New Delhi [India], Ahead of the announcement of Lok Sabha results on June 4, the Election Commission of India has issued a set of instructions to all election officials on the procedure to be followed for counting of votes from electronic voting machines. VVPAT and postal ballot for Lok Sabha...
Chandigarh, Punjab: 61.32 per cent turnout was recorded across all 13 seats in the seventh phase of Lok Sabha elections on Saturday, while around 68 per cent voters exercised their franchise in the Chandigarh parliamentary constituency.In 2019, voter turnout in the state was 65.96 percent...
Chandigarh: In the seventh phase of Lok Sabha elections in Punjab on Saturday, 56.63 per cent turnout was recorded across all 13 seats, while 68 per cent voters exercised their franchise in Chandigarh parliamentary constituency.In 2019, voter turnout in the state was 65.96 percent while in the...
Patna, BJP MP Ram Kripal Yadav lodged a police complaint on Saturday, alleging that RJD supporters attacked his convoy after polling ended in Patliputra Lok Sabha constituency.Yadav, a second-time MP and former Union Minister, is facing RJD chief Lalu Prasad's daughter Misa Bharti in...
Bhubaneswar: Barring a few incidents of clashes, polling in six Lok Sabha constituencies and 42 assembly constituencies in Odisha was overall peaceful, with 64.59 per cent voting recorded on Saturday, an Election Commission official said.He said that a polling officer and a voter died due to...
Ranchi: Voting in the final phase of elections on three Lok Sabha seats was peaceful on Saturday with nearly 70 per cent of the more than 53 lakh voters exercising their franchise. The officers provided this information.He said that a professional driver on election duty died after falling...
According to the Election Commission (EC), 55.60 percent voting was recorded in the seventh and final phase of Lok Sabha elections in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh on Saturday.Voting ended at 6 pm, sealing the fate of 144 candidates in 13 constituencies in the state, including Varanasi, from where...
Election officials told IANS that the voting percentage in the parliamentary elections could exceed 70 percent.A total of 57.11 lakh voters cast their votes till 6 pm.Prominent candidates in the fray include Union minister Anurag Thakur (Hamirpur), Congress leader and former Union minister...
Patna: Lok Sabha elections in eight constituencies of Bihar were largely peaceful in the seventh and final phase on Saturday, with 50.56 per cent voting taking place, officials said.Voting took place from 7 am to 6 pm in Patna Sahib, Patliputra, Arrah, Karakat, Jehanabad, Buxar, Nalanda and...
A Congress worker and an AAP worker were injured in a fight outside a polling booth in Hoshiarpur, Haryana, about 17 km from here, on Saturday. Police gave this information.Police have said that the reason behind the incident is old enmity between the two.Police said that about 200 meters...
Voting has started in Reykjavik [Iceland], Iceland to elect the new President. Polling stations in Iceland's larger municipalities will remain open until 10pm (local time) on Saturday, Iceland Review reports.About 270,000 people are eligible to vote and must bring personal identification, such...
Kolkata, West Bengal: Widespread violence broke out between TMC and BJP supporters over alleged electoral malpractices in conflict-hit Sandeshkhali during the final phase of Lok Sabha elections on Saturday, resulting in several injuries.69.89 per cent voting was recorded till 5 pm in nine...
Chandigarh, Punjab witnessed 55.69 per cent voting for 13 Lok Sabha constituencies on Saturday as polling remained peaceful, officials said.The only parliamentary seat in Chandigarh witnessed 62.80 percent voting.Voting ended at 6 pm. Election officials said the final turnout figure will...
Kolkata: Trinamool Congress on Saturday expressed confidence of doing well in the Lok Sabha elections and claimed that the people of West Bengal have given their mandate decisively against the BJP.Addressing a press conference at the party headquarters in Kolkata, senior TMC leader Shashi...
Shimla: Nearly 68 per cent voting was recorded on Saturday in four Lok Sabha constituencies in Himachal Pradesh, where voting was held in the last phase of the general elections. Officials gave this information here.Voting ended at 6 pm, sealing the fate of 62 candidates - 37 for the four Lok...
Ranchi: 68.82 per cent voting was recorded in three Lok Sabha constituencies in Jharkhand, where the seventh and final phase of voting took place on Saturday, officials said.Voting started at 7 in the morning in Dumka, Rajmahal and Godda, which continued till 5 in the evening.Chief Electoral...
Uttar Pradesh sends the highest number of 80 members to the lower house of Parliament among all states and union territories.By-election was also held on Saturday on Duddhi (reserved for Scheduled Tribe) assembly seat in Sonbhadra district. Voting percentage in Duddhi was 54.76.Six...
Sources in the Chief Electoral Officer's office said that this is the first time in the seven-phase elections that the voting percentage remained so low till 5 pm. It has come down to 70 percent.However, despite this lower turnout compared to the previous six phases, the voting percentage...
Chandigarh, A unit of BSF deployed to safely and conveniently transport voters of Kaluwala village in Firozpur district of Punjab, which is surrounded by Sutlej river on three sides and India-Pakistan border on the other side, to their polling booth on Saturday. Was done."Surrounded by the...
New Delhi: There were some pictures of people and elderly people sitting in wheelchairs arriving at polling stations on horses, boats and ropeways to vote in 57 constituencies across seven states and one Union Territory in the seventh and last phase of Lok Sabha elections on Saturday. .** In...