Election 2009 Lok Sabha | First Phase of Election

Election 2009 Lok Sabha

India 15th Lok Sabha Election begin today

First Phase of Election are to held in Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Jammu and Kashmir, Kerala, Maharashtra, Manipur, Maghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Orissa, Uttar Pradesh, Chattisgarh, Jharkhand, Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Lakshadweep.

Total number of parliamentary constituencies 124, election

Here are some of the Facts of the Lok Sabha Election

Total electorate: 143.1 million

Total number of candidates: 1,715

Total number of women candidates: 122

Bharatiya Janata Party - 102

Bhujan Samaj Party - 111

Communist Party of India-Marxist - 23

Congress - 111

Nationalist Congress Party - 14

Communist Party of India - 15

Rashtriya Janata Dal - 18

Other state parties - 136

Independents and others - 1,185

Polling stations: 185,552

Polling staff: 900,000

Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs): 300,166

Vulnerable villages/hamlets: 23,000

Our Rich Politican with Crore | 2009 Lok Sabha Election

Shashi Tharoor

Shashi Tharoor the congress candidate for the Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha seat have assets of Rs.21cr.

Shashi Tharoor over all assets is Rs 21 crore, is the richest candidate ever in Kerala.

As per his affidavit, Tharoor has assets worth Rs 14.41 crore while his wife Christa Giles has wealth totalling Rs 4.80 crore.

Tharoor and his wife's assets include Rs 15 crore as bank savings, debentures and shares, a Rs 1.10-crore house in Canada; a Rs 24.98-lakh apartment in Ernakulam, ancestral property worth Rs 2.5 lakh in Palakkad.

Lok Sabha Election 2009 | Politics Bad Guy Modi Says Shekar Suman

Shekar Suman

Television star Shekhar Suman, who was earlier named as the Congress candidate from Patna Sahib seat in Bihar, Monday formally joined the party here and launched an attack on Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi calling him a 'bad guy of politics'.

Shekar Suman should know that what Narendra Modi had done to the People of Gujarat Rather then blaming Narendra Modi,

Shekar Suman said he is here to serve the people by improving health, education and infrastructure, which are in poor condition in Bihar.

Just Serve the people First Shekarji don't give false promise, First Prove Yourself

Priyanka Gandhi Vs Narendra Modi | Lok Sabha Election 2009

Priyanka Gandhi

Its all happening in Indian Lok Sabha Election blaming each other.

Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi is no doubt a great leader, No other leader can be as true as Narendra Modi a truly people's leader.

Priyanka Gandhi on Narendra Modi remark budhia' (old woman), Asked people if she looked old.

"Do I look old to you? Does Sonia Gandhi (Congress president and her mother), Rahul Gandhi or I look old to you," she asked people of Khalidpur village, while addressing a rally there.

were as Congress demands Modi apology for 'budhiya' remarks.

Meanwhile Congress spokesperson Jayanthi Natarajan told reporters that. "Modi should apologise to women, in fact men and women, and to the elderly for his remarks. If Modi or Bharatiya Janata Party does not apologise, the electorate will soon send them packing into obscurity,"

2009 Lok Sabha Election update | Election Headlines

2009 Lok Sabha Election

Mayamati BSP Supremo on Wednesday made it clear that her party will go all alone in all the stateswhere they had put up candidates for the Lok Sabha polls.

Mayamati said in her statement "Our party has not entered into any alliance with anyparty. BSP is contesting the elections on its own".

Mayamati further said she was visiting the states only toappeal the electorates to vote for BSP and not to forge anyalliance with any party.

Advani have Declares Assert worth of Rs.3.55Cr.

Advani has immovable property worth Rs.2.35cr, Jewellery worth Rs.16 lakh, Rs. 67.56lakh in bank deposits, Rs 36.56 lakh in bank deposits in wife Kamla Advani's name and Rs 20,000 in cash.

Nafisa Ali the Samajwadi Party's nominee for the Lucknow seat have 50million, Richer than Sonai Gandhi.

Election 2009 Schedule | Schedule of Polling in INDIA

Lok Sabha Election 2009

16th April 2009
Thursday
Polling Phase 1

Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Jammu & Kashmir
Kerala, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland
Orissa, Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Andaman & Nicobar Islands,Chandigarh, Lakshadweep

23rd April 2009
Thursday
Polling Phase 2

Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Goa, Jammu & Kashmir, Karnataka
Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Orissa, Tripura
Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand.

30th April 2009
Thursday
Polling Phase 3

Bihar, Gujarat, Jammu & Kashmir, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra, Sikkim, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Dadra & Nagar Haveli
Daman & Diu.

7th May 2009
Thursday
Polling Phase 4

Bihar, Haryana, Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh
West Bengal, NCT of Delhi

13th May 2009
Wednesday
Polling Phase 5

Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh
West Bengal, Uttarakhand, Pondicherry