Special Reports

Hung assembly in Assam; Ajmal kingmaker: CMRD exit poll

Post-poll survey: Assam goes to Cong; Ajmal’s party may get 17 seats

AIUDF: Emerging Kingmaker of Assam

We will form Assam government, say both Congress, opposition

Abysmal implementation of MGNREGA in Assam

I am the best chief minister of Assam: Tarun Gogoi

Assam election: 65% voters participated in the second phase

Assam elections end, over 70 percent voting

Second phase polling underway in Assam

Final phase of Assam Assembly election today

Congress candidate attacked, injured in Assam

Asset Comparison of Re-contesting MLAs in Second Phase of Assam 2011 Assembly Elections

IDPs of Sishumara: Will election solve their problem?

Assam all set for final phase polling Monday

Assam Election:2nd phase: Income tax and PAN details of the candidates

Assets of the candidates of second phase of election in Assam

Vote for Congress again for Assam's development, says PM

Backwardness+insecurity+displacement = Assam Muslims

Vox Populi: Dispur Assembly Constituency

Congress' sole ally in Assam threatens to quit

Who is Tarun Gogoi?’ asked Badaruddin

Congress, BJP in slanging match in Assam

Criminal records of candidates in second phase of Assam elections

Vox Populi: Chaygaon Assembly constituency in Assam

Assam: Distance makes little difference in discrimination

Rahul kicks off poll campaign in Assam

Youngest AIUDF candidate out to conquer capital city of Assam

Profile: DU graduate testing political water in Assam

AIUDF hopes to double its tally as 70% turn up to vote

Election 2011 begins peacefully with Assam, 66 percent turnout

Muslim women have no place in Assam state’s politics

Assam: 62 seats goes to poll on April 4

Congress counts on Rahul Gandhi in state poll campaign

Stage set for Assam first phase elections

Assam: Educational background of Muslim candidates for the first phase

Give Congress third term in Assam: PM

Prohibitory orders imposed in Meghalaya hills

Parties plan campaign spin to suit election pitches

Sonia, Advani in slanging match in Assam

AGP, BJP have done nothing for Assam: Sonia

Mushawarat issues guidelines for Assembly elections

BJP shedding ‘untouchability’; Fields Muslims in four states

5 Assemblies, 105 Muslim MLAs: Will their number go up or down?

EC appoints about 1000 observers for 5 Assembly elections

Destiny of Muslims in Assam rests with Congress

Profile of Candidates: Dr Baharul Islam—Man with UN assignment

Assam Phase 1: 62 seats, 116 Muslim candidates but only 26 can win

BJP leaders speak in different voices on prospects in Assam

Assam: MLAs had average asset growth of about 200% in 5 yrs

Assam: 11% of candidates facing criminal cases; AIUDF at top

More crorepatis contesting Assam Assembly Election 2011

Polls for 5 Assemblies: A mid-term ‘referendum’ for UPA-II?

Urban poor not excited about election in Assam

Assessment of the performance of poll-bound 5 Assemblies

BJP fields Muslim candidates in Assam

AIUDF releases another list of candidates

Ex-CM of Assam quits Congress, joins AIUDF

Assam: Congress to contest all 126 seats, fields 27 Muslim candidates

Assam: AUDF has fielded no candidate with criminal background

AUDF declares 66 candidates for Assam Assembly poll

Its election time in Assam

Party Manifestos

All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF)

1. Corruption by the beauracrats, ministers and even the governor have came into focus these days followed by the 1000 crore scam in NC Hills. AIUDF will work towards eradication of corruption in the administration and will fight back the communal forces in the state.
2. Religious and linguistic minorities are often harassed and troubled in the name of detection of foreigners and Bangladeshis which affected the lives and livelihood of these communities. Genuine citizens are suffering mentally and economically as they are branded as D-voters. Prompt solution for D-voters will be sorted out. Photo identity cards will be provided and March 25, 1971 will be the cutoff date as per the Assam accord. NRC update will be carried out and those victims of clashes while protesting against the demand of various documents to prove citizenship during NRC update issues in 2010 will be adequately compensated. Once the upgradation is completed, those found illegally residing in the state will be dealt as per law. Dialogue will be initiated with Bangladesh for deportation.
3. Refuges that came to Assam will be dealt as per international law, human rights law, constitution and law of the land and will be rehabilitated accordingly if necessary even in a foreign country.
4. Agriculture is the main occupation of the state and can solve the problem of unemployment. Modern irrigation, quality seeds, low-cost fertilizer, fishery promotion will be adopted.
5. 100 days of work and 200 rupees as minimum wages will be implemented.
6. Industrialization: construction of dams and power supply projects will be developed over Brahmaputra and Barak valley.
7. Reconstruction of the longest bridge in South Asia, Dhubri Phulbari Bridge over Brahmaputra will be undertaken by the central government. Railway ‘loop line’ will be constructed in NH 31.
8. Shuttle train will be introduced between Mankachar and Guwahati.
9. Implementation of Assam District wise population pattern reflection in services of Class III and class IV Act of 1994 will be enforced as it is observed that persons from religious minority groups are not employed as per the Act since last 16 years.
10. Sachar Committee recommendations will be implemented.
11. Literacy rate of Assam is 63.3 percent while that of Muslims are 48.8 %. Measures will be taken to construct schools in the model of Navadaya schools to increase the literacy rate among the Muslims.
12. There is no hospital of 100 beds in minority- inhabited areas in Assam. Hence adequate measures will be taken into to ensure health facilities in these areas.
13. There will be no alienation of fund granted under the Prime Minister’s 15 point programme where Assam has received 203 crore. It has been observed that this fund is used under schemes like IAY etc.
14. Myadi Patta will be given to the people living in char or riverine areas.
15. 35 kgs of rice and rice/atta at the rate of 5 ruppes will be provided.
16. Implementation of right of right of children for free and compulsory education 2009 will be implemented.
17. Tea-tribes will be given adequate wages and insurance, pension facilities will be made available
18. Land will be distributed among the landless farmers.
19. 25 thousand Muslims were displaced due to different ethnic clashes in Bongagaon, Barpeta, Kokrajhar and Dhubri area. Adequate compensation, rehabilitation and government job will be provided to the next of kin of those killed.
20. Adequate compensation, rehabilitation will be provided to Nellie victims and the Tiwari commission report will be made public and prosecution will take place accordingly. Government job will be provided to the victims on a priority basis.
21. Development measure will be adopted for Barak valley.
22. Border issues will be dealt with different neighbouring states.
23. Compensation will be given to those affected by the river erosion.
24. Broad-gauge rail line will be constructed.
25. Measure will be taken to stop deforestation.
26. Tourism development.
27. Special measures for pregnant women in rural areas, provision for quality medicine to the poor in the rural areas.
28. Construction of mini stadiums in villages.
29. No privatization of the oil and coal in Assam
30. Completion of border fencing in Indo-Bangladesh border.

