BJP tops Google ad spending during 2023 state polls, allocates Rs 19 cr for assembly electionsIn 2023, during legislative polls in nine states, the BJP emerged as the top spender on Google advertisements, allocating around ₹19 crore,...
17 Jan, 2024, 11.06 PM IST
Parties' Lok Sabha polls spend may top Rs 1 lakh crore, spur growth in Q4Political parties' spending for the Indian general election could exceed ₹1 lakh crore, potentially increasing consumption and boosting gro...
02 Jan, 2024, 11.38 PM IST
BJP to focus on Dalit, tribal outreach, worker connect on 144 weak LS seatsOf the 40 Union ministers who have been made in charges of these seats, only 31 turned up at the meeting forcing Union Home Minister Amit S...
07 Sep, 2022, 12.02 AM IST
BJP to focus on Dalit, tribal outreach, worker connect on 144 weak Lok Sabha seatsThe party leaders were of the view that the continued outreach among Dalit and tribal communities and regular interaction of senior leaders...
07 Sep, 2022, 12.02 AM IST
Challenge before Priyanka Gandhi Vadra: Emulating uncle Sanjay GandhiSuccess eluded Sonia Gandhi during her 18-year tenure, Rahul Gandhi since 2004, culminating in his defeat in Amethi in LS polls, and the Ra...
03 Jul, 2020, 08.36 AM IST
UP polls 2017: Campaigning at its peak but not for Mulayam Singh YadavSame goes for younger brother Shivpal, once the party number two till he was pushed out of the post of SP state president during nephew Akh...
24 Feb, 2017, 12.51 PM IST
Prohibition could become Bihar CM Nitish Kumar's plank to 2019 Lok Sabha pollsHis government’s decision to enforce prohibition has certainly brought positive social impact in at least rural Bihar.
08 Jun, 2016, 03.51 AM IST
Battleground Tamil Nadu: 50% poll spends flout EC code, here's how it happensThe Election Commission is worried about the growing influence of cash in campaigning — from mobilizing crowds for rallies to payouts to vo...
19 Apr, 2016, 12.22 PM IST
BJP spent over Rs 700 crore for Lok Sabha electionsTotal spending incurred by parties during Lok Sabha 2004 polls were Rs 269.42 crore which rose by 225 per cent to Rs 875.81 crore.
03 Mar, 2015, 10.07 AM IST
Raj Thackeray takes U-turn, says won’t contest assembly electionsThackeray’s MNS contested 8 LS seats. But most of his candidates lost their security deposit as they failed to secure even 10% votes.
25 Aug, 2014, 04.00 AM IST
Merge NCP with Congress, we will remove Prithviraj Chavan as Maharashtra chief minister, says AICC to Sharad PawarThe Cong leadership has conveyed to Pawar that Chavan’s removal before the Oct assembly polls could be considered if NCP was ready to merge...
12 Jul, 2014, 03.24 AM IST
AAP shifts from Lok Sabha to local sabhas with eyes on Delhi assembly pollsAAP's MLAs have been holding mohalla sabhas in their constituencies to discuss with the citizens how best to spend the Rs 4 cr allotted as ...
05 Jun, 2014, 04.00 AM IST
7 LS candidates of AAP face severe poll-fund crunch in GujaratAAP, which accused Cong and BJP of 'crony-capitalism', seems to be doing 'poorly' in Gujarat as 7 of its LS nominees have managed to get on...
14 Apr, 2014, 12.27 PM IST
Lok Sabha Polls 2014: How candidates spend crores under ECs noseThe EC rule book is clear: Each candidate is entitled to spend a maximum of Rs 70 lakh. On the ground, a different story plays out and cont...
11 Apr, 2014, 11.31 AM IST
Black money may account for 1/3rd of Rs 30k crore poll expensesAt about Rs 30,000 crore so far, LS 2014 poll spend per voter comes to about Rs 400 going by the 81.4 crore eligible voters expected to cas...
01 Apr, 2014, 05.37 PM IST
Rs 30,000 crore to be spent on Lok Sabha pollsAccording to the CMS study, if Rs 30,000 crore is spent in this poll, then per voter expenditure will stand at Rs 400 to Rs 500 per voter.
16 Mar, 2014, 02.07 PM IST
Soho Square, TAG may handle BJP’s Rs 400 cr Lok Sabha poll campaignIn the race to handle the election advertising campaign for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), the front-runners seem to be Soho Square.
21 Feb, 2014, 10.26 AM IST