The opposition bloc spearheaded by the Indian National Congress performed far better than predicted with its appeal to voters who felt left out of India’s growth story. At stake in the election ...

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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) headed for a surprise election victory in Haryana state on ...

Kashmir’s biggest political party opposed to India’s stripping of the region’s semi-autonomy has won most seats in a local ...

India breaks up its elections in this way because of the sheer ... elected leader of the INDIA coalition would be should they win. Internal disputes among the coalition over policies and ...

Two closely watched elections, in Haryana and the turbulent Jammu and Kashmir, kept the surprises coming after this summer’s ...

India's 2024 general election - which was held over six weeks between 19 April and 1 June - has been the biggest the world has ever seen. Prime Minister Narendra Modi is hoping to win a third ...

NEW DELHI, Oct 10 (Reuters) - India's main opposition Congress party has complained to the election panel about concerns ...

"If I win, I will get a heart attack." Such candidates have even prompted India's law commission to recommend a ban on independent candidates contesting state or national parliamentary elections.

the number of women who actually won was also the highest ever. Women have historically comprised a mere fraction of the candidates in India's general election, and 2019 was no different.

Indeed, electoral politics has long ceased to be ideology-driven. Instead, it has become transactional, with legislators ...