Asom Gana Parishad (AGP)
AGP president Chandra Mohan Patowary released the party manifesto on March 21st.
AGP promised the following
1. Introduction of an anti-corruption Bill in order to put an end to corruption, besides ensuring financial discipline and regular salaries to employees.
2. To provide job opportunities to at least one lakh unemployed every year. “Development of human resources will be accorded priority in order to solve the problem of unemployment.’
3. “Problems of ULFA, NDFB, UPDS, DHD, Cobra Militants and MULTA will be solved through dialogue.”
4. The National Register of Citizens (NRC) would be updated within two years, and the Assam Accord would be implemented.
5. A permanent solution to floods and erosion would also be found.
6. Families with below poverty line (BPL) cards would be given rice at Rs 2 a kg, and the prices of essential commodities would be controlled through tough action against wrongdoers.
7. Non-provincialized schools would be brought within the State education system, and the literacy rate in the State would be raised up to 85 per cent by 2020.
8. Panchayat-level agriculture centres will be set up in order to educate farmers so as to boost agricultural production in the State. By 2020, all agricultural lands in the State will be brought under the irrigation system. The State will also be made self-sufficient in fish by 2020.
9. 100 days of works under the NREGA would be given to panchayats, which would also be handed over all the 29 subjects.
10. To put pressure on the Centre to extend the double-track rail line up to Ledo and the BG line up to Murkokcheleng, and for introduction of electric trains in the State.
11. The party would not allow the indigenous ethnic groups of the State to be deceived in the name of autonomy. He also said that the ethnic harmony in the State would not be allowed to be disturbed in the name of autonomy.

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)

Promises were made in the manifesto. Former BJP president Rajnath Singh released the party manifesto on March 21. The major promises made by the party in its election manifesto are:

1. Good governance: Enacting of a special law to tackle corruption; setting up of a State-level Lokpal, strengthening of the RTI system; introduction of the system of online lodging of complaints; introduction of the system of open tender; mandatory declaration of assets by MLAs, MPs and ministers; and setting up of a special investigation unit for the investigation of multi-crore-rupee scams in the State.
2. Making Assam free from foreigners: Detection of all Bangladeshi nationals staying illegally in the State within a year, deletion of their names from the voters list, and their deportation to Bangladesh; total sealing of the Assam-Bangladesh border within a year; four-fold increase in the strength of BSF personnel along the Bangladesh border; update of the National Register of Citizens (NRC) in a computerized way; protection to refugees from Bangladesh staying in the State; and settlement of indigenous people of the State along the Bangladesh border so as to prevent people from across the border from encroaching land.
3. Tackling rise in the prices of essential commodities.
4. Opposition to mega dams and cancellation of the Lower Subansiri Hydel Power Project.
5. Robust growth of economy: Raising of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) up to 14 per cent; setting up of a State-level food security mission; special economic packages for various ethnic groups; rice to the poor at Rs 3 a kg; Rs 25,000 as one-time grant for the poor for the marriage of their daughters, etc.
6. Peaceful social atmosphere: In order to ensure a peaceful social atmosphere in the State, tough military action will be taken against foreign fundamentalists, religious fundamentalists and insurgents. Permanent solution to the cross-border crimes will also be achieved.
7. Rehabilitation of the unemployed: Successful implementation of all Central schemes meant for job generation and widening of vocational education. All the 60,000 vacant posts of teachers lying in the State will be filled.
8. Infrastructure: Speeding up of works of the East-West Corridor and mounting of pressure on the Centre for timely completion of the project; speeding up of the board-gauge project; immediate development of infrastructure in Karbi Anglong and NC Hills districts; reopening of the Chandrapur Thermal Power Plant; and change in the Guwahati Municipal Corporation (GMC) master plan.
9. Development of ethnic groups and tea tribes; boosting of trade with Bhutan along the Assam-Bhutan border; and reopening of the Stillwel Road.
10. Facilities for minorities: Special identity for indigenous Muslims and a special package for their socio-economic development.
11. Solution to flood and erosion: Direct talks between India and Bhutan on the Kurishu dam in the Himalayan country and among Assam, Arunachal Pradesh and the Centre on the mega dams in the upper reaches of the Brahmaputra; regular digging of the Brahmaputra and its tributaries; and protection and preservation of Majuli.

