Congress returns to power in Karnataka after eight years by winning 117 seats in the state. It is also after 10 years that Congress forms a government on its own without support from other parties. JD(S) won 41 seats making it the largest party in the Oppositi...
The Congress party is happy with the elections results in Karnataka. After 2004 this is the first time that a party will form the government without support from others. The split with Yeddyurappa is being touted as one of the main reasons behind the huge loss...
After a gap of nearly 10 years the Congress party will form their own government without any help from other parties in Karnataka. As expected the Congress leaders fell over themselves in giving the credit to the Gandhi family for the victory in the state. Thi...
According to lawyer Ram Jethmalani BJP lost Karnataka because they expelled Yeddyurappa from the party. He also said that Yeddyurappa was innocent and the High Court crushed the case of corruption against the leader.
Congress has come to power in Karnataka after 10 years. The results clearly indicate that the people of Karnataka want a stable government and do not want coalition rule in the state. Congress will form the government with 116 seats. JD(S) edged its way past B...
BJP leader Rajiv Pratap Rudy along with political analysts Saba Naqvi, Neerja Chowdhury, Jay Rukh, Manisha Priyam, Hartosh S Bal, Lord Meghnath Desai, Ajay Bose, Arati R Jerath, R Rajagopalan, M Baba Prasad, Rajeev Chandrashekar, JD(S) general secretary Kunwar...
Political analysts Saba Naqvi, Neerja Chowdhury, Jay Rukh, Manisha Priyam, Hartosh S Bal, Lord Meghnath Desai, Ajay Bose, Arati R Jerath, R Rajagopalan, M Baba Prasad, Rajeev Chandrashekar, Samajwadi party leader Kamal Farooqui and journalists Vivek, Rupali, N...
Former Chief Minister of Karnataka, DV Sadananda Gowda talks about whether he could have changed BJP's current situation in the state Assembly elections and taken it to a better position, if he were still the chief minister. The Congress is leading in the stat...
BJP leader GVL Narsimha Rao and Congress leader Rashid Alvi, along with journalist Navika Kumar debate on whether a national leader can make an impact in state elections. They also debate on who is more corrupt. Is really corruption an issue?
It is becoming clear that BJP is losing its foothold in South. The results point to the fact that BJP has slid to the third spot with just 38 seats. Another cause of worry for the right wing party is that JD(S) has sneaked up to the second slot with 42 seats w...
In cluster by cluster analysis, BJP hasn't been completely wiped off from Bangalore as it is still somewhere close to the half-way mark of Bangalore seats. Which just goes to show that the urban population's voting has been affected by the scams at the Centre....
In the Karnataka Assembly election results so far, it is observed that the Congress is slowly eating into the BJP and JD(S) seats, but it also shows that the party might fall short of a majority mark in the state. However, it emerges a clear winner with 103 se...
How has BJP's vote share reduced and will KJP form an alliance with the Congress, as the party is leading in the Karnataka Assembly elections? Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi says this is a resounding victory, while BJP leader says Congress is yet to win...
Congress has won 105 seats as of now and it is just seven seats away from the magical mark of 112 to form its own government in Karnataka. On the other hand, BJP and JD(S) are running neck to neck with 42 and 43 seats respectively. While Yeddyurappa managed to...
As the counting continues, Congress is becoming the single largest party with majority in Karnataka and BJP's woes continue as they slip to the third spot in numbers. Congress, though leading, might not be able to form the government on its own and it may have...
Congress leader Manish Tewari in his address to the media said that he is a lawyer by profession and he has not studied astrology so he can not predict the outcome of the elections. He also added that he would only comment on the results once the counting proc...
Political analysts Saba Naqvi, Neerja Chowdhury, Jay Rukh, Manisha Priyam, Hartosh S Bal, Lord Meghnath Desai, Ajay Bose, Arati R Jerath, R Rajagopalan, M Baba Prasad, Rajeev Chandrashekar, JD(S) general secretary Kunwar Danish and journalists Vivek, Rupali, N...
Political analysts Saba Naqvi, Neerja Chowdhury, Jay Rukh, Manisha Priyam, Hartosh S Bal, Lord Meghnath Desai, Ajay Bose, Arati R Jerath, R Rajagopalan, M Baba Prasad, Rajeev Chandrashekar, JD(S) general secretary Kunwar Danish and journalists Vivek, Rupali, N...
