Lok Sabha elections
INDIAN ELECTION PHASE-1 / Turnout trend same as in 2014: EC
The first phase of polling for Lok Sabha elections saw long lines of voters in several places but concluded on Thursday with turnouts across 20 states more or less matching the voting percentages recorded in the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, according to the Election Commission.
Mamata, Jayalalithaa retain power, BJP wins Assam, Left bags Kerala
West Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress crushes the opposition and Tamil Nadu's AIADMK proved exit polls wrong by retaining power in assembly elections, the biggest popularity test after the 2014 Lok Sabha polls.
12 Maoists shot dead in Jharkhand
Twelve Maoists are gunned down in an encounter with police in Palamau district in Jharkhand.
Turnout trend same as in 2014: EC
The first phase of polling for Lok Sabha elections saw long lines of voters in several places but concluded on Thursday with turnouts across 20 states more or less matching the voting percentages recorded in the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, according to the Election Commission.
Mamata, Jayalalithaa retain power, BJP wins Assam, Left bags Kerala
West Bengal's ruling Trinamool Congress crushes the opposition and Tamil Nadu's AIADMK proved exit polls wrong by retaining power in assembly elections, the biggest popularity test after the 2014 Lok Sabha polls.
12 Maoists shot dead in Jharkhand
Twelve Maoists are gunned down in an encounter with police in Palamau district in Jharkhand.
