In Janaury 1980, Indira Gandhi's return to the Prime Minister's Secretariat came with wins from both the seats she contested: Medak in the then-Andhra Pradesh state and Rae Bareli in Uttar Pradesh.

Battle of the Bastions: Rae Bareli's tryst with Nehru-Gandhi family since 1952

Amethi Lok Sabha Election 2024: On May 5, 2014, as the BJP's prime ministerial candidate, Narendra Modi addressed a political gathering in Amethi, located about 670 km southeast of Indian capital New Delhi.

Battle of the Bastions: Smriti Irani, Amethi and the unmaking of a Gandhi family stronghold

Lok Sabha Elections Phase 3 Voting: Voters in 93 Lok Sabha constituencies across 10 states and 2 Union Territories will cast their votes on May 7 during the third phase of India's seven-phase General Elections.

Battle of the Bastions: From Scindia power in Guna to Baramati’s Pawar play, poll summer faces heat of turfs

In the 18 Lok Sabha elections for Mallapuram constituency in Kerala, including the bypolls, the Indian Union Muslim League has won 17 times. The constituency is a textbook example of a bastion or stronghold for a particular political party, in this case the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML).

Battle of the Bastions: In Kerala's Malappuram, BJP's lone Muslim candidate walks a rocky political road

Sabarimala Temple, Erumeli Mosque, Parumala Church — Kerala's Pathanamthitta Lok Sabha constituency is home to some of India's most revered shrines from across the faiths.

Battle of the Bastions: Antony Vs Antony faceoff in Kerala's Pathanamthitta

Between former Supreme Court judge K.S. Hegde to the quintessential Bengalureans, late Ananth Kumar and Tejasvi Surya — the pool of Lok Sabha members representing Bengaluru South has constantly garnered national spotlight.

Battle of the Bastions: 'People of Bengaluru South are nationalists. They will back Narendra Modi'

Churu, the gateway to India's Thar desert in the northern state of Rajasthan, has been a stronghold for the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party for decades, having secured it for 30 years straight.

Battle of the Bastions: Will champion athlete Jhajharia retain Churu for BJP?

Over 300 km south of Madhya Pradesh capital Bhopal and about 940 km away from New Delhi's corridors of power, Chhindwara is an undeniable bastion of the Congress party, which even at the lowest of its political fortunes in 2019, elected grand old party's Nakul Nath to Lok Sabha.

Battle of the Bastions: Will BJP wrest Chhindwara from Congress?

In 2009, the UN diplomat-turned-Congress leader Shashi Tharoor successfully shed his outsider tag in Thiruvananthapuram, the Lok Sabha constituency that encompasses the major part of Thiruvananthapuram city, the capital of Kerala.

Battle of the Bastions: Will Tharoor's Thiruvananthapuram become BJP's gateway in Kerala?

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