TRS makes significant gains in south Telangana

The TRS made valuable gains in south Telangana districts comprising Mahabubnagar, Nalgonda, Ranga Reddy and Hyderabad districts, winning 18 out of 55 Assembly seats. Otherwise, the party did not win a single seat in these districts in 2009.

The TRS won seven seats in Mahbubnagar, six in Nalgonda, four in Ranga Reddy and one in Hyderabad this time.

In north Telangana, the TRS won seven out of ten Assembly seats in Adilabad, all nine in Nizamabad, 12 out of 13 in Karimnagar, eight out of 10 in Medak and eight out of 12 seats in Warangal. The party also opened its account in Khammam where it won the Kothagudem seat with former Chief Minister Jalagam Vengal Rao’s son Venkat Rao emerging a winner.

The prominent losers of TRS include sitting MLAs -- S. Venugopalachary at Mudhole in Adilabad, G. Jaipal Yadav at Kalwakurthy in Mahbubnagar, Satyavathi Rathod at Dornakal in Warangal, K. Harishwar Reddy at Parigi and K.S. Ratnam at Chevella in Ranga Reddy district. K. Shankaramma, mother of Srikantha Chary who burnt himself to death demanding separate Telangana, also lost at Huzurnagar in Nalgonda district.

The party suffered a major loss in Parliament elections with the defeat of sitting MP Manda Jagannatham at Nagarkurnool.

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Election Results 2014: Punjab is AAP’s sole consolation

CHANDIGARH: The 'lightweight' Aam Aadmi Party slugged it out like a champion in Punjab, winning four seats and retreating only after pushing both the Akalis and Congress into their corners. 

The latter was hit where it hurts most, as it drastically lost vote share to the AAP, which secured an impressive 25% of total votes cast in Punjab, in its Lok Sabha election debut. Dr Dharamvir Gandhi caused a huge upset in defeating three-time Congress MP Preneet Kaur from Patiala. 

Gandhi won by a little over 15,000 votes, and is one of the candidates predicted to overthrow a biggie by ET. As senior AAP leader Rajeev Godara said, "Other than the antiincumbency and correct choice of candidates, it is the rebel in Punjabis which helped AAP do so well here." 

Comedian-turned-politician Bhagwant Mann had the last laugh with a record margin of over two lakh votes in Sangrur against SAD's tallest leader and MP, Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa. Thanking the people of Punjab, Mann  .. 

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Election results 2014: PM Modi must remain true to his instincts

Election results 2014: PM Modi must remain true to his instincts

On Friday, India didn't merely elect a government with a resounding mandate, it categorically entrusted the responsibility for running the show to Narendra Modi. The extent to which the credit for the victory belongs to the BJP-led alliance and to the man who campaigned relentlessly for a Congress-free India will be the subject of debate in the coming days. To the average voter, however,this is no subject for hair-splitting . The vote was essentially for Modi, for his combative style of leadership and for the dream of a better future he proffered. 

The opinion polls and the exit polls are quite clear on this score. The booster dose that carried the BJP beyond the 272 mark and which gave the NDA more than 330 seats was essentially a result of the massive support its candidates received from India's youthful voters, those under the age of 35. It was this section that gave the Modi campaign its T-20 energy, allowed it to spread throughout India and break the seemingly impregnable bastions of caste and community. The credit for Modi's spectacular victory belonged to those who demanded a better future for themselves , their families and their country. It was a vote both for self and nation. 

The sheer boldness of the mandate may well be lost on a political class that still thinks in very conventional terms about what is possible and what is not on. Modi doesn't . Having for long successfully defied the collective wisdom of the commentariat and the entrenched Establishment he would know that this was not a mandate for consensus but for audacity . After a long spell of experimenting with the staid and the conventional (that also included dollops of venality), India has preferred a 'dil mange more' impetuosity. 

It is imperative to grasp the full meaning of Friday's momentous mandate because the next few weeks will witness a concerted attempt to blunt the sharp edges of the voter restlessness . There will be a bid to suggest that the excitement of the past three months should be firmly buried and replaced by a business-as-usual spirit. There will be the usual jockeying for posts and ministerships by those who were left out in the past decade. And there will be gratuitous advice showered on the new Prime Minister to shed his combativeness and be socialized into a new role. 

Some of these suggestions are no doubt well-meaning but Modi must resist the temptations of yielding to the merchants of caution. The vote is for a radical rupture with the fundamental assumptions of governance that, in today's India, has come to mean institutionalized inefficiency and lack of transparency . Just as he redefined the rules of campaigning during the course of his 450 plus public meetings since September 2013, Modi must be true to his instincts and his partiality for a national resurgence. 

Such a lofty project will no doubt need relentless application but equally it will need a revitalized political culture. Hitherto , governments have proceeded top-down to manage change. Modi will need to harness the wave of adulation for him for a larger mission to revitalize a creaky system and make it fit for purpose. This could offend the status-quoists . But he needn't fear. If India wanted to merely plod along, it wouldn't have elected a man like him.

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While Elections Knocking On The Door, Here Is A Guide On What To Do And What Not While Voting

While Elections Knocking On The Door, Here Is A Guide On What To Do And What Not While Voting

Do's

* Check Your name On The Electoral Rolls Of Your Constituency and polling station where you are supposed to vote.

* Obtain the photo voter slips in advance and carry a voter identity card along with proof  of 

identity  to avoid problems.

* Do an analysis of all candidates and parties contesting elections.

* Go to the first polling officer, locate yourself in the electoral roll and then proceed to get inked and then vote.

* Carefully check the symbol of the party and its candidate and press the blue button against the same to register your vote.

* Check the red lamp against the candidate glowing and inform the polling officer.

* EVMs for Assembly and LS elections would be provided separately at the polling booth. Make sure to identify each correctly.

* In case of any trouble, inform the presiding office of the poling station.

Dont's

* Don't carry mobile phones into the polling booth and don't attempt to take pictures inside the booth.

* Don't Press the button on the EVM Twice. Ask for polling officer's assistance in case of problems.

* Don't disclose your candidate-choice inside or outside the station