Bypolls  

With Madhya Pradesh set to go for bypolls, BJP MP Jyotiraditya Scindia has exuded confidence 

In the first hour of counting, out of 15 constituencies, BJP took the lead in at least 10 constituencies. While an independent candidate took the lead in Hosakote, the Congress and JD(S) were leading in two constituencies each.
 

By-polls to 15 Assembly seats in Karnataka were held today (December 5). By 5.30 pm, 60% voter turnout was recorded in the state. C-Voter survey predicted 8 to 12 seats for the ruling BJP

Nirav Modi has been declared a fugitive economic offender under Fugitive Economic Offenders Act by the special Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) court today (December 5) in the Punjab National Bank (PNB) scam case. Order on confiscation of his properties will happen later. This and more in today’s MyNation in 100 seconds

Post the verdict of the Supreme Court on the disqualification case of MLAs, what are the lessons for the Speaker, which will have a bearing on future cases too? Watch SimplifiedBy Supriya Krishnamurthy and Vicky Nanjappa on MyNation.

Karnataka CM Yediyurappa speaks exclusively to MyNation as the Supreme Court is all set to seal the fate of the rebels, who paved the way for BJP to form the government in the state

Election Commission has agreed to defer bypolls to 15 Assembly seats in Karnataka. 

The Election Commission (EC) has announced the date for the bypolls in Karnataka. We give you all possible solutions the disqualified MLAs can get and the likely scenarios based on the Supreme Court’s hearing on Monday.

Janata Dal Secular, JD(S) continues to express an interest in alliance with the Congress, despite engaging in mudslinging during their term. Deve Gowda hinted he was open for an alliance with the Congress in 17 assembly constituencies.
 

The Vellore Lok Sabha seat was the single constituency that didn't go to poll on April 18 when the rest of Tamil Nadu was participating in the Lok Sabha and by-polls, following mass cash seizures on the DMK's side. The poll is scheduled for August 5 and Tamil Nadu chief minister Edappadi K Palaniswami has not stopped himself for blaming MK Stalin

Both the disgruntled MLAs indulged in "cross-voting" as they gave their votes to BJP candidates instead of Congress nominees, said a senior Congress leader

After handing out a stunning defeat to BJP’s Pon Radhakrishnan in Kanyakumari, Congress’s H Vasanthakumar has now quit as Nanguneri MLA. The by-poll to Nanguneri will be held within six months.

 

The Tamil Nadu by-polls revealed that the DMK had won in as many as 13 constituencies while the AIADMK managed to keep its throne with nine constituencies on its side. The 13 DMK members have now been sworn in as the state’s MLAs.

The political scenario in Tamil Nadu has been on the boil ever since the demise of former chief minister J Jayalalithaa. The state that saw both the Lok Sabha and the bypoll results on May 23 suggested that the DMK had been leading by a huge margin in the bypolls, yet that wasn’t sufficient to stake claim to the CM post.

DMK chief MK Stalin can certainly take credit for the party's lead in 37 Lok Sabha constituencies of Tamil Nadu. With Modi's victory at the Centre, and AIADMK's chances of scraping through the possible floor test crisis post the bypolls, DMK's victory may just be bitter-sweet.