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Iceland goes to polls as its government fights to retain majority
AFP |
PUBLISHED ON SEP 25, 2021 02:16 PM IST
With the political landscape more splintered than ever, Iceland votes on Saturday. The early results are expected to emerge by evening while a clear picture will emerge by Sunday.
Voting for first phase of Bodoland Territorial Council election begins
Hindustan Times, Guwahati | By Utpal Parashar
UPDATED ON DEC 07, 2020 08:50 AM IST
Over 13.59 lakh voters will decide fate of 130 candidates in 21 constituencies in phase one. Counting of votes will take place on December 12.
Voting on 28 assembly seats in Madhya Pradesh bypolls on November 3: EC
Hindustan Times, Bhopal | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON SEP 29, 2020 03:17 PM IST
The last date for filing the nomination papers is October 16. Scrutiny of nomination papers will take place the next day, while nomination papers can be withdrawn by October 19, according to the bypoll schedule.
New York Fashion Week: Spring 2021 show comes to an end with models in masks, social distancing and voting as trends
New York | By Reuters by Alicia Powell | Posted by Zarafshan Shiraz
UPDATED ON SEP 19, 2020 11:29 AM IST
New York Fashion Week: Designers flaunts Spring 2021 collection during the five-day parade with masks, social distancing and voting as the key themes of quarantine fashion show
Govt extends postal ballot facility to those over 65 and Covid-19 patients in big change in voting rules
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By hindustantimes.com | Edited by Ashutosh Tripathi
UPDATED ON JUL 02, 2020 07:05 PM IST
Earlier, casting votes through postal ballots was available only to armed forces and officials assigned poll duties.
All eyes on Manipur RS seat amid tussle for power and drama during voting
Hindustan Times, Guwahati | By Utpal Parashar
UPDATED ON JUN 19, 2020 10:06 PM IST
Manipur assembly Speaker Yumnam Khemchand Singh played a key role, as 52 of the 59 members of the legislative assembly (MLAs) were allowed to cast their votes for the two main candidates, the BJP’s Sanajaoba Leishemba, the titular king of Manipur, and the Congress’s T Mangibabu.
Election Commission, IIT-M join hands to develop new technology for voting
New Delhi | By Press Trust of India
UPDATED ON FEB 16, 2020 11:44 PM IST
The project is at present in the research and development stage with an aim to develop a prototype, another official said.
Do government’s welfare schemes influence the patterns of voting?
By Louise Tillin
UPDATED ON DEC 06, 2019 08:13 PM IST
They partly do. But for an improved outcome, it needs a Centre-state credit-sharing mechanism
Anti-incumbency, tactical voting by Jats stopped BJP juggernaut
Hindustan Times, Chandigarh | By Hitender Rao
UPDATED ON OCT 25, 2019 05:14 AM IST
The consolidation of Jats in favour of the Congress and the JJP hurt the BJP a lot as only five Jat candidates fielded by it made it to the assembly
Dushyant Chautala alleges ‘bogus voting’ at Uchana Kalan village
Press Trust of India | By Press Trust of India
PUBLISHED ON OCT 22, 2019 12:03 AM IST
Dushyant (31), a former MP from Hisar, is in the fray from Uchana Kalan against sitting BJP MLA Prem Lata
Voting begins for Dantewada Assembly by-poll in Chhattisgarh amid tight security
Raipur | By Press Trust of India
UPDATED ON SEP 23, 2019 08:44 AM IST
A total of 1,88,263 voters, including 89,747 men and 98,876 women, are eligible to exercise their franchise in the Maoist-affected Dantewada Assembly constituency of Chhattisgarh, which has 273 polling stations.
Lok Sabha elections 2019: Stray clashes, ink complaints mar voting in key east Uttar Pradesh seats
Varanasi/Gorakhpur | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON MAY 20, 2019 07:47 AM IST
Among the state’s 80 seats, 13 went to polls including Varanasi, Maharajganj, and chief minister Yogi Adityanath’s home turf Gorakhpur. The Samajwadi Party and the Bahujan Samaj Party were in alliance in the state.
Lok Sabha elections 2019: Voting begins for Panaji Assembly bypoll
Panaji | By Press Trust of India
UPDATED ON MAY 19, 2019 08:15 AM IST
As many as 22,482 voters are eligible to exercise their franchise in the constituency which covers areas including the state capital and has 30 polling stations.
Lok Sabha elections 2019: Voting begins in Bengal phase seven polls
Indo Asian News Service | By Indo Asian News Service
UPDATED ON MAY 19, 2019 07:46 AM IST
The Kolkata North seat has the highest number of candidates (21) contesting among 42 parliamentary constituencies in Bengal, while it also has the lowest number of electorate (14.44 lakh).
Lok Sabha elections 2019: Voting begins in 59 seats in final phase of LS polls
New Delhi | By Indo Asian News Service
UPDATED ON MAY 19, 2019 01:06 PM IST
This phase covers all remaining seats in the three states -- Uttar Pradesh (13, including the high-profile Varanasi constituency), Bihar (8) and West Bengal (9) - where polling took place across all seven phases, as well as Madhya Pradesh (8) and Jharkhand (3) which also saw multi-stage voting.
Bitterly fought LS poll campaign ends; voting in final phase on Sunday
New Delhi | By Press Trust of India
PUBLISHED ON MAY 17, 2019 07:56 PM IST
The campaign, marked by vitriolic attacks and counter-attacks by political leaders and use of derogatory language and objectionable remarks that forced the Election Commission to step in, ended at 6 pm.
