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  74,899 candidates in fray in Kerala local body polls

  Elections | November 27, 2020 23:12 IST

  Kerala's State Election Commission on Friday said that 74,899 candidates will contest the three-phase local body polls next month, after around 75,000 candidates withdrew their nominations.

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  Kerala local body polls to be conducted in 3 phases. Check schedule here

  Elections | November 06, 2020 17:11 IST

  The local body polls in Kerala will be held in three phases from December 8 adhering to strict COIVD-19 protocol, State Election Commissioner V Bhaskaran said here on Friday.

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  AP local body polls: Chandrababu objects to AP govt move to hold elections amid COVID-19 crisis

  Politics | April 18, 2020 21:18 IST

  Telugu Desam Party (TDP) president N Chandrababu Naidu on Saturday raised serious objection to Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jaganmohan Reddy holding meetings with officials to discuss the fresh schedule for local body elections amid the COVID-19 crisis.

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  Justice Kanagaraj appointed new State Election Commissioner of Andhra Pradesh

  India | April 11, 2020 12:35 IST

  Justice V Kanagaraj, a retired judge of the Madras High Court, on Saturday assumed charge as the State Election Commissioner of Andhra Pradesh.

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  Coronavirus: Rural, urban local body polls put on hold in Arunachal Pradesh

  India | March 21, 2020 13:00 IST

  The State Election Commission of Arunachal Pradesh has decided to temporarily put on hold the municipal and panchayat elections in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic, an official said on Saturday.

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  Maharashtra local body polls postponed amid coronavirus outbreak

  Elections | March 17, 2020 15:35 IST

  State Election Commissioner UPS Madan said the government had requested that the elections be postponed in view of coronavirus infection. The election commission also stayed the poll-related process.

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  Jammu and Kashmir local body polls for 13,000 vacant seats to be held in March

  Elections | February 13, 2020 15:19 IST

  The elections to the nearly 13,000 vacant posts of panch and sarpanch in gram panchayats in Jammu and Kashmir will be held from March 5, the Election Commission has announced on Thursday.

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  Telangana local body polls: TRS defeated in KCR's adopted village. Check partywise results

  India | June 04, 2019 18:18 IST

  ​The Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) suffered defeat in Chief Minister K. Chandrashekhar Rao's adopted village and her daughter K. Kavitha's own village but the ruling party was way ahead of others in the rest of the state in the rural local body elections.

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  Punjab Panchayat Polls: Over 13,000 villages to elect local bodies tomorrow

  Elections | December 29, 2018 19:51 IST

  The voting will be held from 8 am to 4 pm on Sunday and counting of votes will take place after the conclusion of polling. As many as 13,276 sarpanchs and 83,831 panchs will be elected for 13,276 villages.

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  Uttarakhand local body polls: BJP secures three mayoral seats but independents take the cake; counting underway

  Elections | November 21, 2018 13:04 IST

  Interestingly, independents mostly include rebels from both Congress and BJP, who are doing respectively well in their wards.

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  U'khand ULB polls results live: BJP faces stiff competition from independents

  Elections | November 20, 2018 16:32 IST

  The civic body polls are a high stake battle for the ruling BJP which is looking to match its own impressive performance in assembly polls last year where it won 57 out of 70 seats.

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  Uttarakhand local body polls: 60 pc voting recorded till 5 pm; CM thanks people for ‘enthusiastic’ participation

  Elections | November 18, 2018 21:01 IST

  Repolling will be held at ward no 106, 107 and 108 of Udhampur Singh Nagar district on Monday as polling had to be stopped due to technical snag.

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  Uttarakhand local body polls: Mayoral elections held for first time in Rishikesh, Kotdwar

  Elections | November 18, 2018 17:09 IST

  A total of 23.53 lakh voters consisting of 12.20 lakh male and 11.33 lakh female will seal the fate of 4,978 candidates contesting in the polls across the state.

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  J-K local body polls: Zero turnout in Srinagar's Soura ward

  India | October 16, 2018 18:45 IST

  Although low voter turnout in Srinagar and many other parts of the Valley has been a hallmark of the civic body elections, this is the first time that no voter turned up in an entire ward, officials said.   

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  Mohammad Farooq Khan to contest election from BJP in J&K local body polls

  India | October 04, 2018 14:20 IST

  " I didn't come from Nepal. I came a long ago. I've completed my jail term of 10.5 years. Also, I'm going to file FIR against those who've said that I came from Nepal, if they don't apologise," said Mohammad Farooq

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  Karnataka local body elections: Congress, JD(S) to extend alliance to keep BJP out of power

  Elections | September 02, 2018 6:35 IST

  Elections to 105 ULBs, including three city corporations, were held on Friday in Karnataka, with a record 68 per cent voter turnout.

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  K'nataka local body elections 2018 LIVE: Polls underway in 2,574 wards across 102 ULBs

  Elections | September 02, 2018 6:29 IST

  Counting of votes will be taken up on September 3 and most of the results are expected by night or early Tuesday.

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  Indian-origin Rahul Tarar wins local body elections in Britain; gets elected as Saint Andrew Councillor

  World | May 07, 2018 20:16 IST

  Rahul –who fought the elections on the ticket of Conservative Party – defeated his opponent from the Labour Party, while garnering 55 per cent of the votes.

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  Gujarat first state to make voting mandatory in local body polls

  Politics | November 09, 2014 23:27 IST

  Gandhinagar: Gujarat has become the first state in the country where voters will have to compulsorily exercise their franchise in local body polls with new Governor O P Kohli clearing the Gujarat Local Authorities Laws

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  BSP Decides Not To Contest UP Local Body Polls Fearing Attacks From SP

  India | March 11, 2012 20:19 IST

  Lucknow, Mar 11: Smarting under poll debacle, BSP today expressed fears about return of 'goondaraj' in Uttar Pradesh and said it would not contest the upcoming local body polls, apprehending that the ruling Samajwadi Party