Page 6 - Election

A modern-day comedy of errors: Why exit polls often go wrong in India

Exit polls often go wrong in India because pollsters do not sample voters in the poorest parts of the country or the core support bases of different political parties

Over 100,000 duplicate entries detected in Jaipur's electoral list: EC

Mahajan informed that names of 1,05,299 names have been removed from voters list in 19 assembly constituencies in Jaipur

Govt opposes PIL to bar candidates from contesting from more than one seat

In an affidavit, the central government said that the writ petition "maybe dismissed" as it has failed to show "any infringement" of any fundamental or constitutional rights

Have money, will spend

State governments now have more money than ever before. How is this influencing their spending

BJP to use Narendra Modi govt's achievements as 'election weapon'

BJP National Secretary H Raja said Modi's achievements in economic sector, financial inclusion initiatives will be used

DMK accuses AIADMK of violating poll code

A complaint has been registered that AIADMK activists had launched a shelter, as part of 68th birthday celebrations of Jayalalithaa

6 social media abuses in Elections 2014

The virtual world has coined certain terms that target politicians, journalists and even Election Commission