Tag: polls
J&K Civic Polls To Be Held In 4 Phases: Chief Electoral Officer
The elections to urban local bodies will be held in Jammu and Kashmir in four phases beginning on October 8, said a senior State Election Commission officer.....
Tensions Peak Ahead Of Municipal Polls In Valley
Amid tight security and heightened tensions ahead of the start of staggered municipal polls in the Kashmir Valley, suspense mounted on Sunday on voter participation amid militant threats to both candidates and voters.....
JD-S, Congress Lead In Karnataka Bypolls
Karnataka's ruling coalition Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) and Congress are leading in two seats each in the vote count for the three Lok Sabha and two assembly seats, a poll official said.....
Sri Lankan President Sets Jan 5 For Parliamentary Polls
Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena has signed a special gazette notification dissolving parliament and declaring January 5, 2019, as the date for a snap parliamentary election. ....
Pilot, Gehlot To Contest Rajasthan Polls
Two Chief Ministerial aspirants of Congress -- Sachin Pilot and Ashok Gehlot -- here on Wednesday announced that they will contest the December 7 Rajasthan Assembly elections but avoided answering questions on who will be the CM face.....
Mizoram Assembly Elections 2018: 25 Per Cent Voting Registered In Mizoram
Brisk polling is underway in Mizoram with nearly 25 per cent of 7.68 lakh voters casting their votes in the first three hours on Wednesday, an official said.....
MP Votes: Faulty EVMs, VVPAT Machines Cause Glitches
Polling is underway for the 230-member Madhya Pradesh Assembly on Wednesday. Several faulty EVMs and VVPAT machines have been replaced within the first hour, officials said.....
Sunil Arora Takes Charge As CEC, Seeks Support For 2019 Polls
Election Commissioner Sunil Arora on Sunday assumed charge as the 23rd Chief Election Commissioner (CEC), a day after O.P. Rawat demitted the office, and sought support from "all the stakeholders" for conducting the 2019 Lok Sabha polls.....
Arrogance Of BJP, TRS Made Telangana People Cynical: Rahul
Ahead of his visit to Telangana, Congress President Rahul Gandhi said on Monday that the state was born out of "idealism", but in the last four years the "arrogance and corruption" of the BJP and ruling TRS has made the people "cynical".....
Voting Underway For 7th Phase Of J&K Panchayat Polls
Voting was underway on Tuesday for the seventh phase of the panchayat polls across Jammu and Kashmir amid tight security.....
