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Karunanidhi to meet Sonia Gandhi Tuesday

May 18, 2009 Election News

DMK chief and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi will meet Congress president Sonia Gandhi Tuesday to discuss the formation of the new council of ministers at the centre and secure cabinet berths for his party MPs.
The DMK executive council met here Monday and authorised Karunanidhi to decide on the party’s stand on joining the [...]

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JD-S offers support to UPA, wants ‘development in Karnataka’

May 18, 2009 Election News

Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) leader H.D. Kumaraswamy Monday offered his party’s support to the Congress-led government at the centre but wanted assurance of development in his state Karnataka. His party had fought against the Congress in the just-concluded Lok Sabha polls.
“My expectations at this moment (are) – I want to get more benefits and development for [...]

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Uttar Pradesh has most tainted MPs

May 18, 2009 Election News

Uttar Pradesh has once again set a record of sending the maximum number of tainted MPs to the Lok Sabha – 31 of the state’s 80 MPs have criminal cases pending against them.
Out of these 31, as many as 22 have serious criminal charges against them, according to figures released by Association for Democratic Reforms [...]

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Ramesh Kumar, Krishna Tirath win in Delhi

May 16, 2009 Election News

Congress candidates Ramesh Kumar and Krishna Tirath Saturday won from the South Delhi and Northwest Delhi Lok Sabha constituencies respectively.
Kumar, brother of Congress leader Sajjan Kumar, defeated rival Ramesh Bidhuri from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) by 93,219 votes.
Krishna Tirath defeated BJP’s Meera Kanwaria by 184,433 votes in Northwest Delhi.

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Sachin Pilot wins from Ajmer

May 16, 2009 Election News

Young Congress leader Sachin Pilot Saturday won the Ajmer Lok Sabha seat in Rajasthan.
Pilot defeated his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) opponent Kiran Maheshwari.
Pilot had shifted to Ajmer after his earlier constituency Dausa got reserved status following fresh delimitation.

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Karunanidhi’s son Azhagiri wins from Madurai

May 16, 2009 Election News

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi’s son M.K. Azhagiri won the Madurai Lok Sabha seat Saturday.
Azhagiri, who contested on a DMK ticket, defeated his Communist Party of India – Marxist (CPI-M) rival P. Mohan.

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Deve Gowda retains Hassan by a huge margin

May 16, 2009 Election News

Janata Dal-Secular president and former prime minister H.D. Deve Gowda retained the Hassan Lok Sabha seat in Karnataka Saturday by a huge margin of 289,161 votes defeating BJP’s K.H. Hanume Gowda.

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Sharad Pawar backs Manmohan Singh as PM

May 16, 2009 Election News

Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) chief Sharad Pawar Saturday
endorsed the candidature of Manmohan Singh as the next prime minister.
Expressing satisfaction over the performance of the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA), Pawar said that after the Congress’ performance all its allies will support Manmohan Singh as the prime minister.
When asked about his own aspirations to occupy the [...]

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Paswan loses traditional Hajipur seat

May 16, 2009 Election News

A disappointed Lok Janshakti Party chief Ram Vilas Paswan, who lost in his traditional constituency of Hajipur, said Saturday that had people in the constituency voted for development he would not have lost.
“Haar jeet toh lagi rahti hai (Winning and losing is part of the game). Had people voted for development, we would not have [...]

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Naveen Patnaik wins from Hinjili in Orissa

May 16, 2009 Election News

Biju Janata Dal (BJD) head and Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has won from the Hinjili assembly constituency of Ganjam district, an official said Saturday.
According to the results declared for 20 assembly seats till afternoon, BJD has won 18 while two have gone to the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
The BJD was ahead of its rivals [...]

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