France votes as Sarkozy’s fate hangs in balance (Second Lead)
April 22nd, 2012 - 6:48 pm ICT by IANS
Paris, April 22 (IANS) Millions voted Sunday in the first round of presidential elections in France, a country bogged down by weak economy and high unemployment, issues that may spell ... Read more...
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French presidential election starts (Lead)
April 22nd, 2012 - 5:52 pm ICT by IANS
Paris, April 22 (IANS) The first round of the 2012 French presidential election kicked off Sunday with over 44 million registered voters eligible to cast their ballots for one of ... Read more...
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French presidential election kicks off
April 22nd, 2012 - 2:30 pm ICT by IANS
Paris, April 22 (IANS) The first round of the 2012 French presidential election kicked off in France Sunday.
With polling stations opening at 8 a.m., some 44.3 million registered voters ... Read more...
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UP set for hung house, SP on top, BSP out (Third Lead)
March 6th, 2012 - 1:24 pm ICT by IANS
Lucknow, March 6 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh was headed for a hung verdict Tuesday with the Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) set to be voted out and the Samajwadi Party finishing ... Read more...
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Putin to win polls in first round: Exit poll
March 5th, 2012 - 1:51 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, March 5 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin got 58.3 percent of the vote at Sunday's presidential elections in Russia which was enough for victory, a state-run exit ... Read more...
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‘BJP to retain Uttarakhand, Congress slightly ahead in Punjab’
March 4th, 2012 - 10:47 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 4 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will win a majority in Uttarakhand while Punjab will see a tight race with the Shiromani Akali Dal-Bharatiya Janata ... Read more...
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Split verdict in UP but SP largest party: Exit polls (Roundup)
March 3rd, 2012 - 11:00 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 3 (IANS) All exits polls announced Saturday predicted a hung assembly in Uttar Pradesh, putting the Samajwadi Party on top of a mainly four-horse race in ... Read more...
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Hung assembly, Samajwadi Party to be largest party: Exit polls (Lead)
March 3rd, 2012 - 8:25 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 3 (IANS) The Samajwadi Party will emerge as the single largest party in Uttar Pradesh but India's most populous state will have a hung assembly, exit ... Read more...
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UP headed for hung assembly: exit polls
March 3rd, 2012 - 8:10 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 3 (IANS) Two exit polls Saturday predicted a hung assembly in Uttar Pradesh, putting the Samajwadi Party on top of a mainly four-horse race.While India TV-C ... Read more...
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Poland’s ruling party leads in polls
October 10th, 2011 - 5:54 am ICT by IANS
Warsaw, Oct 10 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Poland's ruling center-right Civic Platform is leading in the parliamentary election with 39.6 percent of the votes, while its main rival, former premier Jaroslaw Kaczynski's ... Read more...
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Parties tense as Bengal poll result countdown begins
May 11th, 2011 - 9:21 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 11 (IANS) An air of suspense hung over the headquarters of West Bengal's ruling Marxists and the Kalighat residence of Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee here Wednesday, ... Read more...
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Achuthanandan unruffled over adverse poll surveys
May 11th, 2011 - 5:59 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, May 11 (IANS) Even as six out of seven post poll surveys have predicted the exit of the ruling Left Front government in Kerala, Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan remained ... Read more...
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Voting ends in Australia, PM takes early lead (Third Lead)
August 21st, 2010 - 6:44 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, Aug 21 (IANS) Polling in Australia ended Saturday with initial results showing the ruling Labor Party having a slight edge over the opposition, but the final outcome will only be announced ... Read more...
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Oz exit polls favour Labor to win cliffhanger
August 21st, 2010 - 5:30 pm ICT by ANI
Sydney, Aug.21 (ANI): Polls have closed on the Australian east coast with exit surveys suggesting that Labor may win in what is turning out to be an election cliffhanger.Exit polling for Sky ... Read more...
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Komorowski wins Polish presidential election
July 5th, 2010 - 8:55 am ICT by IANS
By Surender Bhutani
Warsaw, July 5 (IANS) Acting president Bronislaw Komorowski has been elected as the new president of Poland. He defeated Jaroslaw Kaczynski by a narrow margin in the second round of ... Read more...
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No winner in Polish presidential elections: Exit poll
June 21st, 2010 - 5:07 am ICT by IANS
Warsaw, June 21 (DPA) Exit polls suggested that there would be no clear winner in Sunday's Polish presidential election, requiring a second round of voting.
None of the candidates got above 50 percent ... Read more...
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Exit poll: Pro-business VVD party, Labour party lead Dutch elections, Wilders’ PVV third
June 10th, 2010 - 2:32 am ICT by BNO News
THE HAGUE (BNO NEWS) -- Dutch voters went to the polls on Wednesday as surveys showed a growing support for right-wing parties and candidates seeking to restrict immigration into the European country, ... Read more...
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Mamata cyclone sweeping Bengal, says Trinamool MP
June 2nd, 2010 - 4:58 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 2 (IANS) A "Mamata cyclone" was blowing through West Bengal and the Congress should hand her the entire responsibility of the assembly elections next year, a triumphant Trinamool ... Read more...
