Elections 2024: India's women show up for democracy
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Elections 2024: India's women show up for democracy

Hindustan Times  

Elections 2024: India's women show up for democracy Here's looking at women from across India, who facilitated and voted on day one of the Lok Sabha elections.. Here's looking at women from across India, who facilitated and voted on day one of the Lok Sabha elections. 3 / 15 A meal of meat and lentils cook over an open fire, meant for polling officers on the eve of polling on Thursday, in Chedema village, Nagaland. RECOMMENDED PHOTOS {{#items}} {{imageCount}} {{headline}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} {{^userSubscribed}} {{/userSubscribed}} 4 / 15 Presiding Officer Neichutuonuo Yhome, 27, seen carrying an Electronic Voting Machine towards her polling station on the eve of polls, in Kohima, Nagaland.

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Voter turnout dipped in 2024 Lok Sabha polls though overall voters increased: ECI
2 weeks, 6 days ago

Voter turnout dipped in 2024 Lok Sabha polls though overall voters increased: ECI

Hindustan Times  

The voter turnout in the 2024 general elections dipped by a little more than 1.3 percentage points in the past decade, from 67.3% in 2014 to 65.978% this year, even as the number of votes cast increased by 5.3%, from 614 million in 2019 to 646.4 million in 2024, the Election Commission of India said on Thursday. The six national …

Amid Deluge of Schemes Targeting the Female Voter, Has Anything Changed for Indian Women in Politics?
1 month ago

Amid Deluge of Schemes Targeting the Female Voter, Has Anything Changed for Indian Women in Politics?

The Hindu  

Published : Dec 11, 2024 10:39 IST - 11 MINS READ After a disappointing performance in Maharashtra in the June Lok Sabha election, the prospects were bleak for the BJP-led Mahayuti alliance in the Assembly election in November. Maharashtra has 4.6 crore women voters, of which 2.34 crore were already beneficiaries of the scheme by the time the State went …

Women voters to Hindutva plank: Analyst Rajat Sethi's key takeaways from state results
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Women voters to Hindutva plank: Analyst Rajat Sethi's key takeaways from state results

India Today  

Counting of votes began this morning in Maharashtra and Jharkhand in the high-stakes Assembly polls. While the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance has taken a massive lead in Maharashtra, the ruling JMM-Congress alliance in Jharkhand defied exit poll projections and crossed the halfway mark. Hindutva triumphs over caste narratives: In Maharashtra, the BJP's strategy of consolidating the Hindutva vote successfully outmanoeuvred …

Election Time ‘Ladies Special’ | Power Play by Anand Mishra
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Election Time ‘Ladies Special’ | Power Play by Anand Mishra

The Hindu  

Published : Nov 22, 2024 16:24 IST - 5 MINS READ Dear readers, If the election din in Maharashtra and Jharkhand is anything to go by, you would think women had suddenly become the secret sauce of Indian politics. Be it the BJP’s “beti, roti, aur maati” campaign and Jharkhand Mukti Morcha’s Maiya Samman Yojana in Jharkhand, or the Eknath …

How a Secret BJP War Room Mobilized Female Voters to Win the Indian Elections
5 months, 2 weeks ago

How a Secret BJP War Room Mobilized Female Voters to Win the Indian Elections

Wired  

In April, an unassuming old building in New Delhi’s furniture market housed roughly 30 youngsters. From there, Sapiens Research founder Rimjhim Gour’s team served as the brains of Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party, or BJP. The party’s senior leadership had entrusted Gour with mobilizing 12.5 million female voters across India, and her team spent their days crunching historical polling trends, …

Nagaland holds civic polls after 20 years
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Nagaland holds civic polls after 20 years

The Hindu  

A majority of more than 2.23 lakh voters in Nagaland exercised their franchise in the elections to the urban local bodies held on June 26 after a 20-year gap. Boycott in 6 districts The elections, however, were not held in 14 town councils across six districts where the Eastern Nagaland Peoples’ Organisation boycotted the polls, claiming their region has faced …

2024 Lok Sabha elections: A historic reflection of democratic resilience and evolution
6 months, 4 weeks ago

2024 Lok Sabha elections: A historic reflection of democratic resilience and evolution

Firstpost  

Despite existing challenges, such as the underrepresentation of women, India’s democratic elections consistently reinforce the nation’s commitment to empowering its citizens and fostering fair participation in politics India recently concluded a historic six-week-long national election, which has garnered considerable attention both domestically and internationally. In the Lok Sabha Election of 2024, the resurgence of the Congress party and a high …

