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The Election Commission of India on Sunday, March 10 had announced dates for Lok Sabha Elections 2019, which would commence from April 11 to May 19, with the counting of votes on May 23. More than 900 million people above the age of 18 are expected to cast their ballots at a million polling stations. Of the total electorate, 15 million will be in the age group of 18 to 19 years.
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4:30 PM Setback for Hardik Patel as Gujarat HC declines to stay conviction, cannot contest election
3:40 PM “In the elections, you aren’t going to elect an MP, you are going to vote for a new India,” says PM Modi in Mahabubnagar
3:20 PM Tumkur Congress MP Muddahanumegowda withdraws nomination after mediation by Deputy CM G Parameshwara
Muddahanumegowda had filed nomination as an independent candidate after HD Deve Gowda was announced as candidate for Congress-JD (S) alliance
2:30 PM PM finds time to travel the world but doesn’t have time for his own people: Priyanka Gandhi in Ayodhya
2:00 PM Congress release list of candidates for 4 Assam seats and UP’ Etawah
Update: The correct name of the selected candidate for 4 Dhubri Parliamentary constituency of Assam is Mr Abu Taher Bepari – Congress
12:20 AM Ashok Kumar Dohrey, BJP MP from Etawah, UP joins Congress
10:45 AM Urmila Matondkar to contest from Mumbai North for Congress
Congress Central Election Committee announces the candidate for the Mumbai North Constituency for the ensuing elections to the Lok Sabha pic.twitter.com/SGM7LD9AGT
— Congress (@INCIndia) March 29, 2019
10:00 AM TMC is the ‘Trojan horse’ of BJP in Opposition camp: Surya Kanta Mishra
West Bengal CPI(M) secretary Surya Kanta Mishra has described Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress as BJP’ Trojan Horse in the opposition camp. He further urged the people to vote for the strongest Congress or Left Front candidates in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections in Bengal.