Other issues that the manifesto has dwelt on are agriculture, revival of public sector undertakings, a definite land policy, education for all, health for all, culture, sports, women’s empowerment, and economic security of journalists after their retirement.

Congress

New schemes to be taken up in next 5 years, from Congress manifesto.

1. The process for formation of the Assam Legislative Council with the help from the Central Government would be intensified in order to strengthen the legislative system and ensuring more participation of the people. The legislative system will be made more vibrant by the induction of representatives from different ethnic groups as well as the various thought processes of experienced personalities.
2. Congress party will continue its utmost efforts trying to bring the remaining factions of ULFA and NDFB to the peace process.
3. The National Register of Citizens (NRC) 1951 will be updated by including the names of all the persons residing in Assam till 25th March 1971, in consultation with all. In order to ensure that no genuine Indian citizen is harassed during the NRC upgradation, the process will be simplified and all hindrances will be removed. At the same time, all precautions will be taken up to exclude the names of illegal foreigners.
4. To recruit more than one lakh teachers besides opening up employment avenues for 9 lakh unemployed youth.
5. Will take up with the Government of India with increased vigour the matter of granting Scheduled Tribe status to Koch Rajbongshi, Chutiya, Moran, Mottock, Ahom and Tea- tribes communities.
6. Our primary duty is to ensure that the state continues to maintain cordial relation with its neighboring states and this we have been assiduously and conscientiously trying to do over the years. We will continue our efforts to resolve border issues through mutual discussions.
7. Border Outposts will be increased, flood lights will be installed, riverine patrolling will be intensified and monitoring of the situation along the borders day in and day out through application of modern technology. Steps are also being taken to open two detention camps at the Indo-Bangla border for detaining the identified foreigners, and two special battalions will be formed under Assam Police for patrolling along the border as a second line of defence along with the BSF.
8. An Expert Committee will be set up to find out the reasons of ethnic clashes and find solutions.
9. A special development package will be implemented to meet the hopes and aspirations of the people of the hill district along with allocation of additional fund.
10. Steps will be taken to resolve the problems of small tea growers of the State. Special measures will be taken in respect of land pattas and labour issues. A special package will be taken for small tea growers.
11. Our Party will take steps to ensure that genuine Indians who have been identified as D-Voter are allowed to exercise voting rights

12. Steps will be initiated for implementation of a Metro rail service in Guwahati. Efforts will be made for creation of a separate railway division covering Assam along with seven other North Eastern states whereby youth of the North East would get job openings on priority.
13. our party will work hard to make the Lokopriyo Gopinath Bordoloi International Airport of Assam as aircraft hub and increase the frequency of flights and enhance the facilities to passengers in order to meet the growing demand of not only the state but the region as a whole. Moreover, steps will be taken to reopen the Rupshi Airport in Dhubri district which is in a dilapidated condition.

13. Our Government will take all steps to ensure that human rights violations like secret killings never reoccur.
14. Those persons who were Indian citizens at the time of partition and were compelled to leave their country due to persecution, atrocities and insecurity of life and property, deserve humanitarian consideration.

Communist Party of India (Marxist) [CPI(M)]

CPI(M) manifesto was released on March 23, 2011. The CPI-M has promised:

1. to control price, ensure food at cheaper rate and welfare of farmers and provide a clean government in Assam if voted to power in the assembly elections on April 4 and 11 next.
2. measures would be taken for increasing employment avenues, fulfilling the demands of government and PSU employees.
3. oppose moves for privatisation, globalisation and liberalization.
4. issues of insurgency : to solve through dialogue and negotiation.
5. infiltration: to complete fencing of border and stop harassment of genuine citizens of minority community of India in the name of tackling foreigners by providing photo identity cards, and solution of D-voters.
6. to provide adequate compensation and rehabilitation of people effected by river erosion, and flood and those displaced due to ethnic conflicts.
7. to protect the rights of the minorities, economic and educational development of muslim community as per the recommendation of Sachar Committee and reservation of 10% job for the backward muslim community as per the Ranganath Misra commission recommendation.
8. to improve the education and health facilities.
9. decentralisation of panchayats and town committees.
10. strong measures for combating violence against women.
11. to fulfill the demands of various ethnic communities to be included in the scheduled caste and tribe lists.

Sitting Muslim MLAs in previous Assam Assembly: 25/140

Sl. No.	Constituency	Muslim MLAs	Party
1	Karimganj South	Siddeque Ahmed	IND
2	Badarpur	Anwarul Hoque	AUDF
3	Hailakandi	Hazi Salim Uddin Barbhuiya	AUDF
4	Sonai	Kutub Ahmed Mazumdar	INC
5	Mankachar	Dr. Motiur Rahman Mondal	IND
6	Salmara South	Wazed Ali Choudhury	INC
7	Dhubri	Rasul Hoque	AUDF
8	Gauripur	Mohibul Hoque	IND
9	Golakganj	Abu Taher Bepari	INC
10	Bilasipara West	Hafiz Bashir Ahmed	AUDF
11	Abhayapuri North	Abdul Hai Nagori	INC
12	Goalpara West	Abdur Rashid Mondal	INC
13	Jaleswar	Afzalur Rahman	Loko Sanmilan
14	Jania	Abdul Khaleque	INC
15	Baghbar	Dildar Rezza	INC
16	Chenga	Liakat Ali Khan	AGP
17	Hajo	Nurul Hussain	AGP
18	Dalgaon	Ilias Ali	IND
19	Biswanath	Nurjamal Sarkar	INC
20	Laharighat	Dr. Nazrul Islam	INC
21	Dhing	Mobarak Ali Pathan	AUDF
22	Rupohihat	Abdul Aziz	AGP
23	Samaguri	Rockybul Hussain	INC
24	Jamunamukh	Siraj Uddin Ajmal	AUDF
25	Katigora	Ataur Rahman Mazarbhuiya	AUDF

Kerala Assembly Election 2011

Kerala surveys cheer Congress, Left hoping against hope

Change in Bengal, close fight in Kerala, Tamil Nadu: Exit polls

Post-poll survey: Kerala may give relief to Left

Congress-led front will win in Kerala, says party report

P Kamal Kutty retires as Kerala Election Commissioner

Kerala re-poll ends, police guard voting machines

75.12% polling in Kerala Assembly elections

Helped parties and individuals in election – Kanthapuram Musliyar

It could be lucky 13 for some Kerala politicos!

