Assembly Elections 2023: Behind BJP’s ticket distribution strategy is a growing appetite for risk taking
Assembly elections 2023: : From letting big leaders know that they aren’t bigger than the organisation to fuelling the political ambitions of ordinary workers despite the pitfalls of upsetting the settled order, and downsizing sitting MPs to contest assembly polls, much experimentation is going on in BJP ticket distribution and there is a method to it
MP Elections 2023: Congress lines up vows of reforms, welfare schemes in manifesto
Madhya Pradesh Congress president Kamal Nath unveiled a comprehensive manifesto featuring a broad range of guarantees, including support for agriculture, women's welfare, healthcare, and various sectors of governance.
Congress releases manifesto for MP polls; promises Rs 25 lakh health insurance cover to citizens, 27% OBC quota
The opposition Congress listed 59 promises in its 106-page manifesto, with assurances for all sections of the society, including farmers, women and government employees.
Madhya Pradesh Elections 2023: Why both Congress and BJP are strategising hard for the tribal vote
MP Election 2023: The tribal vote returned to Congress in 2018 after three successive elections where they favoured BJP. While Congress is trying to improve its tally, BJP is sweating it out to regain lost support. Both parties are well aware of one key statistic: The party winning the tribal vote has gone on to form the MP government on past occasions
Assembly Elections 2023: Ten big (and common) themes across the poll-bound states
Politics is an immensely difficult vocation to pursue and this is intensified by competitiveness and complexities of India’s electoral politics. But we found that governments across the poll-bound states that best negotiate these ten aspects of the coming elections may finish first past the post
State elections 2023: Madhya Pradesh to go for polls on November 17, see details
Madhya Pradesh, currently governed by the Bharatiya Janata Party, is set to hold single-phase polls on November 17.
Madhya Pradesh polls: BJP announces 57 more candidates, Shivraj Chouhan to fight from Budhni
State Home Minister Narottam Mishra will fight from the Datia seat, according to the list of the candidates released by the BJP.
How much do state election results affect national elections? | December 3rd: The 2024 semi-final
The Election Commission has announced that the counting day of 5 state which will go to polls in November will be on 3rd December. These elections are especially crucial, since they come ahead of the mega national elections in 2024. How much do state elections impact national poll results -- and what should we be watching out for? Catch this conversation between Moneycontrol's Stacy Pereira and CNN News18's Rahul Shivshankar!
Assembly elections 2023: 5 states to go on polls from Nov 7, results on Dec 3; checkdetails here
Assembly elections 2023: Chhattisgarh to vote on November 7 and November 17, Madhya Pradesh to vote on November 17; Mizoram on November 7, Rajasthan on November 23 and Telangana on November 30. The results for all will be declared on December 3.
How will assembly elections in five states affect BJP and Congress in Lok Sabha polls?
Lok Sabha elections are a different ball game but the temptation to read a larger impact to these assembly polls is very strong too. It is more likely that the issues which dominate national politics closer to March will influence the LS polls. But the 2023 outcome could have implications like who gets to lead the opposition or whether BJP could lose some sitting seats
Madhya Pradesh: BJP’s unease over perceived fatigue with Shivraj becomes ammo for Congress
BJP is placing its bets on PM Modi’s popularity and the huge resources the party commands. A surprise this time is the sidelining of CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan, which he is stiffly resisting. Congress is hoping that anti-incumbency and its OBC outreach will overcome Chouhan’s expensive wooing of women voters with generous cash handouts
State Elections 2023: Its political outcomes will impact the economy and markets
While the state poll outcomes of 2018, 2013, 2008 and 2003 had limited impact on the markets or the economy, this time could be different. As the stakes go up and parties make big welfare guarantees this will come at the cost of infrastructure spending, which will have repercussions on markets and the economy
Assembly election 2023 dates: Semifinal to 2024 starts from Nov 7. Results of 5 state polls on December 3
Assembly election 2023 highlights: The elections start on November 7 in Chhattisgarh and Mizoram. Chhattisgarh will go to the polls in two phases– first on November 7 and then on November 17. Polling in Madhya Pradesh will be on November 17. Rajasthan and Telangana will go to polls on November 25 and 30 respectively. Counting for all states will take place on December 3.
EC to announce Assembly poll dates for 5 states today at noon
Assembly polls in the five states are likely to be held between mid-November and the first week of December. The terms of the legislative assemblies of Telangana, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, and Rajasthan will end on different dates in January 2024.
Why BJP thinks it is winning Rajasthan, and Congress thinks it is winning Madhya Pradesh?
The Madhya Pradesh election is centred around which way the women and the OBC voters lean, and the story in Rajasthan revolves around the traditional cyclic change in power.
Ahead of upcoming polls, freebie season returns to India
From free televisions to public transport, most parties go all out to woo voters
Freebies ahead of polls: SC takes note of PIL, seeks responses from MP, Rajasthan govts
A bench comprising Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud and Justices J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra also issued notices to the Centre, the Election Commission and the Reserve Bank of India on the PIL, which also alleged that taxpayers' monies are misused by the two state governments to lure voters.
Road To 2024: 'Jitni Abadi, Utna Haq' caste census demand fraught with many contradictions
The opposition is hoping to fire up the umbrella OBC group while ignoring the fissures and strains it can set off. For instance, why does Bengal have a non-OBC CM and why are non-dominant OBCs underrepresented in the Bihar cabinet?
Eye on Madhya Pradesh polls, Chouhan notifies 35% quota for women in govt jobs
Madhya Pradesh assembly elections: Schemes with focus on women are single biggest factor for BJP poll campaign in the state with 2.72 crore female voters
PM Modi to launch projects worth Rs 12,600 crore in Madhya Pradesh
The assembly polls in the state are due this year-end.
Madhya Pradesh: Seven elements of the BJP strategy to field MPs and Union ministers
The BJP decision has put the fielded leaders in quite a spot to say the least. Not only do they have to win the assembly segment in their Lok Sabha constituency and prove their popularity, they are expected to do the heavy lifting across the region they hail from, amid rampant factionalism
Assembly elections 2023: Decoding BJP’s reliance on cabinet ministers
The party has unleashed its heavyweights to tackle the rising tide of anti-incumbency and Congress's meteoric rise, fuelled by its prominent role in the INDIA alliance
Madhya Pradesh: BJP’s sway over OBCs faces stiffest challenge in 20 years
Though his government was short-lived, Kamal Nath’s one particular decision may come back to help Congress and haunt BJP: Doubling OBC reservation to 27%. Despite ruling the state for two decades and enjoying massive OBC support, will the BJP regret not taking the lead on this score?
Madhya Pradesh polls: BJP banks on top guns, Chouhan still not fielded in second list of candidates
BJP showcases party bench strength by naming three Union ministers, four MPs and a national general secretary in the second list for upcoming Madhya Pradesh Assembly polls
