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How politics around anti-incumbency, farm distress affected assembly poll outcomes

Widespread distress among farmers due to falling crop prices and rising debt levels, coupled with anti-incumbency, played a significant role in the Congress unseating the ruling BJP in Chhattisgarh, and Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh

1 min read12 Dec 2018
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Pink wave sweeps Telangana as TRS pulls off landslide victory

Rao's clever wooing of voters, populist schemes and pro-Telangana sentiment against Naidu behind win, say analysts

3 min read12 Dec 2018
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Rajasthan sticks to trend of voting out incumbents, shows door to Vasundhara Raje

The next step for the Congress party is not only to reach out to smaller parties and independents to form the govt

2 min read12 Dec 2018
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Congress edges past BJP in Madhya Pradesh despite Chouhan’s popularity

Shivraj Singh Chouhan suffered losses due to his inability to stem rebellion and dissidence in the BJP after ticket distribution

1 min read11 Dec 2018
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Opinion: Sub-nationalism was the winner in Mizoram polls

The Mizoram election was fought on very local issues. And the relevance of the results for the 2019 Lok Sabha polls may be limited

2 min read13 Dec 2018
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MNF cruises to victory in Mizoram as sun sets on Congress in North-East

MNF's Zoramthanga gets absolute majority, winning 26 of the 40 seats in the state

2 min read11 Dec 2018
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BJP faces internal rumbles in defeat, may see a shake-up ahead of general election

Members of the BJP said the assembly election results will lead to a shake-up in the organization and that the cadre will now be more motivated to ensure victory in the Lok Sabha polls

2 min read12 Dec 2018
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A decade on, former insurgent and two-time CM Zoramthanga scripts a comeback

With the results so decisively in his favour, Zoramthanga is set to stake claim to the office of the chief minister

2 min read11 Dec 2018
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‘It is time for change’: Rahul Gandhi on assembly election results

The assembly election results are a clear message to Prime Minister Narendra Modi that people are not happy with his government's decisions, says Congress president Rahul Gandhi

1 min read11 Dec 2018
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Kamal Nath gives a tough fight to BJP’s ‘Kamal’ in Madhya Pradesh

Kamal Nath is a nine-time Lok Sabha MP from Chhindwara.

2 min read11 Dec 2018
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