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BJP MP's wife to contest against him for the Etawah Lok Sabha seat
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
It's worth noting that in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, Mridula Katheria had filed her nomination papers from Etawah but later withdrew.
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Priyanka and Rahul Gandhi, likely to contest from Rae Bareli and Amethi se
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Smriti Irani defeated Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections from Amethi.
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Lok Sabha polls: Akhilesh Yadav to contest from Kannauj; to file nominatio
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
The Party, in a post on X, said that the SP Chief will file his nomination from Kannauj Lok Sabha seat on Thursday.
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AIDUF to contest three seats in Assam, support non-BJP candidates in rest:
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
"We are contesting three out of 14 seats in Assam- Dhubri, Nagaon and Karimganj. In the remaining 11 seats we would prefer if any non-BJP candidate win the election. We would like it if BJP is reduced to zero in Assam. If Congress and its allied parties win in the 11 seats, we do not have an
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NCP’s Chhagan Bhujbal pulls out of Nashik contest, says taking too long to
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Maharashtra Minister and Ajit Pawar's Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader, Chhagan Bhujbal, who was eyeing to contest as Mahayuti candidate in the Lok Sabha polls, has withdrawn from the race on Friday over the delay in the announcement of the candidate for the Nashik seat.
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Lok Sabha polls 2024: Kamal Haasan casts his vote in Chennai
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Kamal Haasan's Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) has formed an alliance with DMK for the Lok Sabha election, but MNM has decided not to contest the elections.
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Lok Sabha polls: Bihar's Aurangabad, Gaya, Jamui, Nawada to vote in first
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Mahagathbandhan, opposition coalition in Bihar, comprising RJD, Congress, and Left parties, announced that the RJD, its largest constituent, will contest 26 out of the state's 40 Lok Sabha seats. The NDA is also in a seat-sharing agreement in Bihar with the Janata Dal-United (JDU) and the LJ
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LS polls: Jorhat set to witness 'Gogoi v Gogoi' contest, as Congress aims
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
The Jorhat constituency in Assam is set for a high-profile contest as Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi has taken the challenge to contest against Bharatiya Janata Party in its stronghold.
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LS polls: As BJP aims further inroads in West Bengal; its Cooch Behar MP s
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
As the Bharatiya Janata Party is gearing up to contest the Lok Sabha elections in West Bengal with full might, aiming to further expand its footprint, the Cooch Behar constituency presents a strong contest, with BJP's sitting MP up against two major candidates.
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Ghulam Nabi Azad not to contest Lok Sabha elections from Anantnag-Rajouri
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
The Democratic Progressive Azad Party on Wednesday announced that former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and DPAP chairman Ghulam Nabi Azad will not contest the Lok Sabha elections from the Anantnag-Rajouri seat.
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BJD announces fifth list for Odisha Assembly polls, CM to contest from Kan
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
Laxmipriya Nayak will contest from Chitrakonda, Barsa Singh Bariha from Padampur, Rajendra Chhatria from Kuchinda, Arundhati Kumari Devi from Deogarh, Sanjukta Singh from Angul, Dilip Kumar Nayak from Nimapara.
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Former Karnataka Congress MLA Akhanda Murthy joins BJP
Updated : 2 years, 1 month ago IST
The former MLA from Pulakeshinagar constituency quit Congress in 2023 after he was denied the ticket to contest the Assembly election and he then contested the poll on the BSP ticket. But he lost to the Congress candidate by a huge margin.
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