Gandhinagar, April 25 (IANS) Gujarat Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) Jagdish Vishwakarma on Saturday appealed to citizens across the state to exercise their franchise in large numbers in the forthcoming local body elections, stressing that voting is a collective responsibility essential to strengthening democracy. Speaking a day ahead of polling, Vishwakarma said that local self-government institutions form the foundation of democracy and urged citizens to participate enthusiastically in the elector…
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New Delhi, April 25 (IANS) The Election Commission of India on Saturday said that no re-poll has been recommended in either Tamil Nadu or West Bengal after the completion of scrutiny of the register of voters and other poll-day documents following the Assembly elections and bye-elections held on Thursday. The poll panel said it implemented consolidated instructions for post-poll scrutiny of the register of voters (Form 17A) along with other election-day records to improve transparency, detect po…
Chennai, April 25 (IANS) No repoll has been recommended in any of the 75,064 polling stations across Tamil Nadu where voting was held on April 23, officials said on Friday.Sources citing officials said that the polling process passed off without any incident that would warrant re-conducting voting in any constituency.According to sources, the absence of repoll requests suggests that polling staff were able to manage the process smoothly across urban and rural segments alike.Tamil Nadu witnessed …
Kolkata, April 23 (IANS) After the conclusion of voting in the first phase of Assembly elections in West Bengal on Thursday, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Nitin Nabin remarked that the day’s sunset “will mark the end for the Trinamool Congress (TMC)”.Nabin took part in a roadshow in Khardaha ahead of the second phase of polling in the state.Speaking to IANS, the BJP President said, “As I have been saying from the beginning, the way the people are coming out to vote, this time it is the …
Guwahati, April 23 (IANS) The Assam Pradesh Congress Committee (APCC) has constituted seven specialised teams to oversee the vote counting process for the recently concluded Assembly elections in the state, with counting scheduled for May 4, a party official said on Thursday.The move is part of the party’s strategy to strengthen on-ground monitoring and ensure transparency during the crucial counting phase. Senior party leaders said the initiative aims to maintain vigilance across counting cen…
Mumbai, April 23 (IANS) Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal on Thursday said that the reason for high voter turnout in the Assembly election in Tamil Nadu and the first phase of the polls in West Bengal, is the conduct of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls by the Election Commission of India.Appreciating the polling percentage in both the states, the Union Minister said, “Going by the statistics, there has been unprecedented voting in Tamil Nadu and West Ben…
New Delhi, April 23 (IANS) Trinamool Congress MP Shatrughan Sinha cast his vote during the first phase of the West Bengal Assembly elections on Thursday, highlighting the importance of exercising the franchise as a democratic responsibility as well as his connection to the state.”I am going to cast my vote. For the first time in Bengal, in Asansol, I am going to vote along with these people. I am going to exercise my right and fulfill my duty as a voter…” Sinha said outside the polling booth.E…
New Delhi, April 23 (IANS) Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday urged voters in Tamil Nadu to participate actively in the Assembly elections and especially appealed to young voters and women to turn out in large numbers and strengthen the democratic process through enthusiastic participation.PM Modi posted on X, “As Tamil Nadu votes in the Assembly elections, I call upon all voters to take part enthusiastically in this sacred duty of democracy. I urge the youth and the women of Tamil Nadu …
Chennai, April 23 (IANS) Polling for the high-stakes Tamil Nadu Assembly elections began on Thursday across all 234 constituencies, with over 5.73 crore eligible voters set to decide the fate of 4,023 candidates in a fiercely contested four-cornered battle.The electoral contest primarily features the DMK-led Secular Progressive Alliance, the AIADMK-led National Democratic Alliance, Naam Tamilar Katchi (NTK), and Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK), making this one of the most competitive elections in…
Thiruvananthapuram, April 13 (IANS) Leader of Opposition in Kerala Assembly V.D. Satheesan has sent a letter to the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) raising concerns over the delay in publishing detailed and authenticated data related to the Kerala Assembly elections held on April 9, calling for immediate corrective steps to uphold transparency.In his letter circulated to the media on Monday, Satheesan pointed out that three days after polling concluded, the Election Commission is yet to releas…