Congress MLA from Bhopal Central Arif Masood and former State Minister and BJP leader Kamal Patel have been booked for allegedly taking their relatives inside polling booths while casting votes on May 7, the police said on Sunday. The action came after complaints were lodged with the Election Commission. The two leaders or their kin … Read more
Nine special polling stations have been set up for internally displaced people in the Outer Manipur Lok Sabha seat that will head to the polls on Friday. Polling in 13 assembly segments of Outer Manipur seat, a seat reserved for the scheduled tribes, will be held in eight districts – Ukhrul, Kamjong, Tamenglong, Noney, Senapati, … Read more
Satyabrata Sahoo, Chief Electoral Officer, addresses a press meet in Chennai. | Photo Credit: M. SRINATH Statistical inaccuracies only complicate attempts to predict election results. This became clear in Tamil Nadu after polling ended in all the 39 parliamentary constituencies on April 19. This time, Tamil Nadu is witnessing a four-cornered contest. Prime Minister Narendra … Read more
West Godavari district Superintendent of Police, Ajita Vajendla, inspecting a polling station in Akiveedu mandal on Thursday. | Photo Credit: Superintendent of Police Ajitha Vajendla inspected the polling stations located on Eluru and West Godavari districts border villages on Thursday. The SP, who made surprise checks in the polling booths at Upputeru, Dempagadapa and other … Read more
Voters stand in a queue to cast their votes during the Rajasthan assembly elections, in Jodhpur on Saturday. | Photo Credit: ANI Rajasthan recorded a voter turnout of 71.64% in the Assembly election on Saturday with the ruling Congress and the Opposition BJP locking horns in a tightly contested campaign. The polling passed off peacefully, … Read more
Sun set in Aizawl town capital of Mizoram on November 5, 2023. | Photo Credit: RITU RAJ KONWAR Polling in 40 Assembly seats in Mizoram Assembly elections is set to take place on Tuesday, November 7. More than 8.52 lakh voters will decide the fate of 174 candidates in Mizoram. According to the Chief Electoral … Read more
Polling will take place across 59 Assembly constituencies each in Meghalaya and Nagaland between 7 a.m. and 4 p.m. today February 27, 2023 07:05 am | Updated 07:10 am IST Polling officials leave for their respective polling stations after collecting EVMs and other election equipment from a distribution centre, ahead of the Meghalaya Assembly elections, … Read more
Ahead of Wednesday’s counting of votes in the Congress presidential poll, Lok Sabha member Shashi Tharoor’s team is learnt to have sent official complaints to the party’s Central Election Authority (CEA) regarding the polling process. On Wednesday, the Congress is all set to elect a non-Gandhi party chief as it geared up for the counting … Read more
The stage is set for the second phase of assembly poll in West Bengal on Thursday when more than 75 lakh voters will decide the fate of 191 candidates in 30 seats as eyes are set on the high profile Nandigram constituency where Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee is pitted against adversary Suvendu Adhikari. All 10,620 … Read more
As many as 79.79 per cent voters exercised their franchise in the first phase of polling in 30 Assembly seats in West Bengal on Saturday, while the turnout was a little over 77 per cent in Assam where 47 seats went to the polls in the first phase, as per the data released by the … Read more