
Lucknow/Panaji: A highest ever voter turnout marked the staggered Assembly elections in five states, which ended on Saturday with Uttar Pradesh and Goa joining Punjab and Uttarakhand in breaking all previous records. Counting of votes in the elections in the five states which also included Manipur will be taken up on March 6 as political parties wait with bated breath to know the fall out of rise in voter turnout...

10:44 PM, Mar 03, 2012

Lucknow saw a record voter turnout of 56 per cent, a 20 per cent increase from the 2007 turnout. Chief Minister Mayawati and BJP leader Sushma Swaraj cast their ballots today. ...

08:03 PM, Feb 19, 2012

Chandigarh: Having set a new record with 76.63 percent voting in Punjab's election to 117 assembly seats, voters have left the main parties and leaders in a state of anxiety till the results finally come out March 6. Each of the three main players in Punjab's political spectrum this time, the ruling Akali Dal-Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) combine, the Congress and the newly floated People's Party of Punjab (PPP), are...

12:37 PM, Jan 31, 2012

New Delhi: Punjab and Uttarakhand, the twin states that went to polls on Monday, saw largely peaceful elections without any untoward incident being reported. Punjab saw a turnout of over 77 per cent. There were minor skirmishes in Punjab, however, when clashes occurred in the cities of Bhatinda and Ludhiana. Ludhiana BJP Yuva Morcha General Secretary Sanjay Kapoor was attacked during the clashes. News agency PTI reported that stones were...

07:35 PM, Jan 30, 2012

Mumbai's who's who lined up to cast votes, the average Mumbaikar stayed away. ...

11:21 PM, Oct 13, 2009

Polling was suspended in a booth after a scuffle broke out between two groups. ...

01:25 PM, Oct 13, 2009

Brisk voting recorded nationwide, three were killed in West Bengal. ...

07:18 PM, May 07, 2009

Minor clashes were reported from Haryana. ...

06:16 PM, May 07, 2009

Angry Kiran Bedi on people who don't vote despite getting a day off from work. ...

04:57 PM, May 07, 2009

Here's a roundup of who said what on phase III of Elections 2009. ...

03:18 AM, May 01, 2009

Jyotiraditya Scindia, Meera Sanyal on why voter turnout was low in phase III. ...

03:01 AM, May 01, 2009

After 26/11, a high turnout was expected in South Mumbai constituency. ...

01:46 AM, May 01, 2009

40 pc polling in Gandhi family pocket borough in Uttar Pradesh. ...

07:46 PM, Apr 24, 2009

Polling was held for eight of the state's 14 Lok sabha seats. ...

05:56 PM, Apr 23, 2009

Pawar contesting from Madha constituency, Sushil Kumar in fray too. ...

03:23 PM, Apr 23, 2009