Voting for single-phase Maharashtra assembly election begins
Voting began at 7 am on Wednesday for the single-phase Maharashtra assembly elections and will conclude at 6 pm. Polling is taking place across 288 assembly constituencies.
Voting began at 7 am on Wednesday for the single-phase Maharashtra assembly elections and will conclude at 6 pm. Polling is taking place across 288 assembly constituencies.
Voting commenced at 7 am on Wednesday for the second phase of the Jharkhand Assembly elections, covering the remaining 38 seats.
“A voter turnout of 66.65 per cent has been recorded across 43 Assembly constituencies in phase-1 of Jharkhand Assembly elections 2024, surpassing the turnout by 2.75 per cent in these seats in 2019 elections,” the poll panel said.
Approximately 69.12 per cent of over 1.93 million eligible voters cast their ballots in the by-elections across seven assembly constituencies in Rajasthan on Wednesday.
The Opposition Congress on Wednesday demanded the Election Commission to conduct by-polls at Vijaypur and Budhni in Madhya Pradesh through the ballot paper system.
Subhash Tambolia, who left the Congress and joined the BJP, is now in a triangular contest with BAP's Jaikrishna Patel, and Congress' Kapoor Singh.
District Magistrate and Returning Officer Sachin Kumar Vaishya said these balloons have been raised to spread awareness among the voters.
The civic body has roped in various commercial establishments, offering discounts to voters who cast their votes, said MCD in an official statement on Tuesday.
In the Bastar Lok Sabha elections, the Congress party fielded Kawasi Lakhma, widely recognized as 'Dadi' as its candidate, while the BJP rallied around the name and persona of PM Modi.
This figure was reported by the ECI Voter Turnout Portal by 5 PM, indicating a decline from the 63% turnout seen in the 2019 General Election to the Lok Sabha.
