Bypolls

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TMC leader and Bollywood actor Shatrughan Sinha waves towards supporters as he arrives at the party office after winning Asansol parliamentary constituency by-elections, in Asansol, Saturday, April 16, 2022. (PTI Photo)

TMC, Congress, RJD win; BJP draws blank in bypolls

TMC grabs Asansol from BJP, retains Ballygunge

17 Apr 2022 2:40 AM

Union home minister Amit Shah (Photo: PTI)

Bypolls trigger bickering in West Bengal BJP

Amit Shah seeks report, senior leaders divided over reasons for party’s poor show.

30 Nov 2019 7:20 AM

Counting of votes began at 8 am on Thursday amid tight security in polling centres in three Assembly seats of West Bengal where by-polls were held on November 25, Election Commission officials said. (Photo: File/ Representational Image)

TMC set to sweep all 3 seats in West Bengal Assembly bypolls

The bypolls took place exactly 6 months after BJP pulled off a shock result in the national election in West Bengal.

28 Nov 2019 9:20 AM

Important decisions for the upcoming local body elections are also expected to be taken in the meeting. (Photo: ANI)NI)

Chennai: MK Stalin chairs party's general council meeting at YMCA Ground

Discussions will focus on the reasons behind the party's defeat in Vikravandi and Nanguneri by-election.

10 Nov 2019 1:47 PM

Victory in the Huzurnagar by-elections acted like a tonic and infusing new energy in the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS), the party's working President KT Rama Rao said on Monday. (Photo: Facebook/ KTR)

Huzurnagar bypoll victory ‘like a tonic’: Telangana CM KCR's son

KTR said that the people of Huzurnagar have given a fitting reply to the false propaganda of the opposition parties.

05 Nov 2019 9:12 AM

Expressing confidence that he will be a hundred per cent successful in his efforts, he said, 'I will complete my remaining three-and-half-year term. I'm confident about it. I can only tell you that central leaders have confidence in me, that is the reason I have been made the chief minister of this state.' (Photo: FIle)

'Will complete full term': K'taka CM Yediyurappa ahead of 100 days in office

Rejecting suggestions that party high command was trying to control him, he said he has been given a 'free hand'.

30 Oct 2019 4:07 PM

The 16th session of the Kerala Legislative Assembly, beginning here on Monday, would see the swearing in of five newly-elected members who had won the October 21 bypolls. (Photo: File)

New MLAs to swear in on opening day of Kerala Assembly

The discussion and voting on the Supplementary Demands for Grants in the budget for the Financial Year 2010-20 would be held on November 5.

27 Oct 2019 12:17 PM

Tamil Nadu Minister D Jayakumar took a jibe against his rival DMK chief Stalin on Thursday as early trends show AIADMK taking a lead in two Assembly seats in bye-election. (Photo: File)

Tamil Nadu bypolls: Jayakumar mocks Stalin as AIADMK takes lead on both seats

Jayakumar claimed DMK chief Stalin wanted his son Udhayanidhi's entry into politics and many senior party leaders were overruled.

24 Oct 2019 2:54 PM

Counting of votes will also be held in Satara (Maharashtra) and Samastipur (Bihar) Lok Sabha seats, which were held by the NCP and the LJP respectively.

Counting of votes today in Haryana, Maharashtra

Bypoll results of 51 Assembly, 2 LS seats in 18 states also to be declared.

24 Oct 2019 6:46 AM

A file photo of RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav (Photo: PTI)

Bypolls crucial for both NDA, grand alliance

The five assembly seats where byelections were held on Monday fell vacant after the leaders who represented them were elected to Lok Sabha.

22 Oct 2019 4:50 AM

Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Azam Khan on Monday said the state government is committing an "atrocity" to win the upcoming by-elections in the state, in reference to the raids conducted at Mohammad Ali Jauhar University. (Photo: File)

‘Committing atrocity’: Azam Khan slams UP govt for raids at Jauhar University

'The government has a majority and it has the right to take any decision,' said Khan on abrogation of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir.

12 Aug 2019 2:15 PM

According to the election officials, three MLAs will not be able to cast their votes in the bypolls as they were disqualified for various reasons in the recent past. (Photo: ANI)

Bypolls for two Rajya Sabha seats underway in Gujarat; BJP fields EAM Jaishankar

Bypolls for the two seats from Gujarat were necessitated after Union ministers Amit Shah and Smriti Irani resigned as Rajya Sabha.

05 Jul 2019 10:35 AM

MP CM Kamal Nath Monday took oath as MLA after getting elected from Chhindwara Assembly seat in a bypoll held along with April-May Lok Sabha polls. (Photo: File)

Madhya Pradesh CM Kamal Nath takes oath as MLA

As per rules, Nath had to get elected to the MP Assembly within six months of being appointed Chief Minister.

10 Jun 2019 2:38 PM

Party chief Chaudhary Ajit Singh and Jayant Chaudhary will decide on the number of seats the party will contest and the matter may be discussed during a meeting in the next few days, Ahmad said. (Photo: Website)

Now RLD announces it will fight UP assembly bypolls alone

Rashtriya Lok Dal UP president Masood Ahmad, however, expressed hope that the 'gathbandhan' remains intact.

05 Jun 2019 11:00 AM

While Chavda, Asha Patel, and Sabariya quit the Congress ahead of the LS elections, former MLA Raghavji Patel had joined BJP 2 years ago after voting against Congress leader Ahmed Patel in the Rajya Sabha election held in August 2017. (Photo: File I Representational)

4 Congress turncoats who won on BJP tickets take oath as MLAs in Gujarat

The MLAs took oath at the Speaker's chamber in the Assembly building.

28 May 2019 2:53 PM

BJP faces major challenge in 2 Assembly seats

The BJP is hoping to win the election here highlighting the alleged electoral malpractices of Munirathna.

22 May 2018 12:30 AM

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan (Photo: PTI)

Shivraj Singh Chouhan goes all out for February 24 bypolls

Both the assembly segments fall under Guna Lok Sabha constituency, the pocket-borough of Jyotiraditya Scindia.

11 Feb 2018 1:47 AM

D. Raja, National Secretary of the Communist Party of India

‘The myth of Modi’s invincibility busted’

In an interview to Sreeparna Chakrabarty, Mr Raja held out the hope that a collective leadership could defeat the Modi monolith.

04 Feb 2018 3:47 AM

Delhi: BJP’s marathon bypoll meetings kick off today

The first meeting will start at 10 am with state office-bearers and end with a meeting of core committee in the evening.

25 Jan 2018 3:12 AM

Bypolls to two seats in MP on February 24

Mr Scindia, a front runner to lead Congress in the forthcoming Assembly elections in MP, has already visited the two constituencies several times.

20 Jan 2018 1:48 AM

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