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SP candidate Dimple Yadav to file nomination for Mainpuri bypolls on Monday

Samajwadi Party candidate for the Mainpuri Lok Sabha bypolls Dimple Yadav is likely to file her nomination papers on Monday, a senior party leader said.

EC puts in place multi-layered monitoring mechanism for Assembly polls

The Commission visited Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh in Sept for reviewing electoral preparedness and dedicated teams also visited various regions of the two states in October to oversee preparations

Gujarat polls: BJP faces rebellion, 5 threaten to contest as independents

Former BJP MLA and the party's known tribal face Harshad Vasava already filed his nomination papers on Friday as an independent from Nandod seat, reserved for Scheduled Tribe candidates.

Nearly 80% polling recorded in second-phase Haryana panchayat elections

The voting was held between 7 am and 6 pm, officials said

Guj Assembly polls: 324 candidates file nomination forms; AAP leads with 70

It said nominations for the second phase have been filed in Mehsana, Aravalli and Ahmedabad

Himachal Pradesh records 65.92% turnout till 5 pm: EC provisional data

Till 5 pm, a 65.92 per cent turnout was recorded, the Election Commission (EC) said

Guj polls: Congress promises jobs, electricity, LPG, unemployment allowance

The Congress's manifesto committee chairman Dipak Babaria said the party interacted with nearly 65 lakh people before preparing this poll document

Himachal Pradesh Assembly polls: 55.65% voter turnout recorded till 3 pm

The highest polling of 62.75 per cent was recorded in Lahaul and Spiti district, followed by 60.38 per cent in Sirmour and 58.9 per cent in Mandi, the home district of Chief Minister Jairam Thakur

HP elections: 157 polling stations solely being managed by women staff

157 polling stations across the state are such that are being managed solely by women staff: EC

17.98% voting recorded in Himachal polls till 11 am: Election Commission

Till 11 am, the highest polling of 21.92 per cent was recorded in Mandi, the home district of Chief Minister Jairam Thakur

HP polls: Confident of winning 40-45 seats, says Cong chief Pratibha Singh

'We'd like to tell people of Himachal Pradesh to vote for development & work. Congress always worked for development & in the time to come only Congress can take that work forward in the state'

Gujarat Assembly elections: BJP releases second list of six candidates

Earlier on Thursday, the BJP had announced the first list of candidates for 160 candidates out of the 182 constituencies for the upcoming Gujarat Assembly elections

Ex-Guj min Solanki, Rivaba Jadeja among candidates in 1st phase of polls

In the first round, 89 of the total 182 Assembly seats will go to polls and prominent political parties have declared their candidates for almost all these constituencies

Himachal Pradesh polls: PM Modi urges voters to turn up in large numbers

'I request all the voters of Devbhoomi to participate with full enthusiasm in this festival of democracy and create a new record of voting'

Nearly 30,000 security personnel deployed to ensure free, fair polls in HP

Polling for 68 Assembly segments would be held in a single phase today

Aam Aadmi Party releases first list of 134 candidates for Delhi civic polls

More than 20,000 workers had applied to get a ticket to contest the MCD polls

Despite AAP's presence, Himachal's political battle between BJP, Congress

AAP, which is in the fray for the first time in the Assembly polls, has been missing from the state with its leaders focusing on strengthening its vote bank in another poll-bound Gujarat.

Gujarat polls: 21 sitting Congress MLAs in party's 2nd list of candidates

The Gujarat Assembly elections will be held in two phases - on December 1 and 5, and the counting of votes will be taken up on December 8

HP polls: SDMA deploys teams of NDRF in Lahaul for response in calamities

Ten personnel of NDRF and SDRF have been deployed at district headquarters (HQ) Chamba and Pangi, besides ten of NDRF at District HQ Lahaul-Spiti, Kaza and Udaipur.

Gopal Rai launches AAP war room for MCD polls, predicts landslide victory

The war room will look at candidates' public engagements and monitor booth management activities