Three-tier security in place for civic poll counting in Tripura on Sunday
Elections | November 27, 2021 23:42 ISTTMC has demanded total countermanding of the election alleging that it was "heavily rigged and reduced to a farce" by the ruling BJP.
TMC has demanded total countermanding of the election alleging that it was "heavily rigged and reduced to a farce" by the ruling BJP.
Thirty-six candidates, including 15 candidates of the opposition CPI-M, four of Trinamool Congress (TMC), eight of Congress, two of the AIFB, and seven Independent candidates withdrew their nominations on Monday.
"The poll date for civic bodies in the state is scheduled to be held on November 25 from 7 am to 4 pm. Counting will be held on November 28," it was announced.
Polls will also be held on October 3 in Okha and Thara municipalities, while Bhanvad municipality will see mid-term elections, apart from bypolls.
Raut in his weekly column 'Rokhthok' in the Sena mouthpiece 'Saamana' said Thackeray did not name any particular state while referring to migrants, "but BJP declared that CM meant North Indians".
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday thanked Gujarat after BJP registered a massive victory in the municipal corporation election. Taking to Twitter, PM Modi said results clearly show unwavering faith people have towards politics of development and good governance.
The Aam Aadmi Party has claimed it would be an effective alternative to the BJP and Congress, while Asaduddin Owaisi's AIMIM will make its local bodies poll debut having fielded 21 candidates in six wards in Ahmedabad.
Ernakulam reported 77.02 per cent voterturnout, Thrissur 74.92 per cent,Palakkad 77.83 per cent. The two corporations - Kochi and Thrissur - recorded 61.90 and 63.62 per cent respectively.
The Telangana unit of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday released its election manifesto for the upcoming Hyderabad civic polls in which many promises have been made ranging from free electricity to free water. The “GHMC 2020 manifesto” was released by former Maharashtra chief minister and Bihar election in-charge, Devendra Fadnavis, in Hyderabad.
Telangana Municipal Elections Result 2020: As the counting of votes in the Telangana civic body polls is underway, so far out of the 120 municipalities, the TRS (Telangana Rashtriya Samiti) is leading in 109 municipalities, Congress on 5, BJP, AIMIM and others are leading in 2 municipalities each.
The DMK said it is for holding the polls after following the processes like delimitation, reservation for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.
The last panchayat polls in Jammu and Kashmir were held in 2011. The urban local body elections have not been held for nearly eight years.
In January-February 2005, the municipal elections were last conducted and the elected bodies had completed their five-year term in March 2010.
Elections are being watched with keen interest in political circles as their results are likely to throw up new leadership equations among parties, especially the BJP, at the local level.
The process of voting to elect representatives to three municipal corporations and 29 municipal councils and Nagar Panchayats started at 8 am and will end at 4 pm. The results will be declared on Sunday evening.
The third and last phase will be held on November 29 followed by counting of votes on December 1.
The Chief Minister alleged that under previous state governments, there were "riots every week" and they had failed to nab rioters and curb organised crime.
BJP today came out with its 'Sankalp Patra' or election manifesto ahead of urban local body polls in Uttar Pradesh.
The Samajwadi Party (SP) and the Congress, which forged an alliance in run up to the 2017 UP state polls, have decided to contest these elections separately.
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