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...
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...
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...
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 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...
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...
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...
Congress may be in the dock at the Centre, dodging allegations of multiple scams, but in Karnataka the mood is quite the opposite. If the exit poll results are anything to go by, the BJP might be at the receiving end of public ire here. Clearly, Yeddyurappa's ...
Just hours after Narendra Modi was declared winner in the 2012 Gujarat Assembly elections, BJP made it clear that his hattrick victory is a stepping stone for Modi to contest for the 2014 Prime Minister elections. BJP supporters from across the nation are expr...
Chief Minister Narendra Modi addressed a large crowd of joyful supporters on Thursday evening after BJP's decisive victory in the state elections in Gujarat and thanked the voters for coming out in large numbers to celebrate the enormous win. He spoke in a man...
Gujarat Chief Minister Narenda Modi has scored a hattrick in the state Assembly elections. The BJP emerged victorious winning just one seat short of its 2007 tall of 117 seats. Meanwhile, the Congress did a lot better than the previous elections by securing mo...
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...
Telecom Minister Kapil Sibal says that the exit polls and pre-poll predictions gave Narendra Modi a natural advantage in the Assembly elections. He says that while the BJP won in Gujarat, the Congress won in Himachal Pradesh, and what we have to look forward t...
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...
These are are the results of the counting in the Gujarat and also the Himachal Pradesh elections. Ruling BJP could be back in power and Narendra Modi would become the chief minister for the third time, after 2002 and 2007. Modi himself won by nearly 45,000 vot...
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 nation awaits on today's outcome of Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh Assembly polls which witnessed record turnouts with exit polls predicting a clean sweep for Narendra Modi and a Congress edge in the BJP-ruled hill state. In Gujarat, where 71.32 percent vote...
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...
India play England in the T20 match today. But of greater attention is the election result in Gujarat. Here is a look at the top personalities in the fray in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh.
The 2012 Assembly elections in Gujarat is not just a contest for the 182 Assembly seats. Whatever the results of the Assembly elections, the aftershocks will be felt in the national capital. Exit poll results are predicting a landslide victory for incumbent Ch...
This is the day that will determine the fate of Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh. In a few hours, the people's decision on 182 Assembly seats in Gujarat and 68 seats in Himachal Pradesh will be made known. All eyes are now on the vote tally, to see if Narendra Mod...
It is counting day for Himachal Pradesh and Gujarat. All eyes are now on Gujarat, where poll pandits are predicting a hattrick for Chief Minister Narendra Modi. Over 71 percent of voters have cast their votes during the two phases of polling in the state. Assu...
With less than 24 hours left for the people's mandate on Gujarat to be made public, all eyes are now on Gujarat. As the countdown begins, every party is keeping their fingers crossed. While exit polls clearly predict victory for Narendra Modi, the Congress rem...
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...
Various channels have predicted that the Congress and BJP are neck-to-neck in Himachal Pradesh, and that the BJP would have an edge over the Congress in Gujarat.
The results of the three exit polls have given the Gujarat BJP reasons for cheer. The exit polls were done at end of the second and final phase of the polling for Gujarat Assembly elections yesterday and shows a clear lead to the BJP. The BJP leaders who came ...
The BJP is ahead in the exit polls but the Opposition Congress is confident of a victory given the anti-incumbency factor. Three exit polls done after the end of the second and final phase of the polling for the Gujarat Assembly elections show the BJP ahead wi...
The Aaj Tak-ORG exit poll done after the second phase of the Assembly elections in Gujarat gives incumbent chief minister Narendra Modi BJP a tally of 118 to 128 seats. Modi has won 127 seats in 2002, 117 in 2007 and is expected to notch up 118-128 seats in th...
Newshour | The CVoter opinion polls and the exit polls clearly indicate that the BJP might get 120 seats and leave Congress with 54. The AC Nielson exit poll has a more humble average of 116. The 116 mark is one seat below the 117 Narendra Modi garnered during...
