UP Congress wanted Priyanka Gandhi to contest polls from Varanasi: Ajay RaiModi's victory margin this year was less than the 2019 and 2014 general elections when he won by 4,79,505 and 3,71,784 votes, respectively....
12 Jun, 2024, 03.56 PM IST
Election Commission suspends Additional District Magistrate of Varanasi for 'protocol breach'However, the commission stuck to its version that the machines were not the ones used for polling but reserve ones used for "hands-on" trai...
10 Mar, 2022, 12.01 AM IST
Last phase of Uttar Pradesh polls: All roads lead to VaranasiModi, who has been criss-crossing the state all along in the seven-phase Uttar Pradesh elections, will lead the poll blitzkrieg in his Lok ...
06 Mar, 2022, 10.25 PM IST
BJP's booth incharges come centre stage as campaign ends in Uttar PradeshWithin the BJP organisation, the main task of the booth committees is to ensure the delivery of "parchi" (voter's slip) to every voter in t...
05 Mar, 2022, 11.11 PM IST
48.73% votes cast till 3 PM in phase VI of Uttar Pradesh pollsThere are 635 candidates, including 63 women, vying for laurels. Around 1.72 crore voters, including 94.60 lakh men and 77.84 lakh women, a...
04 Mar, 2017, 04.21 PM IST
Focus on holy city of Varanasi as UP poll battle in last phaseThe BJP is also faced with the target of quelling resentment in certain quarters over senior leaders being denied party ticket in these ele...
02 Mar, 2017, 12.38 PM IST
Sonia Gandhi launches Congress poll campaign in UPGandhi flew in here for a day-long programme in the constituency and was led by hundreds of bikers, waving party flags from the airport to ...
02 Aug, 2016, 01.23 PM IST
UP: Sounding early poll bugle, Nitish Kumar heads to VaranasiThis would be Nitish Kumar's first visit to Varanasi ever since he humbled Modi and his trusted aide Amit Shah in last year's Bihar assembl...
18 Mar, 2016, 11.19 AM IST
Encore of 2014 polls as Narendra Modi and Arvind Kejriwal are set to visit Varanasi on February 22Varanasi, was the focal point of the 2014 parliamentary polls, with the high profile electoral clash between then BJP’s PM candidate Modi a...
13 Feb, 2016, 12.50 PM IST
Record voting in Varanasi for the epic Lok Sabha battleComing out in record numbers to vote despite scorching heat, people of Varanasi today sealed the fate of Narendra Modi in a fierce Lok Sabh...
12 May, 2014, 10.09 PM IST
Voter turnout touches 53 per cent by 5 PM in VaranasiAccording to election officials, the highest turnout of 57% was reported in Varanasi South while rural areas saw between 51 to 54% turnout.
12 May, 2014, 06.21 PM IST
Narendra Modi denied permission for one of his rallies in Varanasi; BJP in a huddleMeanwhile, Rahul Gandhi is likely to address a rally on May 9 in Varanasi while Priyanka Gandhi is "closely considering" conducting a road ...
07 May, 2014, 03.06 PM IST
Top BJP leaders, Rajnath Singh, MM Joshi, Sushma Swaraj to campaign for Narendra Modi in Varanasi"Senior leaders of the party will campaign for Modi in the constituency to send across a message to the electorate," a senior party leader ...
02 May, 2014, 09.54 AM IST
Lok Sabh elections: AAP writes to EC, seeks video surveillance of polling booths in VaranasiThe EC on Tuesday assured AAP leader Prashant Bhushan that central forces had been deployed in Varanasi, according to a statement issued by...
30 Apr, 2014, 11.21 AM IST
Lok Sabha elections 2014: Parties deploy over 50k volunteers, make Varanasi poll capitalPresence of over 50,000 political volunteers -- working for various parties -- seems to have made this city the 'poll capital' of the count...
20 Apr, 2014, 03.05 PM IST
Tourists line up for ringside seat at Varanasi poll battleElection tourism made its debut in 2012 during the legislative assembly elections in Gujarat. With Modi seeking a fourth consecutive term a...
15 Apr, 2014, 04.32 PM IST
Election Commission let down by urban voters compared to their rural counterparts in UP electionsThree Maoist-affected districts that vote in Phase 3 - Mirzapur, Sonbhadra and Chandauli - recorded over an estimated 60% voting.
16 Feb, 2012, 02.55 PM IST