Over 2,000 candidates are in the fray for 199 assembly seats in Rajasthan, where polling on Friday will determine whether the BJP bucks anti-incumbency and an increasingly aggressive opposition to return to power.

Jammu and Kashmir is headed to elections two years before term with Governor Satya Pal Malik dissolving the assembly on Wednesday evening, a controversial decision that critics say is open to legal challenge. The Governor acted swiftly after two alliances - one supported by the BJP - staked claim to power within minutes of each other. "There was no imminent reason to dissolve it before as "no one had come with a horrible proposition to form government," the Governor told NDTV this morning. Former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti, who had teamed up with her long-time political rival Omar Abdullah

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The BJP's prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi recently said that he will never engage in divisive politics even if it means that he loses the elections.

Time to get used to the idea: Mitt Romney might win this election. As of yesterday, the Real Clear Politics average of ten national opinion polls showed Mr Romney ahead of Mr Obama by one point.