Bullets, biryani and fake exposes: A snapshot of the BJP’s communal campaign for the Delhi election

Summing up the falsehoods pushed by the Hindutva party in the run up to polls in the capital.

Scroll Staff

· Feb 07, 2020 · 06:16 pm

Sri Lanka elections: What’s at stake for the divided island nation?

A record 35 candidates are in the fray.

Niro Kandasamy, The Conversation

· Nov 15, 2019 · 11:30 pm

Why it’s not surprising that polls in Australia got the election results wrong

Long-term trends always pointed toward a Labor loss, given the various factors in play.

Ian McAllister, The Conversation

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Sarah Cameron, The Conversation

· May 21, 2019 · 08:30 pm

Lack of jobs and rising prices are the biggest concerns for Indian voters, finds survey

Corruption, terrorism and crime are the other major concerns identified by the Pew Research Centre.

Tish Sanghera, IndiaSpend.com

· Mar 27, 2019 · 08:30 pm

Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan has many cheerleaders among Muslims in the subcontinent

This despite the fact that the leader who claims to stand for oppressed minorities has often been compared to Modi.

Ipsita Chakravarty

· Jun 27, 2018 · 07:30 am

Bye-polls in Kairana, Nagaland, Palghar and Bhandara-Gondiya will be held on May 28, says poll body

The Kairana seat fell vacant after BJP leader Hukum Singh died in February.

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· Apr 26, 2018 · 10:57 pm

Rajya Sabha: BJP nominates entrepreneur Rajeev Chandrasekhar, former Maharashtra CM Narayan Rane

Party general secretaries Anil Jain and Saroj Pandey, former Samajwadi Party leader Ashok Bajpai and Lt Gen (Retired) DP Vats are among its other candidates.

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· Mar 12, 2018 · 07:55 am

Maharashtra: Congress names journalist Kumar Ketkar as Rajya Sabha poll candidate

Elections will be held for 59 seats in 16 states on March 23, including six seats in Maharashtra

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· Mar 11, 2018 · 11:13 pm

Huge swing towards Congress in Rajasthan bye-polls leaves Vasundhara Raje and BJP vulnerable

Meanwhile, in West Bengal, the Trinamool Congress won one Lok Sabha bye-poll with a margin of 4.74 lakh votes.

Rohan Venkataramakrishnan

· Feb 01, 2018 · 07:20 pm

In poll-bound Meghalaya’s Garo Hills, the BJP is struggling to shed its anti-Christian image

Viral WhatsApp messages in the run-up to Saraswati Puja add to the worries of party supporters in Tikrikilla town.

Arunabh Saikia

· Jan 29, 2018 · 06:30 am

Akhilesh Yadav rules out tie-ups for 2019, but Congress doesn’t think Opposition unity will suffer

Congress leaders believe that the Samajwadi Party chief’s statement was aimed at keeping his own flock together.

Anita Katyal

· Jan 11, 2018 · 10:30 am

Bye-elections: TMC bags West Bengal’s Sabang seat, BJP wins in Arunachal Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh

In Arunachal Pradesh’s Pakke-Kessang, BJP candidate BR Waghe eked out a narrow victory by a margin of 475 votes.

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· Dec 24, 2017 · 01:36 pm