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Home2019 Lok Sabha elections

2019 Lok Sabha elections

Governance

Water, connectivity and farmer crisis in focus, as fauji meets fauji in Shimla Lok Sabha contest

May 18, 2019 Ashwani Sharma

Both the Congress and BJP have fielded candidates with a military background, presumably in line with the national campaign theme of the BJP — that of nationalism and security — but voters in Shimla have more immediate concerns and demands that they want their MP to take up.

Governance

Kolkata Dakshin candidates: CPI(M) veteran vs Congress-turned-TMC candidate vs grand-nephew of Netaji

May 18, 2019 News Desk

A close look at candidates contesting the Kolkata Dakshin seat comprised of assembly segments in the southern part of the city

Environment

Contesting elections without pamphlets: Kolkata candidate explains why

May 13, 2019 Gurvinder Singh

Kolkata based entrepreneur Niraj Agarwal is contesting the large urban constituency of Kolkata South with a single agenda: To make people more aware of the need for policies to effectively tackle pollution and climate change. True to his mission, he wants to get as close as possible to a ‘zero-emissions’ campaign trail.

Governance

South Delhi Lok Sabha Candidates: New faces from AAP and Congress against BJP’s sitting MP

May 12, 2019 Prerna Chatterjee

With inputs from Sri Krishna, Delhi Considered a prestigious Lok Sabha seat, this constituency has been represented in the past by senior BJP leaders like Sushma Swaraj, late chief minister Madan Lal Khurana and senior

Governance

South Delhi MP Ramesh Bidhuri confident of another term despite controversies

May 12, 2019 Prerna Chatterjee

Avoiding election frenzy and the intense heat of Delhi summers, South Delhi MP, Ramesh Bidhuri is seen spending most of his time in his poll war room in Mehrauli. His complacence comes from BJP’s strong

Governance

North West Delhi: Popular singer candidate of BJP to take on Cong veteran and ex MLA now with AAP

May 12, 2019 Prerna Chatterjee

Party loyalty is certainly not a salient characteristic of two chief contenders: Hans Raj Hans of the BJP (formerly SAD, then Congress) and Gugan Singh Ranga of the AAP (formerly BJP). The two are up against Congress veteran Rajesh Lelothia. Know more about all the candidates here.

Governance

Parvesh Sahib Singh Verma: West Delhi MP has high attendance, but relatively low participation, in parliament

May 11, 2019 Prerna Chatterjee

West Delhi’s incumbent MP Parvesh Sahib Singh Verma is contesting from the constituency again on a BJP ticket. While Verma had 97 percent attendance in parliament, his participation in debates was below average

Governance

Lok Sabha polls, Phase 6: Scindia and Gambhir among crorepati candidates

May 10, 2019 Prerna Chatterjee

34 out of 59 constituencies voting in the May 12th elections have been declared as Red Alert Constituencies, that is constituencies where three or more candidates have declared criminal cases. Find out more such interesting details in the candidate analysis for Phase 6.

Governance

Lok Sabha elections, Phase 5: Higher proportion of female candidates, fewer candidates with criminal cases

May 3, 2019 Prerna Chatterjee

It is out: the analysis of candidates contesting in the 51 constituencies across seven states that go to polls on May 6th. Get a quick summary here of the gender gap, candidates’ criminal records and their asset details.

Governance

LS elections Phase III: 570 candidates, including Amit Shah, have pending criminal cases

April 25, 2019 Prerna Chatterjee

The Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) analysed the self-sworn affidavits of the candidates who contested polls on April 23rd. Out of 1594, 340 candidates (21%) had criminal cases. 230 had records of serious criminal cases, out of which 13 related to murder.

Civic

Voting over in Chittoor; here’s what citizens expect elected MLAs and MPs to deliver

April 12, 2019 Dilli Babu

Andhra Pradesh voted to elect their MLAs and MPs on April 11th; meanwhile, residents of Chittoor city have put together a comprehensive manifesto that speaks about the welfare schemes they would expect their chosen leaders to implement.

Governance

I often forgot to sign attendance even when I was present in the House: Chittoor MP Sivaprasad

April 5, 2019 Laasya Shekhar

Chittoor MP, Naramalli Sivaprasad usually gets the spotlight for his role play in various costumes outside the Lok Sabha. As he prepares to contest for a third time from the constituency, we ask him about his performance in the house as well as his plans for Chittoor city.

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