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  • Poll buzz gets stronger in Cong; Gehlot meets Sonia Gandhi

    Poll buzz gets stronger in Cong; Gehlot meets Sonia Gandhi

    I will not back out from any responsibility and will serve the party wherever and in whichever capacity I am required in this hour of crisis, Gehlot said.

    September 21, 2022
  • Presidential Poll: SAD legislature party head Ayali abstains, calls for ‘leadership change’

    Presidential Poll: SAD legislature party head Ayali abstains, calls for ‘leadership change’

    The SAD has three members in the Punjab Assembly. While Ayali abstained from voting in the Presidential election, the two other SAD MLAs, Sukhwinder Sukhi and Ganieve Majithia voted for Murmu.

    July 18, 2022
  • Murmu visits Tripura, seeks support for her Presidential candidature

    Murmu visits Tripura, seeks support for her Presidential candidature

    Union Minister of Ports, Shipping and Waterways Sarbananda Sonowal accompanied Murmu, who later left Agartala for Manipur capital Imphal.

    July 5, 2022
  • Presidential Poll

    Presidential Poll

    At the time of the election of President Ram Nath Kovind in 2017, the Lok Sabha Secretary-General performed the Returning Officer’s role.

    June 27, 2022
  • Hard-liner tipped as favourite in Iran Prez poll

    Hard-liner tipped as favourite in Iran Prez poll

    If elected, Raisi would be the first serving Iranian president sanctioned by the US government over his involvement in the mass execution of political prisoners in 1988, as well as his time as the head of Iran’s internationally criticized judiciary-one of the world’s top executioners.

    June 18, 2021
  • Kazakhs hold first presidential vote without three-decade strongman on ballot

    Kazakhs hold first presidential vote without three-decade strongman on ballot

    Tokayev has six rivals in the polls that open at 0100 GMT including one low-key opposition figure, but none are widely known in Muslim-majority Kazakhstan.

    June 9, 2019
  • Maldives to hold presidential poll in September

    Maldives to hold presidential poll in September

    The first round of presidential elections in the Maldives will be held in early September and preparations for the polls have already begun, the Elections Commission has announced. It said on Thursday that a second round, if necessary, would be held within 21 days from the election day. The President’s Office in a statement said...

    February 23, 2018
  • PM Modi pulls up MPs, MLAs for Presidential poll goof-ups

    PM Modi pulls up MPs, MLAs for Presidential poll goof-ups

    Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday expressed his unhappiness over the manner in which a large number of BJP MPs and MLAs goofed up while casting their ballot during the recent presidential elections resulting in their votes being invalidated. Modi’s angry outburst at his party's central and state legislators came during the parliamentary party meeting...

    July 26, 2017
  • Presidential poll: Kovind ahead of Meira by over 2 lakh vote value

    Presidential poll: Kovind ahead of Meira by over 2 lakh vote value

    NDA's Ram Nath Kovind established a massive lead of more than two lakh in vote value over UPA rival Meira Kumar as counting of votes progressed in the Presidential election on Thursday. In an electoral college of 4,896 voters with 10,98,903 value, 2,002 votes with value of 6,84,179 have been counted. Thirty seven votes were...

    July 20, 2017
  • Presidential poll: First round of counting ends, Kovind leading by over 60,000 votes

    Presidential poll: First round of counting ends, Kovind leading by over 60,000 votes

    With the first round of vote counting for the presidential poll coming to an end, NDA candidate Ram Nath Kovind was leading over opposition’s Meira Kumar by 60,683 votes. As per reports, Kovind was polled over 83,624 votes against Meira Kumar’s 22,941 votes at the end of the first round of the counting. As per...

    July 20, 2017
  • Fought presidential poll with confidence: Meira Kumar

    Fought presidential poll with confidence: Meira Kumar

    Combined opposition-backed nominee Meira Kumar on Thursday said she contested the election for the country's 14th President with "confidence". "I have fought this elections with faith, belief and confidence in the ideology. I also believe in inner voice of conscience," Kumar told the media.  She was replying to questions of media persons just after the...

    July 20, 2017
  • Counting of votes in presidential poll begins

    Counting of votes in presidential poll begins

    Counting of votes cast in the July 17 presidential election began on Thursday in Parliament to decide the contest between the ruling NDA's candidate Ram Nath Kovind, who has a clear edge, and the combined Opposition nominee Meira Kumar. The final result was expected by the evening that would decide the successor of President Pranab...

    July 20, 2017
  • Nagaland CM not allowed inside polling booth

    Nagaland CM not allowed inside polling booth

    Liezietsu could not cast his ballot as he is not an elected member to the Nagaland Assembly.

    July 17, 2017
  • Lawmakers vote to elect India’s 14th President

    Lawmakers vote to elect India’s 14th President

    Lawmakers across India voted on Monday to elect the country's 14th President with Union Minister M Venkaiah Naidu declaring that ruling NDA candidate Ram Nath Kovind would win with a "comfortable and respectable margin" against opposition-backed Meira Kumar. Polling to choose the successor of incumbent Pranab Mukherjee, who demits office on July 25, started simultaneously in...

    July 17, 2017
  • ‘Regional parties may support Meira Kumar at the last moment’

    ‘Regional parties may support Meira Kumar at the last moment’

    Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Monday voiced hope that parties facing the BJP in the states will revisit their decision to vote for NDA pick Ram Nath Kovind “considering the situation” in the country. Kovind is pitted against Meira Kumar, nominated by the Congress-led opposition. The NDA, led by the BJP,...

    July 17, 2017
  • Heated exchanges between Trinamool, GJM, BJP legislators during polling

    Heated exchanges between Trinamool, GJM, BJP legislators during polling

    Some heated moments were witnessed in the West Bengal Assembly during the Presidential polls on Monday after a ruling Trinamool Congress legislator lashed out at the GJM counterparts for setting Darjeeling "ablaze" and attacked state BJP president Dlip Ghosh for "escorting" them to the house. Spotting the three Gorkha Janmukti Morcha (GJM) legislators in the...

    July 17, 2017
  • Voted for Meira to protest ‘atrocities’ under BJP: Mamata Banerjee

    Voted for Meira to protest ‘atrocities’ under BJP: Mamata Banerjee

    West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday slammed the Narendra Modi government at the Centre and said demonetisation and Goods and Services Tax (GST) are the biggest scams of the current government. “Demonetisation and GST biggest scams. We will not bow down our head, we will be happy to go to jail,” Mamata was...

    July 17, 2017