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Assembly polls: Counting of votes for Mizoram begins amid tight security

The counting of votes polled in the assembly elections in Mizoram began at 8 am on Monday amid tight security, officials said. Additional Chief Electoral Officer H Lianzela told PTI that the counting was being held in 13 centres across the state. One counting hall has been set up for each of the 40 assembly seats at these 13 centres, he said. The counting was supposed to happen on Sunday along with Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Telangana. However, it was deferred by the Election Commission following appeals by political parties, NGOs, churches and students' bodies as Sunday holds a special significance for the people of Mizoram, a Christian-majority state. Postal ballots were being counted first, and from 8.30 am, the votes polled in the EVMs will be counted, Lianzela said. Besides three counting centres in the Aizawl district, which has 12 assembly constituencies, one centre each has been set up in the 10 other districts, he said. In some of the seats that have a .

Rajasthan election results: Infighting throws Ashok Gehlot off perch

Issues like paper leak scams, instances of atrocities against Dalits, high prices, and unemployment had plagued the state, and the opposition caught on to all the protests during Congress' tenure

Assembly election results: Guarantee of hat-trick in 2024, says PM Modi

The PM said that the election results will reinforce global faith in India's progress, instilling confidence in global investors

We bow to Janta Janardhan: PM Modi on BJP's performance in state elections

PM Modi said that the results in these states show that Indians are 'firmly with politics of good governance and development'

'INDIA' leaders to meet in Delhi on Dec 6 to chalk out LS poll strategy

Leaders of the opposition INDIA bloc will meet at Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge's residence in Delhi on December 6 to chalk out a strategy for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, sources said on Sunday. During the meeting, which will be held in the evening, the leaders are likely to discuss and finalise their plan to take on the BJP ahead of the polls, they said. The Congress was awaiting the results of assembly elections in five states -- Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Telangana and Mizoram -- before finalising further strategy plans. Counting of votes for Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Telangana elections began at 8 am on Sunday. Votes for the Mizoram assembly elections will be counted on Monday. At least 26 parties have come together as part of the INDIA bloc to take on the BJP in the general elections and have so far held three rounds of deliberations in Patna, Bengaluru and Mumbai. The sources said the opposition leaders would now plan joint rallies t

Rajasthan Assembly elections: Counting of votes begins for 199 seats

Rajasthan went to the polls on 199 of 200 assembly seats on November 25. The majority mark in the state is 100

Chhattisgarh's Kanker to set an example via all women-led vote-counting

District Election Officer and Kanker Collector Priyanka Shukla said, "This time the counting process is being done through women in the district''

All set for vote counting for Chhattisgarh's 90 Assembly constituencies

Each counting hall will have a total of 14 tables, including a table for counting postal ballots and a table for the Returning Officer

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Telangana Election Results 2023: Date, time & where to watch counting

Telangana Assembly Election Results 2023: A party needs to secure 60 or more seats to gain majority in Telangana Assembly

Assembly election 2023 FAQs: What happens on the day of counting of votes?

At the end of voting, the EVMs and VVPATs are kept in strong rooms, which are opened on the counting day of votes. The process is filmed to ensure transparency

13 centres, 4000 personnel assigned: Counting day preparations in Mizoram

The state election department informed that all preparations and arrangements have been made for the counting scheduled to be held on Monday

Schedule for Pakistan's election to be announced 56 days before poll date

"You can calculate the date yourself. It would be somewhere around December 14," a senior official of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) told Dawn

Madhya Pradesh Assembly election result 2023: Date, where & where to watch

Madhya Pradesh Assembly Election Result 2023: Madhya Pradesh went to the polls for all its 230 assembly seats on November 17 and the counting of all 5 poll-bound states will take place on December 3

Congress poised to form its first government in Telangana, say exit polls

The polling for the 119-member Telangana concluded on Thursday and it was the last among five states that went to the polls this month

Election snapshot: From voter turnout to criminal cases against contestants

More women in the fray this time round and more candidates with criminal cases against them

Telangana Assembly polls: PM urges people to vote in record numbers

Prime Minister Narendra Modi Thursday urged the people of Telangana to vote in record numbers in the assembly polls and strengthen the festival of democracy. Polling is underway to elect 119 members of the Telangana Legislative Assembly, with voters queuing up to exercise their franchise amid tight security on Thursday. In a post on X, Modi said, "I call upon my sisters and brothers of Telangana to vote in record numbers and strengthen the festival of democracy." "I particularly urge young and first-time voters to exercise their franchise," he said. Voting began at 7 AM in the 35,655 polling stations across the state, officials said. Polling would be held till 5 PM in 106 constituencies, while it would conclude at 4 PM in 13 Left Wing Extremism (LWE) affected seats.

Mizoram's results day: 4,000 personnel to be involved in counting of votes

Nearly 4000 personnel will be involved in the counting of votes of Mizoram assembly polls on December 3, said Mizoram Chief Electoral Officer Madhup Vyas

Rajasthan assembly elections: Polling begins in 199 constituencies

Polling began Saturday morning for the 199 assembly seats in Rajasthan where the BJP is going all out to wrest power from the Congress which hopes to beat the state's anti-incumbency tradition. "Polling began at 7 am today. A total of 51,507 polling booths have been set up across the state," Rajasthan's chief electoral officer Praveen Gupta said. Rajasthan has a total of 200 assembly seats but polling will be held on 199 seats as election in Karanpur seat of Sriganganagar district was postponed following the death of Congress candidate Gurmeet Singh Koonar. There are 5,25,38,105 voters in the 199 assembly constituencies. Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot (Sardarpura), former chief minister Vasundhara Raje (Jhalrapatan), former deputy chief minister Sachin Pilot (Tonk), state PCC chief Govind Singh Dotasra (Lachhmangarh), RLP convenor Hanuman Beniwal (Khinvsar) are some of the key faces among the 1,862 candidates in the fray. More than 1.70 lakh security personnel have been deployed acros

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