EC orders re-polling in 4 Kerala booths over complaints of bogus voting
Thiruvananthapuram | By HT Correspondent
PUBLISHED ON MAY 16, 2019 07:21 PM IST
The re-polling will be conducted in three booths in Kasargode.
Lok Sabha elections 2019: RSS tweaks outreach plan to boost polling on May 19
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By Smriti Kak Ramachandran
UPDATED ON MAY 17, 2019 06:47 PM IST
Voter turnout in each of the six phases concluded thus far has been 1-2% more than in 2014, with a significant increase in some states such as in Kerala and in some seats in Madhya Pradesh (MP).
Voting just the first step; must gear up for participatory citizenship now
New Delhi | By Bharati Chaturvedi
PUBLISHED ON MAY 13, 2019 08:16 AM IST
The Down to Earth, quoting the Lancet, points out that cancers have gone up by 112% between 1990 and 2016. Also, that India’s share in cancer deaths is over 8%. Air pollution is among the causes.
Lok Sabha elections 2019: Congress leader Digvijaya Singh fails to vote. He regrets, then explains
New Delhi | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON MAY 12, 2019 07:18 PM IST
Congress’s Bhopal candidate and a former chief minister of Madhya Pradesh Digvijaya Singh expressed regret as he could not travel to Rajgarh to vote
Lok Sabha elections 2019: AAP’s Raghav Chadha alleges bogus voting by BJP workers
New Delhi | By Press Trust of India
UPDATED ON MAY 12, 2019 08:13 PM IST
Chadha alleged that the BJP workers have collided with the police and are casting their ballots again and again after removing the ink.
Lok Sabha election 2019 phase 5 voting updates: 51% voter turnout till 3 pm
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON MAY 06, 2019 03:37 PM IST
Lok Sabha Election 2019 phase 5 voting Updates: At 1 pm, the voter turnout in the fifth phase of Lok Sabha elections 2019 stood at 40.73%. Follow updates here
Lok Sabha elections 2019: Admin sets up water stops to promote voting
Gurugram | By HT Correspondent
PUBLISHED ON MAY 06, 2019 12:26 AM IST
District administration officials manned the sabeels to speak with citizens about the importance of voting. Officers also took the opportunity to help citizens address any queries they may have had about the voting process.
Election Commission rejects plea seeking early voting
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON MAY 05, 2019 11:53 PM IST
The Election Commission rejected the plea that sought to advance the commencement of voting from 7 am to 4.30-5 am in the month of Ramzan.
Lok Sabha elections 2019: Election Commission to decide if voting may start early during Ramzan
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By HT Correspondent
PUBLISHED ON MAY 03, 2019 01:48 AM IST
Muslims follow a lunar calendar and beginning of a month is subject to sighting of the moon. Muslims do not even consume water during Ramzan from dawn to dusk.
Lok Sabha elections 2019: EVM, paper trail snags delay voting
Hindustan Times, JAIPUR | By HT Correspondent
PUBLISHED ON APR 30, 2019 11:15 AM IST
At Harshani booth in Barmer, a man broke the ballot unit allegedly because he was angry over the slow pace of polling. The district election officer has lodged an FIR against the man.
Odisha Assembly elections highlights: 35% voter turnout recorded till 1 pm
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON APR 29, 2019 11:52 PM IST
The fate of five Biju Janata Dal ministers, ex-minister and the current Congress state president will be decided in the fourth and final round of polls for the 42 of Odisha’s 147 assembly seats that are voting on April 29.More than 9.5 million voters in the 42 assembly constituencies are cast their votes across the state. There are 346 candidates in assembly constituencies. In the third phase, 71.61% of the 9.2 million voters had cast their votes for 42 Assembly constituencies on April 23.Follow highlights here
Lok Sabha elections 2019 phase 4 voting highlights: 64% voter turnout in Phase 4 of Lok Sabha elections 2019
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON APR 29, 2019 11:56 PM IST
Seventy-two seats across nine states are voting in the fourth phase of 2019 general elections on Monday. This phase will see the end of polling in Maharashtra and Odisha, while the process will start in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh and Jharkhand. Twenty-six seats in Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal are also scheduled to vote in this phase. These three states have seats going to polls in each of the seven phases in the 2019 elections.Also Read | BJP-Sena hope to repeat thumping win in MaharashtraThe Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has high stakes in this phase. Of the 72 seats going to polls, it won 45 in 2014. Its allies won another 11 seats. The Congress’s tally was just two. In 2009, the BJP-Congress breakup in these seats was 9-29.Follow highlights here:
Lok Sabha Elections 2019 highlights- ‘PM doesn’t even take break while Rahul Gandhi disappears’: Amit Shah
Hindustan Times, New Delhi | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON APR 28, 2019 11:24 PM IST
Bharatiya Janata Party president Amit Shah addressed two public meetings in Bihar. He will address two more public meetings in Uttar Pradesh today as part of the Lok Sabha Elections 2019. Three of seven phases of voting are over and the fourth phase is scheduled for Monday, April 29. Also read | Lok Sabha elections 2019- ‘If voted to power again, will withdraw Article 370 from Jammu and Kashmir’: Amit Shah :
Lok Sabha elections 2019: Inquiry ordered after videos claiming bogus voting go viral
Ahmedabad | By Press Trust of India
PUBLISHED ON APR 24, 2019 08:27 PM IST
In one of the videos, a person wearing white trousers and shirt is seen signing documents placed on a table inside a room which appears to be a polling booth.It went viral on social media with the claim that bogus voting took place at Bapupura booth in Sanand tehsil.
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