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BJP may touch double digits in West Bengal: Neta-NewsX
The BJP could win 11 Lok Sabha seats in West Bengal, up from its 2014 tally of 2 seats, according to the exit poll conducted by Neta-NewsX.
Conjoined Patna twins vote separately, EC hails
Conjoined twin sisters Farah and Saba were among the voters in the last phase of polling in Patna, capital of Bihar, on sunday.
BJP will do better than what Exit Polls are predicting : GVL Narasimha Rao
Buoyed by the exit polls that give NDA a clear majority in the 543 member Lok Sabha, BJP leader GVL Narasimha Rao on Sunday said that the BJP was even more confident of doing better than the exit polls' predictions."The BJP will get a huge majority by itself although all the exit polls are giving a majority to the NDA. Most of the polls are giving NDA more than 300 seats," said Rao."It is clear that there is yet another Narendra Modi led NDA government at the Centre, but the BJP is confident of doing better than the exit polls predictions," he said."It is a public reaffirmation of faith in our Prime Minister. What Narendra Modi has done in Gujarat by scoring repeat victories, the same phenomenon is today evident at a national scale," he said.Exit polls on television channels on Sunday projected the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) to retain power at the Centre with most of the pollsters giving Prime Minister Modi a clear majority again in the 543-member Lok Sabha.CNN News ...
BJP all set for dream run in Delhi, Haryana
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) is set for a dream run in Delhi and Haryana, according to an exit poll on Sunday.
Exit polls predict another term for Modi, some forecast 300 plus seats for NDA
Most exit polls Sunday forecast another term for Prime Minister Narendra Modi, with some of them projecting that BJP-led NDA will get more than 300 seats to comfortably cross the majority mark of 272 in the Lok Sabha. Exit polls were, however, divided in their prediction for the politically most crucial state of Uttar Pradesh with some like ABP-Nielsen saying that the BJP's tally may fall to 22 from 71 while a few others like New 18-Ipsos and News 24-Chanakya tipping its tally over 60 seats. The saffron party appeared to make major gains in eastern states of West Bengal and Odisha. Exit polls by News 18-Ipsos, India Today-Axis and News 24-Chanakya projected 336, 339-368 and 336-364 seats respectively for the NDA, with the BJP tipped to cross the majority on its own for another term after the 2014 polls. However, two exit polls -- one by ABP News-Nielsen and another by Neta-News X -- said the ruling alliance may fall short of a majority. ABP News forecast 267 and NewsX 242 seats for ...
EC orders action against presiding officer in Chandni Chowk for not deleting test votes
The Election Commission has directed disciplinary action against the presiding officer of a polling station in the Chandni Chowk parliamentary constituency who forgot to delete test votes, necessitating the need for a repoll, officials said Sunday. The polling station 32 in the constituency saw a repoll on Sunday and recorded a voter turnout of 42.14 per cent. According to an official, the EC directed disciplinary action against the presiding officer after a report was sent about the error to it by the Chief Electoral Officer, Delhi. Tanvi Garg, district election officer of the Chandni Chowk parliamentary constituency, said a show cause notice has been to the polling party seeking a reply in the matter. The need for a repoll was necessitated since the presiding officer forgot to delete the test votes from the EVM cast during mock poll on May 12. Mock poll is carried out before actual polling to test whether an EVM is working properly and at least 50 test votes are cast, one for each ..
Waiting for May 23, says Omar as exit polls predict NDA win
With most exit polls predicting another term for Prime Minister Narendra Modi, NC leader Omar Abdullah Sunday said all of them could not be wrong and he was waiting for May 23 when the final result will be announced. "Every single exit poll can't be wrong! Time to switch off the TV, log out of social media & wait to see if the world is still spinning on its axis on the 23rd (May)," te National Conference vice president and former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister tweeted. The counting of votes is slated for May 23. Some of the exit polls have even projected that the Bharatiya Janata Party-led National Democratic Alliance will get more than 300 seats to comfortably cross the majority mark of 272 in the Lok Sabha. However, a number of them predicted big losses for the BJP in Uttar Pradesh, where it had won 71 seats in 2014, but the saffron party appeared to make major gains in other states. Exit polls in the country have had mixed record on accuracy and quite often their projections .
I don't trust 'Exit Poll gossip', says Mamata urges Oppn to be united, strong
Even as exit polls on television channels projected a win for the BJP-led NDA at the Centre, in West Bengal chief minister and TMC chief Mamata Banerjee said that she doesn't trust "exit poll gossip" and dubbed it as some "game plan" to manipulate or replace thousands of electronic voting machines."I don't trust Exit Poll gossip. The game plan is to manipulate or replace thousands of EVMs through this gossip. I appeal to all Opposition parties to be united, strong and bold. We will fight this battle together," tweeted Mamata Banerjee.Exit polls on television channels on Sunday projected the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) to retain power at the Centre with most of the pollsters giving Prime Minister Narendra Modi a clear majority again in the 543-member Lok Sabha.CNN News 18-IPSOS exit poll gave the BJP and its allies the highest number of 336 seats with the party on its own getting 276 seats, four more than it had won in the 2014 elections. The United Progressive Alliance .
