Second phase UP polls: 36 percent higher voting than 2007
February 11th, 2012 - 11:00 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 11 (IANS) The polling percentage in the second phase of the Uttar Pradesh assembly polls Saturday may go up to 59 percent, the Election Commission said here, ... Read more...
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UP voter turnout 60 percent, may rise: Poll panel (Lead)
February 8th, 2012 - 10:12 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 8 (IANS) At least 60 percent voter turnout was recorded in Uttar Pradesh's first phase of assembly polls in 55 constituencies Wednesday and the figure is expected ... Read more...
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UP turnout 60 percent, may rise
February 8th, 2012 - 8:50 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi,Feb 8 (IANS) Sixty percent of the electorate voted in Uttar Pradesh's first phase of polling in 55 constituencies Wednesday, the Election Commission said here.
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Peaceful start to local polls in Maharashtra
February 7th, 2012 - 9:29 am ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Feb 7 (IANS) Nearly one-fourth of Maharashtra's population, mostly in rural and semi-rural areas, will elect new representatives for 27 Zilla Parishads and 305 Panchayat Samitis, polling for which ... Read more...
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Maharashtra holds local bodies elections Tuesday
February 6th, 2012 - 11:56 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Feb 6 (IANS) The stage is set for elections to 27 Zilla Parishads and 305 panchayat samitis across Maharashtra which go to polls Tuesday amid tight security around the ... Read more...
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70 percent polling in Punjab, 65 percent in Uttarakhand so far: EC
January 30th, 2012 - 9:09 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 30 (IANS) An estimated 70 percent polling was recorded in Punjab and 65 percent in Uttarakhand in assembly elections in the two states, the Election Commission said ... Read more...
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Over 75 percent polling expected in Manipur: Poll panel (Lead)
January 28th, 2012 - 9:50 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 28 (IANS) Over 75 percent voter turnout is expected in Manipur, where seven people, including an unidentified insurgent, have been killed in poll-related violence Saturday, the Election ... Read more...
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Over 75 percent turnout expected in Manipur: Poll panel
January 28th, 2012 - 8:32 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 28 (IANS) Over 75 percent voter turnout is expected in Manipur, where seven people, including an unidentified insurgent, have been killed in poll-related violence Saturday, the Election ... Read more...
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BJP registers complaint against NCP
January 22nd, 2012 - 3:04 am ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Jan 21 (IANS) Alleging that the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leaders have lured voters to attend a rally in Maharashtra's Beed district, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Saturday ... Read more...
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‘No politics behind order to cover Mayawati statues’
January 16th, 2012 - 8:24 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 16 (IANS) The Election Commission (EC) Monday said its decision to order covering of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati's statues and the Bahujan Samajwadi Party (BSP) poll ... Read more...
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Flat of ex-poll official’s son burgled
January 15th, 2012 - 12:21 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 14 (IANS) Burglars struck at the home of former election commissioner G.V.G. Krishnamurthy's son here and decamped with jewellery worth Rs.15 lakh, police said Saturday.Around five people ... Read more...
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Two-phase voting in Maoist-hit Gadchiroli
January 11th, 2012 - 11:59 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Jan 11 (IANS) Maharashtra's Maoist-affected Gadchiroli district will be the only one where the forthcoming civic elections would be held in two phases, on Feb 7 and 12, election ... Read more...
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Uncertainty over simultaneous counting of votes for civic bodies’ polls
January 11th, 2012 - 9:45 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Jan 11 (IANS) The Maharashtra State Election Commission Wednesday expressed uncertainty over conducting simultaneous counting of votes polled in the Zilla Parishad and municipal corporation elections scheduled in ... Read more...
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Ajit Pawar, Pune mayor get notices for violating poll code
January 6th, 2012 - 5:38 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai/Pune, Jan 6 (IANS) Maharashtra's State Election Commission (SEC) Friday issued notices to Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar and Pune Mayor Mohansingh Rajpal, both from the Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), ... Read more...
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Maharashtra opposition wants simultaneous counting of votes
January 4th, 2012 - 8:26 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Jan 4 (IANS) A delegation of Maharashtra opposition parties Wednesday called on state election commissioner Neela Satyanarayan, demanding simultaneous counting of votes for the Feb 7 Zilla Parishad ... Read more...
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Election expenses for Maharashtra civic polls hiked
January 4th, 2012 - 12:28 am ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Jan 3 (IANS) Maharashtra's state Election Commission Tuesday significantly enhanced the expense limits for the forthcoming civic, zila parishad and gram panchayat elections.The decision was announced by state election ... Read more...
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Dharavi re-development set to take off
January 4th, 2012 - 12:25 am ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Jan 3 (IANS) The Maharashtra government Tuesday paved the way for a massive development of central Mumbai's Dharavi, Asia's largest slum, made famous by the Oscar Award winning ... Read more...
