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In Varanasi BJP’s Ashok Tiwari defeats SP by 1.33L votes to become new mayor

VARANASI: Maintaining its monopoly on the mayor’s seat of Varanasi Municipal Corporation since 1995, Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP’s) Ashok Tiwari defeated Samajwadi Party’s Om Prakash Singh by a marhin of 1,33,137 votes on Saturday.

The Times of India

A flush of fresh faces in the new Karnataka Assembly

As Karnataka delivered an unambiguous verdict on who will lead the next Assembly, it has also made way for many new faces, some of who also emerged as “giant killers,” having managed to defeat big names.

The Hindu

The BJP’s Karnataka defeat — a blow to its mythmaking

The Congress’ decisive win in Karnataka shatters two myths about the BJP’s electoral dominance — the idea of “subaltern Hindutva” and the popularity of the “double engine” slogan.

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Congress, CPI(M) see a middle-of-the-road outcome in 2024 instead of a saffron wave

Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) defeat in the Assembly election in neighbouring Karnataka has buoyed Kerala’s ruling front and Opposition.

The Hindu

Most party-hoppers fail to win, barring some exceptions like Savadi

Barring some, most of the leaders, who rebelled against their parties to contest on ticket of other parties have failed to impress the electorate and failed in the Karnataka Assembly election the results of which were announced on Saturday.

The Hindu

PM’s two visits this year did not help BJP retain its seats in Shivamogga

The Hindu

Karnataka poll results derail BJP plan to woo leaders, Congress to put up united face

The sweeping victory of the Congress party in Karnataka has forced the political parties in Telangana to redraw their strategies for the year-end Assembly elections

The Hindu

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Karnataka Assembly election results | JD(S) shows the worst performance in over two decades

The Janata Dal (Secular), the regional party with a strong voter base in the Vokkaliga-dominated region, capitulated to its traditional rival the Congress in a crucial election that it was fighting to remain relevant in Karnataka’s politics.

The Hindu

Cong. bags two seats, BJP retains lone seat in Mysuru urban

The Hindu

Congress polarised voters in Karnataka but Telangana is different, says Bandi Sanjay

The Hindu

Karnataka Assembly election results | PM Modi’s push did little to turn the tide in many constituencies

Prime Minister Narendra Modi headlined the Bharatiya Janata Party’s campaign in Karnataka, pitching for a “double engine sarkar”, with the same party in power at both the Centre and State. He held over 20 rallies and roadshows in the State after elections were declared.

The Hindu

Congress deposes JD(S) and BJP to fortify Mysuru as its bastion

The Hindu

10 women candidates emerge victorious

Out of the 185 women candidates who contested in this year’s State Assembly elections, 10 have emerged victorious including some women who were in the fray for the first time. The outgoing Assembly also had 10 women legislators

The Hindu

Modi’s ruling BJP voted out in key Indian state of Karnataka

The results are expected to energise the opposition that is banking on forming a united front in the next election.

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Karnataka election result is beginning of the end for BJP, says Durai Vaiko

Greeting All India Congress Committee leader Rahul Gandhi for the role he played in electioneering in Karnataka, Mr. Durai said the victory should not be seen as a win for the State but the mood of the people in the country showing the doors to the BJP

The Hindu

BJP lost its Hindutva bastions Kodagu and Chikkamagaluru to Congress after decades

The Bharatiya Janata Party failed to retain its stronghold Malnad districts of Kodagu and Chikkamagaluru as two first-time Congress candidates A.S. Ponnanna (Virajpet) and Mantar Gowda (Madikeri) ended the BJP’s 20-year run in Kodagu, while in Chikkamagaluru the saffron party lost five seats to Congress. The biggest loss was of…

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Retired bureaucrats and police officers fail to make a mark

Retired bureaucrats and police officers who threw in their hats to contest the Assembly elections did not fare well in the polls. Across parties, the results have been disappointing for them.

The Hindu

Congress’ united show, sustained campaign against ‘40% sarakara’ result in spectacular victory

The united electioneering backed by a sustained campaign against Basavaraj Bommai-led “40% sarakara” of the BJP by the Opposition Congress, along with its five pre-poll guarantees, has registered a spectacular victory to govern the State unencumbered by any outside threats, especially the ill-famous “Operation Lotus”.

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Stalin congratulates Congress on its victory in Karnataka Assembly election

Congratulating the Congress for its ‘spectacular’ victory, he said the unjustifiable disqualification of Rahul Gandhi as Member of Parliament, misusing investigative agencies against political opponents, imposition of Hindi, and rampant corruption have echoed in the minds of the people of Karnataka

The Hindu

Siddaramaiah registers comprehensive victory in Varuna

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‘This is the culture’: The Indian wrestlers fighting sexual abuse

Top Indian wrestlers are risking their careers to take on the powerful federation chief and a wider culture of abuse.

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Modi's Hindu nationalist party loses India's Karnataka state ahead of national vote

India's main opposition Congress party wrested control of the crucial southern state from Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist party, according to a near complete vote count.

The Times of India

Karnataka Results: Victory of Lord Bajrangbali and Cong workers, says Kamal Nath

BHOPAL: With Congress victory in Karnataka assembly elections, the Madhya Pradesh unit on Saturday mocked the ruling BJP by declaring itself the true bhakts of Lord Bajrangbali.

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‘Kerala Story’ failed in Karnataka and Karnataka story will not repeat in Telangana: KTR

BRS leaders term the BJP loss in Karnataka as the beginning of the downfall of the party and assert Congress would not be able to win in Telangana

The Hindu

BJP leaders welcome preacher Bageshwar Baba in Patna

There was a huge crowd outside the airport. Slogans of Jai Shri Ram and Jai Hanuman were raised.

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