Tag: Bihar elections

NDA overcomes stiff challenge to retain power in Bihar

Patna, Nov 11:  Surmounting anti-incumbency of 15 years, a mutinous former ally, and a spirited challenge from a resurgent opposition that rose from its ashes like proverbial phoenix after the 2019 Lok Sabha poll debacle, Nitish Kumar- led NDA was back in power in Bihar on Wednesday with […]

Over 7 lakh Bihar voters opted for NOTA option

New Delhi, Nov 11:  A little over seven lakh voters in Bihar used the ‘none of the above’ or NOTA option in the assembly elections, according to the Election Commission. Nitish Kumar-led NDA was back in power in Bihar on Wednesday with a slender majority. The ruling coalition […]

Bihar vote count likely to end late tonight: EC

New Delhi, Nov 10:  Counting of votes for the Bihar assembly elections will take longer than usual and continue till late in the night because of 63 per cent increase in the number of EVMs, the Election Commission said on Monday. Briefing reporters in the national capital as […]

Do vote, so that new govt of your choice is formed: Rahul to Bihar voters

New Delhi, Nov 3: As polling began for the second phase of the Bihar Assembly election, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Tuesday urged people to vote so that a new government of their choice can be formed. Taking to Twitter, the former Congress chief said he will be in […]

Bypolls: Voting underway in 54 assembly seats across 10 states, strict COVID-19 norms in place

Bhopal/Lucknow/Ahmedabad, Nov 3: Thousands of people on Tuesday battled corona fears and queued up outside polling booths across 10 states to vote in by-elections to 54 assembly constituencies, including 28 in Madhya Pradesh where the BJP is locked in a high-stakes contest with the Congress to save its government. […]

Tejashwi, 4 ministers of Nitish govt in fray in 2nd phase

Patna, Nov 2:  The stage is set for the second and, arguably, the most crucial of the three phases of Bihar assembly elections in which over 2.85 crore voters are eligible to decide the fate of nearly 1,500 candidates on Tuesday. Voting will take place on November 3 […]

Modi talks of Pak’s Pulwama confession, attacks “double yuvraj” in Bihar rallies

Chapra/Samastipur, Nov 1:  Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday excoriated the opposition over the Pulwama attack after Pakistan’s admission of complicity in it, saying it has “taken masks off” the faces of those in India who never cared for the “sons of Bihar” who lost their lives in […]

Millions vote in India’s first election in shadow of coronavirus

LUCKNOW, India – Health authorities in one of India’s most populous states faced a big test on Wednesday with the country’s first state assembly election being held since the novel coronavirus epidemic began, despite calls to postpone it. The world’s biggest democracy has one of its worst outbreaks […]

Polls: BJP president asks voters in Bihar to take part in festival of democracy

New Delhi, Oct 28 : As polling began for the first phase of Bihar assembly elections, BJP President JP Nadda on Wednesday appealed to voters to participate in this grand festival of democracy while adhering to COVID-19 guidelines. In a tweet, he said the right to cast vote is […]

Polling begin in first phase of Bihar elections in 71 constituencies, 1,066 candidates in fray

Patna, Oct 28: Polling began Wednesday morning in 71 assembly constituencies of Bihar in the first phase of three-phase elections amid tight security and COVID-19 guidelines in place. Of the total 2,14,84,787 electors eligible to exercise the franchise, 1,12,76,396 are male voters, 1,01,29,101 are female electors and 599 are […]

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