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BJP sweeps Haryana municipal corporation polls, tastes victory in Hooda bastion

BJP sweeps Haryana municipal corporation polls, tastes victory in Hooda bastion

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The BJP on Wednesday swept the municipal corporation polls, registering emphatic wins in Panchkula, Ambala and Sonipat, with Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini describing the outcome as a reflection of people’s trust in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership. Saini alleged that the incident was an attempt to intimidate political workers during election season. (HT File) (HT_PRINT) Barring Uklana, where a 23-year-old student won the municipal committee’s president post as an Independent candidate, the BJP swept other civic body polls. The saffron party clinched the president’s post in the municipal committee of Sampla, a stronghold of former Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda. Notably, the Congress had not fielded its candidate in Sampla for the civic polls. INLD and AAP, which contested in some wards, however, drew a blank. In the municipal polls, the BJP sought votes on the development plank while Congress focused on targeting the BJP on the issues of sanitation, drainage and corruption. Also Read | BJP wins Hooda bastion, set to sweep Haryana MC elections The win sparked celebrations in the BJP …

Exit Polls: Will BJP make history or can Mamata-led TMC retain Bengal bastion? Predictions explained

Exit Polls: Will BJP make history or can Mamata-led TMC retain Bengal bastion? Predictions explained

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Published on Apr 30, 2026 12:40 am IST This video breaks down the West Bengal election landscape with Abhishek Singh analysing voter turnout, key constituencies, and major political faces like Mamata Banerjee and Suvendu Adhikari. It explores high-stakes battles in seats such as Bhavanipur and Nandigram, alongside detailed comparisons of multiple exit polls. The video highlights the sharply divided predictions between TMC and BJP, reflecting a closely contested race. It also revisits past election surprises, especially the 2021 results, to caution viewers about relying solely on exit polls.   Home / Videos / India News / Exit Polls: Will BJP make history or can Mamata-led TMC retain Bengal bastion? Predictions explained Disclaimer: We do not own any of the content, ideas, images, or text presented here. All rights belong to their respective owners. For more information and to view the original source, please visit the following link: Source link

6 lakh voters deleted, TMC may find BJP too close for comfort in Kolkata bastion | Political Pulse News

6 lakh voters deleted, TMC may find BJP too close for comfort in Kolkata bastion | Political Pulse News

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3 min readKolkataApr 9, 2026 07:20 AM IST The Trinamool Congress is expecting a tough contest in Kolkata, which has been its stronghold, now that voter rolls are almost finalised with the completion of the adjudication process. Data shared by the Election Commission of India (ECI) Tuesday showed a decrease of 6,06,563 voters across the Kolkata North and Kolkata South districts. The gap between the votes received by the TMC and BJP in the last Assembly elections, in 2021, across the two districts, was 6,07,612. Kolkata South includes Bhabanipur, the constituency from which TMC supremo and Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is re-contesting, apart from Kasba, Behala Purba, Behala Paschim, Kolkata Port, Rashbehari and Ballygunge. Kolkata North also has seven constituencies – Kashipur-Belgachhia, Maniktala, Shyampukur, Jorasanko, Beleghata, Entally and Chowrangee. Since the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) began, Kolkata South voter numbers have gone down by 2,47,882, almost 27%, while Kolkata North has seen deletions of 3,58,681 names, a fall of almost 24%. In the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, when the BJP had stunned its rivals by …

Kerala local body polls: In Kozhikode Corporation, UDF plots a comeback in LDF bastion of half a century

Kerala local body polls: In Kozhikode Corporation, UDF plots a comeback in LDF bastion of half a century

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A high-stakes electoral combat is brewing in the Kozhikode Corporation for the civic body elections on December 11, over a year after the city was bestowed India’s first UNESCO City of Literature title. Nevertheless, the CPI(M)-led Left Democratic Front (LDF) is leveraging this status in the political arena, employing the achievement even as a counter to the anti-incumbency narratives of the rival Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). An additional division has been created this time, taking the council strength from 75 to 76, and prompting all three fronts to fine-tune their strategies ward by ward in the tightly contested urban landscape. Buoyed by its long-standing grip over the corporation for around 45 years, the LDF enters the race with a clear advantage: they represent four assembly constituencies in the city, and two of their representatives are State Ministers. Despite Congress leader M.K. Raghavan being elected four times as an MP from the region and scoring well even in the traditional Left divisions, the UDF has been unable to get …

Will RJD’s Tejashwi Yadav retain his bastion?| India News

Will RJD’s Tejashwi Yadav retain his bastion?| India News

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Raghopur election result 2025 LIVE: RJD’s Tejashwi Yadav (middle) is facing a triangular contest with BJP’s Satish Kumar Yadav (right) and Jan Suraaj Party’s Chanchal Singh (left). Raghopur election result 2025 LIVE: With results of the Bihar Assembly elections expected soon, the Raghopur seat in Vaishali district is emerging as a key contest. Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) leader and INDIA bloc’s chief ministerial candidate Tejashwi Yadav is seeking a hat-trick in this seat, amid a renewed challenge from the BJP. Tejashwi Yadav, the incumbent MLA and leader of the opposition in the Bihar Assembly, has held the constituency since 2015, and defeated BJP’s Satish Kumar Yadav in both the 2015 and 2020 Assembly elections. He faces the BJP leader in Raghopur for the third consecutive time. Satish Kumar Yadav, a Yadhuvanshi leader, earlier represented the Janata Dal (United). He won the Raghopur seat in 2010 after defeating Rabri Devi, and later joined the BJP. Chanchal Singh of poll strategist-turned-politician Prashant Kishor’s Jan Suraaj Party is also contesting from the constituency. It was earlier speculated that …