Peaceful elections, high turnout in Tamil Nadu, Kerala

Polling ends in Kerala, over 74 percent turnout

Polling ends peacefully in Kerala, over 73 percent turnout

People will give us another mandate: Achuthanandan

Millions vote for new assembly in Kerala, Tamil Nadu

48.5% polling in first six hours in Kerala

Nearly 50 percent turnout in Kerala till 1 p.m.

Will the lotus bloom in Kerala?

70 million hold key in three states Wednesday

Most get paid holiday on poll day in Kerala

Just before election political frenzy in Malappuram

60,000 officials, 80,000 policemen - Kerala ready for polls

Ice cream parlour sex case is Kerala poll issue

Don’t want Jamat e Islami’s support, says Kunjalikkutty

Kannur has most of Kerala's sensitive polling booths

Congress smells power, CPI-M fighting hard

Kerala Jamat e Islami to support LDF in 124 constituencies

Close fight between LDF and UDF in Kozhikode South

Perinthalmanna- The strongest fight between LDF and UDF in Malapppuram

Congress alleges BJP-CPI-M pact in Kerala

It’s the Qureish and Abu Jahal in the election campaign in Malappuram

Kerala not progressing due to Left's flawed policies: PM

91-year-old woman takes on Kerala legislator

Jamat-e-Islami to support Left front in Kerala elections

Goa whizkid helps BJP campaign in Kerala

Kozhikode: the land of anti-imperialist struggle gets ready for the election battle

Chandy set for 10th successive poll victory

PM's Kerala election meeting venue shifted

From 'crorepatis' to poor, Kerala poll fray has them all

A 10th election, a 10th constituency - meet Kerala's rolling stone

Talks held with UDF also; election policy will be announced soon – JIH Kerala Amir

Kerala legislator readies for 12th victory

Seven vs seven: 14 legislators fight each other in Kerala

Kerala Jamat e Islami's former political secretary quits over support to LDF

Congress counts on Rahul Gandhi in state poll campaign

Karuanakaran's absence a huge loss, says Muraleedharan

Parties plan campaign spin to suit election pitches

Malappuram gets ready for the Assembly elections

Kerala elections: will the tally of Muslim MLAs go beyond 25?

Mushawarat issues guidelines for Assembly elections

BJP shedding ‘untouchability’; Fields Muslims in four states

5 Assemblies, 105 Muslim MLAs: Will their number go up or down?

EC appoints about 1000 observers for 5 Assembly elections

Polls for 5 Assemblies: A mid-term ‘referendum’ for UPA-II?

Voting booth details available on SMS in Kerala

Denial of seat: Ask reason to those who took decision, says MM Hassan

No BJP candidate against VS Achuthanandan: UDF accuses LDF of alliance with BJP

Thalekunnil Basheer appointed KPCC acting president amid complaints of ignoring Muslims in candidate list

CPI-M in secret pact with BJP in Kerala: Congress

Paswan forms alliance with SDPI in Kerala

Muslim League secretary’s son to contest against Dr MK Muneer

SDPI announces third list of candidates

Ace comedian Jagadish to campaign for UDF in Kerala

Muslim League fields PKK Bava in Eravipuram

PDP announces candidates to 16 constituencies

SDPI releases second list of candidates; general secretary to contest against PK Kunjalikkutty

Muslim League announces candidates; PK Kunjalikkutty and Dr MK Muneer in the list

SDPI to contest in 98 constituencies to the Kerala Assembly

Distribution of sarees: Case against BJP candidate in Kerala

Congress denies any secret election deal with BJP in Kerala

INL demands five seats from LDF; talks on March 13

Manifestos

Left Democratic Front - major parties are CPI (M), CPI, RSP, Janatha Dal (S), Indian National League etc
Following are the major highlights of the LDF manifesto:
1) Housing and power to all through EMS housing project.
2) Water to every household.
3) Free food, uniform and text books for school students to ensure free and universal education.
4) Increase in welfare pension from Rs 400 to Rs 1000.
5) Old age pension to be increased to Rs 1000.
6) Corruption to be wiped out from all walks of life.
7) Ten percent reservation meant for economically backward sections in the forward communities.
8) SC status to be provided to Dalit Christians.
9) Women in unorganised sector to be given one month maternity leave without loss of pay.
10) A new corporation to be formed solely for the Diaspora from Kerala.
11) New biotechnology parks to be established.
12) New thrust to be given to Malayalam language.
13) Welfare pension scheme to be introduced for those who work in religious institutions.
14) Harithasree project to be implemented to foster paddy cultivation.
15) A Rs 500 crore project to be launched for the coastal region.
16) Public sector units to be strengthened.
17) Urgent measures to be taken to attract private investment.
18) A Rs 40,000 crore project to be introduced to develop roads in the state.
19) A project to be launched for investing Rs 10,000 for every newborn child.
20) Permanent grant for Hajj Committee, will increase aid for Waqf Board,
21) Will implement the recommendations of the Paloli Committee which suggests how to implement the Sachar Committee recommendations in Kerala.
22) Will create 25 lakh jobs over five years – 10 in unorganised sector and 5 lakh in IT and tourism sectors.
23) Will provide rice at Rs 2 per kg for all the APL, BPL consumers in the State.
24) Reservation for the backward in the upper classes
25) Will provide kits of essential commodities for Rs 150 each which would actually cost Rs 300 each.

