Bangalore: Karnataka recorded the second highest voter turnout in 35 years with a polling percentage of 71.29 in the May five Assembly polls, a top electoral officer said. The highest voter turnout of 71.90 per cent was registered in 1978.
A recharged Congress sees the highly impressive polling percentage as clear sign of winds of change that would bring the party back to power after an eight-year long hiatus. But ruling BJP has a different take. It feels the increase in turnout was because more BJP supporters turned up.
Pre-poll surveys and exit polls have forecast a victory for Congress aided by the presence of Karnataka Janatha Paksha led by former BJP strongman BS Yeddyurappa who has made no bones about his intention to "decimate" BJP....
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10:10 PM, May 06, 2013
Tripura on Thursday witnessed a massive turnout of 91.6 per cent of 23,52,505 voters in peaceful polling amidst tight security for the 60-member House. The percentage of polling could rise as poll process was still continuing in some parts of the state, sources in the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) said. ...
02:40 PM, Feb 14, 2013
Polling percentage in Tripura till Thursday noon was recorded as 40 per cent and no no incidents of violence were reported from the northeast state. The Left Front government, led by Chief Minister Manik Sarkar, is looking to regain power in the 60-member State Assembly with a fourth consecutive victory. Tripura Congress Chief Sudip Ray Barman and the President of Indigenous Nationalist Party of Tripura Bijay Hrankhwal are among 249...
12:57 PM, Feb 14, 2013
Polling percentage in Tripura till 10 am on Thursday morning was recorded as 25 per cent, with no incident of violence reported from the northeast state. The Left Front government, led by Chief Minister Manik Sarkar, is looking to regain power in the 60-member State Assembly with a fourth consecutive victory. Tripura Congress Chief Sudip Ray Barman and the President of Indigenous Nationalist Party of Tripura Bijay Hrankhwal are among...
11:40 AM, Feb 14, 2013
Kolkata: Sixty per cent polling was recorded in the by-election to Jangipur Lok Sabha constituency in West Bengal on Wednesday where President Pranab Mukherjee's son Abhijit Mukherjee, as the Congress candidate, was locked in a multi-cornered contest with 11 others. The polling recorded this time, however, was far less as compared to 84.71 per cent voting registered for the same seat in the 2009 election. Returning officer Rajiv Kumar said...
03:18 PM, Oct 11, 2012
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
