Kolkata, May 4 (IANS) The counting of votes cast in the two-phase Assembly polls in West Bengal started at 8 a.m. on Monday, with the postal ballots being counted initially.This time, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has brought about some changes in the counting pattern. In previous elections, counting of votes started only after the counting of postal ballots was completed fully.However, this time, counting of only postal ballots will be done for the first 30 minutes, that is, from 8 a.m…
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Kolkata, May 3 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Sunday rejected allegations by the Trinamool Congress that VVPAT paper slips used during polling in the Noyapara Assembly constituency in North 24 Parganas district of West Bengal on April 29 were found abandoned near a petrol pump in Madhyamgram in the same district.Earlier in the day, the Trinamool Congress lodged a complaint with the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), West Bengal, regarding the matter and attached a vid…
Kolkata, May 1 (IANS) The Election Commission of India on Friday announced re-polling at 15 polling booths in two Assembly constituencies, Magrahat (Paschim) and Diamond Harbour, both in South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal. Of the 15 polling booths where re-polling will be held on Friday, 11 are in Magrahat (Paschim), and 4 are in Diamond Harbour. Polling in both these Assembly constituencies was conducted in the second phase of the two-phase Assembly elections in West Bengal on April 2…
New Delhi, May 1 (IANS) Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MPs on Friday claimed that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has “panicked” before the Assembly election results on May 4 and is looking for an “excuse” for defeat.The response came after the Bengal CM, on Thursday night, stormed the Sakhawat Memorial Government Girls High School, the venue for a strong-room storing the Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) for the Bhabanipur Assembly constituency in South Kolkata and stayed there past midn…
Kolkata, April 29 (IANS) Amid the second phase of polling in West Bengal, a Trinamool Congress candidate on Wednesday alleged that the National Investigation Agency (NIA) officials were being brought into the state by the Centre to “scare” the voters and party workers, while another candidate flagged an Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) malfunction at one of the booths in his area.Trinamool candidate from the Bhangar Assembly constituency, Saokat Molla, said: “No one was aware of the NIA’s arrival…
New Delhi, April 14 (IANS) The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Tuesday announced that a total of 2,926 candidates remain in the fray for the West Bengal Assembly elections after the completion of the nomination withdrawal process. For West Bengal (Phase-II), which is scheduled to go to the polls on April 29, the last date for filing nominations was April 9, followed by scrutiny on April 10. Candidates were allowed to withdraw their nominations until 3.00 p.m. on April 13.Following the with…
Bhubaneswar, Jan 2 (IANS) BJP MP Bhartruhari Mahtab on Friday welcomed the findings of a recent public survey, which indicated that a majority of people consider Electronic Voting Machine (EVM)-based polling to be transparent and trustworthy. Reacting to the survey, Mahtab said the outcome clearly reflects public confidence in India’s electoral system, despite repeated questions raised by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on the credibility of EVMs and the Election Commission of India.He asserted t…