The Rediff Election: Uttar Pradesh

October 19, 1999
• Samata Party demands Kalyan's removal

October 18, 1999
• Loktantrik Congress urges BJP for decision on UP

October 16, 1999
• Kalyan urges high command for early decision on UP

October 15, 1999
• Kalyan Singh should resign: UP Congress

October 13, 1999
• Sakshi Maharaj joins SP

October 12, 1999
• SP increases voter base in UP, but loses in vote %age
• BJP, allies lose in 278 Vidhan Sabha seats in UP

October 10, 1999
• I am ready to own up for BJP's debacle: Kalyan
• Vajpayee fails in his home state

October 09, 1999
• Rajnath Singh briefs Vajpayee, Thakre on UP

October 8, 1999
• Sonia breaks all records in Amethi
• Kalyan owns 'full moral responsibility' for poor showing
• BJP bags just 29 seats, Congress nine, and the SP 24

October 7, 1999
• Vajpayee, Joshi, Raj Babbar among early winners in UP
• Vajpayee wins by 123,000 votes

October 6, 1999
• 'Sonia will do very well as prime minister'

October 5, 1999
• 'This is happening because we are Muslims'
• Repolling in 3 UP booths
• Amethi results on October 7

October 4, 1999
• 55-60 pc voting in Amethi; 28% in Lucknow
• 53 per cent polling in UP
• 40 pc polling in Rae Bareili till 1300 hrs
• Lucknow verdict may not thrill Vajpayee

October 3, 1999
• She came, she waved, she conquered
• All the prime minister's men
• Sonia may win or lose, but Priyanka has already won Amethi

October 2, 1999
• Black Cat on the prowl in Bansgaon
• 'My goal is to bring together Mulayam Singh and Kalyan Singh under a common banner'
• Sonia steals the thunder as showers smother Vajpayee wave

October 1, 1999
• 'I think very many people are in for a surprise in Amethi'
• Congress sure of winning 20 UP seats
• Ghosi: Where the Rais wash their dirty linen
• Ayodhya internalises the temple, but politicians won't let go

September 30, 1999
• Priyanka breezes through Rae Bareli
• The village that refuses to vote
• Congress confident of putting up a good show in UP
• Rae Bareili's voters look for development, through the Gandhi family or not
• The Gandhi family retainer fights to redeem Rae Bareili

September 29, 1999
• Community, not development, the issue
• Chandra Shekhar fights 'Atal wave'

September 28, 1999
• Doughty Karan Singh hopes to put it across to PM in Lucknow
• Battle for Nainital
• 'I would be quite happy if the Congress crosses the political credibility line'
• BJP will have to fight it out in Gorakhpur
• Celebrity daughters on the campaign trail
• Where Behenji is the bane of the Brahmins

September 26, 1999
• 'I will be too old to do this again'
• BJP has used priests and saints: Sakshi Maharaj
• 11 per cent turnout in UP
• 'I am the only candidate you can call on a local phone'
• 'Congress should be happy if it manages to win Amethi'
• 'If I looked like an ordinary person, they would not even look at me'
• Star-studded show in Nainital fails to hide the warts within
• 'Kalyan Singh has destroyed Uttar Pradesh'
• A Man Of The World Braves Herculean Odds in Nainital

September 25, 1999
• BJP firing on all cylinders in UP
• 'I don't give a damn for the exit polls'
• 'I am still in the family'

September 24, 1999
• A village in the hills
• Saffron leaders go all-out to ensure win for mandir advocates
• Dog day afternoon in Pilibhit
• Chetan Chauhan takes guard for a comeback

September 22, 1999
• Three former chief ministers in fray in UP
• Border with Nepal will be shut to prevent poll violence

September 21, 1999
• Kurmis will decide who represents Kheri in Parliament

September 19, 1999
• Low turnout in UP and Andhra till noon
• Priyanka takes Amethi by storm
• Officials deny reports of rigging in Farukhabad
• Eleven out of 12 independents in Pratapgarh are dummies

September 18, 1999
• Aligarh mufti gives Congress a morale booster
• Muslims hold the key in several UP constituencies
• Rural electorate plans to boycott polls in Lucknow

September 17, 1999
• Sonia takes saffron bull by the horns
• Party feuds and caste make election in Doab a nightmare to call
• 'Who will you vote for if Vajpayee is set to lose by one vote?'
• Mulayam has it easy in Kannauj

September 16, 1999
• Jats vs the rest in Chaudhary Charan Singh's fief

September 15, 1999
• M M Joshi may drown in the Sangam of local issues and Bahuguna legacy
• Where the voters are no better than cattle
• Karan Singh files nominations from Lucknow

September 12, 1999
• Tough triangular battle on in Kanpur
• Karan Singh will file nomination papers from Lucknow on September 14
• Sonia manages to rattle Sanjay Singh in Amethi

September 11, 1999
• Sonia files nomination for Amethi

September 10, 1999
• No clear favourites as local issues dominate
• Priyanka charms Amethi, prepares ground for Sonia
• Dilip Kumar or Vishnu Bhagwat to take on Vajpayee

September 08, 1999
• Vajpayee files 4 sets of papers in Lucknow
• Vajpayee files nomination as Lucknow exults

September 05, 1999
• Sonia's likely candidature gives Sanjay Singh something to worry about

September 04, 1999
• Phulpur ex-MP quits Samajwadi Party

August 29, 1999
• K K Tewari, Kalpnath Rai's widow get Congress tickets

August 27, 1999
• Satish Sharma to take on Arun Nehru

August 22, 1999
• Hapur overtakes PM's Lucknow

August 21, 1999
• In UP people will vote for Vajpayee, not BJP

August 19, 1999
• Murli Manohar Joshi to contest from Allahabad again
• BJP likely to find it tough in Uttarakhand

August 18, 1999
• Vajpayee issues fresh warning to Pakistan

August 17, 1999
• Mayawati changes mind, sticks to Akbarpur