Assam Election Results 2024 highlights LIVE: BJP secures over 1 lakh votes in Guwahati, Silchar, Sonitpur, Lakhimpur and Darrang-Udalgiri
7 months, 1 week ago

Assam Election Results 2024 highlights LIVE: BJP secures over 1 lakh votes in Guwahati, Silchar, Sonitpur, Lakhimpur and Darrang-Udalgiri

The Hindu  

The BJP-led NDA on June 4 swept the Lok Sabha elections in Assam bagging 11 of the 14 seats while Congress bagged three, election officials said. The BJP retained nine seats, the same as in the 2019 polls, while its allies the United People’s Party Liberal made a debut in the Kokrajhar seat and Asom Gana Parishad emerged victorious in …

The binding force of largest democracy
7 months, 1 week ago

The binding force of largest democracy

New Indian Express  

Every election will have multiple stories to tell. That story of the 2024 Parliament election is that of the Indian Voter — the one who is solely responsible for holding the largest democracy of the world together. In an election which was spread over three months and seven phases — unusually long even for our country — the Indian voter …

Election 2024; the 7th phase of voting across India
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Election 2024; the 7th phase of voting across India

Hindustan Times  

Election 2024; the 7th phase of voting across India Visuals from the seventh and last phase of the 2024 Lok Sabha Elections across India.. 1 / 8 View Photos in a new improved layout Women celebrate after casting their votes at the world's highest polling station located at an altitude of 15,256 feet in Tashigang, Lahaul and Spiti, Himachal Pradesh. …

Election 2024: Voting concludes for 18th Lok Sabha polls; last phase records 60% turnout
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Election 2024: Voting concludes for 18th Lok Sabha polls; last phase records 60% turnout

The Hindu  

After six weeks, voting for the 2024 Lok Sabha election, which began on April 19, concluded with a nearly 60% turnout recorded till 8.45 p.m. in the seventh and last phase on Saturday. While votes cast in the Lok Sabha election and Assembly polls in Andhra Pradesh and Odisha will be counted on June 4 from 8 a.m., counting for …

Lok Sabha Election 2024: Highlights of the day in photos
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Lok Sabha Election 2024: Highlights of the day in photos

Hindustan Times  

Lok Sabha Election 2024: Highlights of the day in photos Here are the key moments of the Lok Sabha Election 2024 captured in today's most striking photos.. Here are the key moments of the Lok Sabha Election 2024 captured in today's most striking photos. 3 / 6 Ladakhi women, dressed in traditional outfits, proudly display their voter ID cards and …

India’s mammoth election is more than halfway done as millions begin voting in fourth round
8 months ago

India’s mammoth election is more than halfway done as millions begin voting in fourth round

Associated Press  

SAMASTIPUR, India — Millions of Indians across 96 constituencies began casting their ballots on Monday as the country’s gigantic, six-week-long election edges past its halfway mark. Monday’s polling in the fourth round of multi-phase national elections across nine states and one union territory will be pivotal for Modi’s Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party, as it includes some of its strongholds …

Andhra, Odisha polls 2024 highlights: Voter turnout crosses 69 per cent in AP
8 months ago

Andhra, Odisha polls 2024 highlights: Voter turnout crosses 69 per cent in AP

Hindustan Times  

Tirupati: A woman gets her finger inked after casting her vote at a polling station during the fourth phase of Lok Sabha elections and Andhra Pradesh Assembly elections. Andhra Pradesh, Odisha Election 2024 highlights: Apart from Phase 4 of the Lok Sabha election 2024, voting for the assembly elections in two states—Andhra Pradesh and Odisha—concluded on Monday. The ruling YSR …

‘Bitter’ sugarcane workers from drought-stricken Marathwada hold little hope from Lok Sabha poll
8 months ago

‘Bitter’ sugarcane workers from drought-stricken Marathwada hold little hope from Lok Sabha poll

The Hindu  

With the sugarcane harvest season coming to an end, seasonal migrant workers from the drought-hit Marathwada region, who spend months toiling in the sugarcane fields of western Maharashtra and neighbouring Karnataka, are back home, but hold little hope that the outcome of the ongoing Lok Sabha poll will bring any change to their ‘bitter’ plight. Migrant workers like Ganpa Dagdu …