United Democratic Front - Major parties are Congress, Muslim Legaue, Kerala Congress (M), Socialist Janatha (Democratic) Party, etc

1. 36 lakh job opportunities within 5 years. This includes 5 lakh jobs in the IT sector and 3 lakh jobs in the dairy & agricultural sectors.
2. Plenty of industrial investments in the State through corporate houses and NRIs.
3. Re1/- per kg of rice with 35 kg per month for below poverty line (BPL) families and Rs.2/- per kg of rice for other ration card holders.
4. Rs.5000/- for poor women who deliver their babies at Govt. hospitals in the State.
5. Govt. would deposit a certain amount for every baby girl born in a BPL/SC/ST family. This amount could be withdrawn at the age of 18yrs.
6. 40 units of free electricity in homes of plus-two students. A free solar lamp would also be given to them.
7. Rs,1,00,000/- would be invested in roads and rail infrastructure.
8. Promotion of private investments in higher education.
9. Professional colleges will have more seats to attract foreign students too.
10. Databank of pensioners would be created in order to make use of their services in specific areas.
11. Free bicycles to Class X students.
12. Kochi Metro project will be a reality.
13. Farm loans will be given at 3% interest.
14. Interest-free loans for students to buy computers and motor bikes.
15. Stop the exploitation by operators of other State lotteries.
16. Pepper & Horicultural boards will be established.
17. Electricity connections to every household within 1 year.
18. To form special department for welfare of women and children
19. Will take measures for minorities’ development in education and empowerment, as well as the minorities’ education programmes mentioned in the national education policy
20. Modernisation of road, rail and air networks. Will hold study for the scope of metro in Kozhikode and Thiruvananthapuram cities in the model of Kochi metro.
21. Will reform syllabus so as to attract more students to learn the languages of Urdu, Arabic and Sanskrit in schools.
Higher education – Will include Arabic teachers in the UGC package.
22. Will form State Minority Commission. Will implement the Madrasa Teachers’ Pension programme in an interest-free method

Muslim MLAs in last Kerala assembly: 25

Sl. No.	Constituency	Muslim MLAs	Party - Alliance
1	Aluva	AM Yousuf	CPI (M) – LDF
2	Tanur	Abdurahiman Randathani	Muslim League (ML) – UDF
3	Malappuram	Adv M Ummer	ML – UDF
4	Aroor	AM Ariff	CPI (M) - LDF
5	Eravipuram	AA Azeez	RSP - LDF
6	Nilambur	Aryadan Muhammed	INC – UDF
7	Vadakkanchery	AC Moideen	CPI (M) – LDF
8	Kasargod	CT Ahammed Ali	ML – UDF
9	Pattambi	CP Muhammed	INC – UDF
10	Beypore	Elamaram Kareem	CPI (M) – LDF
11	Tirurangadi	K Kutty Ahammed Kutty	ML – UDF
12	Perambra	K Kunhammed Master	CPI (M) – LDF
13	Kondotty	K Muhammedunni Haji	ML – UDF
14	Kuttippuram	KT Jaleel	Ind – LDF
15	Guruvayur	KV Abdul Kader	CPI (M) – LDF
16	Kazhakkuttam Thiruvananthapuram	MA Vahid	INC – UDF
17	Ottappalam	M Hamsa	CPI (M) – LDF
18	Ponnani	Paloli Muhammed Kutty	CPI (M) – LDF
19	Koduvalli	PTA Raheem	Ind – LDF
20	Manjeri	PK Abdu Rabb	ML – UDF
21	Kozhikode II	PMA Salam	INL
22	Tirur	PP Abdullakkutty	CPI (M) – LDF
23	Mattancheri	VK Ibrahim Kunju	ML – UDF
24	Sreekrishnapuram	KS Saleeka	CPI (M) – LDF
25	Varkkala	Varkkala Kahar	INC – UDF

Puducherry Assembly Election 2011

Polling ends in Puducherry

More than 78 percent polling in Puducherry

Polling begins in Puducherry

70 million hold key in three states Wednesday

It's Congress vs ex-Congress leaders in Puducherry

Rahul Gandhi to campaign in Tamil Nadu, Puducherry

Congress counts on Rahul Gandhi in state poll campaign

Parties plan campaign spin to suit election pitches

Mushawarat issues guidelines for Assembly elections

BJP shedding ‘untouchability’; Fields Muslims in four states

5 Assemblies, 105 Muslim MLAs: Will their number go up or down?

EC appoints about 1000 observers for 5 Assembly elections

Polls for 5 Assemblies: A mid-term ‘referendum’ for UPA-II?

SDPI announces candidates to TN and Puduchery Assembly elections

Muslim MLAs in previous Puducherry assembly: 2/30

Sl. No.	Constituency	Muslim MLAs	Party
1	Lawspet	M.O.H.F. Shahjahan	INC
2	Karaikal	A.M.H. Nazeem	DMK

Tamil Nadu Assembly Election 2011

Confident of victory, AIADMK gears up for celebrations

Achuthanandan unruffled over adverse poll surveys

Counting agents should monitor data entry operators: Jayalalithaa

Change in Bengal, close fight in Kerala, Tamil Nadu: Exit polls

Post-poll survey: Corruption-hit DMK may lose in Tamil Nadu

Seize black money in Bengal like in Tamil Nadu: Karat

Cash for votes:Bribes or sharing of spoils?

