UP records 49.3% polling in by-elections; exit polls predict BJP to win maximum seats
Minor reports of violence were received from Meerapur, Sismau, and Kundarki assembly segments, but by and large, the voting was peaceful, EC officials claimed.
Minor reports of violence were received from Meerapur, Sismau, and Kundarki assembly segments, but by and large, the voting was peaceful, EC officials claimed.
Among the nine assembly constituencies that went for by poll on Wednesday, Ghaziabad recorded the lowest voter turnout at 33.30 percent, as per the data issued by the Election Commission.
The Kedarnath assembly bypoll in Uttarakhand recorded around 57 per cent voting by 5 pm on Wednesday even as the Election Commission of India was yet to announce final figures with likely margin of around 3 per cent increase.
The voter turnout in Maharashtra's 288 Assembly constituencies till 9 a.m. was reported at 6.61 per cent, said officials here on Wednesday after the polling started at 7 a.m.
In a separate letter issued to Nadda and Kharge, the poll panel recalled its 22nd May advisory directing the BJP, Congress and their star campaigners to refrain from making any statement which is prohibited in Clause (1) of general conduct of MCC.
The Supreme Court also barred YSRCP MLA of Macherla, Pinnelli Ramakrishna Reddy who is accused of smashing an EVM inside a polling booth, from entering the counting centre.
“We have created a world record with 642 million proud Indian voters casting their vote in the Lok Sabha elections,” said Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar.
The Election Commission has ordered repolling at one polling station each in the Barasat and Mathurapur Lok Sabha constituencies in West Bengal on Monday, a day before the counting of votes.
After coming out of the ECI office, Congress leader Abhishek Manu Singhvi said, “We are very grateful that they gave us time at a very short notice on two to three major issues."
A day after senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh alleged that Home Minister Amit Shah had called 150 District Magistrates ahead of counting of votes
