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The Rediff Election News 1999 - Part 7
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The Rediff Election news, 1999 - PART 6
• Turnout dispels doubts of voter fatigue
• Sukh Ram and BJP make a formidable combination in Mandi
• Bihar governor will apprise President of poll violence
• Kurmis will decide who represents Kheri in Parliament
• Bihar governor apprises President of poll violence
• EC raps Fernandes for 'corrupt electoral practice'
• Congress buoyed by exit-poll revelations
• Which way will the 'Muslim vote bank' vote?
• Rains obstruct flushing-out operations in Bihar
• Law Commission suggests sweeping changes in electoral law
• BJP candidate kidnapped in Assam
• Bihar minister resigns, joins Janata Dal (United)
• Campaigning picks up for lone Nagaland seat
• Electioneering gradually picks up in Arunachal Pradesh
September 19, 1999
• Two polling personnel killed in blast in Bihar
• 2 ITBP men killed in Baramulla
• Naxals kill 24, including 21 cops, in Bihar
• Polling begins peacefully in UP, Bihar, J&K
• 31 security personnel killed in third phase of polling
• 53 per cent vote in violence-hit poll
• Low turnout, violence, protests mar polling in Baramulla
• NDA's lead will increase after third phase, says DD exit poll
• Exit poll predicts hung assembly in Maharashtra, majority for BJP-JD(U) in Karnataka
• BJP, JD-U deny split in Karnataka alliance
• Priyanka takes Amethi by storm
• Massive security cover thrown over Baramulla, but fear persists
• Eight per cent voting in first two hours in UP
• One killed, six injured in firing and blasts in Baramulla
• Sikkim parties turn violent on poll-eve
• No need for a ban on exit polls, says Thakre
• Eleven out of 12 independents in Pratapgarh are dummies
• Karan Singh accuses BJP of distorting facts about Kashmir
• Officials deny reports of rigging in Farrukhabad
September 18, 1999
• Abduction forces BJP to replace Anantnag candidate
• BJP targets Cong in southern tribal belt of Orissa
• One district, three phases of polling
• Security blanket in place as Bihar, UP go to the polls on Saturday
• Caste is the deciding factor in Rewa's three-cornered contest.
• No polling in 1301 booths in Vidisha and Hoshangabad
• Talk of Third Front could sabotage Congress, says Moopanar
• Tie-up with RJD will not prevent Jharkhand formation, says Scindia
• Plans for a third front has Congress worried
• Politicians's relatives find nominations easier to come by in Bihar
• Rural electorate plans to boycott polls in Lucknow
• Sensing victory, Delhi BJP nominees jockey for a cabinet berth in
• Aligarh mufti gives Congress a morale booster
• Muslims hold the key in several UP constituencies
• Arunachal Pradesh CM, three others elected unopposed
September 17, 1999
• Explain Karan Singh's position on Kashmir, BJP tells Congress
• Sonia takes saffron bull by its horns in Allahabad
• EC knits a web of information on elections
• Rampaging elephants create a scare in Sangma's constituency
• Cong will never support Basu as PM: Antony
• The shifting sands of Doab
• Scindia poohpoohs DD's exit poll
• Naidu rules out joining prospective NDA ministry
• Mulayam has it easy in Kannauj
• Patwa, an outsider who feels at home anywhere, fights for Hoshangabad
• 5 states set for third round of polling
September 16, 1999
• Dressing up politicians for the battle ahead
• Tough battle ahead for pardesi Jogi in Shahdol
• Lotus blooms in Hazaribagh
• Bhutia-Lepchas call for boycott of polls
• Sonia as shadow PM is fine, not PM, says Advani
• Nothing immoral in supporting Congress, says Basu
• Exit poll gives NDA 145, Congress 105 in first 2 phases
• Post-mortem report gives new twist to Satara murder case
September 15, 1999
• Bihar Congressmen working at cross-purposes
• Indian voters tend to back winning horse say pollsters
• EC withdraws guidelines on poll surveys
• Poll, protocol scuttle UNESCO's grand launch
• Making Sonia a PM candidate itself a security threat: Ahluwalia
• Sonia promises reservations in promotions, investment in agriculture and a railway line
• Karan Singh files nominations from Lucknow
• Surjeet meets Jaya to discuss post-poll scenario
• Bhim Singh alleges massive rigging by BJP in Doda
• Congress will tackle ISI activities in N-E, says Mukherjee
September 12, 1999
• BJP off Ayodhya for 5 years, says Govindacharya
• 56.22 per cent polling in second phase
• 56 percent polling in second phase
• Maharashtra minister arrested following murder
• Tough triangular battle on in Kanpur
• Sangma denies differences among NCP leaders
• Moopanar alleges large-scale rigging in Tamil Nadu
• Karan Singh will file nomination papers from Lucknow on September 14
• It is Pawar all the way in western Maharashtra, but will it be enough?
• Gill says his intent was to provide level playing field
September 11, 1999
• 'Politics is not Maggi noodles that can be made in two minutes'
• NCP candidate gives Maharashtra CM a run for his money
• Muslim voters wisen up, then lose interest in Kerala
• The Congress has an opening in the Nilgiris
• Doda voters have a bone to pick with BJP
• Sonia files nomination for Amethi
• Anantnag poll date is notified
• JD-U candidate from Anantnag escapes bid on life
• Former Union minister survives ambush in Anantnag
• Sonia is unfit to become PM, says sis-in-law Maneka
• Pawar vows to teach Kalmadi a lesson
• 123 LS, 353 assembly seats set for polls
• EC deploys CRPF, RAF in Maharashtra
• 'What have they done for us? Nothing, absolutely nothing'
The Rediff Election news, 1999 - PART 8
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