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: 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.
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
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 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.
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.
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?
Panel to discuss plans for joint rallies in states where assembly elections are scheduled later this year and Uttar Pradesh ahead of 2024 polls
Despite the difficulties facing their Kuki kinsfolk in Manipur, the MNF which rules Mizoram hasn't pulled out of NDA. MNF is projecting itself as taking a tough line against the Centre and as the protector of Mizo interests to voters of the state, but is also wary of losing BJP support
Talking to reporters at the Guwahati railway station ahead of the launch of the semi-high speed Guwahati-New Jalpaiguri Vande Bharat Express, he also said by June, all states where electrification of routes has been done, will have Vande Bharat trains.