Ilayangudi 2009 bypolls declared illegal
The Madras high court on Wednesday declared as ‘improper’ and ‘illegal’ the bypoll for the Ilayangudi Assembly constituency in 2009 and rapped the then state chief electoral officer and a few other el
Desam’s Rayadurg candidate ‘richest'
Telugu Desam candidate for the Rayadurg Assembly segment bypolls in Anantapur district, Mr G. Deepak Reddy, has stakes in properties worth Rs 6,000 crore as per his sworn affidavit submitted to the El
CEO lists out Dos and Don’ts to parties for Pudukottai bypoll
State chief electoral officer Praveen Kumar has imposed a series of regulations that are to be adhered by political parties and candidates from 5 pm on June 10 till end of Pudukottai by polls, schedul
YSR Congress is punter’s delight
The betting syndicate in the state is working overtime ahead of the bypolls in the state with bookies putting YSR Congress firmly in the driver’s seat with 17 wins. In the 18th constituency, Parkal, i
Parties take hawala route to fund polls
Huge amounts of black money are being pumped into the constituencies headed for bypolls through hawala.
Sources say that at least Rs15 to Rs20 crore has been channelled by a political party to consti
Voters’ quandary: Namesakes, symbols
Identical names of candidates and similar party symbols will make the byelections somewhat confusing for voters and perilous for candidates. Several candidates the Ramachandrapuram Assembly constituen
AICC releases list of candidates
The AICC on Friday officially released the list of candidates for the byelections to the 18 Assembly and one Lok Sabha seats.
Except for Polavaram and Macherla, the names of candidates remained the
Azad: Concentrate on byelections
The Congress central leadership on Wednesday specifically asked the state leaders to concentrate more on strengthening both the Congress party and the administration instead of settling personal score
Egypt vote turnout hits record 62 pc: Commission
Turnout in the opening phase of Egypt's first post-revolution election was 62 percent, the highest in the country's history, election commission head Abdel Moez Ibrahim announced on Friday.
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