Ahead of counting of votes to decide political fate of five states, candidates were seen resorting to different means to calm their nerves Thursday morning

The two-month long campaign saw the ruling Congress-led UDF and CPI(M) headed LDF engaging in a fierce battle

According to Election officials, candidates from the Left Democratic Front (LDF) had forged ahead in 53 constituencies

Chief Minister Oommen Chandy has also established a clear lead

The BJP has clocked in second in seven seats, making it clear Kerala could now witness three-cornered contests

Business Standard's Ankur Bhardwaj interviews political editors Archis Mohan and Aditi Phadnis about Delhi election results

The results for the elections to the 70-member Delhi Assembly were announced on Tuesday, with the AAP nearly replicating its stunning performance of 2015, winning 62 seats

The advertisement mentioned Pushpam Priya Choudhary as president, Plurals, and the CM Candidate, Bihar

The election commission also stayed the poll-related process

The symbol will appear against the NOTA option in the last panel on all EVMs and ballot papers.

As per the seat-sharing agreement between Congress and DMK, Congress will contest from 21 seats and DMK from nine

Nazeem, first elected to the assembly from Karaikal as a 29-year old DMK worker in 1991, retained the seat in all subsequent elections

The assembly elections will conclude on May 19, when the results will be declared

Important candidates in the fray are CM Rangasamy seeking re-election from Indira Nagar and Leader of the Opposition V Vaithilingam

The main fight is between the Congress-DMK combine and the ruling All India NR Congress (AINRC)

Early trends showed the AINRC and Congress in a neck-and-neck race

Exit polls predicted a win for the DMK-Congress alliance in Puducherry too, ousting the ruling All India NR Congress

Most exit polls see loss for Jaya; Assam for BJP; left turn for Kerala

The counting of votes will decide the fate of approximately 8,300 candidates

Counting is progressing in 68 centres across the state

AIADMK was leading in Mayiladuthurai, Poompuhar, Sankari, Udhagamandalam and Athur, the EC said

Neck to neck fight between two dravidian parties

Sun TV is promoted by DMK chief M Karunanidhi's grand-nephew Kalanithi Maran

According to latest trends, Soundararajan was in the third position behind the candidates of DMK and AIADMK

The party was expecting a victory against the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) and the exit polls boosted this confidence

Results' trends suggest that the pollsters have again failed to predict the outcome of Assembly polls in Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Kerala, and Assam

Kerala's ministers had least average assets and the state also had least number of crorepati ministers

It usually only takes such a harsh step when there is evidence that muscle power has been used

BJP leader Pankaja Munde has said that she was not upset over not being nominated by the party for the upcoming Legislative Council election. In a tweet, Munde asked her supporters not to get demoralised. "We both are there for each other and have the blessings of saheb (father Gopinath Munde)," she said. The former BJP minister, who lost the Parli seat in last year's assembly polls to her cousin and NCP leader Dhananjay Munde, said she was not upset over not being given a ticket for the May 21 biennial elections. "You called up my mother and sister (Beed MP Pritam Munde) to express your dismay. I did not take calls because I had nothing to say. I am not upset. My best wishes to the four party candidates," she said. A party source said that senior BJP leader Eknath Khadse, who was keen on representing the party in the Council, is upset over not being considered. The BJP has fielded former NCP MP Ranjitsinh Mohite, lesser-known faces like Gopichand Padalkar, Praveen Datke ..

The NCP is likely to field its Maharashtra unit vice president Shashikant Shinde and another leader Amol Mitkari as its candidates for the upcoming state Legislative Council election, party sources said on Saturday. The election for the nine legislative council seats is due on May 21 and the last date for filing of nominations is May 11. The electoral college (for the election) is 288-member Maharashtra Assembly. The sources said that the NCP and ally Shiv Sena, which have 54 and 56 seats respectively, will contest two seats each in the election, where securing 29 votes (of MLAs) can see a candidate sail through. The Congress (44 MLAs) is in a position to bag one seat, but is insisting on consisting one more seat with the help of the NCP and Shiv Sena. "The NCP has finalised the names of former state minister Shinde and Mitkari, who had campaigned hard for the party in the Assembly election held last year," the sources said. They said that Shinde and Mitkari may file ...

Citizens' Roundtable, a civil society group in the city, is raising the participation of residents in the electoral process to a new plane. Its members, many of them professionals and former insiders to urban governance, are rating the candidates and also querying them on their plans for governance and expenditure. Darryl D'Monte reports.

There are more fronts in the fray across the State this time. And with multi-cornered contests in almost all seats, there could be some major upsets, writes P Sainath.

Former NCP MP Ranjitsinh Mohite Patil and three others figure in the list of BJP candidates for the May 21 Maharashtra legislative council poll.

Rajneeti: A Biography of Rajnath Singh written by Gautam Chintamani chronicles the fifty-year long political journey of Singh from a Swayamsevak in the RSS to the defence minister of India.

For Uddhav Thackeray to continue as the CM of Maharashtra, he will have to become a member of the legislature before May 28. That is when his six-month-old term ends.

The problem for Kumar is more confounded because he will have to perform and emerge successful in a short span of time as polls are only five months away and the contagious disease is likely to create havoc till the time a proper vaccine is tested and developed.

In his letter to the poll panel, the Governor said the elections should be held ‘at the earliest’ with a view to end the current uncertainty in the state.

In a tweet, Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut thanked the central government and the ECI for allowing the elections, which were earlier postponed to due to coronavirus outbreak

Gopichand Padalkar, who joined the party on the eve of last year's Lok Sabha polls, also figures in the list.

Since chief minister Uddhav Thackeray is not a member of either house of the state legislature, he needs to get elected to the Council before May 27, 2020, the Raj Bhavan said.

In 2011, Kishenji had defied party line, urged cadres to vote for TMC.

GJM had supported BJP''s Jaswant Singh during the 2009 Lok Sabha polls.

Changed equations: Shivpal now most visible face of party after Mulayam, Akhilesh.

The minister faces charges in connection with the murder of a Trinamool leader, Kamal Sheikh, in 2011.

West Bengal Pradesh Congress Committee has written to the State Election Commission, requesting to postpone municipal elections in Jhargram, scheduled on Friday.

Incidents of violence reported, 'bomb hurled'' at Howrah Mayor

The State Election Commission Saturday announced repoll in six booths in Howrah, Krishnanagar and Bidhannagar municipalities where the election were held Friday.