Deploy paramilitary forces at counting centres: Jayalalithaa

Re-polling ends in Tamil Nadu

Jayalalithaa seeks security for AIADMK candidate

78 percent polling in Tamil Nadu

Millions vote in Tamil Nadu -- amid corruption shadow

Peaceful elections, high turnout in Tamil Nadu, Kerala

Tamil Nadu legislator's election quashed on polling day

Millions vote for new assembly in Kerala, Tamil Nadu

Wife of Tamil Nadu Congress chief can't vote

War of words as Tamil Nadu sees brisk voting

Troubles come to us but no Muslim leaders, say Chennai slum dwellers

Stalin's remarks on Jayalalithaa not derogatory, says DMK

Cash for votes: Tamil Nadu panel warns of putting off polls

Money, money, money... how moolah gets around in Tamil Nadu polls

70 million hold key in three states Wednesday

Dravidian land all set for battle for power

Ahead of elections, pro-LTTE journal attacks Karunanidhi

Poll panel warns of stern action on cash-for-votes

Campaigning in Tamil Nadu ends Monday

Tamil Nadu a model state: Manmohan Singh

Prime minister is alert and bold: Pranab Mukherjee

Voters taking cash will be jailed, warns poll panel

Election Commission should be neutral: Karunanidhi

Don’t vote for DMK: Urdu Lovers to Tamil Nadu electorate

“May be she has a better plan in mind for me..” - Bader Sayeed

Muslim parties in Tamil Nadu are divided into bits and pieces

'Madurai mafia' undermining democracy: Bardhan

Polls will give freedom to Tamil Nadu people: Jayalalithaa

Election officials seize over Rs. 20 crore from all over Tamil Nadu

DMK-Congress alliance will win: Thangkabalu

From Political Science to active politics: Thameemun Ansari

Muslim leaders are opportunistic and morally corrupt: TN Mushawarat

Bogus voters will be jailed and cash seized, warns poll panel

We prefer friendly ties with the centre: Karunanidhi

Rahul Gandhi to campaign in Tamil Nadu, Puducherry

Poll panel should go further to curb money power: BJP

Jaitley predicts regime change in Tamil Nadu

Number of Muslim MLAs in Tamil Nadu likely to go down

Jayalalithaa has no right to talk of law and order: DMK

Annadurai's son contesting as an independent

Congress counts on Rahul Gandhi in state poll campaign

Karunanidhi hits out at poll panel

IAS officer runs afoul of Tamil Nadu's ruling DMK

Corruption a major issue in Tamil Nadu

AIADMK favoured by voters: College survey

Parties plan campaign spin to suit election pitches

Emergency-like situation in Tamil Nadu: Karunanidhi

Mushawarat issues guidelines for Assembly elections

TN Thowheed Jamaat supports DMK alliance

After elections coalition govt. possible: Karunanidhi

Tamil Nadu: Finally Haseena Syed is Congress candidate in Krishnagiri

Krishnagiri: Congress candidate Maqbool Jan couldn’t file nomination

Assessment of the performance of poll-bound 5 Assemblies

Tamil Nadu: Congress changes candidates in three seats; fields 2 Muslims

BJP shedding ‘untouchability’; Fields Muslims in four states

5 Assemblies, 105 Muslim MLAs: Will their number go up or down?

EC appoints about 1000 observers for 5 Assembly elections

After elections coalition govt. possible: Karunanidhi

Polls for 5 Assemblies: A mid-term ‘referendum’ for UPA-II?

3,082 nominations found valid in Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu: Finally Haseena Syed is Congress candidate in Krishnagiri

Paramilitary forces to man all Tamil Nadu polling booths

Actor Vijay to support AIADMK in Tamil Nadu poll

Tamil Nadu Congress chief, wife file nominations for same seat

Tirupur 'independents' to withdraw from poll fray

Karunanidhi appeals to rebel DMK candidates to withdraw

Krishnagiri: Congress candidate Maqbool Jan couldn’t file nomination

Tamil Nadu: Congress changes candidates in three seats; fields 2 Muslims

An overview of winning prospects of major alliances in Tamil Nadu

Fathima Muzaffer removed from the Muslim League

SDPI announces candidates to TN and Puduchery Assembly elections

Only two seats to TN Assembly: Woman leader moves against Muslim League leadership

Manifestos:

All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) manifesto:

1. Free laptop to all higher secondary and arts and science college students.

2. Community and other certificates will be issued in the school.

3. Government school students will be given 4 set of school uniforms with chappals and Private college students will have stipends.

4. 20 kg of rice for all ration card holders.

5. Cable TV will be government owned and free cable connections for the public.

6. Free Mixie, Grinder, Fan for households.

7. Mobile hospital to serve the needs in their home.

8. Poor people will be given Rs.1.8 lakh as subsidy for home constructions.

9. Free bus pass for the public more than 58 years of ago.

10. Rs.25,000 fpr marriage along with 4 gram gold.

11. Rs.12,000 pregnancy benefits.

12. Military forces will be involved to eradicate electricity theft.

13. Three phase EB connection to be launched in rural and urban areas within 4 years.

14. Sugarcane purchase cost will be increased as Rs.2500 per ton and government sugar mills will be enriched.

15. Electricity will be given to all without any disruption.

Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP)

1. On the Cauvery river water issue with Karnataka, it would try to get 205 TMC water annually for Tamil Nadu to help the delta farmers and on the Mullaiperiyar dam issue, it would take action to retain the rights of Tamil Nadu, raise the dam height to 142 feet as allowed by the Supreme Court and also take action on interlinking of rivers.
2. Forming a separate ministry to protect the lives of Tamils living around the world,.
3. Will enact a law to ban cow slaughter and transportation of animals to other states
4. Protecting the Ramar Bridge in the Sethu Samudram issue and declaring it as a national monument etc.
5. Free laptops for Plus- one, Plus –two and college students, stationery for students at the beginning of the academic year and at the time of final examinations.
6. Rs.1,00,000/- deposit for female child born in a below poverty line family.
7. Free medical check-up for below poverty line families in the state
8. Sanitary napkins for women through ration shops to improve their personal hygiene.
9. A separate budget for agriculture and other promises for farmers’ welfare.

