About 76% voter turnout in Nagaon Lok Sabha bypoll
Election officials said the figure is expected to increase as voters who entered polling stations before 5 p.m. were allowed to exercise their franchise
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Video clip of Dharapuram TVK candidate saying she ‘spent ₹31 crore’ on poll submitted to ECI
In the video, it is unclear whether P. Sathyabama was referring to the 2026 Assembly election or the subsequent bypoll
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21 sets of nominations filed for West Graduates’ Constituency poll on last day; BJP’s show of strength; In all 18 candidates, filed 36 sets
As many as 21 sets of nomination papers were filed on Tuesday, the last day for filing nomination papers for the election to Karnataka West Graduates’ Constituency of Karnataka Legislative Council, taking the total number of nomination papers filed so far to 36 by 18 candidates
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Not all minority voters deserted us in Assembly polls, says CPI(M) Kozhikode district secretary
Mehboob, however, admitted that a section of voters from those communities, who had earlier supported the Left, could have voted against it
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Omar Abdullah welcomes SC intervention in voter-list deletions
Says INDIA bloc will continue to protest over electoral roll issues; rules out UCC in J&K, opposes deportation of Rohingyas
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Sold RS seat to ‘Mumbai bizman’: Yogi targets Akhilesh for ‘ignoring backward, Dalit candidates’
Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath’s remarks came in the context of SP nominating senior Reliance Industries executive Dhanraj Parimal Nathwani to RS in the election this month.
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By withdrawing objections, BJP admitted to misusing SIR process, says Satish Jarkiholi
“Across the State, BJP workers are withdrawing the objections that they had filed against the inclusion of eligible voters under the Election Commission (EC) of India’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.
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Naidu turns to picking TDP candidates for local body polls after NDA seat-sharing deal
The party is sifting grassroots feedback on probable candidates before the October 18 nomination deadline
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Free training for Army, police recruitment for 100 Dharmavaram youth every year: Satya Kumar Yadav
The Health Minister Satya Kumar Yadav says 220 of 236 candidates from the constituency cleared the recent Agniveer recruitment after coaching; the programme is backed by Samskruti Seva Samithi and S.V. Defence Academy
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Delhi SIR: High Court Allows Voters Whose Names Were Deleted From Electoral Rolls To Apply Through Form 6, Finds Apprehension 'Misplaced'
The Delhi High Court has disposed of a petition filed by two voters whose names were deleted from the electoral rolls after they could not complete the enumeration process during the Special Intensive...
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BJP, JD(S) renew alliance to fight upcoming polls together, says Yediyurappa
The alliance will face its first electoral test in the October 23 elections to four Legislative Council constituencies
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As thousands were deleted from electoral rolls using auto-generated Form-7s, ECI gave no SOPs to State Electoral Officers
While thousands of names have been deleted from electoral rolls using auto-generated Form 7s digitally signed by Electoral Registration Officers, no written communication or Standard Operating Procedure (SoP) has been shared with the election authorities in the States in this regard; according to…
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Congress and BJP-JD(S) alliance candidate file nominations; high-voltage contest for North-East Teachers’ seat
The Mini Vidhana Soudha premises were crowded with supporters of both parties, reflecting the heightened political activity surrounding the election
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YSRCP names Mayor, Chairperson candidates for 27 urban local bodies; Varudu Kalyani for Visakhapatnam
The party fields candidates for seven of the 13 municipal corporations going to the polls on October 28
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Telangana Congress Seva Dal organises satyagraha, seeks CEC Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation
Telangana Pradesh Congress Seva Dal president Middela Jitender claims that SIR exercise undermined citizens’ voting rights and posed a serious threat to the democratic process
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Nation, Parliament must debate political appeals to children during elections: Madras High Court
Justice D. Bharatha Chakravarthy says YouTube reels made by parents showing their children pestering them to vote for TVK during the 2026 elections were in bad taste and reflected poor parenting
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Is the BJP learning to answer Gen Z in Maharashtra?
Pune’s 11-day sit-in ended with the MPSC chairman on leave. With a campus elections panel and a BMC fellowship, the BJP appears to be trying a new approach to young protesters.
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When elections become a sham, democracy becomes a shame
When voters begin to feel electoral outcomes are predetermined, participation risks losing its meaning. It would be a cardinal mistake to consider the current moment of electoral breakdown as anything less than the active sabotage of the republic.
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Scenes from a CP protest
The Congress march against SIR has laid bare the uneasy relationship between the opposition’s old guard and a younger generation of activists seeking a political role of their own.
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Why Gyanesh Kumar’s exit would cost the BJP
Protests against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar follow the precedent of the July agitation that ousted Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan. His removal would be read as admitting the opposition’s charge, and protesters vow to continue.
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An epistemological break in Indian politics: John Brittas
The CPI(M) MP on the SIR protests, dissent in India, and why the current movement will be a landmark resistance against the Modi government.
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US lawmaker Pramila Jayapal says India’s move to ‘purge’ 13 crore voters is ‘anti-democratic’
‘This appears to be a similar playbook to what the Trump administration is doing...to undermine voting rights in a democracy’ the Congresswoman said.
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Puducherry bypoll 2026: Thattanchavady Assembly constituency profile, candidates, key facts
In Puducherry’s Thattanchavady, a crowded bypoll battlefield unfolds for October 6, 2026, as the Congress, DMK, AINRC, and CPI vie for the urban seat after Chief Minister N. Rangasamy vacated it to retain Mangalam in April’s polls
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From bureaucracy to politics: Ex IAS Divya Mittal to launch party, contest 2027 UP polls
With people-first theme, Divya Mittal says ‘Jan Neeti Bharat’ aims to bring people directly into decision-making process and ensure govt policies reflect their actual needs.
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