Voters line up to exercise their franchise at a polling station in Karungalpalayam in Erode (East) Assembly constituency during the byelection held on Wednesday, February 5, 2025 | Photo Credit: M. Govarthan The byelection to the Erode (East) Assembly constituency witnessed a 67.97% voter turnout on Wednesday (February 5, 2025). This is lower than the … Read more
Christopher Wood, global head of equity strategy at Jefferies, has said that Maharashtra’s Ladki Bahin Yojana cash benefit scheme was a gamechanger for the Bhartiya Janta Party and was key to their landslide victory in the recently concluded elections in the state. Wood said the unexpected success of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the … 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
Over 55 per cent voter turnout was recorded in the seventh and last phase of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections for 54 seats on Monday. Voting started at 7 am. It ended at 4 pm in the Chakia (Chandauli), Robertsganj and the Duddhi (Sonbhadra) seats, while in the rest of the segments, it continued till … Read more
A voter turnout of 19.40 per cent was registered till 12 pm on Saturday in the bypoll to Morva Hadaf (ST) assembly seat of Gujarat’s Panchmahal district, officials said. Of the 2.19 lakh registered voters, 19.40 per cent voters exercised their franchise between 7 am and 12 pm. Voting would continue till 6 pm, a … Read more
In what could be considered the semifinal to Gujarat Assembly election later this year, strong voter turnout marked polling for 81 municipalities, 31 district panchayats and 231 taluka panchayats in the state on Sunday. Polling across six municipal corporations on February 21 this year had seen significantly lower voter presence. Rural Gujarat came out in … Read more
SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir administration has made elaborate arrangements for the smooth conduct of the second phase of the District Development Council (DDC) elections scheduled on Tuesday urging people to come out to vote without fear. The administration has put in place multi-tier security around each polling booth to ensure that the voters are … Read more
JAMMU: The first phase of by-elections to vacant seats of panchayat level bodies has recorded 64 percent and 57 percent polling turnout respectively, Jammu and Kashmir State Election Commissioner K K Sharma said on Sunday. The panchayat bypolls were held along with the maiden District Development Council (DDC) elections on Saturday. Enthusiasm among the voters … Read more
Patna: Bihar recorded 57.05 per cent turnout in the assembly elections this time, marginally higher than that of 2015 despite the COVID-19 pandemic, as per official data. The voter turnout in the elections held in 2015 was 56.66 per cent, the Election Commission data showed. Female voter turnout this year was 59.69 per cent, higher … Read more
The first phase of polling for the Bihar assembly elections passed off peacefully on Wednesday as an estimated 54.26 per cent voters exercised their franchise, marginally lower than in 2015, as the coronavirus scare failed to impact the turnout. The polls were held in 71 constituencies spread across 16 districts amid tight security and strict … Read more