Chandigarh (Punjab) [India], February 5 (ANI): As many as 1,304 candidates are in the fray for 117 assembly constituencies going to polls in Punjab after a total of 341 candidates withdrew their nomination papers on the last day of withdrawal on Friday, said the Office of Chief Electoral Off
New Delhi [India], January 18 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Tuesday agreed to hear a PIL seeking a direction to the Election Commission of India (ECI) to deregister political parties that do not disclose details pertaining to criminal cases of election candidates along with the reason for thei
New Delhi [India], August 10 (ANI): The Supreme Court in its judgement on Tuesday slapped fine on many political parties, including the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Congress, Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), Communist Party of India (Marxist) and others for failing to comply with the Court
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], March 3 (ANI): Ahead of Assembly elections in West Bengal, Bharatiya Janata Party President Dilip Ghosh on Tuesday said that the Core Committee of the party will soon declare names of the candidates for the first and second phase of elections in West Bengal.
Panchkula (Haryana) [India], December 29 (ANI): All the candidates, who have contested in the general election for the seat of Mayor and Members of Municipal Corporation, Panchkula, will have to disclose the total expenditure incurred on various items in the election process within 30 days f
Patna (Bihar) [India], November 11 (ANI): A total of 123 (51 per cent) of the winning candidates in Bihar elections 2020 have serious criminal cases against themselves where eight have declared crime against women.
New Delhi [India], June 24 (ANI): The Central Election Committee of BJP announced Samrat Chaudhary and Sanjay Prakash as its candidates for the upcoming Legislative Council (MLC) elections in Bihar on Wednesday.
New Delhi [India], Sept 3 (ANI): Former MPs Sanjay Seth and Surendra Nagar, who resigned from the Samajwadi Party (SP) to join the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) last month, were nominated as the party's candidates for the by-election to Rajya Sabha.
Moscow [Russia], July 27 (ANI): More than 500 people, including opposition figures and city council election candidates, were detained by police on Saturday at a protest in the heart of Moscow, demanding free and fair elections.
Mumbai (Maharashtra)[India], July 23 (ANI): Congress will begin the finalisation of its Maharashtra Assembly election candidates before July end, media cell of Congress said here on Tuesday.
New Delhi [India], Apr 28 (ANI): Thirty per cent of the candidates contesting Assembly Elections in Odisha have criminal backgrounds as per the affidavit filed by them, a report published by Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) and Odisha Election Watch on Sunday claimed.
Lahore [Pakistan], July 1 (ANI): Pakistan heads into elections on July 25, 24 days from now, and already there are reports being circulated in the media about candidates being harassed by interim governments.