Border villages in WB's Murshidabad caught in whirlpool of infiltration politics, identity fearsIllegal immigration from Bangladesh dominates politics in Murshidabad's border areas. Parties debate infiltration, identity cards, and demo...
17 Apr, 2026, 12.25 PM IST
Alliances & distrust: Trinamool faces minority stronghold testWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's traditional minority vote base in Murshidabad and Malda faces challenges. Electoral roll issue...
10 Apr, 2026, 12.21 AM IST
Bihar Election 2025 Results: Will migrant workers decide who forms the next government?Bihar's migrant workers are emerging as a significant 'X-factor' in the 2025 Assembly elections, according to strategist Prashant Kishor. T...
11 Nov, 2025, 11.40 AM IST
BJP woos Bihari voters across country with 'Ek Bharat Shrestha Bharat' campaignWith the Bihar assembly election approaching, the BJP is actively engaging with migrant workers from Bihar across the country through its '...
24 May, 2025, 12.34 AM IST
BJP steps up efforts to woo migrant voters in DelhiThe BJP has intensified efforts to attract migrant voters in Delhi by forming a team of leaders from UP and Bihar to focus on Purvanchali v...
23 Jan, 2025, 12.06 AM IST
More than 35,000 Kashmiri Pandits eligible for voting in first phase of elections in J-KMore than 35,000 displaced Kashmiri Pandits are eligible to vote at 24 polling stations in the first phase of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembl...
18 Sep, 2024, 12.09 PM IST
Draft electoral roll extracts for Kashmiri migrants published, 7 days to submit claimsThe Jammu and Kashmir Election Department has issued draft electoral rolls aiming for greater participation of Kashmiri migrants in the upc...
29 Aug, 2024, 10.43 PM IST
Election Commission looking at ‘vote from workplace’ EVMsNew-age EVMs with dynamic candidate list, instead of constituency-specific lineup, to enable migrants to vote from outside home constituency
21 Dec, 2020, 11.30 PM IST
Bihar Elections: Higher voting in districts with more migrantsVoter turnout in the first two phases of Bihar election indicates an increase in voting percentage in districts where higher percentage of ...
04 Nov, 2020, 09.39 AM IST
Election Commission hopes for 60% turnout helped by women, migrantsThis year though, the Election Commission of India hopes women and migrant workers will help the state breach the 60% mark. There are two f...
14 Oct, 2020, 11.52 PM IST
EC team tells officials to aim for higher turnout in Bihar, enroll all migrantsBihar saw 56.6% polling in the 2015 elections, with women voter turnout being at 60.5%. The official quoted above said the focus is on ensu...
17 Sep, 2020, 08.01 AM IST
Let vote move with voter: Why it’s not a reality yetWhile millions criss-cross the country for work, the vote remains homebound as there is little effort to make it possible for migrant worke...
08 Jan, 2019, 10.33 AM IST
Alternative voting rights for domestic migrants not possible now: ECThe rules, sources in the Commission said, are easy for anyone to register as voter. As per rules, the day a person moves in at a new addre...
29 Jan, 2017, 01.59 PM IST
Government yet to evaluate options voting options for internal migrantsNeither does the poll watchdog have information about the number of migrant workers who voted in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections, he added.
04 Dec, 2015, 06.01 PM IST
Government to study feasibility of allowing domestic migrants alternative voting rightsThe feasibility of granting domestic migrant workers alternative voting facility along the lines of overseas Indians and service voters wil...
01 Oct, 2015, 08.28 PM IST
Lok Sabha elections 2014: Over 1,80,00O Kashmiri Pandits entitled to vote in BaramullaA total number of 6187 migrants have opted to cast their vote out of 18,257 registered displaced voters in Baramulla Parliamentary constitu...
06 May, 2014, 02.41 PM IST
Kashmiri Pandit migrants in Jagti protest against missing names from voters listThousands of displaced Kashmiri Pandits residing in Jagti township today held protests after they failed to cast vote for the Anantnag cons...
24 Apr, 2014, 07.11 PM IST