Newshour | The second and final phase of voting in Gujarat sees a massive turnout of 70%. Both the parties, BJP and Congress, have expressed explicit confidence that they will win the elections hands down. While the opinions polls are in clear favour of BJP, w...
The polling for the remaining 95 constituencies in Gujarat finishes in the State. The CVoter opinion polls and the exit polls clearly indicate that BJP is not leaving Gujarat any time soon. According to the opinion polls, the BJP might get 120 seats and leave ...
This is the third part of the Aaj Tak-ORG exit poll on the results of the Gujarat Assembly elections. The survey predicts 118 to 128 seats for the BJP, 50-56 for the Congress, between 1-2 for the Gujarat Parivartan Party and 4-6 for independents. Narendra Modi...
The CVoter opinion polls and the exit polls clearly indicate that BJP is not leaving Gujarat any time soon. According to the opinion polls, the BJP might get 120 seats and leave Congress with 54. The AC Nielson exit poll has a more humble average of 116. The 1...
The results of Aaj Tak-ORG exit poll on the Gujarat Assembly elections show that Narendra Modi is his way to score a hat-trick. The results of the exit follow a debate in Delhi studios and from Ahmedabad on the results of the exit polls. This is the part 2 of ...
While the CVoter opinion polls point to a 120 seat win for BJP, AC Nielson exit poll has a more humble average of 116. The 116 mark is one seat below the 117 Narendra Modi garnered during the 2007 elections. Another opinion poll, the Chanakya poll, has suggest...
The CVoter opinion polls and the exit polls clearly indicate that BJP is not leaving Gujarat any time soon. According to the opinion polls, the BJP might get 120 seats and leave Congress with 54. The others including independents would get 8. Will the Congress...
The Aaj Tak-ORG exit poll on the Gujarat elections show that Narendra Modi is well on his way to score a hat-trick in the state. The story has the exit polls results across the three regions. One of the startling results is the clean sweep for the BJP in the S...
The polling for the remaining 95 constituencies in Gujarat finishes in the State. CM Narendra Modi casts his vote from the Maninagar constituency and then expresses confidence that the party will definitely win the elections this time around too. The opinion a...
Narhari Amin who joined BJP, two days after resigning from Congress, said the party was ignoring its senior members. Amin, who quit Congress after he was denied a ticket to contest the December assembly polls, will be a big boost for the BJP as he is a weighty...
In what could be called a huge setback to the Congress party, senior Congress leader in Gujarat Narhari Amin on Thursday, December 6, joined BJP along with his supporters. Amin while quitting said that Congress disregarded his 25 years of loyalty. Gujarat Chie...
Narhari Amin who joined BJP, two days after resigning from Congress, said the party was ignoring its senior members. Amin, who quit Congress after he was denied a ticket to contest the December assembly polls switches sides with just seven days to go for polls...
Senior BJP leader and Supreme Court lawyer Ram Jethmalani has slammed his own party leadership for supporting Nitin Gadkari. The BJP leadership that met in Delhi on Tuesday decided to keep Nitin Gadkari as the party president. Mired with controversies in the r...
Pepe Escobar, the Asia Times Roving Correspondent believes that the Latino-factor played a major role in Obama's return to power. The states of California, Washington and Hawaii carry President Obama past Mitt Romney for the first time since the beginning of t...
President for the second-term, Barack Obama, vowed to move America 'forward' in a victory speech to cheering supporters in Chicago. Stating clearly that politics is more than just a contest of egos, Obama calls for Republicans, Democrats and everyone else to w...
America's incumbent President extends his lead after crossing the 274-mark, winning all the battleground states including Iowa, Florida and Pennsylvania. Trailing 124 to 169 to Republican challenger Mitt Romney at one point of time, President Barack wins 55 e...
