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Friday, July 10, 2026
TopicAssembly election

Topic: assembly election

Northeast has recorded some of the highest turnout since Independence. What drives its voting culture

While high turnout in West Bengal and Puducherry this year is attributed to the shrinking of their electorates, northeastern states display a consistent pattern of voting.

2026 election results show power is rarely defeated by rivals. Credibility matters more

The Indian voter rarely announces a change in advance. She absorbs the noise, registers the signals, appears persuaded—and then, in the privacy of the ballot, recalibrates.

In Manjeshwar, former Kerala BJP chief K. Surendran loses assembly poll a fourth time

In 2021 and 2016 polls, Surendran came agonisingly close to winning the seat.

Tamil Nadu’s elections are fought on delivery—ideology appears only when needed

Electoral competition now appears dominated by welfare delivery and governance metrics, but ideology has not disappeared in Tamil Nadu. Instead, it has become strategic.

Global media’s ‘double whammy’ alert to Modi govt as crucial state polls loom amid West Asia war

The ongoing cycle of elections in India—polls are being held in 4 states & 1 UT—comes amid West Asia war-driven spikes in energy prices & pressure on rupee.

Ex-civil servants ask Assam Chief Secy to withdraw order deploying forest guards for poll duty

The letter stressed how forest officials and personnel were not supposed to be deployed for any election-related duties according to the rules set by ECI.

UDF’s unlikely coalition for Kerala polls—CPI(M) rebels, communist splinters, local TMC heavyweight

Broad alliance cobbled together by Cong-led UDF underscores high stakes for party in next month’s polls, as it seeks to wrest back one of its strongest bastions.

Mamata says ECI transferred officers by breaking convention. What former ECs say on the norm

Soon after announcing assembly poll schedule Sunday, Election Commission transferred 44 IAS, IPS, other civil servants in 4 states, including Bengal, ‘without consulting state govt’.

Stalin looks to expand DMK-led alliance, but questions remain on whether DMDK, PMK could rock the boat

CM Stalin pitched expansion of DMK-led alliance during informal talks earlier this week. Congress welcomed proposal but PMK and DMDK are yet to make their stand clear.

Congress needs strategy & unity in Maharashtra, Jharkhand polls, should learn from Haryana—Urdu press

ThePrint’s round-up of how the Urdu media covered various news events through the week, and the editorial positions some of them took.

On Camera

Maharashtra, Odisha women cash schemes drive financial autonomy, alter household spending—EAC-PM paper

Paper finds male relatives of women getting cash transfers in Maharashtra spend 49% less, save 23% more monthly, while women’s own spending is up 46%. Odisha also shows dip in men's spends.

DIA effect: Canada steams ahead with TKMS for new submarines, India’s P 75I still in works

Ottawa has handed over execution functions of critical defence projects to a CEO-led organisation for reducing procurement timelines and making it solely accountable for outcomes.

Congress is ceding ground to BJP on nationalism. It’s pushing India towards one-party system

The Congress party’s abandonment of nationalism is the most intriguing aspect of its post-2014 politics. The real Congress was never a party of bleeding heart pacifists.