The celebration of democracy in the shadow of SIR
The City of Joy voted today with a lot of enthusiasm. Voting was peaceful barring in some pockets, which saw disturbances.
The City of Joy voted today with a lot of enthusiasm. Voting was peaceful barring in some pockets, which saw disturbances.
Voting in Japan's general election began on Sunday morning, with a total of 1,284 candidates competing for 465 seats in the House of Representatives, the powerful lower chamber of parliament.
Voting was held in 18,274 polling stations from 7 am to 6 pm. Of these, 2,055 polling stations have been earmarked as sensitive.
Voters in the rest of the seven districts, including Thirussur, Palakkad, Kozhikode, Malappuram, Kannur, Wayanad and Kasaragod would use their franchise on December 11.
It was the modest, but smooth beginning of the polling at 268 polling centers in this assembly constituency of the South-eastern Rajasthan at 07:00am, however, it gained momentum later setting a brisk pace in the voting.
The stage is set for voting on Wednesday in the Assembly elections in Delhi in what has turned out to be a no-holds-barred battle among the Aam Aadmi party (AAP), BJP and the Congress.
AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal on Monday announced that his party will distribute spy and body cameras to its volunteers to capture alleged masquerading of BJP workers as Election Commission officials.
Along with the rest of the country, Delhi celebrated 15th National Voters' Day on Saturday with a number of activities, organised by the Office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) to mark the occasion.
The Congress on Saturday launched a scathing attack at Prime Minister Narendra Modi (PM) and Home Minister (HM) Amit Shah on National Voters’ Day, saying the independence of the Election Commission (EC) has been “severely compromised” by them.
The Congress on Friday filed a complaint with the Election Commission of India (ECI) alleging serious and grave inconsistencies in the data relating to the polling and counting processes for the recently concluded assembly elections in Maharashtra.
