Tag: Odisha Polls 2019

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OPCC chief alleges manhandling of party poll agents in Ghasipura

Bhubaneswar: Even before Congress had finalised its candidate for the Ghasipura Assembly constituency in Keonjhar, the poll season’s first war of words between the two political heavyweights in the race- BJD’s Badri Patra and Odisha Congress president Niranjan Patnaik, had already begun. Today, as polling is underway in the constituency, the OPCC chief stated that […]

  • Saturday, 01 May 2021
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EVM, VVPAT glitches: Polling adjourned at two booths in Odisha

Cuttack: Voting at two booths in separate places was adjourned during the conduct of the third phase polls in Odisha today following glitches in EVM and VVPAT machines. According to sources, VVPAT machine of polling station no-196 of 87 Baramba constituency was changed after it developed some error. However, while replacing the VVPAT machine, the […]

  • Saturday, 01 May 2021
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Puri Collector recommends stringent action over EVM vandalisation

Puri: Shortly after the incidents of EVM and VVPAT damages at Satyabadi and Brahmagiri Assembly constituency during the third phase polls on Tuesday, Puri Collector Jyotiprakash Das said that the State CEO has been recommended for stringent action against the miscreants responsible for the incidents. As per reports, some miscreants vandalized an EVM at booth […]

  • Saturday, 01 May 2021
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Sans facilities, polling staff forced to spend night under open sky in Balasore

Balasore: As many as 50 polling staff from Khudra had a harrowing time as no arrangements were allegedly made for their stay in Balasore on Thursday. As a result, the poll officials were forced to spend the night under the open sky. The poll officials from Khurda have been deployed for the conduct of fourth […]

  • Saturday, 01 May 2021
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BJD planning egg attack on Naveen to garner sympathy votes?

Kendrapara: One of the most sensitive among the coastal belts, Kendrapara parliamentary constituency this elections, has undoubtedly turned out to be the political hotbed of Odisha. Amid intensified campaigning by all three major political parties, BJP national vice-president and Kendrapara Lok Sabha candidate Baijayant Panda today expressed apprehension that BJD is conspiring an attack on […]

  • Saturday, 01 May 2021
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Campaigning for last phase polls in Odisha ends

Bhubaneswar: Curtains came down on the month-long high-voltage poll campaigning across the State today ahead of the last phase polling in six Lok Sabha constituencies and 41 Assembly constituencies in Odisha on April 29. Preparations for smooth conduct of elections in the constituencies have been initiated on a war footing. Polling parties are already on […]

  • Saturday, 01 May 2021
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Battle Kendrapara: BJP, BJD at CEO court over poll code violation

Bhubaneswar: The State BJP today sought immediate intervention of Election Commission to restrain the open violation of poll code in Kendrapara by the ruling BJD. The State BJP Vice president Pitambar Acharya Sunday approached Odisha Chief Electoral Officer Surendra Kumar with the charge that BJD chief and Chief Minister Naveen, who has been camping in […]

  • Saturday, 01 May 2021
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4th phase polls: Political bigwigs face acid test in Odisha

Bhubaneswar: As six Lok Sabha and 41 Assembly seats in Odisha are going to vote in the fourth and last phase polling tomorrow, all eyes are on the fate of political heavyweights who are in the poll arena. Lok Sabha battle: Though six LS seat to witness polling, it’s Kendrapara that has acquired the tag […]

  • Saturday, 01 May 2021
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Elections 2019: Odisha records 67.5 % voter turnout in 4th phase

The fourth phase elections for six Lok Sabha and 41 Assembly constituencies in Odisha began on Monday. Voting began at 7 AM amid adequate security arrangements for the conduct of polls in Kendrapara, Jagatsinghpur, Mayurbhanj, Balasore, Bhadrak and Jajpur and 41 Assembly constituencies under these segments. However, EVM malfunction was reported at multiple polling booths […]

  • Saturday, 01 May 2021
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Booth Rigging, 'Cash For Votes' in Kendrapara Mock Democracy

Kendrapara: Soon after voting began for the fourth phase elections in Odisha, an incident of booth rigging was unleashed at a polling station in Aul assembly segment under Kendrapara LS constituency. A video of a man allegedly influencing voters and casting multiple votes at booth no. 310 in Aliha Singiri Bazar UP School at Aul […]

  • Saturday, 01 May 2021
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Odisha Last Phase Polls Leave Trail Of Violence, Booth Rigging

Bhubaneswar: The last and fourth phase elections saw widespread violence in Odisha along with cases of booth rigging and booth capturing marring the biggest festival of democracy. All the three major political parties in the State- BJP, BJD and Congress- have brought poll violence and booth rigging allegations against each other. While BJP moved the […]

  • Saturday, 01 May 2021
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Elections 2019: Odisha records polling of 73.08 % vis-a-vis 73.49 % in 2014

Bhubaneswar: After the conclusion of four phase polling in Odisha barring the Patkura Assembly segment, Chief Electoral Officer Surendra Kumar today informed that the State has recorded an average polling of 73.08 percent. While 73.76 per cent votes were polled during the first phase, the voter turnout in the second and third phase was recorded […]

  • Saturday, 01 May 2021
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Op-Ed: Naveen Seeks Course Correction in Western Odisha

By Ashutosh Mishra Bhubaneswar: Ruling Biju Janata Dal’s lacklustre Lok Sabha performance in western Odisha seems to have rattled chief minister, Naveen Patnaik. The clever politician that he is he has taken immediate corrective measures, one of these being the inclusion of as many as six leaders from the region in his new ministry. Among […]

  • Friday, 30 April 2021
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