Kolkata, April 10 (IANS) Polling began Thursday for the lone Lok Sabha constituency in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, a picturesque archipelago of 572 islands situated in the Bay of Bengal, officials said. There are 257,856 voters in the union territory. Voting started in 386 polling booths at 7 a.m. There 15 candidates in the fray. […]
Thiruvananthapuram, April 10 (IANS) Balloting for the Lakshadweep Lok Sabha seat, with an electorate of less than 50,000, began Thursday. India’s smallest union territory Lakshadweep is a group of 36 islands. Just six candidates are in the fray. Forty-three polling booths have been set up for the voting that began 7 a.m., officials said. The Congress […]
Jagdalpur, April 10 (IANS) Polling began Thursday in Chhattisgarh’s Bastar Lok Sabha constituency, one of India’s worst insurgency-hit regions. Over 1.29 million voters will decide the fate of eight candidates in the constituency where roughly 80 percent of the total 1,797 polling booths have been declared “ultra sensitive”. The remaining 10 seats will see polling April […]
Aurangabad (Bihar), April 10 (IANS) Former Delhi Police chief Nikhil Kumar, who quit as Kerala governor last month, is in the poll fray in Bihar’s Aurangabad constituency where he is facing an uphill task. Kumar is contesting on a Congress ticket and he is facing a big challenge from his traditional rival Sushil Kumar Singh of […]
Bhopal, April 10 (IANS) Balloting began Thursday in nine Lok Sabha constituencies in Madhya Pradesh, officials said. As many as 118 candidates are in the fray in the nine constituencies – Chhindwara, Satna, Rewa, Balaghat, Sidhi, Shahdol, Mandla, Jabalpur, and Hoshangabad – where over 11 million voters will decide their fate. Polling for the rest of […]
Chandigarh, April 10 (IANS) Enthusiastic voters began queuing up in the first hour itself in Chandigarh and parts of Haryana as voting began Thursday. Voting is being held in all 10 Lok Sabha seats in Haryana and one seat in Chandigarh. In Chandigarh, over six lakh voters will decide the fate of 17 candidates. The big […]
Thiruvananthapuram, April 10 (IANS) People queued up at polling booths across Kerala Thursday to cast their ballot for the state’s 20 Lok Sabha constituencies. The zeal to hit the voting button was evident across the state since Thursday morning as people turned up at the polling centres even before the start of polling time at 7 […]
Jammu, April 10 (IANS) Voting for the Jammu Lok Sabha seat started on a brisk note Thursday as enthusiastic voters queued up outside polling stations much before poll began at 7 a.m. Bright sunshine and a clear sky greeted voters when they came out, many of them wearing traditional dresses to exercise their franchise in Jammu […]
Mumbai, April 10 (IANS) The first phase of elections in Maharashtra for 10 Lok Sabha seats got underway here Thursday morning with early voters queuing up outside polling stations, officials said. A total of 201 candidates, including 90 independents, are in the fray and they are vying for attention of around 1.22 crore voters spread in […]
Patna, April 10 (IANS) Two troopers were killed Thursday in a landmine blast in Bihar where polling is being held in six parliamentary constituencies, police said. The two Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) troopers were killed in the landmine blast in Munger district when they were on way to a polling station in neighbouring Jamui parliamentary […]