Geeta Koda, the BJP candidate from the Jagannathpur Assembly seat, vowed to address the unemployment in the region in the run-up to the assembly elections.
The bypoll in Chhattisgarh will only be held in the Raipur South Assembly seat. The seat has been represented by the BJP's Brijmohan Agrawal for the last eight times.
Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Saturday announced that INDIA bloc will contest the Jharkhand Assembly polls together and Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) and the Congress will contest 70 of 81 seats in the state assembly.
The Supreme Court on Thursday rejected that plea seeking direction to the election commission to conduct the re-election in twenty assembly seats in Haryana alleging suspicious results and EVMs discrepancy.
Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar had announced during a press conference on Tuesday that there are 10 vacant assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh, but bypolls were only announced for nine seats. Kumar said election was not announced for Milkipur seat in Ayodhya as election petition is p
According to the Election Commission of India, JKNC won 42 seats and its ally partner Congress won 6 seats, putting the alliance comfortable position to form the government in the erstwhile state. The BJP on the other hand, won 29 seats, all in the Jammu region.
After registering victory from the Handwara Assembly seat, JKPC President Sajad Gani Lone on Tuesday said that they would fight for statehood of the Jammu and Kashmir on every possible platform.
Despite the Indian National Congress trailing behind BJP in the Haryana elections, Congress leader Aditya Surjewala won Kaithal assembly seat by 83744 votes. His supporters celebrate at his residence as he leads over BJP's Leela Ram in the constituency.
As the counting of the votes polled in the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly election began, TS Tony, Congress candidate from the Bahu Assembly seat, exuded confidence in the Congress-NC alliance forming the government in the union territory.