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Monday, December 22, 2025
TopicLegislative Assembly Elections

Topic: Legislative Assembly Elections

Bihar to vote in 2 phases on 6 & 11 November, counting of votes on 14

Post-deletion of roughly 50 lakh names in controversial Special Intensive Revision, there are now 7.42 cr electors in Bihar, down by 6 percent from the pre-SIR numbers.

Gaurav Gogoi takes charge as Congress President for Assam, to lead party in polls next year

Gogoi was handed over reins of party's state unit by outgoing chief Bhupen Kumar Borah. AICC general secretary Jitendra Singh & LoP Debabrata Saikia were present on the occasion.

Legislative elections in PoK marred by ‘irregularities’, violence, 2 PTI workers dead

Voting in some polling stations of other constituencies was temporarily suspended due to incidents of violence, Dawn newspaper reported on Sunday.

Confidence, nervousness, jubilation– how the mood in the BJP HQ swung as Gujarat counted votes

Leaders say until about 10.30 am, no one was able to utter a peep because of the close fight the Congress was putting up. But thereafter, normal service resumed.

In numbers: The rise and fall and rise in Congress vote share in Gujarat

In 2014 Lok Sabha elections, the Congress had a 32.9 per cent vote share while in the 2012 Gujarat assembly election, it was 38.9 per cent.

BJP to keep Gujarat—but only just

BJP has suffered significant losses in Saurashtra region, but has kept its hold over central, north and south Gujarat; Congress leading in over 69 seats

On Camera

Violence over Osman Hadi is about Islamist Bangladesh. India-baiting is a distraction

The attack on Chhayanaut, newspaper offices, and the public lynching of a Hindu man show that Bangladesh is heading toward Islamist rule, far removed from electoral democracy.

China is taking India to WTO over subsidies, again. Here’s what it’s arguing before trade body

Dispute will now move to consultative process, which allows the two sides to come to an amicable agreement within 60 days.

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

Dhurandhar shows hard cinema is soft power and Pakistan is unapologetically the target

If Pathaan gave both conservatives and liberals room to hide, Dhurandhar extends no such courtesy. Aditya Dhar ripped open that tent of hypocrisy and turned the knife.