2022 Assembly Election

The event, that began on Thursday in Jaipur, with the meeting of the national general secretaries, focuses on organisational issues, preparations for the state elections to be held this year and the next year

‘Jeet Ka Chauka for NDA’: PM Narendra Modi thanks voters for BJP’s sweep in 4 states

The BJP has retained all four states – Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Manipur and Goa.

Assembly Election Results 2022 | Bhagwant Mann wins from Punjab's Dhuri; supporters celebrate as AAP readies to form government

AAP’s Punjab CM face Bhagwant Mann wins from Dhuri constituency by a margin of 45,000. The Assembly elections were held in Punjab on February, 20 2022 to elect the 117 members of the 16th Assembly of the Punjab Legislative Assembly.

Assembly Election Results 2022 | BJP supporters celebrate early lead in Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Manipur

Bharatiya Janata Party workers celebrated as the party looked poised to retain power in four states including UP

Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election Result 2022 | CM Yogi Adityanath leads in Gorakhpur Urban as BJP on course to break 37-year jinx

Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election Result 2022: Yogi Adityanath to return as the chief minister for a historic second term in India’s most populous state, which hasn’t returned a government in almost 37 years.

Assembly Election Results 2022 | Security forces deployed as counting of votes begins

In Uttar Pradesh arrangements are in place for vote counting in all 75 districts on March 10. Counting begins and the outcome will decide the fate of parties. Almost all exit polls have forecast a clear majority for the BJP in Uttar Pradesh.

Mirroring America: Why a fight has broken out over postal ballots for 2022 Goa Assembly polls

Goa voted on February 14, but postal ballots are permitted up to the morning of counting on March 10 for government servants on election duty and services personnel. The Congress has accused the BJP of using the long gap to get details of these voters and pressure them cast their ballots in its favour

Manipur Elections 2022 | Voting for 38 seats begins in first round today; CM Biren Singh among 173 candidates in the fray

Chief Minister N Biren Singh from Heingang, Speaker Y Khemchand Singh from Singjamei, Deputy CM Yumnam Joykumar Singh from Uripok and state Congress chief N Lokesh Singh from Nambol, are among the prominent candidates in the fray on February 28.

UP Elections 2022 | Conspicuous by his absence, Rahul Gandhi to hit campaign trail before Phase 5 polling

While the Wayanad member of parliament (MP) has campaigned in Goa, Uttarakhand, Manipur and Punjab ­­– the other four states that went to polls ­– he has not, so far, addressed a rally or undertaken any door-to-door campaign in Uttar Pradesh, where the fourth round of polling was held with over 57 per cent voter turnout on February 23.

MC Interview | Koo co-founder Aprameya Radhakrishna talks about virtual poll campaigns, role of home-grown apps, misinformation and more

In the course of a wide-ranging interview, Koo co-founder Aprameya Radhakrishna, 39, explains how the company has recorded 20 million downloads and has 5,000 eminent members, including chief ministers of 17 States, Union ministers, government departments, and leaders from across the political spectrum

Manipur Assembly Polls 2022| 44 Ukhrul seat is set for a clash of the titans: former footballer takes on ex-bureaucrat and musician 

In a star-studded three-way fight, the Bharatiya Janata Party has fielded a former football star to take on an ex-bureaucrat and a musician in the fray for the Naga People’s Front and Indian National Congress, respectively.   

UP Election 2022 enters 'Yadav belt' in 3rd phase of polling on Sunday

At least eight districts in the region going to polls on February 20 were Yadav strongholds, at least until 2017 elections when the BJP secured a clinching victory by bagging 312 of the 403 assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh

PM Modi attacks Congress, promises drug-free 'Nava Punjab' in Jalandhar rally

This was Prime Minister Narendra Modi's first rally in Punjab since the security scare last month when his convoy was blocked by protesters on a flyover for 20 minutes.

Assembly Polls 2022 | Uttarakhand, Goa, Uttar Pradesh to vote today: All you need to know

Goa chief minister Pramod Sawant, his Uttarakhand counterparty Pushkar Singh Dhami, former CM of Uttarakhand Harish Rawat and jailed Samajwadi Party leader Azam Khan, are among the prominent candidates, in the fray in the high-stakes election in the three states ruled by the Bharatiya Janata Party

Assembly Elections 2022: Ten fights to follow in Goa

Family fiefdoms, leaders making or breaking parties’ electoral fortunes and demanding constituents, these poll battles promise drama and nail-biting finishes

Interview | Nitin Gadkari: Politics of compulsions, convenience not good for democracy

Nitin Gadkari said, while the difference in opinion was understandable, but 'zero ideology' of leaders was a big problem that Indian democracy is facing today. The need, he said, was to make politics ideology-based to prevent leaders from changing parties.

MC Election Highlights February 3: Navjot Singh Sidhu is a hero, doesn't matter who will be Congress' CM face, says his wife

Take a quick look at all the major updates on upcoming assembly elections in the five states of Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Goa and Manipur.