2019 General Elections
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Election of sole JD(S) Lok Sabha MP from Karnataka declared void by High Court
Prajwal Revanna, the grandson of former Prime Minister HD Deve Gowda, won the Hassan seat in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.
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Supreme Court dismisses sacked BSF jawan’s plea against PM Modi’s election from Varanasi
The sacked jawan, Tej Bahadur Yadav, alleged that the election body rejected his nomination for ‘extraneous reasons’ during the 2019 Lok Sabha polls.
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Sacked BSF soldier’s plea challenging Modi’s election from Varanasi dismissed
Tej Bahadur Yadav’s nomination papers to contest the Lok Sabha elections against Narendra Modi were rejected by the Election Commission in May.
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Trending
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Why the Congress defeat in Chhattisgarh is far worse than the loss in Rajasthan
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Is Congress leadership of INDIA shaky after Hindi belt poll defeats?
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Why KCR lost Telangana – and what it means for state parties
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Caught on camera: Fisherwoman captures intense battle between lone crocodile and group of sharks
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Priya Satia: How modern empire broke the empire mould
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Lok Sabha polls: NGOs urge Supreme Court to order inquiry into ‘discrepancies’ in election data
Association for Democratic Reforms and Common Cause claimed that voter turnout figures and the number of votes counted in 347 constituencies did not match.
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Lok Sabha polls: Row after DMK’s expenditure affidavit reveals it donated Rs 25 crore to CPI, CPI(M)
The Left parties are in a tight spot since the amount has not been mentioned in its election expenditure affidavit so far.
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Vellore Lok Sabha election: DMK candidate Kathir Anand wins by over 8,000 votes
The constituency had voted on Monday with a 71.51% turnout.
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Video
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Watch: Palestinian child under rubble asks rescuers to help her siblings, parents first
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Watch: Young fan recreates Sylvester Stallone’s iconic ‘Rocky’ monologue in the actor’s presence
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Cyclone Michaung: Sea turns turbulent, heavy rains batter Andhra Pradesh as landfall begins
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Watch: Pet dogs and their humans get family photographs with Santa Claus
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‘This is the worst nightmare for Narayan Murthy’: Comedian’s riff on several long weekends in 2024
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Tamil Nadu: 72% voting recorded in Vellore parliamentary election
AIADMK leader AC Shanmugam, DMK’s Kathir Anand and Naam Tamilar Katchi’s Deepa Lakshmi are the prominent candidates in the fray.
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Allahabad High Court sends notice to PM Narendra Modi on plea challenging his election to Lok Sabha
The petition was filed by former Border Security Force constable Tej Bahadur Yadav, who had filed his nomination from Varanasi against Modi.
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AAP leader Raghav Chadha moves High Court against BJP candidate’s election from South Delhi
In his plea, Chadha alleged that Ramesh Bidhuri concealed a criminal case and falsified information in his affidavit.
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The Reel
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Watch: A full-length ‘Dunki’ trailer is out
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‘Kabuliwala’ trailer: Mithun Chakraborty stars in latest adaptation of the Rabindranath Tagore story
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‘Mast Mein Rehne Ka’ trailer: Jackie Shroff, Neena Gupta star in slice-of-life comedy
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Start the week with a film: Russian literature and Kangra painting meet in ‘Kasba’
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Vir Das: ‘Humanity without laughter wouldn’t survive very long’
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Election to Vellore Lok Sabha seat in Tamil Nadu to be held on August 5, results on August 9
Polls were rescinded in April following allegations of money being used to influence voters.
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2019 elections seem to be among the ‘least free and fair’ in decades, claims group of ex-bureaucrats
In a letter to the ECI, they said its bias ‘towards one particular political party’ became obvious when it delayed the announcement of the election dates.
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A spatial analysis of Lok Sabha results shows BJP’s strategic growth across India
The map reemphasises the heterogeneity of voting behaviour in the country.
Christophe Z Guilmoto, The Conversation
The Field
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FIH Hockey Men’s Junior World Cup: Hundal hat-trick spurs India to win over South Korea
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Boxing, Junior World C’ships: Payal, Nisha, Akansha win a gold each as India finish with 17 medals
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AFC Champions League: Mumbai City FC finish campaign with six losses
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Pro Kabaddi League: Puneri Platan stun Jaipur Pink Panthers; Bengal Warriors beat Bengaluru Bulls
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Watch, highlights ISL 2023-24: Cleiton, Nandhakumar help East Bengal thump NorthEast United