Civic polls News
In the urban local body by-elections held for 14 seats in 12 districts of the state, the Bharatiya Janata Party secured 8 seats.
Thus, after the mayoral poll, Delhi will get a mayor for the city as a whole after a gap of 10 years, details below.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, on Monday, appealed to people to vote for the BJP in the upcoming civic polls.
While making his appeal, he said that the "triple-engine government" will accelerate the pace of development in the state.
The statement came while addressing two meetings of intellectuals in Shahjahanpur and Bareilly.
J&K Chief Secretary BVR Subrahmanyam has said polls will be held as scheduled.
The BJP is in the position to gain the control of municipal councils at Devrukh and Ajra, and in Jamner council it has made a clean sweep by winning all 24 seats.
A total of 59 candidates are in the fray for 17 seats in Kankavli nagar panchayat and four candidates for the post of panchayat president.
As many as 494 candidates are in the fray for Ludhiana Municipal Corporation elections.
The Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will kick off the campaign for urban local body polls from the temple town of Ayodhya tomorrow.
The war of words has escalated among political parties in UP ahead of urban local body polls with the BJP saying that rival parties were waging a battle to keep their electoral identity intact while the Congress asserted that the ruling party will be wiped out in the polls.
The Madras High Court on Monday directed the Tamil Nadu State Election Commission to complete the local body elections by November 17.
The Madras High Court on Monday directed the Tamil Nadu State Election Commission to complete the local body elections by November 17.
The results of Panvel, Bhiwandi and Malegaon Municipal Corporation Elections were announced on Friday.
The counting for the seven municipalities in West Bengal that went to polls on May 14 began on Wednesday.
Delhi Congress chief Ajay Maken on Sunday said the national capital should vote for the grand old party for sensible governance.
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said on Saturday he fears "5 to 10 per cent" EVM tampering in Delhi`s civic polls and urged people to vote heavily for the AAP to defeat this.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who has been vouching for conducting upcoming municipal polls through ballot paper citing EVM rigging, has demanded that the civic elections in the national capital be postponed by a month.
A day after the drubbing suffered by the AAP in the Rajouri Garden assembly seat bypoll in Delhi, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday said the defeat will not impact his party`s prospects in the April 23 MCD elections.
The Delhi unit of the BJP on Thursday promised homes for all residents of the capital city by 2022, if it was voted to power in the civic polls to be held on April 23.
The Delhi State Election Commission (SEC) on Tuesday rejected Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's demand to hold coming elections to the three municipal corporations in Delhi using ballot papers instead of EVMs.
A hotel owners association has filed a petition in Bombay High Court challenging an order of state Excise department declaring dry days from the evening of February 19 to 21 and on February 23, due to the civic polls.
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