As voting machines failed repeatedly at several polling stations, centenarians and voters aged over 90 showed remarkable determination, turning out in large numbers to cast their ballots across East Burdwan during the second phase of polling on Tuesday.
Addressing a rally in Alipurduar during his 'Abar Jitbe Bangla' campaign ahead of the upcoming elections, Banerjee urged voters to stand in the queue and teach the BJP a lesson through EVMs.
According to state Chief Electoral Officer ( CEO) Navdeep Rinwa, out of a total of 15.44 crore voters in the state, enumeration forms have been distributed to 9.38 crore (60 percent) voters so far.
For the first time in election history, drones were pressed into action for surveillance to ensure transparent and secure voting.
Priyanka further alleged that even Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is neither being heard nor respected by the Centre.
“A voter turnout of 66.65 per cent has been recorded across 43 Assembly constituencies in phase-1 of Jharkhand Assembly elections 2024, surpassing the turnout by 2.75 per cent in these seats in 2019 elections,” the poll panel said.
Paralympic archery champions Sheetal Devi and Rakesh Kumar on Wednesday teamed up to inspire voters nationwide as Election Commission of India’s national icons for persons with disabilities (PwDs).
Shopian district is divided into two Assembly constituencies -- Zainapora and Shopian -- with a total of 2,09,039 registered voters.
The candidates can withdraw their nominations until September 16 with voting on October 1. The vote count will be on October 4.
Except for a few stray incidents and allegations and counter allegations of booth jamming and false voting, the by-election in four Assembly constituencies passed off peacefully today.
