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Sonia Gandhi casts her vote
UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi on Sunday voted in the Lok Sabha election in which the Congress is trying to oust the BJP-led NDA government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Over 21 per cent polling in UP till 11 am
Voting picked up in Uttar Pradesh after a slow start on Sunday in 14 Lok Sabha constituencies of the state where SP President Akhilesh Yadav and Union minister Maneka Gandhi are among key contestants. The average poll percentage was 21.98 per cent, a state election office spokesperson said. While Basti parliamentary constituency recorded the highest turnout of 26.39 per cent, enthusiasm among voters was the least in Phulpur, where 18.20 per cent of eligible voters cast their ballots till 11 am. Altogether, 177 candidates are contesting in these 14 constituencies, where 2.53 crore people are eligible to vote at 16,998 polling centres. Polling was underway in Sultanpur, Pratapgarh, Phulpur, Allahabad, Ambedkararnagar, Shrawasti, Domariyaganj, Basti, Sant Kabirnagar, Lalganj, Jaunpur, Machchlishahr, Bhadohi and Azamgarh constituencies in Purvanchal region of the state. The Bharatiya Janata Party had won 13 of these 14 constituencies in the 2014 Lok Sabha election. The only ...
16% polling in 8 Bengal LS seats in two hours, BJP worker killed
Over 16 per cent people voted across eight Lok Sabha constituencies in West Bengal on Sunday where polling for the sixth phase of the Lok Sabha election was underway amid reports of violence that left a BJP activist dead.
Violence in Sultanpur before polling begins
Violence erupted n Sultanpur in Uttar Pradesh early on Sunday when supporters of BSP candidate Chandra Bhadra Singh a.k.a. Sonu Singh clashed with supporters of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Maneka Gandhi.
President Kovind, wife cast vote in Delhi
President Ram Nath Kovind and his wife Savita Kovind cast their ballot on Sunday as Delhi went to polls in the penultimate phase of the Lok Sabha elections.Kovind, along with the First Lady, went to polling booth number ten in Rashtrapati Bhavan premises this morning to exercise their franchise.Polling is being held for 59 Lok Sabha seats today to decide the fate of as many as 979 candidates.While the seven seats in the national capital are at stake, voting is taking place in 14 seats in Uttar Pradesh, 10 in Haryana, 8 each in Bihar, Madhya Pradesh and West Bengal, and 4 in Jharkhand.The prominent among those in the fray are former chief ministers Akhilesh Yadav from Azamgarh in Uttar Pradesh, Digvijaya Singh from Bhopal in Madhya Pradesh, Bhupinder Singh Hooda from Sonepat in Haryana and Sheila Dikshit from North-East Delhi.While former Union minister and RJD veteran Raghuvansh Prasad Singh is in the race from Vaishali in Bihar, Congress general secretary Jyotiraditya Scindia is ...
"Love will win": Rahul Gandhi's swipe at Modi after casting vote
Rahul Gandhi cast his vote on Sunday and once again cornered Narendra Modi stating that the Prime Minister used "hate to garner votes" and affirmed that "love will win" in the ongoing elections.The Congress president exercised his franchise at a booth set up in NP Senior Secondary School at New Delhi' Aurangzeb Lane."Narendra Modi used hatred (during the poll campaign), while we used love. Love will win," he said.The Rafale deal made it his list of four major issues on which the national elections are being contested on."The elections have been fought on four issues - unemployment, demonetisation, farmers issues and corruption in Rafale jet deal (to benefit) Anil Ambani," Gandhi told reporters."Public is the master. They will decide," he replied on being asked if his party will emerge victorious.Clad in his usual white kurta-pyjama, Gandhi was swarmed by media persons as he walked out of the polling booth tightly guarded by his security men. After a brief walk, he halted to address ...
Less than 9% polling in Haryana (10 a.m.)
Less than nine per cent of over 1.80 crore voters in Haryana turned out in the first three hours of polling on Sunday to elect members of Parliament for 10 seats in the penultimate phase of general elections, officials said.