Election 2024; the 3rd phase of voting across India
8 months, 1 week ago

Election 2024; the 3rd phase of voting across India

Hindustan Times  

Election 2024; the 3rd phase of voting across India Visuals from the third phase of the 2024 Lok Sabha Elections across India.. 1 / 10 View Photos in a new improved layout A polling official checks the name of a woman before letting her vote during the third phase of voting in Agra, Uttar Pradesh 2 / 10 View Photos …

The road to Election 2024 in photos: May 6
8 months, 1 week ago

The road to Election 2024 in photos: May 6

Hindustan Times  

The road to Election 2024 in photos: May 6 A look at polling preparations as India gears up to vote in the third phase of the Lok Sabha elections tomorow.. 1 / 8 View Photos in a new improved layout Polling officials carrying election material leave for their duty during in a hot day in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh. 2 / …

Assam Lok Sabha polls: Decline in women candidates but female voters outnumber men
8 months, 1 week ago

Assam Lok Sabha polls: Decline in women candidates but female voters outnumber men

The Hindu  

Despite Assam having more women voters, only 12 female candidates are contesting the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, down from the previous count of 14. In the first phase polls, there were four women candidates, two in the second and six in the third and final phase to be held on May 7. The number of women candidates representing the State …

Lok Sabha polls 2024 | AAP’s poll campaign song ‘Jail ke jawab mein hum vote denge’ banned by EC, says Atishi
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Lok Sabha polls 2024 | AAP’s poll campaign song ‘Jail ke jawab mein hum vote denge’ banned by EC, says Atishi

The Hindu  

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi alleged while PM Narendra Modi runs a government for billionaires from Delhi, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik leads a dispensation that works for “select people” in Odisha. Women constituted only 8% of the total 1,618 candidates in the first two phases of the Lok Sabha polls, with political activists saying it reflects a deeper issue of gender …

5 Lok Sabha seats in Assam register voter turnout of 27.43 pc till 11 am
8 months, 2 weeks ago

5 Lok Sabha seats in Assam register voter turnout of 27.43 pc till 11 am

Deccan Chronicle  

Guwahati: An estimated 27.43 per cent of 77,26,668 voters exercised their franchise till 11 am in the five parliamentary constituencies of Assam, where polling is underway in the second phase on Friday, election officials said. The highest polling of 30.82 per cent was recorded in Diphu, followed by 29.99 per cent in Karimganj, 28.81 per cent at Darrang-Udalguri, 25.29 per …

India votes in second phase of national elections with Modi’s BJP as front-runner
8 months, 2 weeks ago

India votes in second phase of national elections with Modi’s BJP as front-runner

Associated Press  

NEW DELHI — Millions of Indians voted Friday in a moderate turnout in the second round of multi-phase national elections as Prime Minister Narendra Modi sought to galvanize voters with his assertive brand of Hindu nationalist politics. People queue up to vote during the second round of voting in the six-week-long national election near Palakkad, in Indian southern state of …

Lok Sabha election 2024 phase 2 HIGHLIGHTS: Polling ends, Tripura tops voter turnout, Bengal crosses 70 pc
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Lok Sabha election 2024 phase 2 HIGHLIGHTS: Polling ends, Tripura tops voter turnout, Bengal crosses 70 pc

India TV News  

Lok Sabha election 2024, phase 2, live: As polling commenced in 88 parliamentary constituencies across 13 states and Union Territories in the second phase of Lok Sabha Elections 2024, Prime Minister Narendra Modi called upon citizens to cast their votes in significant numbers. Stressing the pivotal role of high voter turnout in bolstering democracy, PM Modi particularly encouraged young and …

Lok Sabha Voting Highlights: Total voter turnout over 63%; highest in Manipur
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Lok Sabha Voting Highlights: Total voter turnout over 63%; highest in Manipur

Hindustan Times  

Lok Sabha Election 2024 Phase 2 Live: Women voters show their ink-marked fingers after casting their vote for the second phase of the Lok Sabha elections, on Friday. Lok Sabha Election 2024 Phase 2 Highlights: Voting for the second of seven-phase 2024 India elections began at 7 am on Friday, in 88 constituencies across 12 states and a Union territory. …

Lok Sabha Voting Highlights: Total voter turnout over 63%; highest in Manipur
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Lok Sabha Voting Highlights: Total voter turnout over 63%; highest in Manipur

Hindustan Times  

Lok Sabha Election 2024 Phase 2 Live: Women voters show their ink-marked fingers after casting their vote for the second phase of the Lok Sabha elections, on Friday. Lok Sabha Election 2024 Phase 2 Highlights: Voting for the second of seven-phase 2024 India elections began at 7 am on Friday, in 88 constituencies across 12 states and a Union territory. …

What direction will politics in Uttar Pradesh take after 2024 general elections?
8 months, 3 weeks ago

What direction will politics in Uttar Pradesh take after 2024 general elections?

