Lok Sabha Polls 2019
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Arunachal Pradesh: Lok Sabha elections in a single phase, check details here
Mar 12, 2019, 08:11 AM ISTThe Lok Sabha elections in Arunachal Pradesh will be held in a single phase as announced by the Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora on Sunday.
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Nagaland: Lok Sabha elections in a single phase, check details here
Mar 12, 2019, 08:06 AM ISTElections to the lone Lok Sabha seat in Nagaland will be held on April 11, state Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Abhijit Sinha said on Sunday.
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Ramzan fasting will not impact poll percentage: Asaduddin Owaisi
Mar 11, 2019, 11:18 PM ISTThe general election will be held from April 11 to May 19 and the results will be declared on May 23 while Ramzan is expected to commence either on May 5 or 6, depending on sighting of the moon and lasts about 29 days.
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NCP chief Sharad Pawar not to contest Lok Sabha polls
Mar 11, 2019, 04:46 PM ISTThe NCP chief also indicated that Parth, son of his nephew and senior party leader Ajit Pawar, may be fielded from Maval Lok Sabha constituency in Pune district.
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Maharashtra: Lok Sabha elections in four phases, check details here
Mar 13, 2019, 05:45 PM ISTThe Lok Sabha elections in Maharashtra will be held in four phases as announced by the Election Commission of India on Sunday.
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Lok Sabha elections: Parliamentary panel asks Twitter to support 'free and fair' polls, ensure no bias
Feb 25, 2019, 05:34 PM ISTThe Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology, also told Twitter to talk to Election Commission officials and ensure "real-time compliance" with the guidelines concerning free and fair elections.
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Twitter strengthens political ads policy ahead of Lok Sabha Polls
Business | Feb 19, 2019, 11:07 PM ISTThe enforcement of this policy will begin on March 11, after which only certified advertisers will be allowed to run political campaigning ads on the service.
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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.
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Parliament session ends: Modi counts achievements, anti-BJP front sets agenda
Feb 14, 2019, 12:00 AM ISTModi government and a united Opposition sounded poll bugle in the national capital today as last Parliament session of the 16 Lok Sabha ended today.
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100 per cent VVPAT coverage in LS polls: EC tells Madras High Court
Feb 05, 2019, 08:52 PM ISTAfter the EC's submission assuring 100 per cent use of VVPAT machines, the bench dismissed the petition.
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2019 Lok Sabha polls: Delhi Police arrests man for posting fake election schedule
Feb 05, 2019, 03:55 PM ISTThe man identified as Gomunt Kumar had posted a state-wise election schedule for the upcoming general elections on his website - 'mytechbuzz', reports said.
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Lok Sabha Polls: Oppn demands matching of 50% of EVM results with VVPATs
Feb 04, 2019, 08:33 PM IST"If it is not possible to introduce ballot papers then at least 50 per cent of VVPAT should be counted for cross verification with EVM," Congress leader Mallikarjun Kharge told media outside the EC office.
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Lok Sabha Polls | JD(S) confident on coalition govt under Kumaraswamy, says seat-sharing talks with Congress soon
Jan 30, 2019, 11:16 AM ISTThe coalition leaders are likely to discuss seat-sharing for the Lok Sabha polls during the first week of February.
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Lok Sabha Polls 2019 | Political temperature soars in West Bengal post Amit Shah’s Midnapore rally
Jan 30, 2019, 07:09 AM ISTWhile the BJP accused the hooligans backed by TMC for attacking their party workers on their way back from Shah's rally, the state ruling party leaders blamed BJP supporters for the vandalism.
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Mann Ki Baat: PM Modi urges first time voters to register for Lok Sabha polls
India | Jan 27, 2019, 01:54 PM ISTThe prime minister further said, “In our country, no stone is left unturned to ensure that every citizen of India, who is a registered voter, gets an opportunity to vote."
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Congress to contest LS polls with 'full strength', will also win next UP election: Rahul Gandhi
National | Jan 24, 2019, 04:00 PM ISTGandhi was addressing a public meeting in Amethi before returning to Delhi at the end of his two-day visit to his Lok Sabha constituency.
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Arunachal urges CEC to deploy 60 companies CAPF for LS, assembly polls
Jan 23, 2019, 04:30 PM ISTState Chief Secretary Satya Gopal requested the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) of India, Sunil Arora, during a video conference here on Tuesday, an official communique said here on Wednesday.
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LS Polls: Cracks in Bihar grand alliance over seat-sharing; RJD bracing for life without Congress
National | Jan 23, 2019, 12:29 PM ISTAccording to media reports, Congress is seeking to contest 16 Lok Sabha seats in Bihar and has conveyed to the RJD that it would not settle for less than 12 seats.
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2019 Lok Sabha polls is not for electing PM, but ending Modi-Shah regime: Arvind Kejriwal
India | Jan 19, 2019, 04:21 PM ISTAccusing the Narendra Modi and Amit Shah pair of planting hatred in the country, Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal said the 2019 Lok Sabha elections will not be for electing a new Prime Minister but to remove the dictatorial BJP regime.
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‘Truly broad-based’ alliance will be formed in UP: Chidambaram hopeful for rethink on SP-BSP coalition
India | Jan 13, 2019, 09:16 AM ISTChidambaram said the goal was to defeat the BJP and expressed hope that all secular, liberal parties would come together to fight the elections.