Australian prime minister bares self in campaign launch
Australia's prime minister has officially launched his conservative coalition's campaign less than a week before an election in an extraordinarily personal presentation. Scott Morrison is his government's third prime minister in the administration's six years in office and still remains relatively unknown to many Australians. He is asking them for a third three-year term when they vote on Saturday next week. The coalition's launch in the city of Melbourne on Sunday included recorded interviews with Morrison family members that covered his wife Jenny's diagnosis with endometriosis and their 14-year failed battle to conceive through IVF before having their two daughters naturally. Morrison also outlined government policies including support for first-home buyers.
PM Modi used hatred in elections, we used love: Rahul Gandhi
Congress president Rahul Gandhi Sunday cast his vote in Lok Sabha polls here and hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying he "used hatred" during the elections but the grand old party "used love". Asserting that this elections saw a "good fight" between the two rival parties, Gandhi said he thought that "love is going to win". "Prime Minister Narendra Modi used hatred, we (Congress) love. And, I think love is going to win," he told reporters, soon after exercising his franchise. Clad in his trademark kurta-pyjama, he was accompanied by party's New Delhi candidate Ajay Maken on way to the polling booth, a walking distance from his Tughlaq Lane residence. "There are four issues in this election, these are not our issues but people's issues. And most important among these is of unemployment. Then, condition of farmers, demonetisation, Gabbar Singh Tax (mocking GST), corruption and the Rafale issue," he said.
Minor argument between Maneka Gandhi, her 'gathbandhan' opponent
A minor argument took place between BJP's Maneka Gandhi and her Lok Sabha contest opponent of the SP-BSP alliance, Sonu Singh, on Sunday after the Union Minister alleged that Singh's supporters were threatening voters.In the spat, recorded on camera, the two leaders who are contesting from Sultanpur can be seen on either side of a Toyota Fortuner, pointing fingers at each other and talking.Gandhi can be heard warning her political rival that his "bully-like" behaviour ('dabbangai') will not work, while Singh said that he has not done any wrong. Supporters of the 'gathbandhan' candidate raise slogans in his support towards the end of the video before the two leaders went their way." We were here for the booth inspection and were taking care that there should not be any criminal element at or around the polling booths. One of the persons with Singh is absconding from the prison. These people are threatening and pressurising the people before voting. This is not at all right and ...
Love will win in Lok Sabha battle, says Rahul
Accusing Prime Minister Narendra Modi of injecting hatred and asserting that the Congress spread love in the Lok Sabha election battle, Congress President Rahul Gandhi said on Sunday that "love is going to win".
Rahul Gandhi walks to cast his vote
Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Sunday went walking to the polling booth near his residence here on Sunday and voted in the Lok Sabha election.
Repoll underway in single booth in Kamaraj Nagar segment in
Polling is underway in a booth in the repoll in Kamaraj Nagar Assembly segment of Puducherry Parliamentary constituency Sunday. The Election Commission had ordered repoll in the booth following a complaint that officials had not cleared the mock poll votes recorded on the Voter Verified Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) machine. The mock polling was conducted before the actual election on April 18. A total of 952 voters including 479 women are expected to exercise their franchise at the repoll, official sources said. Tight security is in place for the repoll which began at 7 a.m and would go on till 6 p.m.
Voting begins late in some booths in Delhi
Voting, that was scheduled to start at 7 am, began late at some booths in the national capital Sunday. Delhi Home Minister Satyendar Jain said that voting started 50 minutes late at three polling booths. "Voting started at 7.50 am at 3 booths of Railway Jhuggi, Shakurbasti," he tweeted. However, there was no immediate response from the Chief Electoral Office. Shashi Devi, a 58-year-old resident of Mayur Vihar I, said that she and her son were made to wait for 20 minutes by officials at a polling booth. "My son and I came to cast our votes to avoid the heat, but after reaching the polling booth at 7 am, we were asked to wait for 20 minutes as officials were still in the process of starting polling," Devi said. Another voter, Rahul Sharma, had to wait to for half an hour outside the polling booth of his area to cast his vote. Among the early voters in the national capital were former chief minister Sheila Dikshit, Congress's New Delhi candidate Ajay Maken, Union minister Harsh Vardhan, .
