NEW DELHI: As polls in Jammu and Kashmir wound up with no major law and order incidents, higher participation by candidates and better turnouts as compared to 2024 Lok Sabha polls, Election Commission claimed to have delivered on its promise of ensuring democratic resurgence in the Union Territory.While the first phase of polling on Sept…
JAMMU/SRINAGAR: Campaigning for the final phase of polling in the three-set J&K assembly elections ended peacefully at 6pm Sunday, marking the start of the mandatory 48-hour silent period before voting on October 1. This round will cover 40 assembly segments across seven districts: Jammu, Udhampur, Samba, and Kathua in Jammu region, and Baramulla, Bandipora, and…
NEW DELHI: The second phase of elections in Jammu and Kashmir is set to take place across 26 constituencies on Wednesday, with over 13,000 polling personnel deployed at 3,500 stations. Voters will choose from 239 candidates in this highly anticipated phase, which covers politically sensitive regions, including the border districts of Rajouri, Poonch, and Reasi,…
Peaceful polling amid high security JAMMU/SRINAGAR: The first phase of the three-part J&K assembly elections recorded a voter turnout of 59% across 24 constituencies Wednesday, covering seven districts in south Kashmir and Jammu division on either side of the Pir Panjal range.The voting process proceeded peacefully amid high security, according to J&K’s chief electoral officer…
NEW DELHI: The first phase of the Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections concluded on Wednesday with a voter turnout of 58.85 per cent across the Kashmir Valley and Jammu regions. Kishtwar recorded the highest turnout at 77 per cent, while Pulwama saw the lowest at just over 46 per cent. This marks the first assembly…
GURGAON/CHANDIGARH: BJP and INLD have urged the Election Commission in separate letters to consider deferring the Oct 1 assembly polls in Haryana for a better turnout.State BJP president Mohanlal Badoli wrote to the poll panel on Thursday and INLD’s Abhay Chautala on Saturday, pointing out that many voters might give the election a miss because…
NEW DELHI: The Haryana unit of the ruling BJP has requested the Election Commission to briefly postpone the assembly polls scheduled for October 1, drawing a sharp reaction from the Congress.The BJP cited holidays before and after the election date that could potentially lead to lower voter turnout. This request has been formally communicated by…
NEW DELHI: Claiming Ayodhya seems far-fetched for BJP as the party is facing challenges in the Faizabad Lok Sabha constituency, as per the latest counting trends.BJP’s candidate Lallu Singh is trailing behind Samajwadi Party’s Awadhesh Prasad with a marging of more than 20,000 votesThe parliamentary constituency of Faizabad is located in Uttar Pradesh.Five segments comprise…
NEW DELHI: The curtains came down on the mammoth general election exercise on Saturday, with the seventh and last phase of polling — covering 57 parliamentary constituencies across eight states and 42 assembly seats in Odisha — recording nearly 62% turnout until 11.50pm in the face of soaring temperatures in many parts of the polling…
NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Friday refused to entertain plea by an NGO to direct the Election Commission to upload voter turnout data for each polling station on its website during the ongoing Lok Sabha elections. The vacation bench, comprising Justices Dipankar Datta and Satish Chandra Sharma, stated that it would be challenging for…