The BJP has decided to hold a Parliamentary board meet in Delhi, to analyse the results of the Karnataka Assembly Election results. Gujarat CM Narendra Modi is likely to attend the meeting. Political analysts Saba Naqvi, Neerja Chowdhury, Jay Rukh, Manisha Pri...
Early trends in the counting for the Karnataka elections indicates that Congress might return to power in the state. Out of 138 seats, Congress has leads in 65 seats while BJP is trailing with just 36 seats.
The Congress is by far leading in the Karnataka Assembly elections, however, the JDS is leading in the Vokkaliga region. Catch the overall tally and the detailed poll analysis of the coastal region, Hyderabad-Karnataka region, old Mysore region, Mangalore regi...
The counting for the state elections in Karnataka has begun. Good news is coming in for Congress which is leading with 19 seats to its name. BJP has suffered a major setback with the party losing leads on 13 key seats. All eyes are on Yeddyurappa whose party h...
Political analysts Saba Naqvi, Neerja Chowdhury, Jay Rukh, Manisha Priyam, Hartosh S Bal, Lord Meghnath Desai, Ajay Bose, Arati R Jerath, R Rajagopalan, M Baba Prasad, Rajeev Chandrashekar, BJP leader Sambit Patra, Congress leader Rajeev Gowda, JD(S) general s...
The leads of 18 seats have come out. Congress has emerged as the single party with the maximum number of seats at six and they are closely followed by BJP who have leads in five seats so far. JDS with just one less than BJP stands at four and Yeddyurappa's par...
In a few moments from now the counting of the Karnataka Assembly Election votes will begin. Journalists Vir Sangvi, Ashok Malik, Sanjay Kumar, TS Sudhir, Rahul Shivshankar, Ruchika Tomar, Shiv Aroor, Pratibha, Nalini Singh, Harish Bijoor, Gauri Lankesh, Tehsee...
The counting for votes obtained in the Karnataka Assembly elections has begun in the Hassan region of Karnataka. Political analysts Saba Naqvi, Neerja Chowdhury, Jay Rukh, Manisha Priyam, Hartosh S Bal, Lord Meghnath Desai, Ajay Bose, Arati R Jerath, R Rajagop...
In a few moments from now the counting of the Karnataka Assembly Election votes will begin. Journalists Vir Sangvi, Ashok Malik, Sanjay Kumar, TS Sudhir, Rahul Shivshankar, Ruchika Tomar, Shiv Aroor, Pratibha, Nalini Singh, Harish Bijoor, Gauri Lankesh, Tehsee...
The counting for the votes obtained in the Karnataka Assembly elections will begin shortly. This will show whether the Congress can form a government in a southern state and gain a momentum at the national level, whether he BJP will form a government in spite ...
The counting of the votes begins in Karnataka today. The results will determine which party would reign the state for the next five years. Will BJP retain its hold on the state or will Congress edge out their arch political rivals? Will Yeddyurappa play an imp...
Today looks to be an important day in the world of politics for both BJP as well as Congress. Even as the Supreme Court will hear the CBI affidavit on coal scam probe report, vote counting for 224 constituencies in the state of Karnataka. Counting begins in an...
TRS-supported Swamy Goud has won by a record margin. But the other candidates supported by the TRS are struggling. The counting for the Teachers' and Graduates' constituency are still on, but that TRS candidates are struggling in Khammam and Nalgonda raise the...
The counting for the six seats of MLCs in the State Assembly is on. TRS nominated candidate Swamy Goud is leading in the Karimnagar constituency. The story has the progress of the counting process as of 3 pm.
The counting for the MLC elections is today. The fate of 83 candidates who contested in three Teachers constituencies and three Graduates constituencies would be revealed. Here is how the counting process will start and proceed.
The results to the six MLC seats in the State Assembly would be announced today. 83 candidates contested the three Graduates and three Teachers constituencies in 14 districts across the state. The teachers constituencies saw a good polling percentage compared ...
Two persons were killed and five others seriously injured in firing by the police and BSF personnel in lower Assam's Dhubri district today. A mob of 10,000 people tried to storm into a polling station, protesting the delay in counting of votes in Mancachar con...