President Obama's win is now official. The incumbent President has tweeted saying, 'Four more years. We're all in this together'. Trailing 124 to 169 to Republican challenger Mitt Romney at one point of time, President Barack Obama sailed past Romney with cruc...
US Ambassador to India Nancy Powell speaks in the national capital and announces the possible win for the Democrats in the Senate, despite losing out to the Republicans in the House of Representatives. The President wins all 55 electoral seats in California, f...
The states of Ohio and Iowa call for the President to catapult Barack Obama past the required 274-mark. Trailing 124 to 169 to Republican challenger Mitt Romney at one point of time, President Barack Obama sailed past Romney with crucial wins in California, Ha...
Tense moments in the US Presidential race, as the polls are unravelling a state at a time. The race began with Mitt Romney taking an early lead with Kentucky and Indiana among other states. However, President Obama won the Western frontier with California and ...
Incumbent president Barack Obama is just a few votes away from being re-elected. The latest polling numbers puts Obama more than 50 votes ahead of his Republican challenger Mitt Romney.
President Obama is slowly but steadily fighting his way back into a winning position, narrowing the mighty lead taken by Mitt Romney earlier in the day. Obama has the edge in all they key states that have not yet been counted. Swing states like Pennsylvania, O...
In the latest reports, Governor Mitt Romney has won Utah and Montanam which puts Romney ahead at 163. However, President Obama is just close 1962. Exit polls suggest Obama has lead in Newhampshire and the industrial northeast. Which means that he will win the ...
The United Sates polls have begun closing, the results are coming in and the swing states still remain in the balance. Counting is now underway in America. The latest trends show Mitt Romney is leading, although only with a minor margin. Romney has taken an ea...
In the latest reports, governor Mitt Romney has won Utah and Montanam which puts Romney ahead at 163. However, president Obama is just close at 162. Exit polls suggest Obama has lead in New England and the industrial northeast. Which means that he will win the...
The states of California, Washington and Hawaii carry President Obama past Mitt Romney for the first time since the beginning of the counting process. Trailing 124 to 169 to Republican challenger Mitt Romney at one point of time, President Barack wins 55 elect...
Wisconsin has reportedly been called for President Obama. New Hampshire, another big state with a lot of electoral votes have also swung in favour of Barack Obama. More bad news for the Mitt Romney campaign, who thought they would win Pennsylvania, but the vot...
Incumbent president Barack Obama wins Wisconsin, bringing his electoral votes to 153 as against Mitt Romney's 154. Even as the president and Romney remain deadlocked in Florida, reports of absentee voting, long waits to cast vote as well as ballot tampering co...
Counting is underway in the US Presidential elections, and the race to the White House is set for a photo finish. The latest trends show Mitt Romney is leading, although only with a minor margin. Romney has taken an early lead in the electoral votes, with even...
The House of Representatives is likely to remain in the Republican hands, although the Presidential race is going in Obama's Democratic direction. The President is likely to win the state of Pennsylvania and could very soon obliterate the early lead taken by R...
Trends show Mitt Romney is expected to win South Carolina, but the swing state of Virginia is anybody's game. The Republican challenger has been ahead so far. Incumbent president Barack Obama has pulled up despite lagging behind initially.
After the stinging letter written by senior BJP leader Ram Jethmalani to LK Advani was made public, senior leaders from the party have come together to decide on Nitin Gadkari's fate. In the aftermath of several allegations against the BJP president, the senio...
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 Samajwadi Party with its campaign led by Mulayam Singh Yadav’s son Akhilesh Yadav swept Mayawati’s Bahujan Samaj Party out of power in Uttar Pradesh.
Even though Parkash Singh Badal will remain CM in Punjab, the credit largely goes to Sukhbir Singh Badal who carefully scripted the Akali dal's victory.
The notion that the government does not get repeated in Punjab is the only reason why Congress is confident about winning the elections, says Harsirmat Kaur Badal, MP, Akali Dal.