Posts Tagged ‘BJP’
SP sweeps UP, SAD-BJP retain Punjab; BJP wave in Goa
The Samajwadi Party is home in UP, won/leading now in 223 seats, well over the half way mark00 seats991 to get a majority on its own in UP10 seats less17-seat Assembly seats apiece, both five short of the halfway mark at 36, and but in neighbouring UP they are fighting for the number three and number four slot and both will finish shy of 50 seats [...]
Shock to Congress: Party wiped out of Amethi, Rae Bareli
Results in Amethi and Rae Bareli, gave a shocker to the Congress party as it managed to win only two of the 10 Assembly seats in these twin Lok Sabha constituencies The most stunning was the defeat of sitting MLA Amita Singh, wife of Congress MP Sanjay Singh, in Amethi seat where she had to bite the dust by a margin of 8,760 votes Samajwadi [...]
Uttar Pradesh: Samajwadi Party storms back to power in on its own with best show
Uttar Pradesh voters gave a clear and decisive mandate in favour of the Samajwadi Party, the Mulayam Singh-led SP has won in 224 out of the total 403 seats5 seats from its performance last time5 seats4, are being considered some sort of "semi-final" for the UPA and NDA 80 Bharatiya Janata Party 28 Nationalist Congress [...]
Punjab: Shiromani Akali Dal-BJP alliance beats anti-incumbency, retains power
Shiromani Akali Dal on Tuesday created history in Punjab217 out of 117 Constituencies Party Won Leading Total Bharatiya Janata Party 2 0 12 Indian National Congress 46 0 46 Shiromani Akali Dal SAD 56 0 56 Others 3 0 3 [subscribe2]
Uttarakhand election results: BJP, Congress in close race
Uttarakhand proved to be a cliff-hanger of a contest with the Congress emerging as the single largest party, securing a wafer-thin lead over ruling BJP in the 70-member Assembly seats while the Congress had won 32 0 31 Indian National Congress 32 0 32 Uttarakhand Kranti Dal 0 1 Others 3 0 3 [subscribe2]
Manipur: Congress wins third consecutive term
Manipur Assembly elections came as the only solace for the Congress after the party fared vary badly in the other four state5,000 votes1 non-congress parties under one anti-Congress alliance - Peoples' Democratic Alliance , 2006 and 2011, Ibobi Singh had single-handedly brought the Congress to power in Manipur in 2002 and in 20071 non-Congress [...]
BJP sweeps Goa, Congress concedes defeat
The BJP has swept the Congress out of power in Goa, notching the majority 21 seats 0 21 Indian National Congress 9 0 9 Maharashtrawadi Gomantak 3 0 3 Others 7 0 7 [subscribe2]
Rahul Gandhi can’t be confined to UP says Digvijaya
Congress general secretary Digvijaya Singh has said that the loss in the 2012 Uttar Pradesh Assembly Election needs introspection, adding that the party failed to convince the voter that they were in a position to defeat the Bahujan Samaj Party 990 because of the lack of leadership in the state, adding that the people had faith in the UPA at the [...]
Uttarakhand: Chief Minister BC Khanduri loses Kotdwar seat
In a huge setback to the saffron party Chief Minister BC Khanduri lost to SS Negi of the Congress from Kotdwar seat, Uttarakhand is heading for a close finish with ruling BJP taking a narrow lead against Congress As per the trends available till 633 pm, BJP bagged 28 seats and opposition Congress won 27 seats, The BSP has won two seats and [...]
BJP loses in Ayodhya constituency first time since 1992
The Bharatiya Janata Party 992 BJP candidate Lallu Singh lost to Samajwadi Party's Tej Narayan Pandey alias Pawan Pandey in the results declared on Tuesday Ayodhya is one of the five assembly constituencies in Faizabad in Central Uttar Pradesh and had been the laboratory of the BJP [subscribe2]
Congress performance in assembly polls dismal: Sushma Swaraj
Terming the 'dismal performance' of Congress in the assembly polls as the "second consecutive defeat" of Rahul Gandhi, Leader of the Opposition in Lok Sabha Sushma Swaraj on Tuesday said the Congress had made the elections a prestige issue90 seats," she said Swaraj maintained that there is a need for serious introspection about why the BJP [...]
Rahul Gandhi takes responsibility for Congress performance in Uttar Pradesh
Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi has conceded defeat in Uttar Pradesh and has taken the responsibility for the poor show of the party2 Uttar Pradesh Assembly Elections, said that the results were a big lesson for him, adding, "I have promised villagers that I will be them I will remain there" Rahul further said that he wanted to [...]
Our development work made us win: Parkash Singh Badal; I take responsibility for loss: Amarinder Singh
The Shiromani Akali Dal-Bharatiya Janata Party alliance created history in Punjab by retaining power with a comfortable majority Punjab Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal thanked the people of Punjab and appreciated his party's performance in the state Reacting to the victory, Parkash Singh Badal said, "One of the two reasons we won is that the [...]
Many misled into retaliation during 2002 Gujarat riots says Arun Jaitley
Revisiting the Gujarat riots on its 10th anniversary, BJP leader Arun Jaitley on Wednesday said many people were "misled" into a "retaliatory action" after the Godhra train attack but he did not share the view that Chief Minister Narendra Modi failed to act984 anti-Sikh riots in which convictions were "negligble" but continued to highlight the [...]
BJP tells Yeddyurappa to wait till court decision: Sources
The BJP said on Sunday that former Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yeddyurappa had made his stand clear to the party and that there was no confrontation between the party high command and the leader "Yeddyurappa respects party high command He will abide by the high command's decision and does not want a confrontation," said sources close to the [...]
BSY meets MLAs to mount pressure on high command
The supporters of BJP leader BS Yeddyurappa have demanded that he be reinstated as the Karnataka chief minister In a clear threat to the party high command, Yeddyurappa's supporters called for the replacement of the incumbent, Sadananda Gowda, by their leader They made the demand soon after a meeting of MLAs loyalist to BSY MLA PB Harish [...]
Uttar Pradesh polls: Can support Congress to keep BJP out in UP says Mulayam Singh Yadav
Mulayam Singh Yadav, The Samajwadi Party chief today said if needed was open to support Congress in Uttar Pradesh, he also claimed that the SP will form the next government in the state He asked party workers to ensure that voters go to the booth to cast their votes He also asked them to propagate ideologies of the party and inform people [...]
Karnataka Higher Education Minister VS Acharya dies
Karnataka Minister for Higher Education Dr pm, according to early reports9 months during the 1975-77 internal emergency imposed by then prime minister Indira Gandhi the past
UP elections 2012: Over 60% turnout in second phase
The second phase of polling in Uttar Pradesh Saturday saw an estimated voting of over 60%, an election official in Lucknow said099 candidates, including 31 sitting MLAs and 24 former ministers and at stake in the second phase of polling on 59 of the 403 assembly seats20,000 officials, including 55,000 paramilitary forces and 10,000 Provincial [...]
Narendra Modi will campaign in Uttar Pradesh says BJP
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi will be campaigning in the Uttar Pradesh elections, Bharatiya Janata Party president Nitin Gadkari told media persons here Friday2 and he will be “available” for campaigning before the Assembly session beginning February 234 general election4