An employee engaged in the counting of donations and currency at Vijayawada's Kanaka Durga temple was apprehended when he tried to smuggle out gold. The employee hid the gold on his person and walked out saying he wanted to to go to the toilet. But timely dete...
Gujarat is all set to welcome Narendra Modi as its Chief Minister for the fourth time in a row. Modi will take the oath at Sardar Patel Stadium in Ahemdabad. Around 40,000 people are expected to gather to watch the ceremony. The security in and around the stad...
After the massive landslide victory, Modi is all set to take up his fourth tenure as the Chief Minister of Gujarat. Apart from the top brass of BJP the other major names who will attend the oath taking ceremony include Chief Ministers of Punjab, Parkash Singh ...
Narendra Modi will be sworn-in as the Chief Minister of Gujrat on December 26th. BJP has still not come out in the open to project him as their 2014 Prime Ministerial candidate. Modi is hoping that the landslide victory for BJP in Gujarat as well as the suppor...
After yesterday's spectacular win, Modi's journey to Delhi seems more or else guaranteed. Yesterday's win ensured that BJP retained power in Gujarat, a key state in Indian electoral. In spite of this Modi does face a few roadblocks in the form of his allies an...
BJP won the Gujarat Elections with a landslide margin. According to Congress, their candidate Sweta Bhatt put up a tough fight against Modi in his home constituency, Maninagar. But that wasn't the ground reality, where in fact he won by over 80,000 votes. In h...
After ensuring his third term in the Gujarat chief minister's office, Narendra Modi visits his mother Hira Ba, who welcomed him with homemade sweets and generous dose of blessings. Modi, who met his mother in Gandhinagar, had met her on the day of the polling ...
As the counting is still underway, no one can definitively announce someone to be winner. However, with the combined analysis of counting trends and results announced, it is seen that Congress's leads has come down but for BJP the number is the same as in 2007...
As Congress looks to win Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat chosing for BJP, the two national parties are at 1-1 situation. As the counting nears its close, BJP's clear victory in Gujarat seems to be a certainty. On the other hand, BJP's plan to return to form the g...
After the Congress won Himachal Pradesh, but lost the state of Gujarat, the party remains defiant that this in no way means that Modi is a contender to lookout for in the 2014 Lok Sabha Elections. According to Union law minister and Congress member Salman Khur...
In one of the most bizarre comments post counting in Gujarat Assembly elections, Finance Minister Chidambaram has said that Congress party are the clear winners in both Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat. While the statement may hold true for Himachal, it is illogic...
Even though the BJP was looking for a return in Himachal Pradesh, the Prem Kumar Dhumal-run government there has been defeated to make way for Congress. So is the big differentiator for the party the man Narendra Modi itself? BJP member Vani Tripathi says that...
As the chorus for BJP's fifth consecutive win increases in Gujarat, party spokesperson Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi has said that the battle for 2014 elections has only begun. Naqvi, however, did not comment on BJP's loss in Himachal Pradesh, where Congress won 38 seat...
Early counting trends show that BJP is all set to return to both states as in 84 out of the 182 seats of Gujarat, BJP is leading in 52 of them. In Himachal Pradesh, too, early rends show that the BJP is leading. However, it is too early to predict the actual w...
It would be wrong to assume that this or that party would emerge victorious in the end, says two journalists who talk to Aaj Tak anchor Shweta Singh from Ahmedabad. It is 8.30 am and the trends show Congress making a good show. But this can be risky. In 2007, ...
In Gujarat elections over and over again Saurashtra is pointed out to be a major area. The early trends in the counting of the votes in Gujarat point to the fact that Congress in making in-roads into areas that were traditionally BJP's strongholds. They have a...
Congress has breached into one of BJP's strongholds, Saurashtra. Modi has always been the face of development in Gujarat, but is that all that matters is a question that will be answered in this Assembly election. A lot of dissatisfaction has generated in the ...
As the counting begins, the numbers stand at 3 for BJP and 2 for Congress. But the significant point that comes to the forefront is that Congress with the help of Keshubhai Patel have been successful in making in-roads into BJP strongholds. Rajkot West was the...
At the start of the counting, BJP opens its account with 3 leads in Saurashtra. Experts point to the fact that if this early trend continues then the script for a 'Dabangg' victory for Modi and BJP is imminent. They are also hinting to the fact that Modi could...
