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Assembly Elections 2016: LEADS / RESULTS

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Battle for 5 states: RESULTS

Constituency-wise verdict of the five-state aasembly elections.

Priyanka to play 'major role' in UP assembly polls

Uttar Pradesh Congress Committee chief Raj Babbar said, "It has been decided...

BJP, allies secure simple majority in Assam

We are definite that we will form the government here," Sonowal told media...

Kerala remains the red land, but there's a saffron speck

Rampant corruption by Congress ministers must be counted as the single...

Assam triumph: BJP's Open Sesame to the north-east

'The win in Assam is likely to have a ripple effect in other north-eastern...

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West Bengal

'I want to see BJP evolve into a secular party'

'We must delink religion from politics''Leaders with vested interests have...

West Bengal records 81 per cent, Assam 80 in 1st phase of assembly polls

81 per cent voter turnout recorded in West Bengal, 80 per cent in Assam.

1 constituency, 2 finance ministers

Khardah is no ordinary constituency. It is the electoral battleground of two...

Assam

Opinion polls project hung assembly in Assam

Assam may throw up a hung assembly with the Bharatiya Janata Party and the...

PMO and RSS will run Assam if BJP comes to power: Rahul

Asking voters in Assam to reject the Bharatiya Janata Party in the assembly...

I sold Assam tea, have special bond with this state: Modi

The PM also took a swipe at 79-year-old Gogoi who had called the assembly...

Tamil Nadu

'Meet the richest candidate in Tamil Nadu

A Ganesh Nadar and Saisuresh Sivaswamy, on the campaign trail with H...

Will Tamil Nadu vote for freebies and pre-poll promises or true deliverables?

The last time Tamil Nadu seriously voted on pre-poll promises was in faraway...

Vote Podu: Breezy awareness video goes viral in TN

It is reggae. It is inspired by Bob Marley. It is targeted at first time...

Kerala

Kerala assembly polls: BJP, BDJS seal alliance

Hoping to make its mark in Kerala, the BJP sewed up an alliance with the...

'Amit Shah said we have to rule Kerala'

'What authority has a secular government to administer Hindu temples? When...

Puducherry

Puducherry provides Congress a reason to smile

After an initial close fight, AINRC managed to win only eight seats,...

AIADMK to fly solo in Puducherry assembly elections

Coming out clear on its intent to go it alone in Puducherry, the AIADMK...

The biggest political challenge of 2016

Assembly elections are due in the summer of 2016 in five places: Assam, West...

Is hung assembly a possibility in Tamil Nadu?

Given the subdued pre-poll voter-behaviour in the state over the past couple...

Alliances may cost BJP dear in Assam

'The BJP's tie-ups with the Bodoland People's Front and the Asom Gana...

Numbers favour Jaya as Vijayakanth decides to go it alone in TN polls

With Vijayakanth rebuffing both the DMK and the BJP Tamil Nadu will witness a...

Kanchi shankaracharya predicted: 'Jayalalithaa will win'

Jayendra Saraswati, the shankaracharya of Kanchi, discusses the temple entry...

Elections: What you don't always see

A Ganesh Nadar shares interesting vignettes that usually get lost in the...

Kerala has 202 crorepati candidates, 311 with criminal cases

On the education details of the candidates, the survey said 669 have declared...

Why Mamata is worried about multi-phase state elections

Though it's been just five years at the helm, Mamata Banerjee's Trinamool...

BJP fields Netaji's grandnephew against Mamata Banerjee

The BJP declared Chandra Kumar Bose, grandnephew of Subhash Chandra Bose, its...

BJP ready to project Vijayakanth as Tamil Nadu CM, says Javadekar

Speaking to Rediff.com in New Delhi on Wednesday, Javadekar, who had visited...

Don't be surprised if Oommen Chandy is back!

'Oommen Chandy may well prove to be the Teflon chief minister whose...

'I will not win unless Hindus vote for me'

'People are losing their freedom to eat, speak, write and practise their...

The poster wars of Kerala

Imaginative, innovative and exceptional. The election posters of both the...

How BJP succeeded in driving Vijayakanth to the DMK

With the DMK formalising its alliance with the Congress and the Indian Union...

Political pundits in for surprise as alliances shift in West Bengal

As electoral sails shift in the dynamic political winds of West Bengal, two...

Advantage Mamata before Bengal polls

Banerjee has fulfilled two key electoral promises: Ridding Lalgarh of Naxals...

BJP, Cong in close fight in Assam, Ajmal may be kingmaker

Assembly elections in Assam used to be a quiet affair and people outside the...

Will Assam end BJP's losing streak?

The momentum the BJP has in its favour is partly due to the anti-incumbency...

Kolkata flyover collapse: Mamata faces poll bouncer

The timing of the flyover collapse couldn't have been worse for the CM with...

Assam polls: Why the BJP is wooing the Bodos

Bodo tribals influence as many as 30 seats. No wonder, national parties are...

DMK, Congress join hands for Tamil Nadu polls

Issues such as seat sharing and being part of the DMK led government were not...

BJP departs from practice, names Sonowal as Assam CM candidate

The BJP parliamentary board made the decision in an hour-long meeting...