When Arvind Kejriwal dethroned veteran Sheila Dikshit in her own bastion – India TV

When Arvind Kejriwal dethroned veteran Sheila Dikshit in her own bastion – India TV

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Image Source : INDIA TV Chunav Flashback: Arvind Kejriwal Vs Sheila Dikshit. Chunav Flashback: The Delhi Assembly Elections of 2013 remain one of the most dramatic and groundbreaking moments in the political history of the national capital. The contest, marked by the entry of a new political force in the form of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), saw an unbelievable development: a political novice, Arvind Kejriwal, not only challenged but decisively defeated three-time Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit in her own constituency, New Delhi. In the months leading up to the elections, Delhi’s politics was undergoing a seismic shift. Sheila Dikshit, a seasoned politician from the Indian National Congress (INC), had been at the helm of Delhi’s government since 1998. Her tenure was credited with significant infrastructural and developmental projects, including the expansion of the Delhi Metro and the beautification of the city ahead of the Commonwealth Games in 2010. However, her government faced growing discontent due to allegations of corruption, rising electricity bills, and water shortages. Amid these, comes Arvind Kejriwal, a former Indian Revenue …

J&K CM Omar Abdullah vacates Budgam assembly seat, retains family bastion Ganderbal | Latest News India

J&K CM Omar Abdullah vacates Budgam assembly seat, retains family bastion Ganderbal | Latest News India

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Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Monday vacated the Budgam assembly seat, one of the two seats from where he was elected. He has retained the Ganderbal constituency, PTI reported. Jammu and Kashmir pro-tem speaker Mubarak Gul announced in the House.  Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah. Omar Abdullah, 54, won the Budgam seat in the recently concluded Jammu and Kashmir elections. He defeated People’s Democratic Party (PDP) candidate Aga Syed Muntazir Mehdi by 18,485 votes.  The National Conference vice president also won from Ganderbal, an Abdullah family stronghold. He defeated PDP’s Bashir Ahmed Mir by 10,574 votes.  Omar Abdullah was an MLA from Ganderbal from 2009 to 2014 during his first stint as chief minister. This constituency has been represented by his father Farooq Abdullah and grandfather Sheikh Abdullah, who founded the NC.  With Abdullah vacating Budgam, the strength of the National Conference in the 95-member house has been reduced to 41 but the party still enjoys a comfortable majority with the support of six Congress MLA, five Independents and one …

In Mufti bastion of Bijbehara, Iltija in uphill battle with NC | Latest News India

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Iltija Mufti (36) is fighting her first political battle in her family’s home turf of Bijbehara, also known as Bijbehara-Srigufwara constituency, and it isn’t an easy one –– she is in a direct contest with National Conference veteran Bashir Veeri. Anantnag: Iltija Mufti, daughter of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chief Mehbooba Mufti and party candidate from Bijbehara constituency, after filing her nomination for J&K Assembly elections, in Anantnag district.. (PTI Photo/S Irfan) Bijbehara-Srigufwara will go to polls in the first phase of elections on September 18. Mufti’s Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is pulling out all the stops to win the seat which has so far been represented by two generations of the Mufti family, although she herself hasn’t spent too much time there. “We know it’s a tough battle but voters here will vote for our developmental work,” said PDP youth leader Najamus Saquib, who is one of the campaigners for Iltija Mufti. ALSO READ- Ahead of J&K polls, Omar Abdullah sparks row with his view on Afzal Guru’s hanging: ‘Served no purpose’ Saquib, who …

In Raebareli, BJP Fights Hard To Breach Congress’ Last UP Bastion

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Mr Gandhi’s challenger is the BJP’s Dinesh Pratap Singh. Raebareli: In this much-in-the-news Lok Sabha constituency, the Gandhi name is the backdrop against which every political debate takes place — whether for voters, for the Congress fighting to keep its bastion or for the BJP going all out for a win. Issues such as the Ram Temple, the Modi factor, the government’s free ration scheme, ‘pucca’ houses for the poor, stray cattle and the Congress’ allegation that the BJP will change the Constitution if it returns to power are all part of the election discourse. But the Gandhi factor looms large over it all. Such has been the Congress’ domination that it has lost Raebareli only thrice since Independence – in 1977, 1996 and 1998. Sonia Gandhi represented the constituency for four consecutive terms since 2004 and has now passed on the baton to her son Rahul Gandhi. The former Congress president, who suffered a shock defeat at the hands of the BJP’s high-profile minister Smriti Irani in the nearby family pocket borough Amethi, is …

BJP Reveals Gandhi Bastion Raebareli Candidate; Brij Bhushan’s Replacement Named; Comedian V PM Modi

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Published on May 03, 2024 01:38 AM IST Comedian Shyam Rangeela, popularly known for mimicking Narendra Modi, has announced that he will contest the Lok Sabha elections 2024 as an independent candidate from Varanasi against the prime minister. Meanwhile, the Bharatiya Janata Party on May 2 dropped sitting Kaiserganj MP Brij Bhushan Sharan Singh, who has been accused of sexual harassment by women wrestlers and gave a ticket to his son, Karan Bhushan Singh. In another development, the BJP announced the name of Dinesh Pratap Singh as its candidate from Raebareli. Watch this for more election updates.   Source link