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Count all civic polls votes same day: Maharashtra opposition
January 3rd, 2012 - 8:33 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Jan 3 (IANS) Barely an hour after poll schedules to 10 municipal corporations and 27 zilla parishads were announced here Tuesday, opposition parties in Maharashtra demanded simultaneous counting ... Read more...
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Polls in BMC, 9 other municipal corporations Feb 16 (Lead)
January 3rd, 2012 - 6:54 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Jan 3 (IANS) Elections to 10 major municipal corporations in Maharashtra, including the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, will be held Feb 16, an election official said Tuesday.State Election Commissioner Neela ... Read more...
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Polls in BMC, 9 other municipal corporations Feb 16
January 3rd, 2012 - 5:44 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Jan 3 (IANS) Elections to 10 major municipal corporations in Maharashtra, including the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, will be held Feb 16, an election official said Tuesday.State Election Commissioner Neela ... Read more...
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Don’t use animals in campaigning, says Maharashtra poll panel
December 23rd, 2011 - 10:15 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Dec 23 (IANS) The Maharashtra State Election Commission (SEC) Friday frowned on the use of animals by candidates for canvassing during civic body elections and warned of action against ... Read more...
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Poll panel favours right to reject candidates
December 6th, 2011 - 11:34 pm ICT by IANS
Shillong, Dec 6 (IANS) The Election Commission favours the "right to reject" candidates to do away with criminals in India's electoral system, a poll panel official said Tuesday.
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Goa minister flouted rules in daughter’s appointment: BJP
November 8th, 2011 - 6:53 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Nov 8 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Tuesday demanded a criminal probe in the "illegal" appointment of Goa Sports Minister Manohar alias Babu Azgaonkar's daughter in the ... Read more...
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Bangladesh to deploy army in crucial civic poll
October 16th, 2011 - 8:45 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Oct 16 (IANS) The Bangladesh Election Commission Sunday decided to deploy the army for ensuring free and fair mayoral polls of the Narayanganj city corporation slated for Oct ... Read more...
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1.2 mn struck off voters’ list in Balochistan
August 23rd, 2011 - 1:25 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Aug 23 (IANS) The names of 1.2 million people have been struck off the voters's list in Pakistan's Balochistan province as they were unverified, an official said.Mehboob Anwar, ... Read more...
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Indian hand in South Sudan constitution
July 7th, 2011 - 3:02 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 7 (IANS) As South Sudan celebrates its formal birth as Africa's newest nation on July 9, its constitution, in the process of being drafted, will have an ... Read more...
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Modernise state election commissions: Himachal governor
June 28th, 2011 - 1:01 am ICT by IANS
Shimla, June 27 (IANS) Himachal Pradesh Governor Urmila Singh Monday stressed on providing adequate funds for modernisation of the state election commissions.Inaugurating the 15th all-India conference of state election commissioners ... Read more...
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Anti-graft march planned from Patna to Delhi
May 29th, 2011 - 7:20 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 29 (IANS) A march to protest against corruption will be taken out from Patna to Delhi June 4-13, its organisers said Sunday.Called under the banner of social ... Read more...
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61 percent turnout in third phase of Bihar panchayat polls
April 27th, 2011 - 10:13 pm ICT by ANI
Patna, Apr 27 (ANI): An estimated sixty one percent voters exercised their franchise in the third phase of panchayat polls in Bihar on Wednesday. The State Election Commissioner, J K Dutta, said ... Read more...
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Over 80 percent turnout in phase two of Bengal polls (Roundup)
April 23rd, 2011 - 9:06 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, April 23 (IANS) The second phase of West Bengal's electoral battle passed off peacefully Saturday with around 83 percent of electors voting in 50 constituencies across three ... Read more...
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Trinamool alleges cash bribes, CPI-M in denial (Lead)
April 22nd, 2011 - 8:58 pm ICT by IANS
Bolpur/Kolkata, April 22 (IANS) The Trinamool Congress has complained to the Election Commission against a Marxist leader who was allegedly caught distributing money to voters ahead of the second phase ... Read more...
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Rs.one crore black money seized in West Bengal
April 21st, 2011 - 7:53 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, April 21 (IANS) Black money amounting Rs.one crore in cash has been seized from different areas of poll-bound West Bengal since last month, an Election Commission official said Thursday."In ... Read more...
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Campaigning for second phase of West Bengal polls ends today
April 21st, 2011 - 1:56 pm ICT by ANI
Kolkata, Apr 21 (ANI): Leaders of various political outfits are wooing voters in West Bengal as campaigning for the second phase of elections comes to a close today.A total of 293 ... Read more...
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EC assures safe, free voting in West Bengal
April 12th, 2011 - 7:46 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, April 12 (IANS) Assuring voters of adequate security for the coming West Bengal assembly polls, a top Election Commission official urged people to come out and exercise their franchise ... Read more...
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If candidate attacked in Bihar, rival to be suspect
April 8th, 2011 - 6:45 pm ICT by IANS
Patna, April 8 (IANS) If a candidate is attacked or intimidated in Bihar's upcoming panchayat polls, then his rival will be named in the police report, the state election commission ... Read more...
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