Hindustan Times  

The first two phases of Lok Sabha elections in Uttar Pradesh will not only indicate which way the wind will blow, but also send some significant political messages across the country, primarily because of the region’s social demography, dominated by three castes and communities – Muslims, Dalits and Jats; the region is also called UP’s ‘Jat land’. The party’s ally, …

High turnout in Phase 1 of Lok Sabha Elections 2024, One year of war in Sudan, Iran-Israel conflict, and more | The week in 5 charts
8 months, 3 weeks ago

High turnout in Phase 1 of Lok Sabha Elections 2024, One year of war in Sudan, Iran-Israel conflict, and more | The week in 5 charts

The Hindu  

Phase I of Lok Sabha polls registers 63.89% polling Despite the intense heatwave across the country, the voter turnout in the first phase of the Lok Sabha polls on April 19, which sealed the fate of candidates in 102 constituencies across 21 States, was 63.89%. Iran-Israel’s shadow warfare turns into a direct conflict Iran fired air defenses at a major …

Lok Sabha Elections 2024 HIGHLIGHTS: Repolling at 11 polling stations in Manipur on April 22
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Lok Sabha Elections 2024 HIGHLIGHTS: Repolling at 11 polling stations in Manipur on April 22

India TV News  

Lok Sabha Elections 2024 LIVE updates: The voting took place in 102 constituencies across 21 states and Union Territories in the first of the seven-phase elections on Friday. 37 per cent voter turnout was recorded in phase one of the Lok Sabha polls. The Election Commission said "The voting percentage is likely to go upwards when reports from all polling …

Lok Sabha elections 2024: 102-year-old woman walks to polling booth to cast her vote in Tamil Nadu. Watch
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Lok Sabha elections 2024: 102-year-old woman walks to polling booth to cast her vote in Tamil Nadu. Watch

Hindustan Times  

The first phase of voting for the 2024 Lok Sabha election commenced today at 7 am on April 19. It shows a 102-year-old woman casting her vote in Tamil Nadu. Lok Sabha elections 2024: The image shows a 102-year-old woman in front of a polling booth in Tamil Nadu. ANI shared a video of the woman with a caption that …

AP PHOTOS: For the world’s largest democratic exercise, one village’s polling officers are all women
8 months, 3 weeks ago

AP PHOTOS: For the world’s largest democratic exercise, one village’s polling officers are all women

Associated Press  

CHEDEMA, India — The line was orderly at Government Middle School as people waited patiently to vote Friday, even after one of the voting machines malfunctioned. Polling officers Neichutuonuo Yhome, 27, left, and Nukutholu Nienu, 44, prepare election related paperwork on the eve of polling in Chedema village, in the northeastern Indian state of Nagaland, Thursday, April 18, 2024. Polling …

Lok Sabha elections 2024: In Pictures | Tamil Nadu votes
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Lok Sabha elections 2024: In Pictures | Tamil Nadu votes

The Hindu  

Polling began in all the 39 Lok Sabha seats in Tamil Nadu and a lone LS seat in Puducherry on April 19, in the first phase of the 2024 general elections. A wheel chair remained unboxed even after two hours since polling began at a polling station in Panchayat Union Primary School, Thiruporur, on Friday. An elderly voter is assisted …

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Kamal Haasan, Dhanush and Rajinikanth cast their vote in Tamil Nadu
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Lok Sabha Elections 2024: Kamal Haasan, Dhanush and Rajinikanth cast their vote in Tamil Nadu

Hindustan Times  

Today on April 19, the first phase of the 18th Lok Sabha elections kicked off in 21 states. Celebs cast their vote in Tamil Nadu for Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Vijay Sethupathi Vijay Sethupathi before and after casting his vote The Merry Christmas star’s pictures have gone viral from the polling booth. Vijay was spotted standing in line among other …