In terms of electoral politics, the state of Gujarat has always been of great importance and significance. The Gujarat Assembly elections of 2012 will play a major factor in the political trends for the rest of India and New Delhi. Modi's win in Gujarat has th...
The initial trends in the counting points to the fact that for the first time in 10 years voters have gone against Modi while voting. The trend points to the fact that a majority of the Dalits, tribals, women have come out to vote against Modi. Experts feel th...
Today is when Congress and BJP's fate in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh Elections will be decided. Will it be a hat-trick for Modi? The Congress face a strong fight in Gujarat. The last time the Congress was in power in Gujarat was in the mid 1980s. The body lan...
India Today-ORG opinion polls suggest that compared to the 2007 result, there will not be much of a change in the Gujarat Assembly, as Narendra Modi will return to power with two-thirds majority again. Even though there is a new party in the foray, that of for...
In just a few hours, two states will decide whether or not they have chosen change and called back Congress or they want to stick to the known evil. Vote counting in Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat will commence from 8am today, December 20. In just a few hours, t...
The celebrations have already begun in the BJP camp in Gujarat, as Chief Minister Narendra Modi prepares for a record third-term in power. The BJP is also getting ready a massive party for December 20, when the results of the Assembly elections will be made pu...
The Prime Minister's remark that Gujarat is unsafe for minorities, sparked off an age-old debate of vote-bank politics in Gujarat. Late campaigns by Congress President Sonia Gandhi and an immensely popular Rahul Gandhi in Modi's heartland added to the tensions...
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi has been in power for over eleven years now and the state has become a testimony to the development plan that he boasts of. The BJP leader's special focus has been his birthplace, Vadnagar, which before Modi's tenure lacked...
Rahul Gandhi and Narendra Modi. Differing styles, differing personalities, not to speak of age, experience and of course political affiliation. The speeches of the two leaders during the campaign for Gujarat elections and Modi's taunts at 'Rahul baba' are bein...
Protesters gathered in Ukraine's capital city of Kiev have demanded a recount of votes from the Parliamentary elections. Counting is carrying on and at times is slowed down by reported violations. The opposition parties have alleged that the ruling party has b...
Republican candidate Mitt Romney and President Barack Obama are still riding neck-and-neck in the race to the White House. Critics say that the close race makes it easier to rig the election. Some people claim that America's polling system is flawed, as it dea...
As vote counting gets under way in Ukraine's democratic elections, it could be either party's win. Exit polls so far show that the ruling party is in the lead, but the Opposition parties have more votes in total. The final picture will become clear after forme...
The date for the verdict on Narendra Modi has been announced. The D-day is December 20 when the counting will be done for voting polled for Assembly elections in Gujarat, and Himachal Pradesh are announced. It cannot get bigger than this: elections to these t...
Hamid Ansari, the UPA's candidate, is all set to be re-elected as the Vice-President. Ansari got 490 votes, while his nearest rival Jaswant Sigh of the NDA got 238 votes.
This is a funny video of thieves at work stealing money. Like 2020 players, watch how temple staff who are counting money throw bundles of notes to their 'wicketkeeper' who stands on the outside and expertly catches each bundle in his towel, and then the loot ...
Congress leads by a huge majority in Ramachandrapuram Assembly seat, sealing the fate of YSR Congress leader Pilli Subash Chandra Bose. In Nellore Lok Sabha seat, Mekapati Rajamohan Reddy maintains his lead over Congress' T Subbirami Reddy.
Authorities at Kolhapur's Mahalakshmi temple open the temple's treasury and begin counting. This 900-year-old temple could soon be India's 4th richest temple of course, after the Padmanabhaswamy Temple, Tirupati Balaji, and Shirdi Saibaba Temple.
Calling his win in the Nagar Kurnool seat a victory for Telangana, independent candidate Nagam Janardhan Reddy took a dig at his former party boss Chandrababu Naidu
Results for all seven Assembly seats: TRS has won 4, YSR Congress has bagged the Kovur seat, BJP has a surprise win in Mahabubnagar and TDP draws a blank.
Jupally Krishna Rao, who joined TRS after resigning from Congress over the issue of Telangana, has won the Kollapur Assembly seat in Mahabubnagar district.