BJP announces candidates for assembly pollsSeptember 19th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) Saturday evening announced its list of candidates for the oct 13 assembly elections in Maharashtra, Haryana and Arunachal Pradesh. In Maharashtra, where the party is going to contest 119 of the 288 total seats, with ally Shiv Sena contesting the rest, it announced a first list of 66 candidates.
National Conference leads in 3 Jammu and Kashmir seats, Congress in 2May 16th, 2009 SRINAGAR/JAMMU - Initial trends Saturday indicated the Congress leading in two seats while its alliance partner, the National Conference (NC), was leading in three Lok Sabha seats in Jammu and Kashmir. NC patron and former chief minister Farooq Abdullah was leading over his People's Democratic Party (PDP) rival, Molvi Ifftekhar Hussain Ansari, at the end of the first round of counting in Srinagar.
Second phase of general elections 2009 (Fact file)April 17th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The second phase of the staggered 15th Lok Sabha elections is scheduled for April 23. But in Manipur, the poll will be held April 22 due to a holiday on April 23, the Election Commission said.
2,041 candidates face political test in second phase of LS pollsApril 17th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The second phase of general elections will witness a total of 2,041 candidates, including 121 women contestants' political fate being put to vote for the 141 Lok Sabha seats. Polls for the second phase are scheduled for April 23.
Rahul to campaign in Jammu and Kashmir April 14April 9th, 2009 JAMMU - Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi will visit Jammu and Kashmir early next week to campaign for the Lok Sabha elections. Gandhi is expected to address the party's two election meetings April 14, state Congress spokesperson Ravinder Sharma told reporters here Thursday.
National Conference concedes Ladakh seat to CongressApril 8th, 2009 SRINAGAR - The stalemate between Jammu and Kashmir's ruling partners over the candidate for the Ladakh Lok Sabha seat has ended. The Congress will field its candidate with support from the National Conference in the cold desert region of the state.
Defeated PDP candidate in fray from KashmirApril 6th, 2009 SRINAGAR - The opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Jammu and Kashmir Monday declared its candidates for two parliamentary constituencies in the valley. The PDP candidates include Mohammed Dilawar Mir for north Kashmir Baramulla constituency.
DMK announces poll line-up, fields Azhagiri from MaduraiApril 5th, 2009 CHENNAI - The ruling DMK Sunday announced candidates for 21 Lok Sabha seats in Tamil Nadu. Chief Minister M.
Kashmiri Pandits to field candidates for Lok Sabha pollsMarch 28th, 2009 JAMMU - A migrant Kashmiri Hindus' group Sunday said it would field candidates from two of the six Lok Sabha constituencies in the state. The Jammu Kashmir National United Front, a political party founded by and for the Kashmiri Pandits - Hindus who have always been seen as a political elite in the Muslim majority state - will field its candidates in their original home, the Kashmir Valley.
BJP declares candidates for two Lok Sabha seats in KashmirMarch 21st, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday released the names of candidates for two Lok Sabha seats in Jammu and Kashmir. Advocate Leela Karan Sharma will be BJP's candidate for the Jammu-Poonch Lok Sabha seat while the former State BJP Chief Dr.
NCP wants Congress to give it two Gujarat seatsMarch 17th, 2009 AHMEDABAD - The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) in Gujarat has kept up its demand for contesting at least two Lok Sabha seats in the state, even as ally Congress has already announced its own candidates in 12 constituencies. The Congress is expected to make an announcement on candidates for the remaining 14 seats from Gujarat in the next two days.
BJP announces 46 candidates, Sushma to contest from VidishaMarch 6th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Thursday announced 46 more candidates for the Lok Sabha elections, including Sushma Swaraj who will contest from Vidisha in Madhya Pradesh. The list was finalised at a meeting of the Central Election Committee, presided over by party president Rajnath Singh, general secretary Arun Jaitley said.
Gujarat NCP demands seven Lok Sabha seats from CongressMarch 5th, 2009 AHMEDABAD - The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) wants to field candidates from seven significant Lok Sabha seats in Gujarat even as negotiations are on with the Congress, which wants to fight on all the 26 seats in the state. The key Lok Sabha seats being demanded by Sharad Pawar's NCP are Rajkot, Dahod, Anand, Godhra, Bharuch, Ahmedabad (East) and Kutch.
BSP to contest all Lok Sabha seats in GujaratMarch 4th, 2009 AHMEDABAD - The Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) Tuesday said it will field candidates in all the 26 Lok Sabha seats in Gujarat. 'Gujarat is an important state for the BSP high command.
Six in race for four Rajya Sabha seats in KashmirFebruary 2nd, 2009 JAMMU - Former chief ministers Farooq Abdullah (National Conference) and Ghulam Nabi Azad and union Water Resources Minister Saifuddin Soz (both Congress) were among the five candidates who Tuesday filed their nominations for four Rajya Sabha seats from Jammu and Kashmir. The others who filed nominations Tuesday - the last date for filing nominations - were Mohammad Shafi Uri of the National Conference (NC) and A.V.
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