It's advantage BJP in small states: INS-CVoter Exit poll
It is advantage BJP in smaller and northeastern states in the Lok Sabha Elections, 2019 and the party along with its allies are likely to have considerable lead over rival UPA.
Repolling in 34 booths in Odisha
Repolling was held in 34 booths under several constituencies of Odisha on Sunday amid tight security arrangements, election officials said. The Election Commission had ordered repolling in these constituencies in view of alleged irregularities and incidents of violence during the third and fourth phase of elections held on April 23 and 29. Voting from 7 am to 6 pm on Sunday was held in a smooth and peaceful manner, a poll official said. Of the 34 booths, repolling was held in nine stations under the Jajpur Lok Sabha constituency, while fresh voting was conducted in five booths each in Cuttack, Kendrapara and Mayurbhanj parliamentary seats. The other booths include three in the Puri parliamentary constituency, two in Balasore and one each in Jagatsinghpur, Sambalpur, Keonjhar, Bhubaneswar and Dhenkanal Lok Sabha constituencies.
HP poll: 143 pc voter turn out (!) in world's highest polling booth and 74 pc in smallest
It is strange but true! The world's highest polling station at 15,256 feet in Tashigang village of Himachal Pradesh Sunday recorded an unbelievable 142.85 per cent voter turn out. And all votes were duly declared valid. In another unique feature of the country's democratic exercise, the smallest polling booth Ka, located near Tashigang in Sipti valley itself and having only 16 registered voters, the poll percentage stood at over 81.25 percent. A total of 13 voters cast their votes in Ka. Against merely 49 registered voters in the Tashigang electoral roll, a total of 70 voters cast their votes at the village polling booth, said Kaza Sub Divisional Mangistrate Jeewan Negi. The unbelievable spike in the poll percentage was attributed to the desire of many poll officials, deployed at Tashiganag and other neighbouring polling booths to cast their votes at the world's highest polling station, located at a dizzying height of 12,256 ft. Out of the 49 registered voters of Tashigang village, a .
Exit polls sign of voters' confidence in Modi: Goa BJP
The exit polls, which on Sunday largely predicted a majority for the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) in the Lok Sabha elections, were a sign of the voters' confidence in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's leadership, Goa BJP President Vinay Tendulkar said on Sunday.
Neck to neck fight between BJP, TMC in WB: India Today-Axis exit poll
The BJP, which had won just two out of 42 Lok Sabha seats in West Bengal in 2014, may bag 19 to 23 seats this time, according to an exit poll conducted by India Today-Axis.
All exit polls can't be wrong, says Omar
Reactions in J&K were on the expected lines on Sunday to the exit polls predicting a strong pro-incumbency wave in favour of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
TRS rejects exit polls, says May 23 results will be different
With most exit polls on Sunday predicting a comfortable victory for the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA), the Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) said they were not accurate and did not reflect the true picture.
Austria's Chancellor Kurz calls for snap polls in September following Vice Chancellor's resignation
Austria's Chancellor Sebastian Kurz on Sunday said that the country will hold snap elections at the beginning of September, two days after Vice Chancellor Heinz-Christian Strache resigned from his post as corruption scandals surfaced against him.Kurz called the snap elections a "necessity for a maximum of stability" in the country, following an announcement by President Alexander Van der Bellen that early elections would be held very soon, CNN reported."We are of the same opinion, that after these events it is not possible to go back to business as usual. The new election is not a wish, it is a necessity," Kurz was quoted, as saying."What is important now, and that is the uppermost requirement, is to ascertain a full explanation of what happened. We need all the suspicious facts, which have arisen as a result of the video to be verified; that naturally concerns themes of potential abuse of power, to questions of potential criminal concern," he said.A meeting between Kurz and Bellen ...
NDA 292, UPA 127, predicts NDTV's poll of polls
The poll of polls of exit polls done by NDTV predicted 292 seats for the BJP-led NDA, 127 for the Congress-led UPA and 123 for "non-aligned" parties.
Don't think exit polls are accurate: Punjab CM
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh on Sunday rejected the various exit polls, saying their accuracy was suspect and that he expected the Congress to do much better, both at the national level and in the state.
Polling down by 8 percentage points at Chandni Chowk booth where repoll was ordered
The polling station in Chandni Chowk where a repoll was conducted on Sunday recorded a voter turnout of 42.14 per cent, eight points down from May 12. On May 12, polling station number 32 in the Chandni Chowk assembly constituency had recorded a voter turnout of 50.69 per cent. The polling station recorded a turnout of 14.81 per cent in the first four hours between 7 am to 11 am on May 19. The polling booth covered 655 registered voters of whom 276 exercised their franchise Sunday, the Delhi Chief Electoral Officer said. On May 12, 332 voters had cast their vote. The need for a repoll was necessitated since the presiding officer forgot to delete the test votes from EVM cast during mock poll before actual polling on May 12. Mock poll is carried out before actual polling to test whether the EVM is working properly and at least 50 test votes are cast, one for each candidate. There were doubts raised about two polling stations in the constituency but the report had found repelling was ...
287 to NDA, 128 to UPA in IANS-CVOTER exit poll
The Narendra Modi-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is all set to return to power winning 287 seats in Lok Sabha elections, but the Bharatiya Janata Party may fall short of half-way mark on its own as it is expected to win 236 seats, according to CVOTER-IANS exit poll.