Elections In India News

President Kovind said that due to frequent elections, the pace and continuity of development programmes have been impactedKovind urged them all to work towards building a New India and to discharge your duties with utmost sincerity over the next five years

Krishnamurthy said a lot of administrative arrangements might be required for simultaneous electionsThe idea has several advantages but the biggest impediment is constitutional provision, he says

People tend to vote along social identity lines and Indian politicians intuitively know how to make this work in their favour

Thirteen states and two union territories vote in Phase 3 of 2019 Lok Sabha elections todayWhen polling ends in this phase, electoral process in 302 of the 543 seats will have been completed

The Left Front is unlikely to see a recovery in Elections 2019 from the lows of 2014 as it is losing traction in its traditional strongholds—Kerala, Tripura and West Bengal

Election funding is at the root of much corruption in India. Until it is completely overhauled, we must not rest easy

Social harmony has been blissfully intact in Telangana since the communal riots of early 1990s, and under KCR's rule it has been reduced to the bare minimum

The average Hindu is as comfortable with ‘sevaiyaan’ as with beef. A population believing in 'sabka saath sabka vikas' wants all that nourishment and more

The big test for Narendra Modi is whether he is able to overcome the traditional electoral metrics and fashion another audacious win

In this no-holds-barred slugfest for political one-upmanship, the most dangerous strand has been dragging the armed forces into the election narrative