Local polls News

A total of 259 candidates, among them 65 women, are contesting the 127 seats in the assembly.

The ruling alliance and the United Democratic Madhesi Front (UDMF) have agreed to go for the local polls in two phases and fast track passage of the Constitution Amendment Bill.

Local bodies elections will be held for 342 seats in Aurangabad, Nanded, Bhandara and Gadchiroli districts tomorrow.

Patel quota agitation leader Hardik Patel's father Bharat Patel on Saturday said that the Patel community will support opposition Congress in coming elections to the local bodies in Gujarat.

Russia's election officials said on Monday that candidates from the ruling party backing President Vladimir Putin broadly swept the polls in local elections.