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Assam is going to the polls on April 9. Representational Image/Reuters Kerala, Assam and Puducherry are polling in a single phase today (April 9). Voting is being held across 126 seats in Assam, 140 in Kerala, and 30 in Puducherry, with the results declared on May 4. In Assam, 2.5 crore voters will decide the fate of 722 candidates. Around 2.7 crore electors will exercise their franchise in Kerala, with 890 candidates putting their hat in the ring. As many as 9.44 lakh voters are eligible to c ...Read More >
GUWAHATI: The stage is set for the 126-seat Assembly elections in Assam on Thursday. An Opposition front, comprising Congress, Raijor Dal, Assam Jatiya Parishad, CPM, CPI(M-L) and All Party Hill Leaders Conference, will take on the might of the ruling BJP-led NDA, which is seeking a third straight term in power. The Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) and the Bodoland People's Front are the two other NDA entities. The NDA had an aggressive campaign, wooing voters by promising to drive out the "infiltrato ...Read More >
BENGALURU: The bypolls to Davanagere South and Bagalkot Assembly constituencies on Thursday (April 9) is set to be a cliffhanger, with both the Ruling Congress and the Opposition BJP campaigning intensely to win the two seats. The bypolls were necessitated following the demise of veteran Congress leaders Shamanur Shivashankarappa (Davanagere South) and HY Meti (Bagalkot). The results that will be declared on May 4 will reveal whether there was any anti-incumbency factor working against the Sid ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram (Keralam) [India], April 9 (ANI): As voting begins for single-phase Assembly polls, Keralam Minister V Sivankutty on Thursday cast his vote at a polling station in Thiruvananthapuram's Mudavanmugal. Apart from Sivankutty, renowned Malyalam actor Mohanlal also stood in the queue and cast his vote. Sivankutty is the Left Democratic Front (LDF) candidate from Nemom Assembly constituency, which is witnessing a triangular contest between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Congress ...Read More >
Palakkad: A tight three-cornered contest is shaping up, with the BJP emerging as a serious challenger following the entry of Sobha Surendran. With Cong candidate Ramesh Pisharody in the fray and LDF local strongman N M R Razaq adding to the mix, the contest is poised to go down the wire. 2021 Shafi Parambil INC defeated BJP's E Sreedharan by 3,859 votes Rahul Mamkootathil won the 2024 by-election defeating BJP's C Krishnakumar by 18,840 votes Thrissur: Following Suresh Gopi's Lok Sabha win, t ...Read More >
Tripura Bypoll 2026: A total of 46,142 voters will decide the fate of six candidates in the bypoll. Agartala: Voting for the byelection to Dharmanagar Assembly constituency in North Tripura district began at 7 am on Thursday amidst tight security, an official said. A total of 46,142 voters will decide the fate of six candidates in the bypoll. Women voters of 23,758 outnumber the 22,348 male electorate. "Polling for the byelection in all 55 booths began at 7 am amidst tight security. Voters ...Read More >
NEW DELHI: Congress leader and former Union minister Mohsina Kidwai, 94, passed away on Wednesday in a Noida hospital after battling age-related ailments, her family said. A trailblazer in Indian politics, she served under Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi, holding key portfolios. Over her distinguished career, she served in all four legislative bodies -- as an MLC, MLA, and MP in the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha. She was a rare politician, known for her calm, an attribute exemplified in countles ...Read More >
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: On Thursday, Kerala will vote in its most critical assembly election that will determine not just the fate of its two major fronts, but also alter the course of its political trajectory. The high-stakes polls, where the Left eyes Pinarayi 3.0 and the UDF a comeback after a decade, is a literal do-or-die battle for both. For the BJP-led NDA, this could be its last chance to make an impression on the Kerala electorate. Being the only Left citadel in the country, it is necessa ...Read More >
Assam Assembly Election 2026 Voting Live Update: Voting is underway today in Assam for its 126-member Assembly. The main competition is between the BJP-led NDA and the opposition alliance led by the Congress. The voting is taking place from 7am to 5pm in 31,490 polling stations across 35 districts. About 2.5 crore people are eligible to vote, including 1.25 crore women and 318 people from the third gender. The BJP is eyeing to secure a term for the third time in a row, while the Congress is tryi ...Read More >
