Delhi Elections
Sheila Dikshit celebrated 11 years of Congress rule
Chief minister Sheila Dikshit, who led the Congress to a hat-trick win in last year’s assembly elections,celebrated 11 years of Congress rule in Delhi, with a small festivity at her residence.
Dikshit, 72, celebrated the feat by cutting a cake in the presence of a group of supporters, who wished her a long political career.
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RJD’s Asif Mohammad Khan and BJP’s Pardymn Rajput wins Okhla and Dwarka seats respectively
The Congress Thursday lost two seats in the Delhi by-elections with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) winning one seat each.
While BJP’s candidate Pardymn Rajput defeated Congress’ Tilotma Chaudhary in Dwarka, RJD’s Asif Mohhamed Khan trumped the Bahujan Samaj Party candidate Braham Singh in Okhla.
Elections in Dwarka were held [...]
Delhi Elections : Only 35% Polling in Okhla bypoll
Polling in the Assembly bypoll for the Okhla constituency began on a low turn out. And it stayed that way till the end. While the first hour saw a 6.61-per cent turnout, it reached 24.39 per cent by afternoon, before settling at 35.8 per cent by 5 pm when polling drew to a close.
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Congress face a challenge in retaining the Okhla Seat
Congress could face a challenge in retaining the Okhla Assembly seat as two Gujjar candidates, including one of its rebels, are likely to change the caste equations in the Muslim-dominated constituency which goes to bypolls on Tuesday.
NCP nominee Rambir Singh Bidhuri, a former Congress leader, and BSP’s Brahma Singh Bidhuri have the potential to [...]
Candidates List for Dwarka and Okhla Assembly bypolls
By-election to Dwarka and Okhla assembly constituencies in the national capital will be be held respectively on September 10 and September 15.
The two segments fell vacant after their respective MLAs Mahabal Mishra (Dwarka) and Parvez Hashmi (Okhla) were elected to the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha recently.
Candidates List for Dwarka Assembly bypolls
Tilotma [...]
DUSU Elections : Independent candidate elected DUSU president
Manoj Chaudhury of Department of Buddhist Studies won the president’s post while ABVP’s Kirti Vadhera (Miranda House) bagged the Vice President’s post.
Manoj Choudhary, in the end, had only an 11-vote advantage over his classmate from the Department of Buddhist Studies Bajinder Singh. The second-placed All India Students’ Federation (AISF) candidate got 5,380 votes.
Kirti Wadhera,polled [...]
DUSU elections begins on dull note
Voting to decide the fate of 29 candidates for the four Delhi University Students’ Union (DUSU) posts began on a dull note this morning.Then there are the college representatives. Over 60 colleges of the university participate in the DUSU elections.
The polling for the colleges where classes are held in the mornings started at 8.30 [...]