Dr. Manmohan Singh has become the Prime Minister for the second consecutive term. He was appointed as the PM by the victorious UPA alliance. UPA was also able to show support of 322 MPs in the letter it presented to the President Pratibha Patil. Given this strong show of support, the President has not asked the [...]
News Update : YSR Reddy sworn in as the Chief Minister on Andhra Pradesh for the second consecutive term on Wednesday, May 20 2009
The Congress has managed to win the Andhra Pradesh assembly elections winning 155 of the 294 seats in the state. The main opposition party, TDP, gave a good fight this election [...]
Continuing it’s winning streak, Congress and it’s allies are heading for a majority in the Indian parliament. In a surprizing result, Congress is leading in 21 seats in Uttar Pradesh trouncing it’s rival BJP and other smaller parties like BSP and SP. Their decision to go it alone in UP appear to have [...]
Early trends show UPA leading in over 220 seats. Hindustan Times is already declaring it a winner.
UPA heads for clear victory, celebrations begin, Hindustan Times, May 16 2009.
UPA leads in 228 seats, NDA in 156, Times of India, May 16 2009
Early breakdown at 11:20 a.m. IST is as follows and appears to be on expected lines.
Alliance
Leads
Congress+Allies
227
BJP+Allies
153
Third [...]
Chief Minister of Jharkhand and Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) supremo Shibu Soren was defeated in an assembly bypoll on Thursday. Soren was defeated by Gopal Krishna Patar, a candidate of Jharkhand Party which is a constituent of UPA, in the bypoll to Tamar constituency held on January 3, the counting for which was [...]
News Update on Jan 5 2009 : Omar Abdullah was sworn in as the 11th CM of J&K. He is the youngest person to hold this position.
National Conference announced today that it would be forming the government in Jammu and Kashmir with Farooq Abdullah’s son, Omar Abdullah becoming the Chief Minister.
Omar Abdullah set to [...]
Jammu and Kashmir state assembly election results were announced today. The results threw up some surprises with National Conference (NC) emerging as the largest party and BJP wining many seats in Jammu. (For seats won by each party refer to the state elections page)
NC emerges single largest party in Jammu & Kashmir, Hindustan [...]
BJP government, led by Raman Singh, has been re-elected in Chhattisgarh. Running on a ‘development’ campaign, he was able to convince the electorate of the state to give him another five years to transform the state.
BJP retains power in Chhattisgarh, Times of India, Dec 8, 2008
Chhattisgarh CM gives credit to people, workers for BJP’s [...]
BJP government, led by Shivraj Singh Chouhan, has been comfortably re-elected in Madhya Pradesh. This win is a great boost for BJP/NDA after their defeat in Rajasthan.
BJP’s poll strategy bears fruit in MP, Chhattisgarh, India Today, Dec 8, 2008
MP election knocks out Uma from state politics, The Hindu, Dec 8, 2008
The opposition party, [...]
Congress I has won the elections in Mizoram by defeating the ten year rule of Mizo National Front (MNF). The anti-incumbency factor had stacked up against the Chief Minister, Pu Zoramthanga’s government.
Congress returns to power in Mizoram after 10 years, The Hindu, Dec 8, 2008
Why the MNF lost Mizoram, Rediff, India, Dec 8, 2008
Corruption [...]
