Meghalaya Assembly Elections: Over 75% turnout recorded
The voting will continue till 4 pm on Monday. In Meghalaya, the woman voters are in higher numbers than their male counterparts. There are about 81,000 first-time voters in the state.
More than 75 per cent of the 21.6 lakh electors in Meghalaya cast their votes on Monday till 5 pm and the polling was peaceful, Chief Electoral Officer FR Kharkongor said.(PTI)
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"At 5 pm, over 75 per cent turnout was recorded. In 200 odd polling stations in four districts, voting is likely to go on till 9 pm,” Kharkongor said.(HT Photo/Chayanika Das)
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"Malfunctioning of EVMs were reported in a few polling booths but these were later fixed. Polling is being held in a free and fair manner," the CEO said.(HT Photo/Chayanika Das)
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Tribals and farmers affected by the Ken-Betwa river-linking project stage a symbolic Chita Andolan (pyre protests), Jal Satyagraha and hanging satyagraha by placing nooses around their necks, over their demands of better compensation and rehabilitation, in Chhatarpur district, Madhya Pradesh. The 15-day protest ended after police removed them from site.
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Parallelly, the crackdown on protesters to maintain law and order situation in the sensitive areas of Central Delhi continued with lathi charge, tear gas firing etc.
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Television evangilist Joni Lamb sings a praise song during 'Celebration', a show that she and her husband Marcus host on the Daystar Network, on July 30, 2001.
