Uttar Pradesh: Voters claim they were inked before polling in Chandauli
India | May 19, 2019 12:27 IST"They were from the BJP and said that they will vote on our behalf," said one of the villagers.
"They were from the BJP and said that they will vote on our behalf," said one of the villagers.
Traffic congestion, water and air pollution and better employment opportunities, were the top three issues on which voters in Delhi want the government of the day to work on, a survey conducted by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) has claimed.
According to Delhi Chief Electoral Officer Ranbir Singh, the government accommodations in Kasturba Nagar, which comes under the New Delhi parliamentary constituency, were redeveloped and residents of the area were shifted to other areas.
Among the major parties in the fight are the BJP, the Congress and the Indian National Lok Dal (INLD), which are fighting the 10 seats independently.
In the last five phases, 424 out of 543 seats have already gone to polls.
Long queues of voters were seen in Shyamgiri area of Dantewada where an IED blast triggered by Maoists killed BJP MLA Bhima Mandavi and four others.
Allaying the fears of over 40 lakh persons whose names were not included in the draft Assam NRC, the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that exclusion will not affect their voting rights in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls provided their names feature in the electoral rolls.
Firm action would be taken against those misusing form-7 to seek removal of names of eligible voters, CEO Gopal Krishna Dwivedi said.
Of the 14.40 crore electorate in Uttar Pradesh, over 12 lakh youth are expected to exercise their franchise for the first time in the upcoming Lok Sabha election.
The Lok Sabha elections are scheduled to take place in the months of April-May next year.
The ink was first used during India's third General Elections in 1962
The apex court had on August 23, sought reply of poll panel on the petitions filed by Nath and Pilot.
According to EC, in Mizoram too, there are more than 77 thousand new voters.
As on July 31, the number of total voters registered in MP stood at 4.94 crore. Of these, 1,286 are transgenders.
As per the 2011 census, there are 2.68 crore differently-abled people, which is 2.21 per cent of total of 121 crore population. Among the disabled population 56 per cent (1.5 crore) are men and 44 per cent (1.18 crore) are women.
The Supreme Court is dealing on whether a legislator facing criminal trial can be disqualified at the stage of framing of charges in a case. Presently, lawmakers are barred at the time of conviction.
Elections to the 230-member Madhya Pradesh Assembly are scheduled to be held by the end of this year.
2.12 crore people of Gujarat will vote 89 legislators to assembly tomorrow. Voters are advised to check their name in voter list before heading to polling booth.
The Election Commission on Sunday night cancelled the bypoll to the R K Nagar constituency in Tamil Nadu – to be held on Wednesday – saying that electoral process has been “seriously violated” by parties through money power.
Kuttanad: Continuing his tirade against the ruling UDF and the LDF, Prime Minister Narendra Modi today urged the people of Kerala to think about their future and not just change regimes, citing the failure of
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