Lok Sabha Poll  

In keeping with the model code of conduct ahead of Lok Sabha election, former political leaders, statues of SR Bommai and KH Patil among others were found veiled by Election Commission officials.

Siddaramaiah, the BJP candidate who lost to LR Shivaramegowda of the JD(S) in the Mandya bypolls held a few months ago, wants to contest the Lok Sabha polls again. In this regard, he met BS Yeddyurappa, who asked him to wait and watch

Karnataka BJP president BS Yeddyurappa said that if BJP wins in the upcoming Lok Sabha election, he will form the government within 24 hours in the state.

Opposition parties and Muslim clerics have raised their objections over the polling dates falling in the month of Ramzaan, which is expected to start from May 5.
 

YSRCP chief Jaganmohan Reddy began his party's polling campaign on Monday and promised people that he would deliver corruption-free governance

The Karnataka BJP leaders on Monday visited former chief minister R Ashoka and were unanimous in their recommendation of fielding Tejaswini Ananth Kumar from Bangalore South.

Rahul Gandhi has asked several seniors of his party – from Manmohan Singh to BK Hariprasad- to contest the Lok Sabha polls. This move is seen as a clear sign of discomfort and a sign of losing the plot, says BJP.

Ottapidaram, Aravakurichi and Tiruparankundram Assembly constituencies remain vacant and the DMK alleged that the Election Commission purportedly held back the constituencies from going to polls, in a bid to favour the AIADMK. Three constituencies are not to go to by-elections in the upcoming 2019 Lok Sabha polls, for which dates were announced on Sunday

Senior leader SM Krishna has been approached by former deputy CM R Ashoka. R Ashoka is learnt to have beseeched SM Krishna to play an active role in the campaigning

Chief election commissioner Sunil Arora said that the Election Commission of India has taken the exam dates and festival dates into consideration before releasing the Lok Sabha Poll dates.

The Centre and the state administration, being managed by the Centre-appointed governor, was against holding the two elections together. However, political parties in the Valley were expecting simultaneous polls
 

Kamal Haasan’s Makkal Needhi Maiam will contest with a “battery torch” symbol for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections. Kamal Haasan tweeted a message of gratitude to the EC.

As soon as the elections, in which Prime Minister Narendra Modi will make his bid to return to power amid hectic parleys by several political parties to put a united fight against the ruling BJP, are announced, the model code of conduct will come into force

Chorus for Nikhil Kumaraswamy not to contest is growing louder. Ravindra, former president of the Indian Medical Association, will be holding a 3-day symbolic fast to protest the candidacy of Nikhil Kumaraswamy, who is touted to contest from Mandya for Lok Sabha polls.

The meeting was convened to evaluate the poll preparedness ahead of the crucial 2019 elections. The BJP parliamentary board also finalised the party's strategy for the Lok Sabha polls. With Narendra Modi and president Amit Shah in attendance, the meeting went on for three hours, till late on Friday night