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BJP holds five meetings with its Punjab unit to discuss poll preparedness
"In the run-up to the assembly polls scheduled early next year, the BJP Punjab unit has launched several campaigns to strengthen its organizational structure at the ground level and the progress of these campaigns was also discussed in these meetings,"
October 14, 2021 -
DMK, allies sweep rural local body polls in Tamil Nadu
Opposition AIADMK was leading or won in 50 seats out of the 1,381 panchayat union wards and its alliance partner won only 1 seat. PMK was either leading or won on 13 seats. MDMK and VCK, DMK allies were leading in 8 and 3 wards respectively.
October 13, 2021 -
CWC meeting next week, cloud over organisational polls to clear
A senior party functionary said that since Assembly polls are due in five important states in a few months, the internal polls might be deferred till then but a decision would be taken with the consensus of the CWC members.
October 8, 2021 -
Ahead of Delhi municipal polls, BJP to deploy 2,500 ‘vistarak’
A senior BJP Delhi leader said that vistarak will also tell the people about the works of party-ruled municipal corporations in the last 15 years despite unfavourable state government
September 29, 2021 -
40 specially-abled candidates in fray for TN rural local body polls
Contesting polls for such candidates became possible after subsection 3 of section 33 in Tamil Nadu Panchayat Act, 1994 was amended to remove the clause, "deaf, mute and persons affected with leprosy" who were earlier barred from fighting polls.
September 28, 2021 -
‘Polls at hand’, Deb revs up devp work in Siliguri
"At least 25 years ago there was an agreement between the civic body and the owners of the land, as the terminus was set up here. But there was no initiative to maintain it and even repair the road which has been damaged,"
September 11, 2021 -
EC to conduct polls for vacant Rajya Sabha seats on 4 Oct
The Chief Secretaries of States concerned are being directed to depute a senior officer from the State to ensure that the extant instructions regarding Covid-19 containment measures are complied with while making arrangements for conducting the election
September 9, 2021 -
Trinamul maintains Tripura push with eye on polls
"The Trinamul did not come to Tripura to further its ambitions. We have come to stop BJP and its communal anti-people policies. We will have to stand united against the BJP government of Tripura and uproot them,"
September 6, 2021 -
Cong, BJP prepare for 2022 Goa polls with Covid in mind
The BJP on the other hand is confident of making a comeback, even as a senior official said on condition of anonymity, that the party was in the process of reconsidering Chief Minister Pramod Sawant as the party's face for the upcoming poll.
June 13, 2021 -
Poll frenzy grip Bengal, 4 other states
Voting in Bengal for phase three of eight-phases ; single-phase polling in Tamil Nadu, Kerala,Puducherry; last leg in Assam
April 6, 2021 -
Andhra Panchayat polls to be held in four phases
State govt has moved the SC against the schedule announced by the SEC
January 24, 2021 -
HP records 73 pc voter turnout in ULBs polls
The polling for 50 Urban Local Bodies including 29 Municipal Councils and 21 Nagar Panchayats was held with 1,196 candidates in the fray in 401 wards in 10 districts; voting remains peaceful across Himachal Pradesh
January 11, 2021 -
Haryana municipal bodies polls to be held on 27 Dec
The Haryana state election commissioner says elaborate arrangements wil be made to ensure that these civic polls are free and fair; their results will be declared on 30 December.
December 4, 2020 -
LinkedIn launches ‘Polls’ to tap into power of professional network
In India, members and companies such as L&T have currently been using Polls to shape workplace policies.
June 9, 2020 -
North Korea goes to polls to approve new parliament line-up
In typical North Korean style, the vote was more of an endorsement than a competitive contest voters were presented with just one state-sanctioned candidate per seat.
March 10, 2019 -
Roiled before polls
The cruel irony being that rival candidates of the Awami League and the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, who were out on the streets to cheer their respective parties, were attacked by the mobs.
December 14, 2018 -
J-K urban local bodies polls announced | Governor urges parties to participate
Governor Satya Pal Malik on Saturday urged all political parties to participate in the elections to the urban local bodies for which polling will be held next month.
September 15, 2018