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Topic: Elections

What a Tamil town tells us about votes, caste, and fraud in medieval India

Nepotism seems to have been a concern in Uttaramerur elections. That's why the drawing of ballots was done by a child and executives' relatives were banned from being elected.

South Korean President’s election law violation trial postponed indefinitely, says court

Before Lee Jae-myung got elected, the South Korean Supreme Court ruled that Lee had violated the election law by publicly making false statements during his 2022 presidential bid.

Bangladesh elections in April 2026, Yunus announces in televised address

We are in a state of war, will not give opportunity to the defeated powers who are waiting to attack us, he says in TV address.

Eurosceptic Karol Nawrocki in the lead in Polish elections, Ipsos exit poll suggests

The 42-year-old's campaign called for economic and social policies that favour Poles over other nations, including refugees from neighbouring Ukraine.

BJP wins only 1 ST seat in Jharkhand despite campaign of polarisation, triumphs in Maharashtra tribal belt

JMM defector Champai Soren won the only ST seat for BJP in Jharkhand. Meanwhile, in Maharashtra, party looks set to win 10 ST seats, 2 more than in 2019 assembly polls.

Maharashtra polls on 20 November, Jharkhand on 13, 20 November; results on 23 November

EC also announces byelections to 48 assembly seats nationwide and 2 parliamentary constituencies, including Wayanad in Kerala, where Priyanka Gandhi will contest to succeed her brother.

Election Commission deploys observers to ensure smooth polls in J&K, Haryana

Over 400 observers to monitor electoral process, maintain integrity.

Opinion polls suggest African National Congress might lose its majority in National Assembly

ANC has always been in majority and elected the party's leader as president since 1994.

Corruption a blot on democracy. It’s fuelled by high price of elections—Sam Pitroda

In ‘The Idea of Democracy’, Sam Pitroda look at the paradox of so-called democratic success coupled with its liberal decline.

‘Please help me’ — readers write to ThePrint. Their way of expressing confidence in us

Requests for ThePrint’s intervention sound like cries of despair from frustrated people who see media as their last resort. As a society, have we become hard of hearing?

On Camera

Bads of Bollywood brought Emraan Hashmi out of our guilty pleasure closet, made him cool

With his cameo in Bads of Bollywood, Emraan Hashmi, who has long shifted away from his signature bold image, got the chance to revive his boyhood charm.

Market regulator SEBI clears Adani Group of impropriety alleged by Hindenburg Research

SEBI probe concluded that purported loans and fund transfers were paid back in full and did not amount to deceptive market practices or unreported related party transactions.

Govt inks deal with HAL for 97 new Tejas Mk1A; previous order’s deliveries likely to begin next yr

There were no plans to have Mk1A version. However, compromise was reached between HAL & IAF in 2015 since original plan for getting Mk2 would've been time-consuming affair.

India doesn’t give walkovers to Pakistan in war. Here’s why it shouldn’t do it in cricket either

Many really smart people now share the position that playing cricket with Pakistan is politically, strategically and morally wrong. It is just a poor appreciation of competitive sport.