Politics
2009 elections: 29 winners got less than 30 pc of total votes polled
The RJD won Buxar seat in Bihar getting 21.27 per cent, which was the lowest percentage of votes bagged by any winner.
Lok Sabha election live blog: March 19
Follow all the updates of the Lok Sabha election here. The Bharatiya Janata Party will today the seat for senior party leader LK Advani and second seat for the pary's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi.
CPM joins social media bandwagon, launches its Facebook, Twitter page
The state unit of CPI(M) on Tuesday launched its official Facebook page and a twitter handle, CPIM_WESTBENGAL
Lok Sabha Election Live Blog: March 18
Follow all the live updates related to Lok Sabha elections here. While Rahul Gandhi will kickstart the party's poll campaign from Arunchal Pradesh, Mamata Banerjee, too, will begin her Lok Sabha campaign at Pailan today.
BJP's 'Chai Pe Charcha with NaMo' may run into EC trouble
The BJP proposes to organise the third phase of 'Chai pe charcha with NaMo' across the country on March 20.
PK Bansal hits out at detractors, says he has nothing to hide
The four-time Congress MP from Chandigarh dismissed claims that he was "let off" by the CBI "under pressure".
BJP does not decide candidates on basis of religion, region: Vardhan
He said that BJP team compromises people from Vaishya, Punjabi, Brahmin, Gujjar, Jat, Puvanchal and Dalit sections.
An honour to contest from Varanasi, tweets Modi
Modi asked his supporters to work towards success of Mission272+ and create a strong, vibrant and prosperous India.
Need Modi to make India a super power, says DMDK's Vijayakanth
The BJP and the DMDK have been in seat sharing talks for the last one week in Tamil Nadu.
Once 'invincible' Left faces tough battle to prove relevance
After 34 years of uninterrupted rule, the CPI(M)-led Left were defeated by the Mamata Banerjee-led TMC and its then ally Congress in 2011.
Allahabad: Posters put up urging Priyanka to contest Lok Sabha polls
The poster says Congress Vice President Rahul Gandhi needs his sister and she should campaign for the party.
Lok Sabha election: How the day unfolded on March 14
Follow all the live updates related to Lok Sabha elections here. Both the Congress and BJP have announced another list of candidates proving once again that despite all the talk about corruption and dynastic politics, winnability and family ties are still...
Telangana: TRS may go solo in polls, a loss-loss situation for Congress
KCR had promised the Congress that he would merge his party TRS with it, if the UPA government creates a new state.
From about 4 per seat in 1952 polls, the number of contestants rose to 25 in 1996
In 2009 general elections total 8070 candidates contested for 543 Lok Sabha seats, thus the average rose sharply to 14.86.
All parties guilty of having MPs with serious criminal charges
On the face of it, the Congress and BJP have a large concentration of Lok Sabha MPs who face criminal charges.
Kejriwal in Mumbai: AAP workers break metal detectors at Churchgate
Arvind Kejriwal took an empty local train, specially arranged for him, to go to Churchgate.
