Tag: Elections

Public policy & democracy: Different perspectives, different approaches

At a time when the world is witnessing India's electoral process underway, the country's democratic foundations are seen to be reinforced once more. Yet one cannot help but wonder whether the true meaning of democracy has percolated among the people. Exploring the views of those associated with the domain on the subject of this dynamic and challenging sphere

April 19, 2019

Facebook restricts external agencies from checking political ads: Report

Facebook's move comes in a year when over a third of the world's population has the opportunity to vote, with elections across the EU, India, Canada, Australia, South Africa, Israel and Ukraine to name a few.

January 28, 2019

PM Modi a ‘hollow man’ spending ‘tonnes of money’ to win polls: Chandrababu Naidu

Naidu also released a 'white paper' on 'implementation' of Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2014 and the 'connected assurances', in AP capital Amaravati, targeting primarily the PM.

December 24, 2018

India to send observers to Bangladesh for elections

The team of observers has been deputed by Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora. The observers would be travelling to Bangladesh from 28-31 December.

December 20, 2018

Oppn ‘mahagathbandhan’ an illusion; BJP will win in 2019: Shah

State polls can't be linked to Lok Sabha poll results as both elections are fought on separate issues, Shah said.

December 19, 2018

Hand plucks the Lotus

There was a near-total absence of truckloads of cash, sewing machines, sarees, bicycles, laptops, etc. as 'incentive' to voters. Evidently, voters did not evince much interest in such 'incentives'. A related issue was the minimal violence by political party goons since voters were tightlipped in all surveys and there was no way of gauging their political preferences and prejudices to beat them into submission beforehand.

December 16, 2018

Flirting with religion-based parties

Religion-based parties have a canny method of making political space for themselves and becoming a part of the mainstream political system eventually. This has been the trend since the germination of religion-based groups in the Middle East with political aspirations, in the early 20th century following the end of the caliphate. The idea was transmitted …

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November 16, 2018

Taliban-led violence during recent Afghan polls leaves record high numbers of civilians dead: UN

Almost nine in 10 casualties happened on October 20 itself, making it the election day with the highest number of civilians killed and injured since the UN began its systematic documentation of civilian casualties in 2009.

November 7, 2018

Over 200 lawmakers haven’t declared PAN details; Congress tops list

Details of PAN are to be furnished before returning officers by candidates contesting elections for parliament and state legislative bodies, in affidavits along with their nomination papers.

October 27, 2018

Quest for a resolution

Time has come for the Government of Nagaland to play a more proactive role and for the Government of India to be sincere and make a one-size-fits-all settlement.

September 24, 2018

Divide persists

It would be an over-simplification to reduce if to mere physical geography, just as it would be an exaggeration to deem it a case of intellectuals versus the “plebs”. Yet the sharp contrast in the results thrown up in the elections to the students unions of the two premier universities in the Capital has its …

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September 18, 2018

Mr Khan and the US

Imran Khan, the Prime Minister of Pakistan, was not the first choice of the US administration in the latest national elections. The circumstantial preference of the establishment (aka the military) was a selection-by-elimination of the other two options ~ Nawaz Sharif’s PML-N and the Bhutto-Zardari led PPP. Imran’s rhetoric over the past two decades in …

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August 24, 2018

Poor, rural voters may be taking control in Pakistan

Despite being dogged by allegations of electoral engineering and vote-rigging, this year’s hotly contested general election in Pakistan should be – cautiously – celebrated. As a new government is sworn in, the country is marking a milestone in its tumultuous political history: the first time three democratic elections held in a row at regular intervals. …

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August 22, 2018

Zimbabwe’s ruling party wins majority in Parliament

Out of the 153 National Assembly seat results, the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front won 110 and performing strongly in rural constituencies

August 1, 2018

Analysis: Hun Sen’s victory means more of the same for Cambodia

Early estimates indicate that Hun Sen’s party, the Cambodian People’s Party, may in fact have won every single seat in the National Assembly

July 31, 2018

Final results out, Imran Khan needs 22 more to lead Pakistan

According to the figures provided by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) won 115 out of the 270 seats

July 28, 2018

Alliance only if given respectable seat share: Mayawati warns Congress

Last month, the BSP had said that it was not in talks with the Congress for an alliance for the Madhya Pradesh Assembly polls.

July 24, 2018