Voter Turnout
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Phase I Lok Sabha polls: Bihar records lowest voter turnout with 50%, West Bengal tops with 81%
Apr 12, 2019, 10:20 AM ISTThis time however, the poll panel did not share the overall polling percentage at its briefing, saying the data was being collated and would be available later.
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Amid EVM malfunction allegations, Jammu and Kashmir records over 57% voter turnout
Apr 12, 2019, 10:14 AM ISTAddressing media persons at a press conference here, Chief Electoral Officer (CEO), Jammu and Kashmir, Shailendra Kumar said Jammu Parliamentary Constituency, spread across four districts of Jammu, Samba, Rajouri and Poonch with 20 assembly segments, recorded voter turnout of 72.16 per cent.
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Polling in first phase of Lok Sabha Election concludes: 14 crore voters seal fate of 1279 candidates
Apr 11, 2019, 11:05 PM ISTElection officials said voter turnout was high at most places, while poll-related violence saw death of two persons in Andhra Pradesh and complaints poured in from various states about glitches in electronic voting machines and of names missing from the voter lists.
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J-K Panchayat Elections: Jammu records 79.5% voter turnout, Kashmir 64.5% in first phase polling
Elections | Nov 17, 2018, 09:04 PM ISTA total of 2.35 lakh voters casted their votes in Jammu; while in Kashmir, the total number of electorate was 1,35,774.
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J&K local body elections: Valley gives cold shoulder to civic polls; Jammu witnesses brisk voting
Elections | Oct 08, 2018, 11:43 PM ISTThere was poor turnout in the Kashmir Valley in the first phase of the civic polls that took place amid boycott calls by the two key parties in the state -- the National Conference and the People's Democratic Party.
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Breaking records, Karnataka witnesses 72.13 voter turnout, highest since 1952 state polls
May 13, 2018, 09:40 PM ISTA single-phase polling was held in 222 constituencies out of the 224 elected seats in the Assembly, including 36 reserved for the Scheduled Castes (SC) and 15 for the Scheduled Tribes (ST).
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Karnataka Assembly Elections 2018: PM asks voters to come out in large numbers to cast vote
May 12, 2018, 10:52 AM ISTBrisk voting is underway in Karnataka as people have lined up to cast their votes early and escape the summer heat. Around 10.5 per cent votes were recorded by 9.15 am, the election commission told media.
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Poor voter turnout in Uttar Pradesh bypolls as BJP, SP claim victory
India | Mar 11, 2018, 09:20 PM ISTIn Gorakhpur, the lowest voter turnout of 33 per cent was in Gorakhpur city, and the highest 47 per cent in Sahjanwa and Campierganj.
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West Bengal: 84.5 per cent votes polled in Sabang by-poll
National | Dec 21, 2017, 09:26 PM ISTAccording to the Election Commission sources about 84.5 per cent votes were recorded at the end of polls which passed off peacefully.
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UP civic polls: 48% voters turn out in phase-II, polling passes out peacefully
Nov 26, 2017, 10:10 PM ISTThe stakes are as high for other parties, including the Congress, SP and BSP, which are hoping to make a comeback after their drubbing in the Assembly polls earlier this year.
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Separatists call two-day shutdown of valley, PDP asks EC to postpone by-election
India | Apr 10, 2017, 02:44 PM ISTEight protestors were killed and over 150 civilians and security personnel injured in nearly 200 instances of violence recorded during the bypoll to the Srinagar Lok Sabha constituency.
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UP: Repolling ends peacefully with 94.24 per cent turnout
India | May 13, 2014, 07:34 PM ISTLucknow: Around 94.24 per cent voters today exercised their franchise in repolling at 11 booths falling under Muzzafarnagar, Badaun and Firozabad Parliamentary constituencies.“The polling remained peaceful,” an Election Commission official said here.After the allegations of
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Record voter turnout brings down curtain on Lok Sabha polling
India | May 12, 2014, 08:09 PM ISTNew Delhi: The curtain today came down on marathon Lok Sabha elections with an all-time record high turnout of 66.38 per cent as the final phase of polling covering 41 seats in three states replicated
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Record voting in Varanasi for the epic Lok Sabha battle
India | May 12, 2014, 08:57 PM ISTVaranasi: Coming out in record high numbers to vote despite scorching heat, people of Varanasi today sealed the fate of BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi and AAP's Arvind Kejriwal in a fierce Lok Sabha
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About 80 percent polling in Seemandhra, 20 injured in clashes
India | May 07, 2014, 10:22 PM ISTHyderabad: About 80 percent of 36.76 million voters cast their votes to choose their representatives from 25 Lok Sabha and 175 assembly seats in Andhra Pradesh's Seemandhra region where high turnout and sporadic clashes marked
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73.34 pc voter turnout in repolling in Assam
India | Apr 27, 2014, 09:23 PM ISTGuwahati: Altogether 73.34 per cent polling was recorded during fresh polling in 15 polling stations today in Assam's Kokrajhar, Gauhati, Nowgong and Mangaldoi Lok Sabha constituencies, Election Commission sources said. The highest polling was recorded
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15 booths in Nagaland record more than 100% turnout, EC orders probe
India | Apr 26, 2014, 01:19 PM ISTNew Delhi: 15 polling booths in Nagaland recorded more than 100 per cent voter turnout, according to a report published in The Indian Express.The state witnessed voting on April 9 for its only parliamentary seat.
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Repolling in Odisha sees 79 percent turnout
India | Apr 25, 2014, 08:15 PM ISTBhubaneswar: Repolling at nine polling stations in Odisha recorded an average of 79 percent turnout Friday, the state's Joint Chief Electoral Officer Jyoti Prakash Dash said.The repoll was ordered by the Election Commission at six
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LS Polls 2014: Hyderabad expects 20 percent higher voter turnout
India | Apr 07, 2014, 11:14 AM ISTHyderabad: The Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) administration is expecting an increase of atleast 20 percent voter turnout during the upcoming general elections.GHMC is taking suitable steps to make voting easy for the city people.
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UP, Goa Join Punjab, Uttarakhand To Break Voter Turnout Records
India | Mar 03, 2012, 10:27 PM ISTLucknow/Panaji, Mar 3: A highest ever voter turnout marked the staggered Assembly elections in five states which ended today with Uttar Pradesh and Goa joining Punjab and Uttarakhand in breaking all previous records.Counting of votes