Kerala: Palakkad records 70.01 pc voter turnout
With polling officially ending at 6 pm, certain booths in Palakkad witnessed queues of voters still waiting to cast their votes.
With polling officially ending at 6 pm, certain booths in Palakkad witnessed queues of voters still waiting to cast their votes.
The Election Commission on Wednesday suspended seven policemen over complaints of rigging of Uttar Pradesh bypolls.
It has been reported that the advertisement was published before the polls without obtaining permission from the Media Monitoring Committee of the Election Commission.
The high-octane, month-long public campaign for the Palakkad Assembly by-election concluded on Monday evening with grand roadshows organized by the three major political fronts—the Congress-led UDF, the CPI(M)-headed LDF, and the BJP-led NDA.
Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), Punjab Sibin C has announced that all preparations for the bye-elections for the four Punjab Assembly seats have been completed to ensure free, fair, and transparent elections.
The last date for the withdrawal of candidature is November 30.
This seat from district Rudraprayag recently fell vacant due to the sudden demise of the incumbent, MLA Shaila Rani Rawat, on 9 July.
Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma, former Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje, party president Madan Rathore, Union Ministers, Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, Bhupendra Yadav, Arun Lal Meghwal and Bhagirath Choudhary figured in the list of star campaigners.
After the announcement of candidates for the November 13 bye-elections in Uttar Pradesh, the attacks and counter-attacks among the political parties have also intensified.
Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi on Wednesday campaigned in the Samaguri Legislative Assembly constituency alongside Tanzil Hussain, son of MP Rakibul Hussain, for the upcoming by-election.
