if retains power.
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Schools and colleges closed in these states due to voting in phase 1 of Lok Sabha polls | Check here
Education | Apr 09, 2024, 12:44 PM ISTPreparations for the 2024 Lok Sabha Elections are in full swing. The voting will commence with Phase 1 on April 19 and conclude with Phase 7 on June 1st. For smooth conduct of the voting procedure, schools and colleges in the voting state/district/UTs will remain closed. Check list here.
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Deepfake cases surge ahead of general elections in South Korea: What are the issues?
Technology | Feb 19, 2024, 11:43 AM ISTAccording to the National Election Commission (NEC), the country's election watchdog, 129 pieces of AI-generated media content had been detected from January 29 to the end of last week, constituting a violation of the newly revised election law.
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Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina elected for fifth term, declares Election Commission
World | Jan 07, 2024, 11:51 PM ISTLeaders of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP), which boycotted General Elections, said it plans to intensify its anti-government movement through a peaceful public engagement programme from Tuesday as it dubbed the polls as "fake".
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Cambodia: PM Hun Sen declares landslide win in general election marked by suppression of opposition
World | Jul 24, 2023, 02:15 PM ISTThe opposition Cambodian National Rescue Party (CNRP) was barred from this year's national election on a technicality issue by the National Election Committee.
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Ishaq Dar likely to be caretaker Pakistan PM even as ruling parties disagree: Who is he?
World | Jul 24, 2023, 01:10 PM ISTThe Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) opined that Dar was "a man from the Sharif family" and was not a suitable fit for the post of caretaker PM, which required a neutral person.
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Rishi Sunak, 15 UK ministers at risk of losing seat at general election: New poll predicts
World | Jan 09, 2023, 08:35 AM ISTUK General Election 2024: Senior Tory figures – including Prime Minister Sunak, Deputy prime minister Dominic Raab and health secretary Steve Barclay – are all at risk of defeat at the election expected in 2024, according to the polling data shared with The Independent newspapers.
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Rahul Gandhi will contest 2024 Lok Sabha polls from Amethi, claims UP Congress leader
India | Dec 14, 2022, 05:53 PM ISTLok Sabha 2024: Rahul Gandhi, who had won the Amethi parliamentary seat for three times in a row, was defeated by BJP leader and Union minister Smriti Irani in 2019 elections.
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Nepal Election results 2022: PM Deuba wins Dadeldhura seat, ruling party leads on 46 seats
World | Nov 23, 2022, 02:16 PM ISTNepal Election results 2022: Sher Bahadur Deuba, 77, secured 25,534 votes against his nearest rival Sagar Dhakal, 31, an independent candidate who received 1,302 votes. Deuba has never lost any parliamentary election in his five decades of political career.
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Aung Suu Kyi party set to win Myanmar vote with weak opposition
World | Nov 08, 2020, 09:10 PM ISTVoters in Myanmar’s biggest city, Yangon, turned up early Sunday in large numbers to vote in nationwide elections that are expected to return to power the party of Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi.
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Mahinda Rajapaksa takes oath as Sri Lankan Prime Minister
World | Aug 09, 2020, 10:11 AM ISTMahinda Rajapaka took oath on Sunday as the country’s new prime minister at a historic Buddhist temple. He is swearing-in ceremony days after his party won a landslide victory in the General Election.
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Israelis vote in unprecedented third general elections in less than a year
World | Mar 03, 2020, 07:38 AM ISTIsraelis voted on Monday in an unprecedented third parliamentary election in less than a year to break the deadlock on government formation, with the country's longest-serving Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fighting for his political survival amid indictments on graft charges.
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Indian origin Irish PM Leo Varadkar's party pushed to 3rd place in general election
World | Feb 10, 2020, 07:15 PM ISTIreland's Indian-origin Prime Minister Leo Varadkar has suffered a huge setback in the general election as his liberal-conservative Fine Gael party took a battering in the face of an unprecedented surge in the fortunes of the nationalist party Sinn Fein.
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C R Patil appointed Lok Sabha House Committee Chairman
India | Jun 26, 2019, 07:13 PM ISTThe MP from Gujarat's Navsari has the highest victory margin in the 2019 general elections.
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15 EVMs damaged in 2019 Lok Sabha election first phase
Apr 12, 2019, 08:14 AM ISTWhile there were six reports of EVM damage from Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh reported five matters, one each were from West Bengal and Bihar and two from Manipur.
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MPs in fray in Phase 1 had varying attendance record
Apr 11, 2019, 10:48 AM ISTApart from the TDP MP, others who attended most number of sessions included the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) members Rajendra Agrawal (Meerut) - 98 per cent, Mahesh Sharma (Gautam Buddh Nagar) - 97 per cent and Satya Pal Singh (Baghpat) - 96 per cent, according to a data shared by PRS Legislative Research.
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Lok Sabha election 2019: Who Said What | Live Updates
Apr 04, 2019, 11:16 PM ISTLok Sabha Elections 2019 General Elections Latest Updates Thursday, 4 April 2019: As the nation heads into Lok Sabha elections, the political blame game and name calling have piqued. We bring you the latest updates on who said what during the general election campaign.
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Lok Sabha elections 2019: BJP gets 5 seats in alliance led by AIADMK
Feb 19, 2019, 07:15 PM ISTGoyal also said that the BJP will contest on five seats in Tamil Nadu during the 2019 general elections. The two parties will fight the polls together in Tamil Nadu and Puducherry.