Assembly Elections 2023

Sources said Kamal Nath was asked to tender his resignation soon after the poll results were out.

Chouhan did a great job in Madhya Pradesh, but don’t follow his formula in toto

Should Indian agriculture be boosted through greater use of ground water when not only is the country overall water deficient, but its ground water resources are also getting depleted by extraction exceeding recharge? 

From Bhajan Lal Sharma to Himanta Biswa Sarma and Yogi Adityanath, a look at BJP's next-gen CM picks in recent years

Instead of backing veterans, the BJP leadership seems to be experimenting with a new set of leaders, who are seen as relatively young, aggressive, come with a fresh political vigour and are expected to lead the party into the next decade.

Suspense over Rajasthan CM to end soon; here are probable candidates for coveted post

Leaders said to be BJP’s top choice include Union ministers Arjun Ram Meghwal, Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, Ashwini Vaishnaw, former CM Vausnadhara Raje, BJP MLA, Diya Kumari, Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore and Baba Balaknath.

BJP CM choice for MP: Meet Mohan Yadav, 3-time MLA, ex-education minister and successor to Shivraj Singh Chouhan

The proposal to appoint Mohan Yadav as the head of the next state government was tabled by incumbent CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan, and backed by Narendra Singh Tomar, Kailash Vijayvargiya and Prahlad Patel -- the three BJP heavyweights who were considered to be in the chief ministerial race.

BJP choice for Chhattisgarh CM: Meet Vishnu Deo Sai, tribal leader and ex-union minister

A former sarpanch, a two-time MLA and four-time MP, Vishnu Deo Sai is now set to begin his maiden inning as a chief minister.

BJP opts for Vishnu Deo Sai as Chhattisgarh's next chief minister; Arun Sao, Vijay Sharma likely to be deputy CMs

A tribal face and former Union minister, Vishnu Deo Sai would be heading the next BJP government in the state. The decision comes a week after the saffron party secured a decisive mandate.

Chhattisgarh BJP MLAs to meet in Raipur; suspense over CM could end

Speculations are doing rounds on who will get to don the mantle of the chief minister in view of the BJP contesting the recent polls without declaring any CM face.

Telangana's new ministers assigned portfolios; CM Revanth Reddy keeps home, law and order

Bhatti Vikramarka Mallu, the state's first deputy chief minister, will be heading the crucial portfolios of finance & planning and energy.

Assembly elections 2023: Suspense over BJP CM faces continues

The party may not rely on old regional satraps such as Chouhan and Raje and name new leaders as chief ministers.

BJP appoints central observers for Rajasthan, MP, Chhattisgarh to elect legislative party leader

The new legislative party leaders are set to become chief ministers of the three states.

Assembly Election Results 2023: Chhattisgarh may soon have its first woman CM

Assembly Election Results 2023: Names of Raigarh MP Gomti Sai and Union Minister Renuka Singh have been doing the rounds. The BJP will also have to consider factors such as balancing the caste and regional equations while keeping in mind the aspirations of its old and new faces.

Newly elected Rajasthan Congress MLAs to meet in Jaipur on December 5

The Congress, which was hoping to buck the trend of alternating government in the state, bagged 69 seats.

How will politics in South India pan out for 2024 Lok Sabha polls?

Seeing the electorate’s choice in Karnataka and Telangana along a North-South axis is to misread the anti-incumbency sentiment in these states. BJP is well in play for the 2024 Lok Sabha polls in most of the South Indian states. The possibility of new alliances shaping up in states like Tamil Nadu cannot be ruled out either

Saffron healer: Post BJP's triumph in Hindi heartland, Street analysts get bullish on India Inc

While state elections have shown no correlation with Lok Sabha elections in the past, it nonetheless removes a key overhang of political uncertainty for the markets for the next five months, noted broking firm Motilal Oswal.

Why 2024 is now close to a done deal

Analogies with 2003-04 when BJP lost in 2004 after sweeping the 2003 polls are flawed. Unlike in 2003, BJP put up its national leadership and its centralised ideological agenda for a popular referendum in the three Hindi heartland assembly polls, and there is much reason to believe that a similar strategy might work similarly well in the national elections

BJP victory may boost bank, industrial, power, property sectors: Jefferies

There is a good chance that Nifty may hit the auspicious mark of 21,000 in December itself, while another 1000–2000 point rally can't be ruled out in the run-up to the general election, according to analysts

Mission 325: Three lessons BJP learned from three-state win for 2024

The BJP is a party that clinically assesses what worked for it and didn’t in an election. This election cycle saw some interesting experiments by BJP: PM Modi’s direct attacks on Congress satraps, a bold attempt at collective leadership despite the risks, and neutralising big ticket opposition promises at the grassroots itself

BJP retains Madhya Pradesh with two-thirds majority; wins 163 of 230 assembly seats

Chief Minister Shivraj Chouhan, who led the saffron party's emphatic victory, won from his Budhni constituency, defeating Congress rival and TV actor Vikram Mastal Sharma by 1,04,974 votes.

MP poll: Amid BJP wave, 12 ministers of Chouhan cabinet face defeat

Ministers Arvind Bhadoria from Ater, Kamal Patel from Harda and Gaurishankar Bisen from Balaghat are among those who faced defeat.

BJP ousts Congress from Chhattisgarh, wins 54 of 90 seats; Baghel quits as CM

The Gondvana Gantantra Party won a seat, a poll official said.The Gondvana Gantantra Party won a seat, a poll official said.

BJP’s election sweep calms populism fears, allays market concerns about political risks

A stable political environment could drive Nifty to 20,500-20,800 levels going ahead, according to analysts

Telangana 2023 Assembly polls: Congress gets landslide victory in state

Telangana Congress won 65 seats in the assembly polls, beating BRS party’s two consecutive term of government in the state. Trailing behind, BRS won 38 seats followed by BJP with eight seats.

Assembly Elections 2023: BJP's victory has doubled my responsibility, says PM Modi

Assembly Elections 2023: Today, every first-time voter sees their victory in these results, and women see their empowerment, Modi added while going on to exhort the role of women in guaranteeing a BJP win.

BJP’s poll showing, short covering, FOMO can drive a sharp market rally

Though the market reaction to state elections is usually short-lived, three wins give a strong underlying message. Structural factors support a near-term rally as well