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7.67 per cent turnout in first two hours of polling
The national capital recorded a turnout of over 7 per cent in the first two hours of polling on Sunday, with North East Delhi recording the maximum voting percentage among seven constituencies, poll officials said. Voting began at 7 am on and it is scheduled to go on till 6 pm. "The total turn out in first two hours was 7.67 per cent," a senior official in the Delhi CEO Office said. Data from all polling booths has not yet been compiled. Voting percentage recorded in the seven constituencies are -- Chandni Chowk - 6.90 per cent; North East Delhi - 8.61; East Delhi - 8.31; New Delhi - 6.48; North West Delhi - 8.00; West Delhi - 8.33; and South Delhi - 7.05 pe cent. Polling began in the morning in all seven Lok Sabha constituencies here in the sixth phase of general elections, with prominent names including former Delhi chief minister Sheila Dikshit, Union minister Harsh Vardhan and cricketer-turned-politician Gautam Gambhir in the fray. Over 1.43 crore people in Delhi are eligible to .
Madhya Pradesh votes for 8 Lok Sabha seats
Voting was underway in Morena, Bhind, Gwalior, Guna, Sagar, Vidisha, Bhopal and Rajgarh Lok Sabha constituencies in Madhya Pradesh on Sunday, with the Congress and the BJP being the main contestants.
Slow start to polling in Uttar Pradesh
Voting was yet to pick up in the first two hours of polling Sunday in 14 Lok Sabha constituencies of eastern UP where SP President Akhilesh Yadav and Union minister Maneka Gandhi are among key contestants. The average poll percentage was 9.28 per cent, a state election office spokesperson said. While Basti parliamentary constituency recorded the highest turnout of 11.40 per cent, enthusiasm among voters was the least in Domariyaganj, where 7.60 per cent of eligible voters cast their ballots till 9 am. Altogether, 177 candidates are contesting in these 14 constituencies, where 2.53 crore people are eligible to vote at 16,998 polling centres. Polling was underway in Sultanpur, Pratapgarh, Phulpur, Allahabad, Ambedkararnagar, Shrawasti, Domariyaganj, Basti, Sant Kabirnagar, Lalganj, Jaunpur, Machchlishahr, Bhadohi and Azamgarh constituencies in Purvanchal region of the state. The Bharatiya Janata Party had won 13 of these 14 constituencies in the 2014 Lok Sabha election. The only ...
Participate in world's largest festival of democracy: Khattar
Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Sunday cast his vote at a polling booth in Karnal city and appealed to the voters to participate in the world's largest festival of democracy by exercising their franchise as early as possible.
Polling underway for 10 Lok Sabha seats in Haryana
Polling began Sunday morning in ten constituencies of Haryana in the sixth phase of Lok Sabha elections, which will seal the fate of 223 candidates, including Union ministers Rao Inderjit Singh and Krishan Pal Gurjar. Polling began at 7 am and will continue till 6 pm in the 10 parliamentary constituencies, officials said. Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar was among the early voters in Karnal. Haryana's Joint Chief Electoral Officer Inder Jeet said over 1.80 crore people are eligible to vote in the state. Of them, 97,16,516 are male, 83,40,173 female and 207 transgenders. Over one lakh of the total voters are physically challenged and special facilities have been provided for them, he said. Altogether, 223 candidates, just 11 of them women, are in the fray. Prominent among them are Union ministers of state Rao Inderjit Singh from Gurgaon and Krishan Pal Gurjar from Faridabad. Both of them are seeking re-election. Former Haryana chief minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda, a sitting Congress .