Election Polls

Police will not handle weapons at Polling Stations

Accra, Nov. 29, GNA - The Ghana Police Service on Saturday stated that security personnel policing Polling Stations on Election Day - However, special Rapid Operation Teams would patrol the metropolis especially at flash-points...

Highest ever voter turnout in MP

Madhya Pradesh witnessed the highest ever voter turnout of 69.31 per cent during this Assembly elections. According to figures available with the state election office, the poll percentage has been showing an upward trend since...

BJD topper among code violators: SEC

Commission receives 153 complaints against candidates of different political parties BMC is scheduled to go to polls on Dec. 2 Works Department told to suspend junior engineer BHUBANESWAR: Ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) topped...

Prisoner can fight election but cannot cast his vote!

NEW DELHI: A prisoner can fight an election but he cannot cast his vote! Strange, yes, but as Delhi went to the polls in 69 constituencies on Saturday to elect a new government, at least 7,800 inmates of Tihar Jail did not...

Indian troops kill seven rebels ahead of fresh Kashmir polls (AFP)

AFP/File – Indian soldiers stand alert in Srinagar on November 22, 2008. Indian troops shot dead seven Islamic militants, … SRINAGAR, India (AFP) – Indian troops shot dead seven Islamic militants, including Pakistanis, in...

Sonia Gandhi, Sheila Dikshit cast their votes in Delhi

India's News.Net Saturday 29th November, 2008 (ANI) New Delhi, Nov 29 : Congress Party President Sonia Gandhi and Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit cast their votes on Saturday. Over 10 million voters will elect their...

BJP protests shifting of polling booth in Hauz Khas

New Delhi (PTI): Angry over the "last-moment" shifting of a polling station in Hauz Khas area in south Delhi, city Mayor Arti Mehra today accused the election authorities of committing a "breach of trust". Mehra led BJP...

Voters head to polls in local govt elections (ABC)

Voters in nine council areas will go to the polls today to cast their vote in the Victoria's local government elections. Postal ballots have already been received for the other 70 councils. The Victorian Electoral Commission...

Delhi goes to polls today

The stage is all set for the fourth assembly elections in the Capital. Polling in one of the seats — Rajendra Nagar — was countermanded after the death of BJP candidate from that seat, Puran Chand Yogi. Will Delhi Chief...

Increased vigil, 48-hour closure of liquor shops for peaceful polls

Bangalore: As Delhi goes to the polls on Saturday, authorities in the national capital are enforcing a strict 48-hour closure of liquor shops, partly to thwart attempts by candidates to buy ballots with booze, a potent...