Wed, 22 Feb 2012
EC announces Assembly poll dates in five states | Uttar Pradesh will go to assembly elections in seven phases, while elections in Punjab, Uttarakhand, Manipur and Goa will be held in a single-phase | In Uttar Pradesh, with 403 Assembly constituencies (85 reserved for SCs), will witness polling on February 4, 8, 11, 15, 19, 23 and 28 | In Uttarakhand, with 70 constituencies (of which 13 are reserved for SCs and 2 for STs), will go to polls on January 30 | In Punjab, with 117 constituencies (of which 34 are reserved), will witness polling in single phase on January 30 | In Goa, with 40 constituencies (of which only one is reserved for SC), on March 3 | In Manipur, with 60 constituencies (of which one is reserved for SCs and 19 for STs), will go to polls on January 28 | The counting for all the states will be held together on March 4 | The model code of conduct has come into force with immediate effect |
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Political Situation in 'Maya' Pradesh

The Last Lok Sabha polls were in no way a setback to the BSP though they quite appeared to be doing so. The BSP and won just one Lok Sabha seat more than the previous LS election but polled 27% of the vote. However what is important is not the vote share of the party but its seat to vote ratio which has been amongst the lowest a  more..

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