Elections

Elections

Shivaraj N, a sub-inspector in Tamil Nadu police signs his declaration form before casting his vote at a polling station a day ahead of the first phase of the election, in Tiruvannamalai, India, April 18, 2024. REUTERS/Navesh Chitrakar

India's Lok Sabha election 2024: What are the key issues?

Here are some of the key issues in the elections to 543seats in the Lok Sabha, the lower house of parliament, that willbe held in seven phases between 19 April and 1 June, with votecounting on 4 June

Observers prepare voting boxes on the day of the parliamentary election at a polling station in Zagreb, Croatia, April 17, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Marko Djurica

Croatian ruling party wins election without majority

How an election-packed 2024 is shaping up for world markets

How an election-packed 2024 is shaping up for world markets

Supporters of India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi attend an election campaign rally in Meerut, India, March 31, 2024. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis/File Photo

Weeks before a billion Indians vote, political merchandise sales pick up

Senior leaders of India's main opposition Congress Party Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi, along with Mallikarjun Kharge, President of the Congress Party, display the party's manifesto for the general election in New Delhi, India, April 5, 2024. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi

India's Congress pledges to step up affirmative action if voted back to power

Election-Commissioner-Rashida-Sultana

Will try to improve standard set at last national elections: EC Rashida Sultana

Vehicles pass through a toll plaza in Gurgaon on the outskirts of New Delhi November 4, 2013. REUTERS/Anindito Mukherjee/File Photo

India puts on hold proposed hike in road toll charges as elections approach

A staff shows an indelible ink vial that is used during elections to prevent duplication of voting, at the government-run Mysore Paints and Varnish company in Mysuru, India, March 12, 2024. REUTERS/Rakesh Nair

Purple fingers and indelible ink are the hallmarks of India's elections

A portrait of the former Prime Minister Imran Khan is seen amid flags of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and the religious and political party Jamat-e-Islami (JI) as supporters attend a joint protest demanding free and fair results of the elections, outside the provincial election commission of Pakistan (ECP) in Karachi, Pakistan February 10, 2024. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro

US diplomat Lu urges Pakistan to probe election, possibly re-run some votes

Russia's President Vladimir Putin attends a news conference after trilateral meeting with Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev and Armenia's Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan in Sochi, Russia October 31, 2022. Sputnik/Sergey Bobylev/Pool via REUTERS

Deadly Ukrainian strikes rock Russia as vote cements Putin's grip

A student of the Maritime State University named after admiral Gennady Nevelskoy leaves a voting booth at a polling station during a presidential election in the Pacific port city of Vladivostok, 6418 kms. (3566 miles) east of Moscow, Russia, Friday, March 15, 2024. (AP Photo)

Russians voting in election that holds little suspense after Putin crushed dissent

Volunteers for former Prime Minister Imran Khan's party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) look on as they watch results on TV screens after the end of the polling during a general election at the party's main office in Islamabad, Pakistan, February 8, 2024. REUTERS/Charlotte Greenfield/file photo

US concerned about reports of intimidation, voter suppression in Pakistan election, White House says

Volunteers for former Prime Minister Imran Khan's party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) look on as they watch results on TV screens after the end of the polling during a general election at the party's main office in Islamabad, Pakistan, February 8, 2024. REUTERS/Charlotte Greenfield/file photo

Ex-Pakistan premier Imran Khan's party nominates Omar Ayub as PM candidate