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NEWS VIEWS INTERVIEWS CAMPAIGN TRAIL ISSUES '98 MANIFESTOS OVERHEARD INDIA SPEAKS! YEH HAI INDIA CHAT ELECTIONS '96
	Invalid votes made all the difference in 69 constituencies RJD proves equal to BJP-Samata challenge in Bihar Poorvanchal remains BJP's Achilles heel 17 MPs enter Lok Sabha with huge victory margins BJP, SP increase seats, vote share in Uttar Pradesh MP divided between BJP and Congress for the first time Sena-BJP win more votes, but fewer seats in Maharashtra Women MPs dwindle in AP Only four of Bihar's women could make it to New Delhi The way Maharashtrians have swung... 22 first-timers make it to Lok Sabha from Tamil Nadu The PMs who lost... Women candidates find poll battle 'daunting' but 'worthwhile' Just how literate is the Indian electorate? Parties find women candidates an unattractive proposition Low voter turnout makes Tamil politicians, pollsters a worried lot Congress, Lefties to slug it out in Kerala No Independents in Belgaum contest BJP power to reckon with in Laloo land Orissa: Congress has the upper hand Close shave in 150-plus seats Karnataka dishes out unfair deal to fair sex To pavilion, before polls BJP versus Congress in Rajasthan Independents outnumber party candidates in UP Huge decrease in number of candidates in Madhya Pradesh How the East voted Delimitation freeze distorts constituencies sizes BSP fields 14 Muslims in UP How the West voted UP has only 1,037 candidates this time Ex-bureaucrats versus politicians BJP banks on family ties in Rajasthan 15 MPs represent same seat several times Several Congress MPs complete hat-tricks How the South voted A question of Telugu pride How the North voted Many stalwarts, fewer candidates in Rajasthan fray Rajasthan's royal affair Number of contestants falls in Bihar In Punjab it's a straight fight between the Akali-BJP and Congress-BSP combines Lok Sabha poll will cost Rs 46 billion Kerala electorate up by 400,000 Six-time winner Nathu Ram Mirdha remains on record books Congress vote bank will 'swing' fortunes in TN Things you need to know about BJP nominees Parties square up for the battle of Gwalior Sarangarh in MP is a Congress bastion Nominations hit 18-year low in Rajasthan 40 per cent of polling booths are sensitive in MP BJP may win 235 to 245 seats; Hung House again Only three voters in India's smallest booth A matter of Kazhagams Bengal is unique Stalwarts meet their Waterloo in Madhya Pradesh BJP heading for comfortable majority in Gujarat assembly poll: CMS Women face stiff battle in Lok Sabha Industrialists steer clear as farmers dominate Lok Sabha Congress vote bank shrinks in Punjab; Akalis, BSP gain A ready reckoner to the election schedule. Constituency-wise poll schedule announced
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