Rasheed injured in attack at election office - 
RAWALPINDI : Former Federal Minister and Head of Awami Muslim League, Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed got injured when unidentified gunmen opened fire on his election office here on Monday evening. At least three persons were also killed and four others injured du ....
- Found: 13 hours ago


Boris Johnson closes India ‘embassy’ despite election pledge - 
Boris Johnson's “foreign embassies” in Delhi and Mumbai have been mothballed amid claims the move will cost London millions of pounds of new business, it emerged today.
- Found: 23 hours ago


BJP to elect its President today - 
New Delhi, Feb 9 : Nominations began this morning for election of the BJP President, and Mr Nitin Gadkari is all set to be elected unopposed for a three-year term.
- Found: 6 hours ago


Quraishi's appointment to St Stephen's governing body upheld - 
The Delhi High Court Monday upheld Election Commissioner S.Y. Quraishi's appointment to the governing body of St Stephens' College as valid and allowed him to participate in its meetings.
- Found: 22 hours ago


Quraishi's appointment to St Stephen's governing body upheld - 
New Delhi, Feb 8: The Delhi High Court Monday upheld Election Commissioner S.Y. Quraishi's appointment to the governing body of St Stephens' College as valid and allowed him to participate in its meetings.
- Found: 20 hours ago


Nitin Gadkari formally elected BJP President - 
New Delhi, Feb 9 (PTI) Nitin Gadkari, who was acting President of the BJP since December, was today unanimously elected to the top post in the presence of the party brass, making him the youngest leader ever to occupy the chair.
- Found: 2 hours ago


Gadkari formally takes over as BJP Prez for three-year term - 
New Delhi, Feb 9 : Mr Nitin Jairam Gadkari today formally took over as the party chief after getting elected unopposed for a three-year term.
- Found: 3 hours ago


Law Ministry releases Gopalaswami’s letter on Chawla to President - 
New Delhi: The Law Ministry has released the letter written by the then Chief Election Commissioner, N. Gopalaswami, to the President seeking removal of fellow Election Commissioner Navin Chawla, while the Rashtrapati Bhavan declined to make the document public.
- Found: 2010-02-07, 21:30 GMT


What left hand veils, right hand reveals - 
New Delhi, Feb. 7 (PTI): The law ministry has released a letter written by former chief election commissioner N. Gopalaswami to the President seeking the removal of election commissioner Navin Chawla, even though the Rashtrapati Bhavan had declined to make the document public.
- Found: 2010-02-07, 21:34 GMT


Sri Lanka Arrests Defeated Candidate, Raising Fears for His Safety - 
The wife of former army commander General Sarath Fonseka said that she has not been able to find her husband since he was arrested on Monday, for what the army said were military offenses.
- Found: 2 hours ago


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

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