62% voting registered in Haryana
Chandigarh, May 12 (IANS) Haryana on Sunday witnessed 62.12 per cent voting in the 10 Lok Sabha seats, an election official said. The figure was nearly 10 per cent less than the votes polled in…
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Modi a big hit among first-time voters in Delhi
New Delhi, May 12 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi seemed quite popular among first-time voters in Delhi as most of them hailed his foreign policies, nationalism and reforms in education, besides his “love for the…
65.17% polling in 4 Jharkhand LS seats
Ranchi, May 12 (IANS) Jharkhand on Sunday recorded 65.17 per cent polling for four of the 14 Lok Sabha constituencies in the state on Sunday, an official said. Polling was peaceful with no untoward incident…
Priyanka’s first-time voter son misses voting
New Delhi, May 12 (IANS) Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra and Robert Vadra’s 19-year-old son Rehan, a first-time voter, was conspicuous by his absence on Sunday as his parents came out to vote in…
Congress should have contested at least 12 seats in Bihar: Shakeel
New Delhi, May 12 (IANS) Former Union Minister Shakeel Ahmad, suspended by the Congress for contesting the Lok Sabha elections as an Independent from Madhubani, has said the partys action against him was harsh and…
Haryana sees 51.80% voting till 4 p.m.
Chandigarh, May 12 (IANS) Haryana on Sunday witnessed 51.80 per cent voting till 4 p.m. for the state’s 10 Lok Sabha seats, an official said. The highest voter turnout was recorded in the Bhiwani-Mahendragarh seat…
Punjab CM ridicules Harsimrat’s charges of disrupting rallies
Chandigarh, May 12 (IANS) Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Sunday ridiculed Akali leader and Union Minister Harsimrat Kaur Badal’s allegations of the Congress government in the state disrupting her poll rallies. In a statement,…
55% votes cast in Tripura West re-poll till 2 pm
Agartala, May 12 (IANS) Over 55 per cent voting was reported at 168 polling stations till 2 p.m. during re-poll on Sunday in the Tripura West parliamentary constituency, election officials said. According to the Deputy…
42.47% polling recorded in MP
Bhopal, May 12 (IANS) Madhya Pradesh on Sunday recorded 42.47 per cent polling for eight of the 29 Lok Sabha constituencies till 2 p.m., an official said. Voting started at 7 a.m. and will end…
34.92% voting recorded in UP
Lucknow, May 12 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh recorded 34.92 per cent polling till 1 p.m. on Sunday for 14 of the state’s 80 constituencies in the sixth phase of the Lok Sabha elections. There was a…
40% turnout in Phase 6 of LS polls till 2 p.m.
New Delhi, May 12 (IANS) Nearly 40 per cent voter turnout was recorded in the 59 Lok Sabha seats in the sixth and penultimate phase of the elections till 2 p.m. on Sunday. Voting is…
Delhi senior citizens elated to vote in LS polls
By Amiya Kumar Kushwaha New Delhi, May 12 (IANS) Senior citizens, who have seen the rise and fall of various leaders and the change over from the ballot paper to electronic voting machines (EVMs), were…
44.72% polling recorded in Jharkhand
Ranchi, May 12 (IANS) Jharkhand on Sunday recorded 44.72 per cent polling till 1 p.m. for four of the 14 Lok Sabha constituencies in the state. Giridih recorded 45.55 per cent voter turnout, Dhanbad 40.92,…
Priyanka Gandhi votes, says BJP will be ousted
New Delhi, May 12 (IANS) Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Sunday voted in the sixth phase of the Lok Sabha polls and claimed that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) would be ousted from…
Voter turnout in Delhi 20.37% in 4 hours
New Delhi, May 12 (IANS) Around 20.37 per cent voter turnout was recorded till 11 a.m. for the seven Lok Sabha constituencies in the national capital, the Election Commission said. The highest polling was registered…
31.25% polling recorded in Jharkhand
Ranchi, May 12 (IANS) Jharkhand on Sunday recorded 31.25 per cent polling till 11 a.m. for four of the 14 Lok Sabha constituencies in the state. Giridih recorded 34.43 per cent voter turnout, Dhanbad 29.03,…
9.28% polling in Uttar Pradesh in two hours
Lucknow, May 12 (IANS) Uttar Pradesh on Sunday recorded around 9.28 per cent polling in the first two hours for 14 of the state’s 80 constituencies in the sixth phase of the Lok Sabha elections….
Participate in world’s largest festival of democracy: Khattar
Chandigarh, May 12 (IANS) Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Sunday cast his vote at a polling booth in Karnal city and appealed to the voters to participate in the world’s largest festival of…
President Ram Nath Kovind casts his vote
New Delhi, May 12 (IANS) President Ram Nath Kovind on Sunday exercised his franchise at a polling booth in the Rashtrapati Bhawan here as voting was underway in 59 Lok Sabha constituencies across seven states….
Vote against politics of hatred: Kejriwal
New Delhi, May 12 (IANS) Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday appealed to people to vote but cautioned them against supporting those who indulged in the politics of “spreading hatred” and blocked Delhi’s development….