Bengaluru, Apr 9 (PTI) Voting was underway for bypolls to two Assembly segments--Bagalkot and Davanagere South in Karnataka on Thursday. The polls were necessitated by the deaths of senior Congress MLAs H Y Meti and Shamanur Shivashankarappa. Counting of votes will be taken up on May 4. Although the outcome of these by-elections is unlikely to have an immediate impact on state politics, the contest is seen as a matter of prestige for both the ruling Congress and the opposition BJP. While the ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram, April 9 (SocialNews.XYZ) After 23 days of high-voltage campaigning and an equally intense silent push, Kerala stepped into decision day on Thursday, with around 2.71 crore voters set to determine who will govern the state. Even before dawn broke, the electoral machinery was in motion. By 5.30 a.m., the state's 30,471 polling booths had sprung to life, with officials initiating mandatory mock polling procedures. Once completed and the EVMs sealed, a brief lull followed befor ...Read More >
Assam Election 2026 Voting LIVE Updates: Voting for all 126 seats in Assam is set to take place today in a single-phase election, setting up a key contest between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Indian National Congress (Congress) and All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF). Over 25 million voters are eligible to cast their ballots across 126 constituencies in a single, high-stakes phase. The Congress is contesting 98 seats as part of an alliance with regional and Left parties, following ch ...Read More >
Countering the points raised by Vijayan's letter to him earlier in the day, Revanth Reddy dashed off a reply, raising questions over Kerala's claims on poverty eradication and governance. "You tweeted that by late 2025, Kerala is set to become the first state to completely eradicate extreme poverty. We are in April 2026. In your letter, you speak of 64,006 families still receiving micro-plans. I ask plainly: has extreme poverty been eradicated? Was the November 1, 2025 declaration independently ...Read More >
Bhopal: A forest guard was allegedly killed after being run over by a tractor-trolley carrying illegally mined sand in the Ambah area of Madhya Pradesh's Morena district on Wednesday morning. The deceased has been identified as Harikesh Gurjar, a resident of Morena district. Morena additional superintendent of police (ASP) Surendra Pal said that during an operation against illegal sand mining and transportation, a six-member Ambah range patrol team spotted a tractor-trolley loaded with sand bei ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Polls are being held today (April 9) in four constituencies across Karnataka, Nagaland and Tripura as part of the by-elections scheduled this month. Voting began at 7 am today in Bagalkot and Davanagere South seats in Karnataka, Koridang constituency in Nagaland, and Dharmanagar in Tripura. The bypoll to the Ponda seat in Goa, however, was cancelled following an order by the Bombay High Court on Wednesday, which declared the Election Commission's notification as null and void. The co ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 9 : Polling began for high-stakes electoral battles in two states, Assam and Keralam, as ... New Delhi [India], April 9 : Polling began for high-stakes electoral battles in two states, Assam and Keralam, as well as the Union Territory of Puducherry, on Thursday at 7 am with the Election Commission making arrangements for free, fair and smooth polling. Voters queued outside polling stations to cast their votes in a single-phase assembly election. Voting will be held fo ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 9 (ANI): Polling began for high-stakes electoral battles in two states, Assam and Keralam, as well as the Union Territory of Puducherry, on Thursday at 7 am with the Election Commission making arrangements for free, fair and smooth polling. Voters queued outside polling stations to cast their votes in a single-phase assembly election. Also Read | Assam Assembly Election 2026: State Heads to Polls Today As Congress Looks To Reclaim Power. Voting will be held for 126 se ...Read More >
Agartala, Apr 9 (PTI) Voting for the byelection to Dharmanagar Assembly constituency in North Tripura district began at 7 am on Thursday amidst tight security, an official said. A total of 46,142 voters will decide the fate of six candidates in the bypoll. Women voters of 23,758 outnumber the 22,348 male electorate. "Polling for the byelection in all 55 booths began at 7 am amidst tight security. Voters were seen standing in queues in various polling centres to exercise their democratic right ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram, Apr 9 (PTI) Polling in all the 140 Assembly constituencies in Kerala commenced at 7 am on Thursday. The voting began after completion of mock polling. People started arriving early in the morning at the 30,495 polling stations in the state to avoid the hot weather that was likely to get worse as the day progressed. Congress senior and Leader of Opposition in the state assembly V D Satheesan arrived early for voting with his wife and daughter at their polling booth in Parav ...Read More >
Kohima, Apr 9 (PTI) Polling for the Koridang Assembly bypoll in Nagaland commenced on Thursday amid heightened security, following a recent election-related violence that has claimed one life. Six candidates are in the fray for the assembly bypoll necessitated by the death of sitting BJP MLA Imkong L Imchen (75) on November 11 last year. The BJP, which is part of the ruling People's Democratic Alliance (PDA), has fielded the deceased MLA's son Daochier I. Imchen, while the Congress has nominat ...Read More >
