Taking a jibe at both BJP and JD(U) which split on Sunday, RJD chief Lalu Prasad said, "These two parties will now starting fighting with each other on the streets, the people will take note of this. We were given votes in the Maharajgunj bypolls. We will trash both these parties in the next elections." ...
11:45 PM, Jun 16, 2013
Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit criticised Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi's comment that the Gujarat by-poll reflected the country's sentiments. ...
02:31 PM, Jun 07, 2013
Reacting to the Janata Dal United's loss in the Maharajganj by-poll in Bihar, party chief Sharad Yadav said, "It was RJD's seat but we will introspect because the margin of loss has increased," Sharad Yadav said. ...
02:17 PM, Jun 06, 2013
Patna: A day after the Janata Dal United suffered a big blow in the Maharajgang by-polls, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar has said that Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Lalu Prasad is celebrating too early. RJD's Prabhunath Singh trounced JD(U) candidate and state Education Minister PK Shahi in the Maharajganj Lok Sabha by-poll by a huge margin of over 1,37,000 votes. "The by-polls loss in Maharajganj is no defeat for the...
11:11 AM, Jun 06, 2013
Patna: A day after his election win by a huge margin in the Maharajganj by-poll, Rashtriya Janata Dal leader Prabhunath Singh is now facing arrest. Prabunath has been charged for misbehaving with a trainee IAS officer and a senior district official on poll duty during the by-poll. His anticipatory bail runs out on Thursday and he may be arrested. Prabhunath Singh had reportedly misbehaved with officials accusing them of allowing...
09:35 AM, Jun 06, 2013
New Delhi: The clamour for Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi to be made Bharatiya Janata Party's campaign committee chief for the 2014 Lok Sabha elections has grown. With only a day to go for the national executive meet, sources tell CNN-IBN that BJP President Rajnath Singh is willing to concede to the popular demand. Even as Modi's role in the 2014 polls awaits a formal approval, senior BJP leader Arun...
08:36 AM, Jun 06, 2013
Maharajganj: Lalu Prasad-led RJD showed on Wednesday that the party was very much a force to reckon with in Bihar when its candidate Prabhunath Singh dealt a massive blow to Chief Minister Nitish Kumar by trouncing JD(U) candidate and state Education Minister PK Shahi in the Maharajganj Lok Sabha bypoll by a huge margin of over 1,37,000 votes. Prabhunath Singh polled over 3.81 lakh votes, PK Shahi got over 2.44...
03:35 PM, Jun 05, 2013
Howrah: The Trinamool Congress candidate Prasun Banerjee has won the Howrah by-poll over its CPI(M) rival Sridip Bhattacharya by 27,000 votes. This, however, was almost 10,000 votes less than the previous TMC victory at the seat. The result in the by-poll is seen as the trust vote for Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee after the chit fund scam hit West Bengal. The election has been necessitated following the death of Trinamool...
02:50 PM, Jun 05, 2013
The Rashtriya Janata Dal's Prabhunath Singh was leading in Maharajganj by a big margin. This could be a big blow for the Nitish Kumar government and herald the return of Lalu Prasad as a key player. ...
02:37 PM, Jun 05, 2013
CNN-IBN National Affairs Editor Bhupendra Chaubey says from now till general elections, the entire political discourse will revolve around Narendra Modi. ...
02:04 PM, Jun 05, 2013
New Delhi: In a big victory for Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, the Bharatiya Janata Party has won all the six seats (two Lok Sabha seats and four Assembly seats) in the by-polls. This includes the Porbander seat which was contested by former Congressman and now BJP leader Vitthal Radadiya. Hailing the victory as a big win for Modi, BJP leader Amit Shah said, "People have proved that Gujarat is...
12:17 PM, Jun 05, 2013
Yavatmal: Only 37.5 per cent of the voters turned out at the polling booths during the by-election to Yavatmal Assembly constituency in Maharashtra on Sunday. The polling, however, was completely peaceful, District Collector Ashwin Mudgal said. He said the voting percentage might go up a little after the final figures came in. About the reasons for poor turn-out, Mudgal said there were 237 weddings in the district today, most of...
08:40 PM, Jun 02, 2013
Kolkata: Over 66 per cent voter turnout was recorded in the Howrah Lok Sabha by-poll in West Bengal on Sunday. The polling was peaceful. Chief Electoral Officer Sunil Gupta told reporters that till 6 pm, when the voting closed, 66.20 per cent of the electorate exercised their franchise. However, Gupta said as there were people still in the queue in some booths, the final percentage might increase by one or...
03:08 PM, Jun 02, 2013
Patna: Voting in the by-election to the Maharajganj Lok Sabha seat in Bihar passed off peacefully on Sunday with 47 per cent polling, officials said. "About 47 per cent polling was recorded... It passed off peacefully barring some group clashes between supporters of rival candidates," said a police official. There were 15 lakh voters. Police arrested a dozen troublemakers on Sunday. The seat fell vacant after the death of Rashtriya...
10:46 AM, Jun 02, 2013
Maharajganj: It's been billed as the semi-final in Bihar. On June 2, Maharajganj Lok Sabha constituency will have a bypoll and for Bihar's major political parties it is crucial test. For the Janata Dal (United)-Bharatiya Janata Party coalition, it is a litmus test while for the Lalu Prasad's Rashtriya Janata Dal it is a shot at redeeming itself. The scorching heat and dusty weather have failed to dampen electioneering. Bihar...
04:57 PM, Jun 01, 2013
Bally: Training her guns on the Centre, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday dared it to impose central rule in the state and accused it of disturbing her government and party by issuing threats of engaging CBI against it. "The Centre is economically depriving the state (WB). There are threats of engaging CBI against us. They (Congress) have become vindicitve against us since we pulled out of the...
02:38 AM, May 28, 2013
Independent candidate Toyang Changkong Chang has won the Tuensang Sadar-I Assembly Constituency polls in Nagaland. He defeated ruling Naga People s Front candidate L Elam Chang by a margin of 2272 votes. ...
04:43 PM, Mar 26, 2013
The ruling Shiromani Akali Dal candidate Joginderpal Singh today wrested the Moga Assembly seat defeating his nearest Congress rival by 18,849 votes. Jain, who had recently joined SAD after defecting from Congress, registered his third successive win by defeating Congress' Vijay Kumar Sathi. ...
07:01 PM, Feb 28, 2013
Congress candidate Mandira Roy on Thursday wrested the Algapur Assembly constituency defeating her nearest AIUDF rival Mehbubul Hassan by 991 votes in the by-poll. ...
06:23 PM, Feb 28, 2013
Congress on Friday declared names of its candidates for by-polls in Mizoram's Chalfilh and Uttar Pradesh's Bhatpar constituencies for which the elections will be held on February 23. Dr H Ngurdingliana would be the party's candidate for the election to Chalfilh assembly seat while Raghvendra Singh has been approved for Bhatpar by Congress Chief Sonia Gandhi, a party release said in New Delhi. ...
12:24 AM, Feb 02, 2013
