Voting for Rajasthan assembly bypoll tomorrow
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.
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.
According to the Election Commission (EC), a total of 2,533 candidates are in fray. Of these, 2,280 are men, 252 women and one from the third gender.
Mizoram recorded 12.80 pc voter turnout till 9 am as voting kicked off in the Northeastern state from 7 am, the Election Commission of India stated.
As the voting for the first phase of the Chattisgarh Assembly polls for 20 seats is underway, Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel on Tuesday said that Naxalism has retreated to a great extent with the work done in 5 years.
"We always read Hanuman Chalisa and offer prayers to Bajrang Bali, but they (Congress) do this during the election" she said.
The chief minister said in order to realise the vision of PM Narendra Modi regarding systematic development in urban areas, the right to vote should be considered as a duty and put to better use.