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Local polls: Those who consider Gujarat's people 'fools' will be routed, says Dy CM SanghaviGujarat Deputy Chief Minister Harsh Sanghavi has declared that voters will decisively defeat those who disrespect the state and its people....13 Apr, 2026, 09.23 AM IST- Education level of 46 pc candidates in Delhi polls between classes 5, 12: ADR analysisADR's analysis reveals 46% of the 699 candidates for the Delhi assembly election have education between Class 5 and Class 12, while another...27 Jan, 2025, 04.24 PM IST
- LS polls: 105 winning candidates' education between class 5 and 12About 19% of winning candidates in the recent elections declared their educational qualifications between class 5 and 12, while 77% had gra...06 Jun, 2024, 01.29 PM IST
- LS polls: 121 candidates declare themselves illiterate, finds ADR121 candidates in Lok Sabha elections are illiterate, 359 studied up to 5th grade, 647 up to 8th grade, 1,303 passed 12th grade, and 1,502 ...23 May, 2024, 05.29 PM IST
- West Bengal: 10 out of 37 candidates contesting in 1st phase are crorepatisThe West Bengal Election Watch and Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR), which scrutinised the affidavits, on Monday said three indepen...09 Apr, 2024, 01.26 AM IST
- Unacademy sacks teacher who appealed students to vote for educated candidatesThe teacher, identified as Karan Sangwan, has started his own YouTube channel and announced that he will post details around the controvers...20 Aug, 2023, 10.47 AM IST
- UP Phase 2 polls: Of candidates in fray 12 are 'illiterate', 114 educated till Class 8There are also 102 'post graduate' candidates and six with Ph.D in the fray, stated the report by polls reforms advocacy groups Uttar Prade...12 Feb, 2022, 04.11 PM IST
- Uttar Pradesh polls phase I: 15 illiterate candidates, 125 educated till Class 8The ADR said it has analysed self-sworn affidavits of 615 candidates across political parties and independent nominees from the 58 assembly...05 Feb, 2022, 12.38 PM IST
- 48% Bihar candidates are graduates or above compared to 42% in 2015There has been an improvement in the educational qualifications of candidates in this year's Bihar elections as 48 per cent of candidates h...07 Nov, 2020, 08.55 AM IST
- Gujarat polls: 71% of Phase I candidates have studied only up to class XIIDinesh Shukla, a political analyst, said that India doesn't have any minimum education requirement to contest elections.02 Dec, 2017, 11.52 AM IST
- Seven candidates in phase 3 and 4 of West Bengal polls are illiterateAccording to an analysis of their affidavits by the West Bengal Election Watch, six contestants in the third and one in the fourth phase ha...19 Apr, 2016, 04.19 PM IST
- Assam polls: analysis shows varied educational background of candidatesThree of them are 'illiterate' while 140 candidates are postgraduates, the analysis by the Assam Election Watch and Association for Democra...09 Apr, 2016, 11.32 PM IST
- EC tells Supreme Court it is open to putting candidates' photos on EVMsElection Commission told the Supreme Court on Friday that it was open to the idea of putting photos of all candidates contesting in electio...30 Jan, 2015, 10.15 PM IST
- 90% of people vote on caste lines: Markandey Katju90% of people vote on caste lines instead of assessing a candidate's merit, Katju said, claiming it allows people with criminal background ...21 Jan, 2013, 06.46 PM IST
- Eight illiterates in fray for Gujarat Assembly elections: National Election WatchNational Election Watch (NEW), an NGO, conducted an analysis based on the educational background of the candidates in fray.05 Dec, 2012, 05.27 PM IST
- UP elctions 2012: SP leads the tainted candidates listAlmost all big parties have given tickets to candidates with criminal antecedents.SP leads with 30 such candidates.04 Feb, 2012, 09.16 AM IST
- UP polls: 40 with criminal charges in fray for phase 5LS polls in UP witness 40 contestants with criminal background.11 May, 2009, 05.43 PM IST
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