Haryana record 65% polling
Chandigarh, Oct 21 (SocialNews.XYZ) Sixty-five per cent of over 1.83 crore voters in Haryana turned out on Monday to elect 90 members to the state Assembly amidst minor skirmishes and snags in electronic voting machines…
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Chhattisgarh’s Chitrakot records over 77% polling
Raipur, Oct 21 (SocialNews.XYZ) Chhattisgarh’s Scheduled Tribe reserved Chitrakot assembly seat in restive Bastar region on Monday recorded higher turnout of 77.40 per cent polling amid completely peaceful polling. “This is provisional data (77.40 per…
Seven violent incidents reported during Haryana polls
Gurugram, Oct 21 (SocialNews.XYZ) The voting for 90 Assembly constituencies of Haryana concluded with over half a dozen incidents of violence on Monday. The most noticeable incident of attempt to murder took place in former…
Rajasthan: 69.62% polling Mandava, 62.61% in Khinvsar
Jaipur, Oct 21 (SocialNews.XYZ) A total of 69.62 per cent voting was reported in Mandava on Monday till 6 p.m. while Khinvsar recorded 62.61 per cent polling. Polling on both these seats started from 7…
Maharashtra notches star-studded 57% voting
Mumbai, Oct 21 (SocialNews.XYZ) Starting on a morning low, at the close of voting hours, Maharashtra recorded an estimated 57 per cent turnout for elections to 288 assembly seats, with a high-octane dosage of glamour…
Massive turnout in Meghalaya by-election
Shillong, Oct 21 (SocialNews.XYZ) Voting in the assembly by-election in Meghalaya’s Shella constituency passed off peacefully on Monday with 84.56 per cent of the total 29,542 electorate casting their votes. “The latest voter turnout recorded…
Kerala voters beat rain to vote in good numbers
Thiruvananthapuram, Oct 21 (SocialNews.XYZ) Despite heavy rains lashing most places in Kerala, where five by-elections were due on Monday, people came out in good numbers to cast their votes, enthusing three key rival political fronts…
Polling in assembly bypolls in TN, Puducherry ends
Chennai/Puducherry, Oct 21 (SocialNews.XYZ) Voting in the bypolls for the two assembly seats in Tamil Nadu – Vikravandi and Nanguneri – ended at 6 p.m. on Monday with a heavy turnout reported. Bye-elections to Kamaraj…
Action initiated in Amritsar train tragedy: Punjab CM
Chandigarh, Oct 21 (SocialNews.XYZ) Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Monday said departmental action was initiated against six police officers and seven Municipal Corporation of Amritsar employees who were chargesheeted in the Dussehra train tragedy…
Nearly 68 pc polling for two bypolls in Himachal
Shimla, Oct 21 (SocialNews.XYZ) Nearly 68 per cent of the 156,624 voters exercised their franchise for by-elections to two Assembly seats in the BJP-ruled Himachal Pradesh. The polling was absolutely peaceful and completely incident-free, an…
62% polling in Haryana till 6 p.m.
Chandigarh, Oct 21 (SocialNews.XYZ) Sixty-two per cent of over 1.83 crore voters in Haryana turned out on Monday to elect 90 members of the Assembly amidst minor skirmishes and snags in electronic voting machines (EVMs),…
61% voting in Punjab bypolls
Chandigarh, Oct 21 (SocialNews.XYZ) A turnout of 61 per cent was registered on Monday in the by-elections to the four Assembly seats in the Congress-ruled Punjab. “The election to the four Assembly constituencies ended peacefully….
72% voter turnout in Bijepur bypoll in Odisha
Bhubaneswar, Oct 21 (SocialNews.XYZ) By-election to Bijepur Assembly constituency in Odisha’s Bargarh district recorded a voter turnout of 72 per cent on Monday. The Chief Electoral Office (CEO) sources said polling in Bijepur recorded 72…
Thane man protests against EVMs, throws ink
Thane (Maharashtra), Oct 21 (SocialNews.XYZ) A political activist opposing Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) created a ruckus in a polling station by throwing ink on the voting machine and in the polling booth. He also shouted…
Voters in Maha’s Satara make ‘bridge’ to reach polling booth
By RAJNISH SINGH New Delhi, Oct 21 (SocialNews.XYZ) Facing a tramp through muddy waters to go and cast their ballots in the Maharashtra Assembly elections on Monday, voters in a village in the state’s Satara…
Assam bypolls: Over 74% polling till 5 pm, likely to rise
Guwahati, Oct 21 (SocialNews.XYZ) Assam recorded 74.15 per cent polling across the four Assembly constituencies that went to bypolls on Monday. Assam’s Chief Election Officer Mukesh Sahu said that the overall polling percentage was 74.15…
Peaceful polling in Vikravandi, Nanguneri
Chennai, Oct 21 (SocialNews.XYZ) The two assembly seats in Tamil Nadu — Vikravandi and Nanguneri — where bypolls are underway witnessed brisk and peaceful polling on Monday, said Chief Electoral Officer Satyabrata Sahoo. About 76…
Pink polling booths in Haryana a success: EC
Chandigarh, Oct 21 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Election Commission on Monday said the polling stations managed only by women to cater to the fair sex voters and encourage them to vote in the Assembly elections in Haryana…
UP bypolls record low voter turnout at 44.4%
Lucknow, Oct 21 (SocialNews.XYZ) Polling in the by-elections to 11 Assembly seats in Uttar Pradesh on Monday recorded a low turnout of 44.47 per cent at 5 p.m. Gangoh in Saharanpur recorded the highest polling…
Rajasthan: 55.66% voting in Mandava till 3 pm
Jaipur, Oct 21 (SocialNews.XYZ) A total of 55.66 per cent was reported in Mandava till 3 pm while Khinvsar registered 49.95 per cent of voting till the same time on Monday. The Assembly by-polls on…