Page 3 - Polling

Polling underway in 102 nagar panchayats in Maharashtra's 32 districts

Polling was underway on Tuesday in 102 nagar panchayats in 32 districts of Maharashtra, with the election being held without the reservation for Other Backward Classes (OBCs). The nagar panchayat seats in Beed are expected see a contest between supporters of BJP leader Pankaja Munde and her cousin and state minister Dhananjay Munde of the NCP. Similarly, in Sindhudurg, the contest is likely to be between supporters of the Shiv Sena and BJP Union minister Narayan Rane. The opposition BJP in Maharashtra won four of the six seats in the state Legislative Council polls held earlier this month. The Maharashtra State Election Commission (SEC) last week said polls to local bodies from OBC reserved constituencies, which were scheduled for Tuesday, will now be held on January 18 and these seats will be converted as general category ones, an announcement coming two days after a Supreme Court ruling. The elections to general, SC and ST seats in these local bodies will be held as per schedule

Polling begins in 144 wards of Kolkata Municipal Corporation

Polling in all the 144 wards of Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) began at 7 AM on Sunday with strict adherence to COVID-19 protocols amid tight security arrangements. State Election Commission Secretary Nilanjan Sandilya said that all necessary measures have been taken to ensure free and fair elections. Voting is being held at 4,959 polling booths and it will continue till 5 PM, he said. Around 23,000 Kolkata Police personnel have been deployed across the city, and route marches and area domination exercises conducted in various parts of the metropolis, an officer of the force said. More than 200 police pickets have also been set up at crucial points across the city, he said. The ruling Trinamool Congress is fighting to retain the civic board for the third consecutive term, while the BJP will contest CPI(M) to secure the second position. The TMC had swept all the 16 assembly segments in the metropolis in this year's assembly elections. The counting of votes will take place on

10.27% polling till 10 am in R'than zila parishad, panchayat samiti polls

The first phase of polling began at 7.30 am in Baran, Kota, Ganganagar and Karauli districts

No Covid safety: How UP panchayat polls resulted in deaths of teachers

The polling officers that included teachers and shiksha mitras or para-teachers, were trained from April 9 to April 15.

Polling officers who died of Covid must get a crore each: Allahabad HC

The Allahabad High Court observed that the amount must at least be to the tune of Rs one crore

New mobile app on poll stats, economic data launched

A startup firm has unveiled a mobile application with poll statistics and data on the country's economy to help voters take fact-based decisions

Live: Moderate voting registered in Madhya Pradesh bypolls

In Shahdol, total 16,00,787 voters, whereas in Nepanagar, 2,30,420 people can exercise their franchise

Live: Over 50% voting recorded in Tamil Nadu, Puducherry till 1 pm

While in Aravakkurichi total voters is 2,00,347, in Thanjavur it is 2,68,516 and in Thiruparankundram 2,85,980

Live: 36% votes were cast till 11 AM in West Bengal

The bypolls are being held in Cooch Behar and Tamluk Lok Sabha constituencies and Monteswar Assembly seat

Live: 30% voters exercised their franchise till noon in Assam

An estimated 16,91,313 voters, including 8,21,199 women, were expected to cast their franchise in two seats

Polling underway for 6 Maharashtra Legislative Council seats

Elected members of municipal corporations and councils are voting to choose six candidates for the Upper House

Polling underway in two Tripura Assembly seats

Barjala seat fell vacant after Congress MLA's resignation while death of CPI-M leader necessitated bypoll in Khowai seat

Simultaneous polls likely in UP, 4 other states in Feb-Mar

It will be a single-day polling in Punjab, Goa, Uttarakhand and Manipur; UP is likely to have as many as seven phases