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) manifesto

1. Every district headquarter will have a medical college

2. 35 Kg free rice every month for poor families

3. Free Laptop to Adivasi students enrolled in colleges.

4. New Insurance scheme for fishermen.

5. Four-month maternity leave for government servants instead of 3 months now.

6. Free electricity supply to coconut farming and horticulture crops.

7. Extension of Chennai Metro Rail project up to Mahabalipuram.

8. Pension for the aged will be increased from Rs.500 to Rs.750.

9. Free bus pass will be given to senior citizens in local government buses.

10. Free grinder or mixi for housewives.

11. Protection to all educational institutions and places of worship of minorities.

12. Quantum of reservation will be increased for Muslims.

13. Foreign languages such as French, Spanish and Arabic will be taught in all universities free of cost for the benefit of students in jobs.

14. Direct foreign investment will not be permitted in retail trade.

Muslim MLAs in previous Tamil Nadu assembly: 7/234

Sl. No.	Constituency	Muslim MLAs	Party
1	Triplicane	Bader Sayeed	AIADMK
2	Vaniayambad	Abdul Basith.H	DMK
3	Ramanathapuram	Hasan Ali. K	INC
4	Aravakurichi	Khaleelur Rahman. M. A.	DMK
5	Palayamkottai	Mohideen Khan. T. P. M.	DMK
6	Madurai Central	Syed Ghouse Basha, S.	DMK
7	Thanjavur	Ubayadullah. S. N. M	DMK

West Bengal Assembly Election 2011

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Stop exit polls, demands Left Front

Tight security for Bengal vote counting

Personal abuse and attacks mar Bengal poll campaign

Issues that dominated West Bengal battle

Change in Bengal, close fight in Kerala, Tamil Nadu: Exit polls

Post-poll survey: Mamata sweeps West Bengal with over 200 seats

Trinamool alliance to sweep Bengal: ORG poll survey

Ballot scores over bullet in Bengal's Maoist heartland

Polling ends in Bengal, 83.48percent votes cast in phase six

West Bengal: Maoist heartland votes in 6th Phase; One Muslim in fray

Tight security, long voter queues in Maoist heartland

Poll panel to end voting two hours earlier in sixth phase

Polling ends in West Bengal Tuesday as Maoist heartland votes

Anti-bleeding kits distributed ahead of Bengal poll

Nandigram, Singur could be Left's undoing, say experts

Air surveillance mounted in Bengal's Maoist-hit districts

260 Bengal candidates face criminal charges

Campaigning ends for West Bengal polls

Bengal political groups satisfied with polling

Polling ends in Bengal, 83 percent votes cast

Bengal village women vote for first time since independence

West Bengal 5th Phase Poll: Only 10 Muslims among 193 candidates

West Bengal: 62 Muslim candidates in fray in Phase 4 today

Brisk voting in fifth round of Bengal polls

Bengal polls: Choppers deployed in Maoist-hit districts

Bengal polls: Campaigning for fifth phase ends

Once close to Left, Bengal's thinkers seek change

Paramilitary forces to stay for 10 days after poll ends: CEC

Trinamool leader flouted bank norms: CPI

Bengal industry minister, Congress chief's assets increase

CPI-M leader gives poll panel 'evidence' against Trinamool

CPI-M gives poll panel 'evidence' against Trinamool

Battered but still balloting, Sundarbans shows way

Election Commission in Kolkata to review poll preparedness

CPI-M demands re-poll in 40 booths

Explain bank transactions, poll panel asks Trinamool

Poll panel notice to Anil Basu on comments

Peaceful voting, 80 percent turnout in Bengal

Two voters die, 64 percent turnout till 3 p.m. in Bengal

Kolkata's debutant voters excited and cautious

Celebs queue up at Kolkata polling booths

Buddhadeb finds the going tough

Poll panel should probe Trinamool's black money: CPI-M minister

Celebrities take on Left Front veterans for Trinamool

Phase-3 poll: 64 Muslim candidates including 3 ministers in fray

CPI-M leader apologises for comments on Mamata

Promises of change: Sonagachi voters hoping against hope

Somnath Chatterjee campaigns for CPI-M, attacks PM

No evidence for case lodged by Buddhadeb's agent: EC

CPI-M insulting national emblem: Trinamool

Stop intimidating those who fight graft, says BJP

West Bengal poll battle enters phase two Saturday

Trinamool workers allege cash bribes, besiege CPI-M leader

CPI-M colluding with BJP to split opposition votes: Mamata

31 'crorepati' candidates in third phase of Bengal polls

Rs.one crore black money seized in West Bengal

I don't respect Advani as a leader: Mamata Banerjee

Seize black money in Bengal like in Tamil Nadu: Karat

Karat denies CPI-M asked Somnath to campaign

US wants Trinamool to win: Karat

Congress says it allied with Trinamool for good reasons

I am depending on father's and Mamata's vote bank, says Pranab's son

CPI-M seeks probe into Trinamool 'black money'

US behind Trinamool-Congress alliance: Biman Bose

Maoists sneak into Bengal to disrupt polls

Sonia lambasts Left Front, sends strong message to dissidents

Vote for Left Front, appeals Somnath

Sachar report, the half-sach and West Bengal election

West Bengal Phase-2: 108 Muslim candidates in fray for 54 seats

Why Muslim-dominated seats are reserved for SCs?

