The Nodal officers will further give it to the concerned Returning officers (ROs) or the Assistant Returning officers (AROs) under proper receipt with dates when these forms are handed over.
Interestingly, polling in the state was slightly higher than the last elections till the afternoon, with 37.3 per cent against 36.8 per cent in 2019 by 1 pm, but it came down substantially and the graph never went up after that.
The Election Commission of India said the voting percentage is likely to go upwards when reports from all polling stations are obtained. Final figures will be known tomorrow after the scrutiny of the available data, an ECI official said.
It was an incident-free and fair poll across 12 districts in Rajasthan", Additional Director General of Police (Law and Order) Vishal Bansal told The Statesman.
The NGO – Just Rights for Children Alliance – challenged the High Court decision quashing the criminal case against accused Harish under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012 and the Information Technology Act, 2000.
The Congress leader had wondered why the Central agencies had not questioned Pinarayi Vijayan despite multiple corruption charges being levelled against him
Till 5 pm, polling stations registered a commendable 63.41% participation rate for the Bastar parliamentary seat.
The bench was told that such orders prohibit all kinds of assemblies, meetings and demonstrations during the duration of elections.
The polling for 60 assembly seats in Arunachal Pradesh and 32 seats in Sikkim passed off peacefully barring a few stray incidents.
This is the sixth list of candidates for the Lok Sabha elections the party announced on Friday.
