CEC Gyanesh Kumar congratulates electors of Assam, Puducherry, Keralam; calls Assembly elections "testimony" for democratic worldVoters in Assam, Kerala, and Puducherry participated in Assembly elections. Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar congratulated the ele...
09 Apr, 2026, 10.22 PM IST
Assam Assembly Election 2026: Voting time, key constituencies and important faces to watch and moreAssam elections 2026: Assam is voting today on April 9, 2026, to elect 126 members to its Legislative Assembly, with results due on May 4. ...
09 Apr, 2026, 11.41 AM IST
Assam polls: Women constitute 49.98% of electoral roll, but only 8.17% of total candidatesThe electoral landscape in Assam is evolving, with women voters surpassing their male counterparts in numerous districts. Despite this prog...
07 Apr, 2026, 05.19 PM IST
CEC Gyanesh Kumar says just 500 appeals filed after Assam electoral rolls revisionGyanesh Kumar said the statistics of just 500 appeals out of a total of 2.5 crore electorates exemplifies the success of the Special Revisi...
18 Feb, 2026, 08.18 PM IST
Assam SIR process ended; over 5.86 lakh added, 2.43 lakh names deleted from electoral roll: State Chief Electoral OfficerAssam SIR: State's electoral roll revision is complete. Booth Level Officers verified homes, identifying over 6.27 lakh individuals turning...
12 Feb, 2026, 07.46 AM IST
Lok Sabha polls: Overall voter turnout reduces to 65.79 per cent in 2024 from record high of 67.40 per cent in 2019The 2024 Lok Sabha elections saw a voter turnout of 65.79%, with Assam leading at 81.56% and Bihar at 56.19%. India set a global benchmark ...
06 Jun, 2024, 05.07 PM IST
D-Street spooked by lower voter turnout in Lok Sabha elections. Does BJP need to worry about it?India's general election nears midway with falling voter turnout, prompting concerns about disengagement. Lower participation, though not f...
10 May, 2024, 10.17 AM IST
Democracy's roots run deep and strong in India: PM's Economic Advisory Council Member Shamika RaviWhile questioning the objectivity of such assessments and their flawed designs and methodologies, Ravi said that such perception-based surv...
02 May, 2023, 07.50 AM IST
View: How prophetic is our exit poll?After its Bihar exit poll fiasco in 2015, polling agency Today’s Chanakya had explained, ‘A simple computer template coding marking the all...
30 Apr, 2021, 11.48 PM IST
New mobile app on poll statistics, economic data launched"Except the election commission's efforts, not much seems to be done by political parties to empower voters. Hence, the app is rolled out. ...
13 Mar, 2021, 01.44 PM IST
View: Citizenship (Amendment) Act is not a winning card, so why use it?Last time BJP announced implementing CAA, defeat for the party in the Delhi assembly elections followed. Having won all seven parliamentary...
16 Feb, 2021, 12.08 AM IST
In the last Lok Sabha polls, 86% of candidates lost depositsAs per the statistical report - which covered 542 parliamentary seats, excluding Vellore where the poll was cancelled - just 587 of the 7,4...
12 Oct, 2019, 10.55 AM IST
Mizoram: Where all parties have allied with BJP, all claim to be anti-BJPThe prominence attained by BJP in this state also contradicts a basic statistics of Mizoram's electoral history that the saffron party has ...
13 Nov, 2018, 06.25 PM IST
Economic growth, smart alliances win electionsTwo conspicuous growth laggards have been West Bengal and UP. West Bengal seems on its way up. Will politicians in UP learn from Nitish and...
22 May, 2016, 02.55 PM IST
Rule of Right? Daal-chawal only ideology that mattersUnlike Congress, BJP learnt its lessons and course-corrected after losses in Bihar, Delhi where its local leaders felt sidelined and its me...
22 May, 2016, 12.06 PM IST
Political parties wooing electorates with liquor, cash, household benefits and drugsThe use of foreign money in Indian elections is not ruled out but until we catch someone, we can’t say money from foreign nations also flow...
17 Apr, 2016, 10.46 AM IST
The curious case of few BJP wins in high turnout seatsIt's not difficult to see why BJP figured more prominently here than among the top 100 or why Congress had fewer seats.
28 Apr, 2014, 11.50 AM IST