Revised voting percentage in second phase of Bihar polls recorded at 55.70%The provisional voting figure till late Tuesday night was 54.64 which rose marginally after the poll panel updated the data with the arriva...
04 Nov, 2020, 10.49 PM IST
Why Delhi 2020 verdict is equally important for both poll pundits and political partiesThe fact of the matter is that opinion polls fail to predict the winner in many elections worldwide. Sometimes, despite correctly predictin...
10 Feb, 2020, 11.33 PM IST
What is VVPAT?The VVPAT machine gives instant feedback to the voter, through a printed slip.
05 Feb, 2020, 02.41 PM IST
'NoMo' stopping truth about his 'criminal failure' on employment from becoming public: Rahul GandhiAs many as 108 economists and social scientists on Thursday called for restoration of "institutional independence" and integrity of statist...
15 Mar, 2019, 01.59 PM IST
Madhya Pradesh poll closest so far in the countryThe closest elections before this were in Chhattisgarh, where the difference in vote share in 2013 was 0.7%, and in Karnataka in 2008, when...
13 Dec, 2018, 08.38 AM IST
Experts back poll panel’s VVPAT counting formulaThe VVPAT is a printer-like machine attached to an EVM that allows a voter to briefly see whether his vote has been correctly gone in favou...
08 Oct, 2018, 07.05 AM IST
'One nation, one poll' needs many legislation: CEC OP RawatClarifying the ECs stand on the issue of anonymous electoral bonds being introduced for political funding, Rawat said that the EC was still...
24 Jan, 2018, 08.04 AM IST
All members both external and internal voted in favour of a pause in ratesThe central bank kept the repo rate unchanged at 6.25% and raised the reverse repo rate the rate at which absorbs liquidity from the system.
06 Apr, 2017, 03.23 PM IST
UP result highlights: BJP’s vote share swells in Uttar PradeshIn 2012, when the SP and Congress went to polls separately, they together cornered about 40.7% of the votes polled. That has now shrunk to ...
12 Mar, 2017, 12.01 AM IST
Bihar verdict: BJP tally would have been lower if contest was bipolarEC statistics suggest that BJP’s victory in 26 assembly segments were made possible because of the votes snatched by SP, BSP, NCP, CPI etc.
11 Nov, 2015, 04.00 AM IST
Arvind Kejriwal’s AAP needs a future plan; fatigue sets in for party’s small-time dramaIn the solitude of Tihar jail, one hopes Kejriwal comes up with a future plan that will have elements to it other than the villains & victi...
25 May, 2014, 09.59 AM IST
Praful Patel recorded highest; Wasnik lowest margin victory in LS '09NCP candidate Praful Patel from Bhandara-Gondia constituency won by a highest margin of 2,51,915 votes while Mukul Wasnik from Ramtek got a...
18 Mar, 2014, 10.27 AM IST
Narendra Modi's formula for BJP to win back Lok Sabha seats from CongressNarendra Modi today asked BJP to specially focus on those Lok Sabha constituencies where its candidates stood second behind Congress.
24 Dec, 2013, 09.58 PM IST
Congress media team brainstorms strategy to face poll resultsCongress media team today had a brainstorming session to chalk out a strategy to face assembly polls results boldly and counter impressions...
07 Dec, 2013, 09.09 PM IST
AAP likely to win 6-7 seats, Congress tally may fall to 30, BJP could improve performance: SurveyThe fledgling AAP poses a serious threat to Sheila Dikshit’s bid for a fourth term in the upcoming assembly elections.
23 Sep, 2013, 06.23 AM IST
- Helsinki Airport has best baggage handling facility: Survey
Nordic carrier Finnair, which is promoting Helsinki airport as the newest gateway to Europe, on Wednesday said passengers have voted the ai...
04 Nov, 2009, 07.28 PM IST
- This Lok Sabha election is big @ cyberspace
LS elections will go down in history as technology used to create awareness.
15 Apr, 2009, 02.03 AM IST