Elections 2019 : All

Neelambaran A
DMK Wins Vellore, Lok Sabha MPs’ Tally Rises to 24
09 Aug 2019
The DMK candidate managed to win the Vellore Lok Sabha constituency by a slender margin of just 8,841 votes over his AIADMK rival.
Neelambaran A
DMK May Have Upper Hand in Vellore Lok Sabha Seat Elections
06 Aug 2019
The AIADMK’s major alliance partner, BJP, remained mute during the campaign.
Abir Dasgupta, Paranjoy Guha Thakurta
Election Commission Failed to Curb Fake News Online Before 2019 Lok Sabha Polls
30 Jul 2019
Caught in the midst of a high-stakes battle on the future of regulating the internet, the EC tried and failed miserably to regulate online propaganda, political campaigning, and fake news prior to…
PTI
Election for Vellore Lok Sabha Seat on August 5
04 Jul 2019
Polling for the Lok Sabha seat was scheduled for April 18, along with the other constituencies of Tamil Nadu, but was cancelled on April 16 following the recovery of a huge amount of cash allegedly…
Brahma Prakash
When Words are Prey: What Demagogues Do With Words
04 Jul 2019
While leaders, party workers, media personnel and security forces were camped out on the ground, the real elections were being fought with words. Words created mobs, mobs created words.
Samuel Mathew
The Indian Liberal’s Conundrum
01 Jul 2019
Mahua Moitra was an investment banker in the United States. She returned to India and shortly afterwards entered electoral politics. She first worked with the Indian National Congress (INC) because…
PTI
RIP Grand Alliance: Mayawati Announces BSP Will Fight All Polls Solo
24 Jun 2019
SP hits back, says BSP supremo is “weakening” fight for social justice.
Prof Ujjwal K Chowdhury
Decoding One Nation One Poll
19 Jun 2019
PM Modi has again raised the issue immediately after coming back to power for a second term, but critics argue that simultaneous elections will relegate local issues or issues of state importance to…
PTI
Assembly Elections: Faesal-Rasheed Announce First Pre-Poll Alliance in J&K
18 Jun 2019
Former bureaucrat Shah Faesal and Sheikh Abdul Rasheed named the coalition as the Peoples United Front.
Yogesh S
Is Loan Waiver Scheme the Solution for Karnataka Farmers’ Plight?
15 Jun 2019
Chief Minister H D Kumaraswamy announced on Wednesday, June 12, that the farm loans would be waived off in one go. However, the question of non-institutional loans still remains unanswered.