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Cong is paying the price for arrogance in Delhi -
Bhupendra Chaubey, FirstPost
Another election, another defeat for the Congress! This time in the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD). The only silver lining for the party – it couldn’t get worse. The grand old party, that’s been in power in Delhi since 1998, would be hoping that Delhi-ites have merely given vent to their anger at the MCD level. They must be thinking, good, we now have a better chance at the assembly level, when the level of anger would have reduced. But these could well end up being arguments offered by the party’s spin doctors.
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Truce in BJP? Modi, Advani to share dais -
Sanjay Basak & Yojna Gusai, Asian Age
The BJP’s internal feud appears likely to end soon, with the warring factions of L.K. Advani and Narendra Modi calling for a truce. The Gujarat chief minister visited Mr Advani at his residence here on Tuesday and urged him to join the campaign, and the saffron patriarch reportedly agreed to this, sources said. The BJP is now preparing to show an united face with Mr Advani, Sushma Swaraj, Ananth Kumar and Narendra Modi preparing to share the dais during the forthcoming campaign for the next Lok Sabha election.
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India, a polarized country? -
Siddharth Singh, Mint
Political events in the past fortnight—the appointment of Narendra Modi as his party’s chief campaigner; L.K. Advani’s “ouster” and the split between the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and its ally Janata Dal (United)—were interesting to say the least. The political temperature of India has gone up a few degrees and suddenly the distance to 2014 seems to have shortened greatly. From one perspective, Modi’s elevation marks a return to Hindutva by the BJP and the party will now seek to re-claim the Hindu vote that it frittered away in the last decade.
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Amit Shah Vs Madhusudan Mistry: Stage is set for a battle between two Gujaratis in UP -
Manmohan Rai, Economic Times
The stage is set for a battle between two Gujaratis in UP ahead of the Lok Sabha polls, after the Congress appointed Rahul Gandhi's confidant Madhusudan Mistry as the in-charge in the state within days of Narendra Modi's aide Amit Shah starting his stint for the BJP. Both Mistry and Shah have a difficult job on their hands in the state, where the ruling SP and the main opposition, Mayawati-led BSP, have relegated the two national parties to the margins over the past decade and a half.
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The heir, the apparent -
Ravish Tiwari & D K Singh, Indian Express
Whether they will ultimately be projected as prime ministerial candidates of their respective parties is anybody's guess, but the 2014 Lok Sabha elections already look like a playoff between Narendra Modi and Rahul Gandhi. Both evoke strong emotions in their followers—though for different reasons and in different ways. Last January, when Rahul was declared vice-president of the party in Jaipur, his disclosure about his mother's "power-is-poison" advice and invocation of his family's sacrifice...
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Hassan Rouhani is Iran's next president after appealing to tradition, reform -
Shirzad Bozorgmehr and Michael Martinez, CNN
Iranian centrist candidate Hassan Rouhani won the Islamic republic's presidential election Saturday after campaigning on a "hope and prudence" platform in which he appealed to traditional conservatives and reform-minded voters alike. Rouhani spoke of reforms without threatening Iran's supreme leader or its institutions, of which he is product. The former national security council chief promised an environment with greater personal freedoms...
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Bihar’s game of thrones -
Jeffrey Witsoe, Indian Express
A split with the NDA will lead the JD(U) into uncharted territory. In the wake of the seemingly inevitable projection of Narendra Modi as the BJP prime ministerial candidate after his appointment as campaign chief, it appears increasingly likely that the NDA will breakup in Bihar. If this occurs, it will undoubtedly reshape political equations in the state and, given Bihar's 40 parliamentary seats, have important implications for national politics as well.
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An innovation that changed the poll landscape -
Navin Chawla, Hindu
The Election Commission of India has emerged, over the last 63 years, as one of our most respected institutions. Over these six decades, this constitutional body has developed new skills almost with each general election, and latterly even with each election to the State Assemblies, to remain not static but evolutionary; constantly striving to widen the inclusive and egalitarian framework, aiming thus for the widening of the voting processes.
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Modination, Will he win 'em all? -
DNA
The BJP will need 180 seats to help NDA form govt at the Centre in 2014. dna assesses how Modi influence will work state by state . In the run-up to the general elections, the Congress has set itself a target of 140 Lok Sabha seats to cobble up a “secular” UPA-3 and regain power. If Narendra Modi is projected as the prime ministerial candidate, the numbers could be within reach, because of polarisation of votes and the impact on the 201 urban and semi-urban seats.
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Modi and the numbers game -
MK Venu, Hindu
With Narendra Modi taking charge as head of the Bharatiya Janata Party’s election campaign committee, one presumes he will deploy his own team of analysts to study the party’s strengths and weaknesses across different States. If his approach in Gujarat is any guide, Mr. Modi likes to go down to granular details while studying various constituencies in order to deploy resources optimally. It increasingly seems like the BJP will fight the 2014 elections under the de facto — if not de jure — leadership of Mr. Modi.
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Iranian presidential elections 2013: the essential guide -
Saeed Kamali Dehghan, Guardian
Countdown has started for an election that marks the end of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's turbulent time in office. Here is all you need to know about this year's presidential vote, the first since the disputed election in 2009, and why it matters.
Why is this election so important?
The vote on 14 June will be the first presidential election since 2009, when protests against the official results caused an uprising by the pro-democracy Green movement.
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Election Calendar 2012
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By-Elections June 2
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Assembly Constituencies
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Neyyanttinkara
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Kerala
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Cortalim
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Goa
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By-Elections June 12
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Nellore
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Andhra Pradesh
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Maheshwar (SC)
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Madhya Pradesh
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Nalchar (SC)
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Tripura
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Daspur
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West Bengal
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Bankura
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Mant
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Uttar Pradesh
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Tirupati
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Allagadda
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Rajampet
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Rayachoti
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Parkal
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Ongole
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Narasannapeta
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Payakaraopet (SC)
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Anantapur Urban
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Yemmiganur
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Rayadurg
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Kodur (SC)
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Udayagiri
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Narasapuram
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Prathipadu (SC)
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Ramachandrapuram
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Macherla
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Hatia
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