State election 2021

Union Home Minister Amit Shah to hold four roadshows in West Bengal today

Union Home Minister Amit Shah is scheduled to hold four roadshows in the poll bound West Bengal on Wednesday (April 7) as a part of BJP’s campaign for the upcoming state assembly elections. 

Apr 07, 2021, 08:23 AM IST

Kerala Assembly Elections 2021: 73 per cent voters turnout recorded till 7 pm

The ECI said 73.69 per cent of male voters, 73.48 per cent of female voters and 37.37 per cent of transgender voters exercised their franchise as per the preliminary assessment till 6.55 PM.

Apr 06, 2021, 20:35 PM IST

EVMs found at TMC leader’s house, Election Commission suspends poll officer

An official of the Election Commission of India was suspended after he was found at the residence of a TMC leader along with EVMs and VVPATs.

Apr 06, 2021, 16:16 PM IST

Assembly polls: PM Narendra Modi appeals to people to 'vote in record numbers'

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday (April 6) appealed to the voters in poll-bound states to vote in record numbers.

Apr 06, 2021, 08:21 AM IST

Kerala assembly election 2021: Polling underway in 140 assembly seats, 957 candidates in fray

Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, seven of his cabinet colleagues, Opposition leader Ramesh Chennithala and senior Congress leader Oommen Chandy are among the 957 candidates in the fray in the state.

Apr 06, 2021, 07:44 AM IST

Assam assembly election 2021: Voting in 40 constituencies today, 337 candidates in fray

Assam is all set to enter the final leg of its three-phased elections for 126-seat Assembly today. This final phase will decide the fate of 337 candidates in the fray. Over 40 constituencies of 12 districts in the state are going for polling on Tuesday (April 6).

Apr 06, 2021, 07:16 AM IST

Puducherry assembly election 2021: Voting in 30 constituencies today, 324 candidates in fray

The polling for 30 assembly seats in the Union Territory will commence today (April 6). Puducherry will vote in a single phase and the election will be a keen contest between the AINRC-led NDA and Congress-led Secular Democratic alliance.

Apr 06, 2021, 06:43 AM IST

West Bengal assembly election 2021: Crucial 3rd phase of polling underway in 31 constituencies

The total number of polling stations is 10,871 that includes 8,480 main and 2,391 auxiliary booths. The number of 80 plus voters is 1,26,177 while 64,083 are PWD (Persons with Disabilities) voters. The election data also shows that 205 candidates including 13 females from different political parties are in the fray for the third phase of polls.

Apr 06, 2021, 06:37 AM IST

Tamil Nadu records voter turnout of 62.42 per cent till 5.30 pm

In Tamil Nadu, the Assembly elections 2021 have been termed as the most intense in the state's electoral history as these are the first polls in the absence of stalwarts DMK's M Karunanidhi and AIADMK's J Jayalalithaa. 

Apr 06, 2021, 06:14 AM IST

West Bengal Assembly Elections: Security beefed up ahead of Phase 3 polling for 31 constituencies

The voting in this phase of elections will be held in 31 Assembly constituencies in three districts - eight in Hooghly, seven in Howrah and 16 in South 24 Parganas.

 

Apr 05, 2021, 19:59 PM IST

AIADMK seeks disqualification of DMK Chief MK Stalin, son Udhayanidhi over bribery allegations

Apart from Stalin, the ruling AIADMK also urged ECI to to cancel the candidature of other top DMK leaders including party's General Secretary Durai Murugan.

Apr 05, 2021, 16:24 PM IST

LIVE: False narratives being built about farm laws, CAA to create political instability, says PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers across the country on Tuesday (April 6) on the occasion of the 41st foundation day of the party.

Apr 05, 2021, 11:51 AM IST

Poll rigging: What happened on Nandigram polling day, EC explains point-by-point

The TMC supremo, Mamata Banerjee', went up against Suvendu Adhikari of the BJP from Nandigram in the second phase of the West Bengal assembly polls.

Apr 04, 2021, 13:54 PM IST

Election Commission responds to Mamata Banerjee's 'fake allegation' of rigging at a polling booth in Nandigram

In response to West Bengal Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee's allegation that there was a complete breakdown of law and order during the second phase of the voting election in the state on April 1, especially at a polling booth in Nandigram, Election Commission has written given a point-by-point reply to the Chief Minister.

Apr 04, 2021, 12:59 PM IST

BJP, TMC leaders to hold public meetings, roadshows in West Bengal today ahead of third-phase polling

The second phase of polling concluded in West Bengal on April 1 and in the third phase, 31 Assembly constituencies across three districts of Howrah, Hooghly, and South 24 Parganas will go to the polls. 

Apr 04, 2021, 05:44 AM IST

Zee Exclusive : Phone tapes reveal Mamata Banerjee's nephew received Rs 40 crores as bribe

Even as Assembly elections are underway in West Bengal, explosive new audio tapes reveal the 'game of corruption' in the state on how CM Mamata Banerjee's nephew Abhishek Banerjee received cut money. 

Apr 03, 2021, 20:27 PM IST

'Mahajot ka Mahajhooth' exposed: PM Modi accuses Congress of encouraging violence in Assam

Prime Minister Narendra Modi an election rally in Bodoland Territorial Region's (BTR) Baksa district on Saturday said that the people of Assam have rejected violence for development, peace, unity and stability.

Apr 03, 2021, 15:32 PM IST

EC bars BJP’s Himanta Biswa Sarma from campaigning for 48 hours for threatening Bodoland leader

The Election Commission has barred Assam government minister and BJP leader Himanta Biswa Sarma from campaigning for 48 hours with immediate effect for allegedly making threatening remarks against Bodoland People’s Front chief Hagrama Mohilary.

Apr 03, 2021, 07:10 AM IST

Congress-DMK insult women time and again, don’t understand Madurai ethos: PM Narendra Modi

Addressing a rally in Madurai, the prime minister said that the schemes of NDA such as Swachch Bharat mission and Ujjwala Yojana were aimed at empowering women.

Apr 02, 2021, 16:52 PM IST

EC orders repoll at booth in Assam’s Ratabari seat after EVM found in BJP candidate's car

The Election Commission has ordered a repoll at a polling booth in Ratabari seat of Assam after a controversy broke out over the presiding officer carrying the EVM. 

Apr 02, 2021, 15:35 PM IST