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Trinamool humbles Left in Bengal, snatches Kolkata (Second Lead)
June 2nd, 2010 - 4:12 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, June 2 (IANS) The Trinamool Congress Wednesday wrested control of the prestigious Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) in an electoral sweep of the civic polls that saw it humble West Bengal's ... Read more...
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Exit poll: Mexico’s ruling party lost key local election
May 17th, 2010 - 5:35 am ICT by BNO News
MERIDA, MEXICO (BNO NEWS) -- Mexico's ruling party, the center-right National Action Party, lost the key local election of the Merida municipality in the state of Yucatan, according to a TV exit ... Read more...
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David Cameron Shines In The British Election 2010
May 7th, 2010 - 6:58 pm ICT by GD
By Gina Gomez
Britain, May 7, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The national exit poll in the British elections which was released yesterday predicts that the Conservatives have secured 305 seats in the total 650 seats ... Read more...
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Labour looking for coalition as exit polls predict a hung parliament
May 7th, 2010 - 1:31 pm ICT by ANI
London, May 7 (ANI): Britain might be heading for its first hung parliament in 36 years if exit poll predictions are to be gone by.As the election counting begins in a ... Read more...
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Britain polls: Cleggmania fails to convert into votes
May 7th, 2010 - 12:12 pm ICT by IANS
London, May 7 (IANS) The charismatic Nick Clegg, leader of the Liberal Democrats, witnessed a huge surge in popularity during campaigning, but that doesn't seem to have translated into votes in the ... Read more...
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Labour woos Liberal Democrats in bid to retain power
May 7th, 2010 - 10:33 am ICT by IANS
London, May 7 (IANS) Labour seemed to be reaching out to the Liberal Democrats in an apparent last ditch bid to retain power with a senior Labour leader saying he has "no ... Read more...
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Gerontologist expert predicts shift in senior American voting bloc
November 4th, 2009 - 12:16 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov4 (ANI): Older American voters are unlikely to favor Republicans in future presidential elections, though most aged 65 and over did for John McCain in the 2008 presidential elections, an ... Read more...
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Congress has edge in assembly polls, projections show (Lead)
October 13th, 2009 - 11:20 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 13 (IANS) If the assembly elections in the three states Tuesday were seen as the first major popularity test since the Lok Sabha polls, the Congress is set ... Read more...
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60-72 % voting in Maharashtra, Haryana, Arunachal Pradesh assembly polls (Update)
October 13th, 2009 - 10:36 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Oct.13 (ANI): About 60 to 72 per cent voting was witnessed in Tuesday's Assembly elections held in three States-Maharashtra, Haryana, and Arunachal Pradesh amidst sporadic violence in which one ... Read more...
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60-72 % voting in Maharashtra, Haryana, Arunachal Pradesh assembly polls
October 13th, 2009 - 10:32 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Oct.13 (ANI): About 60 to 72 per cent voting was witnessed in Tuesday's Assembly elections held in three States-Maharashtra, Haryana, and Arunachal Pradesh amidst sporadic violence in which one ... Read more...
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“Yes” side claims lead in Irish referendum on Lisbon Treaty
October 3rd, 2009 - 3:36 pm ICT by IANS
Dublin, Oct 3 (DPA) The "Yes" side was claiming that an exit poll showed strong support for the European Union's Lisbon Treaty as vote-counting in Ireland's second Lisbon Referendum got under way ... Read more...
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Left behind - Bengal can’t believe it!
May 17th, 2009 - 5:24 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, May 17 (IANS) In buses, tea stalls and street corners, politically vibrant Kolkata had no other topic of discussion Sunday but the crumbling of the Left citadel in West Bengal. ... Read more...
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UPA much ahead of NDA: NDTV exit poll
May 15th, 2009 - 1:06 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 14 (IANS) The Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) will make major gains in Left-ruled West Bengal and Kerala as well as in Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Maharashtra ... Read more...
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Advani will be next prime minister: BJP
May 14th, 2009 - 5:05 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 14 (IANS) Disregarding exit poll findings, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) asserted Thursday that its leader L.K. Advani will be the country's next prime minister.
"After the 16th, Advani ... Read more...
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BJP confident of sweeping polls in Jharkhand
May 14th, 2009 - 2:45 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, May 14 (IANS) Notwithstanding the various exit poll predictions, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is confident of sweeping the Lok Sabha elections in Jharkhand.
"Let the news channels speculate about ... Read more...
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UPA barely ahead of NDA in photo finish: Exit polls (Roundup)
May 14th, 2009 - 12:36 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) Election 2009 will deliver a fractured verdict, with the Congress-led UPA finishing barely ahead of the Bharatiya Janata Party-led NDA, exit polls conducted by various TV ... Read more...
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UPA, NDA in close finish: Exit polls (Second Lead)
May 13th, 2009 - 11:47 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) The Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) will finish marginally ahead of the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in the Lok Sabha elections, exit ... Read more...
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