Congress poised to win 204 Lok Sabha seatsMay 16th, 2009 NEW DELHI - In a dream run, the Congress was poised to win 204 Lok Sabha seats, having been declared victors in 14 constituencies and leading in 190 others Saturday, according to official figures. This is far more than its score in the 2004 general elections when it won 145 seats in the 545-member Lok Sabha and got into a post-poll alliance with other parties to form the United Progressive Alliance (UPA) and run the government at the centre for five years.
Campaigning ends in Delhi TuesdayMay 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi is to address a rally here in a last minute effort to woo voters before campaigning for parliamentary elections in Delhi ends Tuesday evening. A total of 160 candidates are in the fray for the capital's seven Lok Sabha seats.
Campaigning ends peacefully in SrinagarMay 5th, 2009 SRINAGAR - Campaigning for Srinagar Lok Sabha constituency that goes to the polls Thursday in the staggered Lok Sabha elections ended peacefully Tuesday. 'The campaigning came to an end and no untoward incident happened during the campaign process,' an election official said.
Campaigning for fourth phase of Lok Sabha polls ends todayMay 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Campaigning in 85 constituencies spread over eight states that will go to polling in the fourth phase of polls on May 7 will end on Tuesday evening,
A total of 1,315 candidates, including 119 women, are in the fray in this phase that will witness polling to 85 Lok Sabha seats in eight states and union territories. Polling for all the 25 seats in Rajasthan, 10 in Haryana and seven in Delhi will be completed in one-go.
Re-polling at 35 booths in Bihar, West Bengal, Sikkim and Gujarat beginsMay 4th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Re-polling at 35 booths in Bihar, West Bengal, Sikkim and Gujarat began this morning. The Election Commission has ordered re-polling following irregularities during the third phase of Lok Sabha polls last Thursday.
Campaigning for third phase of Lok Sabha polls ends todayApril 28th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Campaigning in 107 constituencies that will go to polling in the third phase of elections on April 30 will come to an end this evening. A total of 1,567 candidates would contest in nine states and two Union Territories in the third phase.
Campaigning ends for third phase of LS pollsApril 28th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Campaigning in 107 constituencies that will go to polling in the third phase of elections on April 30 ended on Tuesday. Congress President Sonia Gandhi's parliamentary constituency Rae Bareilly and Bharatiya Janata Party leader L.
Campaigning ends for third phase of pollsApril 28th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Campaigning for Thursday's third phase of the staggered Lok Sabha elections came to an end Tuesday evening in nine states and two union territories. Polling is to be held in 107 constituencies in Bihar, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Jammu and Kashmir, Gujarat and Sikkim, besides the union territories of Dadra and Nagar Haveli, and Daman and Diu.
Filing of nominations for final phase of Lok Sabha elections ends todayApril 24th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Filing of nominations for the fifth and last phase of Lok Sabha elections comes to an end on Friday. Scrutiny will be held on Saturday and polling will be held for 86 seats on May 13.
Campaigning for second phase of Lok Sabha elections ends todayApril 21st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Campaigning for the second phase of Lok Sabha elections will come to an end on Tuesday. The polling will be held on April 23.
Campaigning ends for first phase of Elections 2009April 14th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Campaigning for the first phase of Lok Sabha elections 2009 came to an end Tuesday in 15 states and two union territories, which go to the polls Thursday. A total of 1,715 candidates, including 122 women, are in the fray for 124 seats in the first of the five-phased election.
Campaigning ends for first phase of Orissa pollsApril 14th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - Political parties made desperate last-minute attempts to woo voters as campaigning for the first phase of the Lok Sabha and assembly elections in Orissa came to an end Tuesday. At least 12,650,750 voters will decide the fate of 72 candidates for 10 Lok Sabha seats and 599 candidates for 70 assembly constituencies in the first phase April 16.
Campaigning for first phase of poll ends in JharkhandApril 14th, 2009 RANCHI - Campaigning ended Tuesday in six of Jharkhand's 14 Lok Sabha seats where polling will be held April 16, with the stage set for a triangular or multi-cornered contest on all the seats. A total of 7,068,696 voters will decide the fate of 85 candidates in the fray, including former external affairs minister Yashwant Sinha and former coal minister Karia Munda, both contesting on Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) tickets, from Hazaribagh and Khuti, respectively.
Campaigning ends for Chhattisgarh's 11 seatsApril 14th, 2009 RAIPUR - Campaigning for Chhattisgarh's parliamentary elections drew to a close Tuesday with polling officials getting ready to conduct the mammoth exercise that will stretch over 20,967 polling booths and decide the fate of 178 candidates. An electorate of 15.4 million, including 7.6 million women, will vote Thursday in what is essentially a contest between the state's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress that heads government in New Delhi.
Campaigning for first phase of Lok Sabha polls ends todayApril 14th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Campaigning for first phase of Lok Sabha elections will come to an end this evening. The polling will be held on Thursday.
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