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 Congress has blamed the BJP and BRS for complaining to the ECI and stopping the scheme before polling. Voting will take place in Telangana on 13 May.
The polling will be held in 57 parliamentary constituencies (PCs) across eight states and union territories (UTs).
The Election Commission of India (ECI) transferred Andhra Pradesh DGP Rajendranath Reddy to non election-related work following complaints against him from the TDP.
The ECI’s instruction came after the YSRCP lodged a complaint with it that voters were receiving automated voice calls urging them not to vote for YS Jagan Mohan Reddy claiming that the Land Titling Act would lead to loss of land and land records for the voters.
In response to a proposal aimed at facilitating voters, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has granted permission to shift seven polling stations in Kullu, Mandi, Shimla, and Kinnaur.