Record 84.11 percent turnout in Bengal polls

Amit Mitra: I have returned to my roots

High polling in Naxalbari

Bengal parties happy with peaceful first phase polling

Polling ends in West Bengal, around 70 percent voting

Arrests of CPI-M, Trinamool leaders not comparable: Congress

Polling peaceful in West Bengal, boycott in eight booths

“Wind of change” has now lost its gale force in West Bengal

Congress warns rebels in West Bengal

Caller claims to be Buddhadeb, threatens voters

Presiding officer removed for violating poll code

Poll boycott in some areas of West Bengal

West Bengal: Fate of 57 Muslim candidates being locked in EVM today

When a table, ceiling fan, cycle are banned near Bengal poll booths

Bose backs Deb's black money allegation against Trinamool

Somnath welcome to campaign: Biman Bose

West Bengal Phase 1 poll tomorrow; 26 seats have above 20% Muslim votes

We failed to do justice with Muslims: Left Ministers talk to TCN

Bengal's 'red fort' faces challenge as voting begins Monday

Bengal legislators record 'alarming' increase in assets

34 years of Left rule: What West Bengal Muslim organizations say?

48 candidates in Bengal second-phase face criminal charges

Campaign ends for first phase of polling in West Bengal

Why Muslims left the Left? Senior Kolkata journalists speak

Bengal's future rests with Congress-Trinamool: Sonia

OK if Somnath campaigns for CPI-M, says Yechury

West Bengal: Crimes and Assets of candidates in Phase 1

What West Bengal Muslim intellectuals say about the Left regime?

Somnath gets campaign call from CPI-M minister

Zakaria Street to Matia Buruj: Wave of change sweeping Bengal

End of Left rule in West Bengal: Rahul Gandhi

Calling all hands for Bengal polls, willing or unwilling

Poll panel to monitor Bengal areas online

Report sought on non-action against Trinamool candidate

Good polling trend builds momentum for Bengal: Congress

Pranab Mukherjee accused of poll code violation

Left fears 'Trinamool-Maoist' violence during Bengal polls

CPI-M says it is not a one-man party

Poll campaigning peaks in north Bengal districts

Our MLAs will resign once they win Bengal polls: GJM

EC assures safe, free voting in West Bengal

Manifestos focus on economic issues in West Bengal

Mumtaz rides on Mamata’s wave

Fed up with Left, want change: Muslim-dominated Matia Buruj

Congress dissidents' candidates will lose: Pranab

Pranab rejects Trinamool-Maoists nexus

Mamata will run Bengal well: Pranab

Political violence big worry for Bengal: Somnath Chatterjee

293 nominees in fray for second phase of Bengal polls

Buddhadeb criss-crosses his constituency

West Bengal: Where a railway line decides status of an area

If bribed, buy biryani but don't give vote: Mamata

CPI-M a brainless party: Mamata

Buddhadeb paints town red with roadshow

Buddhadeb, Mamata hold simultaneous roadshows

Poll panel relaxes rules for blood donation camps

53,000 arrests made in Bengal ahead of polls

975 candidates in fray so far for Bengal polls

'BJP set to surprise everyone with Bengal polls performance'

Left did nothing for Bengal minorities, says BJP

11 km trek up to Bengal's highest polling booth

Tribal group calls for Bengal poll boycott

National leaders to campaign in Bengal next week

Trinamool's Amit Mitra, wife worth Rs.7 crore

West Bengal: 57 Muslim candidates for 54 seats in Phase 1

Battle for Bengal: Mamata juggernaut rolls out

Mamata slams Congress independents as CPI-M agents

Polls in Singur, Nandigram cometh, notification Thursday

Buddhadeb goes on the net to march with times

Pranab's son, daughter-in-law own assets worth Rs.5 crore

Bengal minister lampoons Mamata's 'secret formula'

364 to contest 54 seats in Bengal first phase poll

Mamata's paintings fetch Rs.60 lakh

Rule of law in Bengal after change in government: Pranab

Mamata's paintings to be auctioned

Six-time poll loser hopes for a lucky seven

Dhoni, Kalam promos to inspire voters in Bengal polls

Top Muslim clerics bat for Mamata

Transparent land acquisition, no division of Bengal: Congress

Trinamool, Congress to launch joint campaign: Mamata

Will sack rebel Bengal Congressmen: Pranab

Congress not yet decided on joining Bengal government: Pranab

Congress counts on Rahul Gandhi in state poll campaign

Poll panel indifferent to complaints: CPI-M

GJM offers support to Trinamool-Congress combine

CPI-M, Trinamool workers killed in Bengal

Bengal's law and order not satisfactory: Poll panel official

Bengal polls: Third phase kicks off Saturday

Parties plan campaign spin to suit election pitches

Off they go to hills and marshes - on poll duty

Rising unemployment due to UPA's wrong policies: Buddhadeb

No evidence of Sourav Ganguly's CPI-M links: Official

Mushawarat issues guidelines for Assembly elections

BJP shedding ‘untouchability’; Fields Muslims in four states

5 Assemblies, 105 Muslim MLAs: Will their number go up or down?

EC appoints about 1000 observers for 5 Assembly elections