SGPC polls not possible in coming months - 
Chandigarh, Sep 3 : Despite hype by the ruling Akali Dal in Punjab regarding elections to the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC), the mini-parliament of Sikh religion, the polls do not seem possible in the coming months.
- Found: 10 hours ago


National - 
Welcome Guest! You Are Here: Home Interestingly, one set of nomination papers on behalf of Gandhi from Chandigarh was rejected as it had names of only nine proposers instead of the mandatory 10, Fernandes said.
- Found: 2010-09-02, 15:10 GMT


Nitish offers talks, Maoists claim killing of hostage - 
Welcome Guest! You Are Here: Home National Interestingly, one set of nomination papers on behalf of Gandhi from Chandigarh was rejected as it had names of only nine proposers instead of the mandatory 10, Fernandes said.
- Found: 2010-09-02, 15:11 GMT


SGPC polls not possible in coming months - 
Despite hype by the ruling Akali Dal in Punjab regarding elections to the Shiromani Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC), the mini-parliament of Sikh religion, the polls do not seem possible in the coming months.
- Found: 9 hours ago


39 candidates disqualified for not showing poll expenses - 
Chandigarh, Aug 30 : The Election Commission has disqualified as many as 39 candidates who contested Haryana Assembly elections in October, 2009 for a period of three years due to their failure to submit the account of election expenses.
- Found: 2010-08-30, 19:41 GMT


Mystery of one missing sign - 
New Delhi, Sept. 2: When a stickler for detail like Prime Minister Manmohan Singh himself drops in to file your nomination, what possibly can go wrong?
- Found: 21 hours ago


President's post: Sonia to break her own record - 
President's post: Sonia to break her own recordPresident's post: Sonia to break her own record
- Found: 22 hours ago


Sonia set for 4th term as Cong chief - 
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday led Congress leaders in proposing the name of Sonia Gandhi as party chief for a fourth consecutive term.
- Found: 23 hours ago


Sonia set for successive fourth term as Congress president - 
New Delhi Sep 2 (IANS) Sonia Gandhi, already the longest serving incumbent, was Thursday set for a successive fourth term as Congress president with 55 valid sets of nomination papers filed in her favour by party leaders. No other candidate is in the fray.
- Found: 2010-09-02, 16:00 GMT


Rathore's appeal dismissed in Ruchika molestation case - 
The Punjab and Haryana High Court Wednesday dismissed an appeal of disgraced former Haryana police chief S.P.S. Rathore against his conviction and sentence of 18 months' jail by a court here in the 1990 Ruchika Girhotra molestation case.
- Found: 2010-09-01, 12:00 GMT


India 2009 Election / Polling Dates
Andhra Pradesh : 16-Apr, 23-Apr
Assam : 16-Apr, 23-Apr
Bihar : 16-Apr, 23-Apr, 30-Apr, 7-May
Chandigarh : 13-May
Chhattisgarh : 16-Apr
Daman - Diu : 30-Apr
Delhi : 7-May
Goa : 23-Apr
Gujarat : 30-Apr
Haryana : 7-May
Jammu and Kashmir : 16-Apr, 23-Apr, 30-Apr, 7-May, 13-May
Jharkhand : 16-Apr, 23-Apr
Karnataka : 23-Apr, 30-Apr
Kerala : 16-Apr, 20 May
Lakshadweep : 16-Apr
Madhya Pradesh : 23-Apr, 30-Apr
Maharashtra : 16-Apr, 23-Apr, 30-Apr
Manipur : 16-Apr, 22-Apr
Meghalaya : 16-Apr
Mizoram : 16-Apr
Nagaland : 16-Apr
Orissa : 16-Apr, 23-Apr
Puducherry : 13-May
Punjab : 7-May, 13-May
Rajasthan : 7-May
Sikkim : 30-Apr
Tamilnadu : 13-May
Tripura : 23-Apr
Uttar Pradesh : 16-Apr, 23-Apr, 30-Apr, 7-May, 13-May
Uttarakhand : 13-May
West Bengal : 16-Apr, 23-Apr, 30-Apr
India Election Fact Box

2004 Election Results

Total Seats: 542
Congress / UPA: 220
BJP / NDA: 185
Others: 137

Trivia

More than twice the population of the United States are eligible to vote in the world's biggest democratic exercise - 714 Million.