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.
Emphasizing the importance of voting as a fundamental civic duty, Krishnamurthy called upon every voter to exercise his franchise and join in this grand celebration of democracy, irrespective of the weather conditions.
District Election Officer, Poonch, Yasin M Choudhary and Senior Superintendent of Police Youghal Manhas flagged off poll parties to Hillkaka and various other polling stations of the district.
On the last day of campaigning, Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed a rally in Haryana’s Bhiwani, Defence minister Rajnath Singh in Delhi’s Dwarka, and Union minister Piyush Goyal held a road show in Najafgarh area of the national capital in support of BJP candidates.
The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Thursday said more than 62 per cent voter turnout was recorded in the fifth phase of voting in the Lok Sabha elections, which was held on 20th May.
The Ladakh constituency had recorded 71.05 per cent polling in 2019, 71.40 per cent in 2014 and 73.52 per cent in 2004.
