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 poll panel said members from the International Foundation for Electoral Systems (IFES), and media teams from Bhutan and Israel will also participate.
KCR was banned from electioneering by the ECI for 48 hours for his derogatory comments against Congress.
The poll panel has taken a serious view of parties and candidates seeking details of voters for their proposed beneficiary schemes as a "corrupt" practice of bribery.
Following the Supreme Court's order, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has come out with a new protocol for handling and storage of symbol loading units, the officials said on Wednesday.
Bharadwaj, while speaking to reporters later, rued that almost a month after filing the complaint, no action has been taken so far.
