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  1. Council elections: Mahayuti wins all 9 seats contested; MVA got 2 seats, Uddhav's ally got a place

    Mumbai: Maharashtra's ruling Grand Alliance of BJP, Shiv Sena and NCP on Friday won all nine seats contested in the biennial elections for 11 seats of the state Legislative Council.In the results declared in the evening of the elections held earlier in the day, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)...
  2. Voting ends for Maharashtra council elections; All 274 MLAs cast their votes

    Mumbai, amid threat of cross-voting, voting for the biennial elections for 11 seats in the Maharashtra Legislative Council concluded at the Vidhan Bhavan Complex on Friday afternoon.Voting took place between 9 am and 4 pm, officials said. The votes will begin for counting from 5:00 p.m. and...
  3. Maharashtra Legislative Council elections: 203 MLAs cast their votes till noon

    Mumbai: Till Friday afternoon, 203 MLAs have cast their votes in the biennial elections for 11 seats of Maharashtra Legislative Council.There are 12 candidates in the fray for 11 seats in the upper house of the state legislature, where the 274 sitting members of the Legislative Assembly form...
  4. Voting begins for important council elections in Maharashtra

    Mumbai: Voting for the biennial elections for 11 seats of the Maharashtra Legislative Council began on Friday morning at the Vidhan Bhawan complex here.The first person to cast his vote through the secret ballot system was Shiv Sena's Sanjay Gaikwad.There are 12 candidates in the fray for 11...
  5. NCP (SP) leader Uddhav attends dinner meeting of Congress MLAs on the eve of council elections

    Mumbai, Shiv Sena (UBT) president Uddhav Thackeray and Maharashtra NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar) unit chief Jayant Patil on Thursday attended a dinner of Congress MLAs organized to discuss opposition strategy for Friday's biennial elections to 11 Legislative Council seats.AICC's Maharashtra...
  6. Top actor George Clooney raising money for Biden says Democrats won't be able to win the presidency with him

    Washington, A top Hollywood fundraiser for US President Joe Biden on Wednesday called for a new Democratic presidential candidate, arguing that the party cannot win the White House in November with him as its candidate."We are not going to win in November with this president. On top of that...
  7. 55 percent voting took place in the by-election on Jalandhar West assembly seat of Punjab.

    Elections for the state's only Assembly congressional district began with 15 candidates in the race in a multiparty race.A total of 1.72 lakh people were eligible to vote.The seat fell vacant following the resignation of Sheetal Angural as an Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) legislator. He is back in...
  8. 55 percent voting took place in the by-election on Jalandhar West assembly seat of Punjab.

    Jalandhar, a voter turnout of around 55 per cent was recorded in the Jalandhar West assembly bypoll in Punjab on Wednesday, a sharp drop from the 67 per cent that won the seat in the 2022 state elections.The elections were held from 7 am to 6 pm and passed peacefully, officials said...
  9. Separate voting (night lead) in major by-elections on 13 assembly seats in seven states.

    By-elections were held in West Bengal (4 seats), Himachal Pradesh (3 seats), Uttarakhand (2 seats), Madhya Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Bihar and Punjab (1 seat each) to fill the vacant seats. due to disappearance. or resignation of regular members.In Himachal Pradesh, where by-elections were...
  10. Biennial council elections: Mahayuti, MVA keep their MLAs in hotels to avoid cross voting

    There are 12 candidates in the fray and MahaYuti and MVA have kept their legislators in various five-star hotels in the city.Shiv Sena-led Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and NCP-led Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar held a meeting with their respective MLAs on Wednesday.On the other hand, BJP...
  11. 51 percent voting took place in the by-election on Jalandhar West assembly seat of Punjab.

    Jalandhar, Voter turnout of 51.30 per cent was recorded in Punjab's Jalandhar West assembly constituency on Wednesday, a sharp drop from 67 per cent in the 2022 state elections.Voting ended at 6pm, but the Electoral Commission (EC) may update the turnout figure later.According to the EC's...
  12. Punjab by-election: 51.30 percent voting in Jalandhar West till 5 pm

    Jalandhar, A voter turnout of 51.30 per cent was recorded in the Jalandhar West assembly constituency in Punjab on Wednesday, according to data released by the Election Commission (EC) at 5 pm.In the 2022 assembly elections, the seat recorded a turnout of around 67 per cent.Voting ended at...
  13. Bihar: Four people including SHO injured in clash during Rupauli by-election

    The injured officer has been identified as Tarakeshwar Prasad Singh, SHO of Bhawanipur police station, who was posted at polling station number 75 and 76 at Bhangra Middle School under the jurisdiction of Bhawanipur block.He has been admitted to Bhawanipur Government Hospital for treatment. A...
  14. Punjab by-election: 42.60% voting till 3 pm in Jalandhar West

    Jalandhar, A voter turnout of 42.60 per cent was recorded till 3 pm in Jalandhar West assembly constituency in Punjab on Wednesday.The seat is witnessing a multi-party contest with major political parties such as the ruling AAP, Congress and BJP competing to outdo each other.Amid tight...
  15. Punjab by-election: 34.40% voting in Jalandhar West till 1 pm

    Jalandhar, A voter turnout of 34.40 per cent was recorded till 1 pm in Jalandhar West assembly constituency in Punjab on Wednesday.The seat is witnessing a multi-party contest, with major political parties such as the ruling AAP, Congress and BJP competing to outdo each other.Amid tight...
  16. Bengal Assembly by-election: Intensified voting continues amid reports of violence

    The complaints mainly arose in Ranaghat-Dakshin constituency in Nadia district and Bagda in northern 24 Parganas.As many as 26 complaints of such electoral malpractices have been registered in the West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) office till 11 am, of which 20 are from...
  17. 23 percent voting in first four hours in Jalandhar (West) by-election

    Voting has begun for the state's only assembly seat, with 15 candidates in the fray for a multi-cornered contest. A total of 1.72 lakh people will cast their votes in the by-election till 6 pm.The seat had become vacant after the resignation of Sheetal Angural as Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MLA. He...
  18. 30 percent voting in the first four hours of Himachal Assembly by-election

    At least 13 candidates are in the fray and 2.59 lakh voters will cast their votes till 6 pm. on Wednesday.Voting is being conducted to fill the vacancies created by the resignation of existing members. Counting of ballots will take place on July 13.In a direct contest between traditional...
  19. Punjab by-election: 10.30 percent voting in Jalandhar West till 9 am

    Jalandhar, A voter turnout of 10.30 per cent was recorded till 9 am in Jalandhar West assembly constituency in Punjab on Wednesday.Amid tight security measures, voting began at 7 am and will continue till 6 pm, officials said. Votes will be counted on July 13.Until nine in the morning, a...
  20. Uttarakhand by-election: Voting continues on Mangalore, Badrinath assembly seats

    Voting is underway for by-elections in Mangalore and Badrinath assembly seats in Dehradun, Uttarakhand.Election officials here said that voting started at 8 am on Wednesday and will continue till 6 pm.The Mangalore by-election had become necessary due to the death of sitting BSP MLA Sarwat...