2024 LS polls: First phase of voting underway for 102 seats across India
8 months, 3 weeks ago

2024 LS polls: First phase of voting underway for 102 seats across India

Deccan Chronicle  

Voting for the first phase of Lok Sabha elections 2024 is progressing across 102 parliamentary constituencies spread over 21 states and Union Territories as the mega seven-phase electoral exercise commenced at 7:00 am.Voters will exercise their franchise until 6:00 pm.Polling for assembly elections in the north-eastern states of Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim also started along with voting for the first …

Indians vote in the first phase of the world’s largest election as Modi seeks a third term
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Indians vote in the first phase of the world’s largest election as Modi seeks a third term

Associated Press  

NEW DELHI — Millions of Indians began voting Friday in a six-week election that’s a referendum on Narendra Modi, the populist prime minister who has championed an assertive brand of Hindu nationalist politics and is seeking a rare third term as the country’s leader. A Deori tribal woman shows the indelible ink mark on her finger after casting her vote …

The road to Election 2024 in photos: April 18
8 months, 4 weeks ago

The road to Election 2024 in photos: April 18

Hindustan Times  

The road to Election 2024 in photos: April 18 A look at polling preparations as India gears up to vote in the Lok Sabha elections on April 19.. 1 / 10 View Photos in a new improved layout An election official carrying an Electronic Voting Machine to a polling station, disembarks a boat on the eve of the first round …

The road to Election 2024 in photos: April 17
8 months, 4 weeks ago

The road to Election 2024 in photos: April 17

Hindustan Times  

The road to Election 2024 in photos: April 17 As India gears up to vote this month, a photo diary of politicians and campaigners on the road.. 1 / 8 View Photos in a new improved layout Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma during a roadshow in Sivasagar, Assam. 2 / 8 View Photos in a new improved layout Peoples Democratic …

Colorful roadshows and rallies mark India’s election season before voting starts Friday
8 months, 4 weeks ago

Colorful roadshows and rallies mark India’s election season before voting starts Friday

Associated Press  

NEW DELHI — Every five years, the world’s most populous democracy holds a giant election for millions of Indians to cast their vote on a new parliament. Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam party leader M. K. Stalin, speaks on a stage resembling Indian parliament building during an election campaign rally ahead of country’s general elections, on the outskirts of southern Indian city …

Afternoon briefing: 8% women candidates set for LS phase 1 poll; Cong slams BJP's 'Muslim League' remarks, and more
9 months ago

Afternoon briefing: 8% women candidates set for LS phase 1 poll; Cong slams BJP's 'Muslim League' remarks, and more

Hindustan Times  

In the first phase of Lok Sabha elections on April 19, eight per cent of the candidates will be women. Dig deeper 102 seats will go to polls in the first phase which will see 1,625 candidates in fray. Dig deeper Latest News Sensex reached 75,000 from 74,000 in 24 sessions: A look at its journey till date Dig deeper …

The road to Election 2024 in photos: April 8
9 months, 1 week ago

The road to Election 2024 in photos: April 8

Hindustan Times  

The road to Election 2024 in photos: April 8 As India gears up to vote this month, a photo diary of politicians and election campaigns from the ground.. 1 / 10 View Photos in a new improved layout West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee addresses a rally in support of Trinamool Congress Bankura candidate Arup Chakraborty in Bankura, West Bengal. …

Election 2024: Nearly a billion people to vote in 1.05 million booths; results to be announced on June 4
9 months, 4 weeks ago

Election 2024: Nearly a billion people to vote in 1.05 million booths; results to be announced on June 4

Hindustan Times  

Nearly a billion people will vote in 1.05 million polling booths to select India’s next government, the Election Commission of India announced on Saturday, kick-starting the world’s largest democratic exercise that will be staggered across seven phases stretching over six weeks between April 19 and June 1. “From wherever we receive the information of violence, we will take action against …

The ballot revolution led by women voters
1 year, 1 month ago

The ballot revolution led by women voters

Hindustan Times  

Let’s count what we do know. Analysis by this newspaper finds that women accounted for less than 12% of the candidates fielded by the two major national parties, the BJP and the Congress in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Telangana, and Mizoram. From free bus fares to subsidised LPG cylinders, from cash handouts to fixed deposits, parties, otherwise so stingy about …

For Nagaland Elections, Focus on 4 Women Candidates Trying to Make History
1 year, 10 months ago

