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DMK MP Tiruchi Siva | Photo Credit: ANI DMK on Wednesday evening announced its candidates for the biennial election to Rajya Sabha. Three time MP Tiruchi N. Siva and a key spokesperson Constantine Ravindran are the candidates. It is a record of sorts for Mr. Siva, who will be entering the Rajya Sabha for the … Read more

The ruling DMK and the Congress on March 4, 2026 signed a seat-sharing pact for the Tamil Nadu Assembly elections. Photo: Special Arrangement The ruling DMK and the Congress finally signed the seat-sharing pact for the Assembly elections after days of uncertainty and hard bargain. As per the agreement signed by DMK president and Chief … Read more

A poster of Raijor Dal in the backdrop of Rangghar. The party has exuded confidence in adding to its Assembly seats tally. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Raijor Dal, led by Akhil Gogoi, released its first list of 11 candidates on Wednesday (March 4, 2026), less than 24 hours after its ally, the … Read more

Last Friday, CPI(M) general secretary M. A. Baby said to improve its electoral performance, the Left Front was trying to bring in newer partners, including the CPI(ML). | Photo Credit: PTI Despite several rounds of talks within the Left Front over a seat-sharing arrangement for the upcoming West Bengal Assembly election, there has been no headway, … Read more

Assam Congress president Gaurav Gogoi. File | Photo Credit: ANI Gaurav Gogoi, the Deputy Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha, figures in the first list of 42 candidates released by the Congress for the Assam Assembly elections on Tuesday (March 3, 2026). Elections to the 126-member House are expected in April. The list, released … Read more

L.K. Sudeesh, the treasurer of the party, received the agreement on behalf of his party at the DMK headquarters, Anna Arivalayam. Photo: X/@arivalayam The DMK on Tuesday evening (March 3, 2026) allotted one Rajya Sabha seat to Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam (DMDK) led by Premallatha Vijayakant. For the first time, the party started by late … Read more

FIle photo of Karti Chidambaram and Kanimozhi Karunanidhi. | Photo Credit: The Hindu Just when the DMK-Congress alliance was on the edge, behind-the-scenes role played by DMK parliamentary Party leader Kanimozhi Karunanidhi and Congress MP Karti P. Chidambaram helped break the ice between the leadership of the two parties. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge also played … Read more

After Bihar, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has now embarked on a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in 12 States and Union Territories. Its stated goal is unambiguous — to update the rolls which have been affected by frequent migration, dead voters and other inaccuracies, which have been pointed out by political … Read more

Uttar Pradesh Chief Election Officer Navdeep Rinwa addressing a press conference after the Election Commission publishes the draft SIR electoral roll of the State, in Lucknow on January 6, 2026 | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Tuesday (January 6, 2026) published the draft electoral rolls for Uttar Pradesh after … Read more

Over 3 crore voters are expected to cast their ballots on Thursday (January 15, 2026) as 29 civic bodies across Maharashtra go to polls. With most municipal corporations’ term expiring between 2019-2022, these civic bodies have been run by administrators since then.  In Mumbai, the tussle for the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is a fight between three unusual coalitions — the … Read more

Whenever voters hand a party or an alliance a big mandate, they also have very high expectations from the government. India’s electoral history shows that many parties or alliances have struggled to live up to that responsibility for long. Let us look at some of the examples where voters have given a party or an … Read more

For more than a decade, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has not merely dominated Indian politics. It has reshaped it. The party governs 15 States and Union Territories, shares power with allies in six more, and wields the machinery of the Union government even in regions beyond its direct control. Its ascent rested on a … Read more

The last date for submitting the enumeration form is now December 14, 2025, for Tamil Nadu and Gujarat; December 18, 2025, for Andaman and Nicobar, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh; and December 26, 2025, for Uttar Pradesh. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Election Commission has extended the schedule of the ongoing special intensive revision … Read more

The decision by the Congress-led Telangana government to seek a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) inquiry into alleged irregularities related to the Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Project has triggered a feud in the family of Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) patriarch K. Chandrashekar Rao. Mr. Rao, the first Chief Minister of Telangana, who served two terms, is … Read more

“You didn’t want the Chief Justice in that committee, that’s why you enacted a law to remove him,” Congress MP K.C. Venugopal said in the Lok Sabha on December 10, 2025. Photo: Sansad TV via ANI The Opposition and Treasury benches went head to head on the special intensive revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, as … Read more

Supreme Court of India. File | Photo Credit: Subhashish Panigrahi The Supreme Court on Tuesday (December 9, 2025) pointed to the special protective laws in place in Assam addressing the region’s unique needs while hearing a petition alleging that the Election Commission of India (EC) has discriminated against the State by not conducting a Special … Read more

NCP-SP MP Supriya Sule. Photo: Sansad TV via PTI Countering Opposition charges with regard to the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, Union Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal on Tuesday (December 9, 2025) asserted that it is the Constitutional responsibility of the Election Commission of India to clean up the list of voters, … Read more

Lok Sabha LoP Rahul Gandhi, speaks in the Lok Sabha during the winter session of the Parliament, in New Delhi on December 10, 2025.Videograb: Sansad TV via ANI Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday (December 11, 2025) said he directly challenged Union Home Minister Amit Shah to discuss his press conferences on “vote chori” in … Read more

The Supreme Court on Tuesday (December 9, 2025) remonstrated with the Election Commission of India for giving “mechanical and cyclostyled” answers every time a human problem is presented in court by anxious voters about the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process. Chief Justice of India Surya Kant voiced the top court’s exasperation at repeatedly being … Read more