Guwahati, Apr 9 (PTI) Polling for all 126 Assam assembly constituencies began on Thursday to decide the electoral fate of 722 candidates, officials said. In the high-stakes election, the ruling BJP is aiming for a third consecutive term in office, while the Congress seeks to wrest power after being ousted in 2016. Polling, being held in a single phase, began at 7 am and will conclude at 5 pm. Long queues of voters were seen outside polling stations from early morning. An electorate of 2.50 cr ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 9 (ANI): Polling began for high-stakes electoral battles in two states, Assam and Keralam, as well as the Union Territory of Puducherry, on Thursday at 7 am with the Election Commission making arrangements for free, fair and smooth polling. Voters queued outside polling stations to cast their votes in a single-phase assembly election. Voting will be held for 126 seats in Assam, 140 in Keralam, and 30 in Puducherry in this phase of the election. Tamil Nadu will go to th ...Read More >
Kerala Election 2026 LIVE: Kerala has started voting for next big political showdown to choose 140 members of the Legislative Assembly on 9 April 2026. The counting of votes will take place on 4 May 2026. The current assembly's term ends on 23 May 2026, with the last election held in April 2021. Back then, the Communist Party of India (Marxist)-led Left Democratic Front (LDF) returned to power, securing 99 out of 140 seats, and Pinarayi Vijayan continued as Chief Minister. Advertisement Accor ...Read More >
Thiruvananthapuram: Over 2.6 crore electors will head to polling stations on Thursday to decide the fate of 883 candidates across 140 assembly constituencies in Kerala. The election will determine the composition of the 140-member Legislative Assembly in a high-stakes contest between the ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF), the Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF), and the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA). Voting in Kerala will be conducted in a single phase, beginning at 7 a.m., ...Read More >
Assam Election 2026 Voting LIVE Updates: Voting for all 126 seats in Assam is set to take place today in a single-phase election, setting up a key contest between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Indian National Congress (Congress) and All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF). Over 25 million voters are eligible to cast their ballots across 126 constituencies in a single, high-stakes phase. The Congress is contesting 98 seats as part of an alliance with regional and Left parties, following ch ...Read More >
Sonitpur [Assam], Apr 08 (ANI): Workers carry Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs), Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) devices, and election materials after collecting them from a distribution centre on the eve of the Assam Legislative Assembly elections in Tezpur and four other constituencies, in Sonitpur on Wednesday. (ANI Photo) | Photo Credit: ANI Kerala, Assam, Puducherry Assembly Elections Voting LIVE Updates: The high-stakes elections to the 126-member Assam assembly will be held on ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 9 (ANI): Puducherry is set to vote today at 7 am for a total of 30 seats. A total of 10,14,070 electors are eligible to exercise their franchise to elect the 30-member Legislative Assembly. The electorate comprises 5,39,125 female voters, 4,74,788 male voters, and 157 voters belonging to the Third gender category. Out of this, 24,156 voters belong to the age group of 18-19 years, while 6,034 voters belong to the senior citizen category (aged 85 and above) Also Read | ' ...Read More >
Guwahati (Assam) [India], April 9 (ANI): Polling for the 126 seats in Assam will be held today. Votes will be counted on May 4. The polling will begin at 7 am. The BJP-led NDA is seeking a third consecutive term. The Congress-led alliance includes Raijor Dal and CPI(M). In Assam, more than 2.5 crore electors are eligible to exercise their franchise for the 126-member legislative assembly. There are 722 candidates in the fray. Also Read | 'Vote for a Puducherry Run by Its Own People': Rahul Gan ...Read More >
New Delhi [India], April 9 (ANI): Over 2,6 crore electors will rush to poll stations on Thursday to decide the fate of 883 candidates across 140 assembly constituencies in Kerala and elect its 140-member Legislative Assembly in a high-stakes battle between the ruling Left Democratic Front (LDF), Congress-led United Democratic Front (UDF) and BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA). The voting in Keralam is being held in a single phase and will begin at 7 AM. The current Assembly's tenure end ...Read More >
Kollam (Kerala), Apr 7 (PTI) Two women athletes have been injured, one of them critically, after a car allegedly carrying UDF workers hit them in this district, police said on Wednesday. The accident occurred on the Asramam Link Road shortly after the public campaign concluded at 6 pm on Tuesday. The UDF workers were returning in the car after taking part in a campaign event, while the injured women were pedestrians, police said. The injured, both young sportswomen, were admitted to a hospita ...Read More >
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