For Nagaland Elections, Focus on 4 Women Candidates Trying to Make History

News 18  

As Nagaland goes to the polls on Monday to elect a new Assembly, all eyes will be on four women candidates who are trying to create history by becoming the first women to be elected as a legislator in this North Eastern state. The four women candidates are Hekhani Jakhalu of NDPP in Dimapur-III seat, Rosy Thompson of Congress in …

UP Assembly polls: Women must have voted for BJP, men for SP, says Chandrakant Patil
2 years, 10 months ago

UP Assembly polls: Women must have voted for BJP, men for SP, says Chandrakant Patil

India Today  

As the early trends hinted at a big win for the BJP in four states -- Uttar Pradesh, Goa, Manipur and Uttarakhand -- Maharashtra party chief Chandrakant Patil said, "All women must have voted for the BJP and men might've voted for the SP." Chandrakant Patil said, "I won't comment on results as a matured political leader, but early trends …

The emerging vote bank that every political party wants to tap
3 years, 2 months ago

The emerging vote bank that every political party wants to tap

Live Mint  

Last week, the Congress pledged to field women in 40% of the seats in the upcoming Assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh. During the 2017 Uttarakhand Assembly elections, women’s voter turnout was 7.6 percentage points higher than men’s, the highest gender advantage in favour of women voters among all states. Women voters in Himachal Pradesh, Bihar, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Manipur, and …

How women voters are changing the political script across states, one at a time
3 years, 9 months ago

How women voters are changing the political script across states, one at a time

India Today  

There was a trend reversal of sorts in the 2016 assembly elections in Tamil Nadu. Data shows women’s turnout witnessed a 36 per cent growth in the 2014 Lok Sabha elections compared to 2009 and this was followed by an additional growth of 13 per cent in 2019. In Uttar Pradesh, for instance, 40 per cent more men voted than …

Assam polls: Women turn out in large numbers, overall situation peaceful
3 years, 9 months ago

Assam polls: Women turn out in large numbers, overall situation peaceful

India Today  

Long queues were seen outside most of the booths as women stepped out in large numbers during the early hours of polling at 39 seats in the second phase of the assembly elections in Assam. Though there were reports of EVM glitches from some polling stations, the exact figure was yet to be ascertained, an official said. An estimated 10.51 …

80% voting in West Bengal, 73% in Assam in second phase, says EC
3 years, 9 months ago

80% voting in West Bengal, 73% in Assam in second phase, says EC

India TV News  

The second phase of polling on 30 seats in West Bengal and 39 seats in Assam assembly elections 2021 was conducted on Thursday. In Bengal, the entire Nandigram constituency where chief minister Mamata Benrjee is locked in a high-stakes electoral battle with her former lieutenant Suvendu Adhikari now with the BJP, has been placed under Section 144, to avoid any …

Assam Elections 2021: 77% turnout recorded in peaceful first phase; few instances of EVM malfunction reported
3 years, 9 months ago

Assam Elections 2021: 77% turnout recorded in peaceful first phase; few instances of EVM malfunction reported

Firstpost  

The fate of 264 candidates including Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal, Speaker Hitendra Nath Goswami, state Congress president Ripun Bora and jailed anti-CAA activist Akhil Gogoi was sealed in the first of the three-phased election The first phase of polling in Assam was held peacefully in Assam on Saturday when around 77 percent of the total 81.09 lakh voters exercised their …

Bengal registers nearly 80% turnout, Assam 72% in first phase polling
3 years, 9 months ago

Bengal registers nearly 80% turnout, Assam 72% in first phase polling

India TV News  

West Bengal and Assam on Saturday voted for the first phase of Assembly Elections 2021. 03:45 pm: Mamata accuses PM Modi of violating the model code of conduct over his Bangladesh visit | 02:25 pm: Sisir Adhikari, father of BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari, casts his vote at a polling booth in West Bengal's Contai 02:21 pm: 45.24% and 54.90% voter …

Lok Sabha election: 'Pink booths' draw large numbers of Muslim women in Delhi, claims Returning Officer
5 years, 8 months ago

Lok Sabha election: 'Pink booths' draw large numbers of Muslim women in Delhi, claims Returning Officer

Firstpost  

As many as 17 all-woman staffed booths have been established for the Lok Sabha elections in Delhi, where presiding officers to ground staff, all are women. New Delhi: ‘Nari Shakti’ was on display in the all-women staffed booths in Delhi Sunday which drew more women, voters, especially from the Muslim community, officials said. Chandni Chowk returning officer Tanvi Garg said …

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