Chunav Flashback: In 2013 assembly elections, Aam Aadmi Party chief Arvind Kejriwal had given a crushing defeat to the then Delhi Chief Minister and veteran Congress leader Sheila Dikshit. He had defeated Dikshit by a staggering margin of over 25,000 votes in the New Delhi constituency.
Haryana elections: Data shows that in the last 14 assembly elections in the state, only 87 women have become lawmakers.
Haryana elections: The least number of candidates who frayed were from 1967 and 1968 - 28 candidates each contested from the district.
The Sutlej Yamuna Link Canal (SYL) dispute, which began in 1966, became so complex that despite several efforts by the governments and court, still it remained unresolved.
Today's article as part of the Chunav Flashback series reminisced an incident that caused President's rule in the newly formed state (Haryana) in 1967. Meanwhile, the voting for the 90 assembly seats in Haryana will be held on October 5 and votes will be counted on October 8.
Chunav Flashback: From 1972 to 1996, the Congress faced massive losses in terms of securing seats during assembly polls. The Congress which secured 52 seats in 1972, however, managed to get only 3 seats in 1977 after the National Emergency.
Chunav Flashback: There were many complaints of irregularities in the first elections held for the Constituent Assembly of the state in Jammu and Kashmir and there were huge uproars even after the elections.
Chunaav Flashback: Surendra Singh took oath crying, none of his family members went to the oath ceremony following words between Bansi Lal and Birendra Singh.
Samba Assembly constituency is one of the 90 constituencies in the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir a north state of India. Samba is also part of Jammu Lok Sabha constituency.
Chunav Flashback: The Meham incident, which occurred during the 1990 Haryana Assembly elections, remains a black chapter in the state's political history. The election was also marred by allegations of widespread electoral malpractices.
Chunav Flashback: Factionalism in the Congress remained at its peak in 1968 and during mid-term elections, for the first time the Chief Minister took oath outside the state.
National Conference (NC) is seen as one of the front-runners in the Jammu and Kashmir elections 2024 after it formed a pre-poll alliance with Congress. NC under the Abdullah family's leadership electorally performed very well as the three generations of the Abdullah family ruled the state.
Vijaypur Assembly constituency is one of the 90 constituencies in the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly. It is also part of Jammu constituency.
Chunav Flashback: Before the 1996 Haryana Assembly election results were declared, it was assumed that Bhajan Lal's alienation of the Jats during his last tenure could prove costly for the Congress party.
As many as 2,381 candidates lost deposits in the Assembly Elections in Haryana in in 1996.
Former Prime Minister Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru, during the first two years in office, faced challenges from leaders within the Congress party over his policies on Pakistan and Hindu refugees.
Indira Gandhi was injured after a stone pelting incident occurred during the Lok Sabha election campaign in 1976. The Congress stalwart continued the campaign with a bleeding nose.
George Fernandes's name for the Lok Sabha election was suggested by Jayaprakash Narayan, known for his 'total revolution' movement to root out then Indira Gandhi government in 1970s.
The NDA, consisting of various right-wing parties, experienced changes in leadership over time, with Narendra Modi leading the charge in the 2014 and 2019 general elections. Despite facing hurdles like the collapse of the govt due to the withdrawal of support by the AIADMK, NDA bounced back in 1999.
In the past, anti-Congress parties did experiments in the Amethi Lok Sabha constituency by making poll battle Gandhi vs Gandhi. There were such poll contests in 1984 and 1989 when there was a direct fight between Gandhis.
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