Assembly election

Union Home Minister and BJP National President Amit Shah speaks at a Jharkhand election rally in Baharagora on Monday. BJP faces a tough fight in Jharkhand. At stake is its national footprint and ambitions to dominate the Rajya Sabha (Photo: ANI)

The BJP's hurdles in Jharkhand

4 min read . 02 Dec 2019

Fate of 189 candidates, including 15 women, will be sealed in the first phase. ANI Photo

Jharkhand Assembly elections: First phase of polling begins

1 min read . 30 Nov 2019

Jharkhand chief minister Raghubar Das (PTI file)

EC to announce schedule for Jharkhand assembly elections today

1 min read . 01 Nov 2019

Rebels bring down BJP tally in Maharashtra and Haryana

1 min read . 28 Oct 2019

Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar (HT file)

Opinion | An ethical formation please

1 min read . 25 Oct 2019

Twitter also initiated a video series in collaboration with Young Leaders for Active Citizenship and Policy and Development Advisory Group called #HerPoliticalJourney. (Reuters)

Twitter records 3.2 million tweets for #AssemblyElections2019

1 min read . 25 Oct 2019

Shiv Sena leader Aaditya Thackeray has thanked people for blessing him.

'Thank people for blessing me with so many votes': Aaditya Thackeray

25 Oct 2019

BJP’s lower tally shows that rivals have clawed back

2 min read . 24 Oct 2019

Senior Congress leader and party incharge for Maharashtra Mallikarjun Kharge (HT file)

Good result in Maharashtra considering problems given to Congress: Kharge

1 min read . 24 Oct 2019

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar greets a Muslim voter during his visit to a polling station in his constituency (PTI)

2019 may be the toughest test for Khattar- BJP's first time CM in Haryana

1 min read . 24 Oct 2019

Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar (ANI file)

BJP calls Manohar Lal Khattar to Delhi

1 min read . 24 Oct 2019

The Dushyant Chautala-led Jannayak Janata Party may hold key to government formation in Haryana (Mint file)

What is the fate of smaller regional parties in both states?

1 min read . 24 Oct 2019

Sharad Pawar stamp on good show by NCP

1 min read . 24 Oct 2019

Maharashtra chief minister Devendra Fadnavis (ANI file)

Was anti-incumbency a factor in Maharashtra elections?

2 min read . 24 Oct 2019

Prime Minister Narendra Modi too had repeatedly requested voters to not skip voting during his campaign (ANI)

Is low turnout the cause of a close contest in Haryana?

1 min read . 24 Oct 2019

The election results in the two states will indicate if the BJP has managed to retain it dominance in the two states (Ramesh Pathania/Mint file)

Five things to watch out for in today's counting

1 min read . 24 Oct 2019

BJP leader Manohar Lal Khattar (Photo: ANI)

Haryana gets hung assembly, BJP needs 6 more to form govt

23 min read . 25 Oct 2019

While polling in Haryana is currently picking up at 20.25%, the turnout of voters in Maharashtra has been low at only 13.03%. (Ramesh Pathania/Mint)

Maharashtra, Haryana polling off to a slow start

1 min read . 21 Oct 2019

A file photo of Home Minister Amit Shah. (PTI)

Every vote is important, says Amit Shah on Maharashtra, Haryana polls

1 min read . 21 Oct 2019

A file photo of Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and Congress president Sonia Gandhi (Photo: AP)

Lacklustre campaign by Congress' Gandhi family for assembly elections

2 min read . 19 Oct 2019