Tag: Voting

A total of 613 candidates are trying their fortune in this phase on 54 seats in nine districts.

A total of 613 candidates will be trying their luck in this phase on the 54 seats which include 11 reserved for the Scheduled Castes and two for the Scheduled Tribes by an electorate consisting around 2.06 crores.

New Delhi: NDA- backed JD(U) candidate Harivansh Narayan Singh was elected deputy chairman of the Rajya Sabha today after he won the election with 125 votes against UPA’s BK Hariprasad who got 105 votes. Earlier, Odisha Chief Minister and BJD president Naveen Patnaik had announced his party’s support to Singh for the Rajya Sabha deputy […]

New Delhi: The Aam Aadmi Party(AAP), YSR Congress Party and People’s Democratic Party (PDP) have decided to abstain from voting in the election to the post of Rajya Sabha deputy chairman. “The PDP has decided to abstain from voting… The decision was taken in view of dissolution of coalition with the BJP,” party Chief spokesman […]

Bhubaneswar: Voting for elections to the Hindol Notified Area Council (NAC) in Dhenkanal district and Attabira NAC in Bargarh district concluded today amidst elaborate security arrangements. As per sources, the polling at Hindol NAC recorded a voter turnout of 85.7 percent. A total of 55 candidates are contesting for 16 wards of the NAC. Voters […]

Bhubaneswar: An estimated 80.92 per cent of voters today exercised their franchise in the by-election to the Bijepur Assembly seat that passed off peacefully. “Around 80.92 per cent (provisional) of the electorate cast their votes in the bypoll,” Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Odisha Surendra Kumar said. Around 81.86 per cent polling had been recorded […]

Bhubaneswar/New Delhi: Voting for the 14th President of India began at Odisha Assembly at 10 am today. Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and many MLAs reached the Assembly to exercise their power to vote. The contest for the President post is between National Democratic Alliance (NDA) nominee Ram Nath Kovind and candidate of several major opposition […]

Bhubaneswar: Voting for the second phase Panchayat election has begun today at 7 am and will continue till 12 noon. Counting will start at 1 pm. Polling is underway at 175 Zilla Parishad zones under 65 blocks of 29 districts, except Deogarh. Poll was not conducted as a Zilla Parishad member was declared elected unopposed […]

Jajpur: The no-trust motion against Vyasanagar civic body chairperson Sabita Rout in the district was dismissed as no councillor turned up to participate in the voting today. “We waited till 12 noon and no one turned up for voting. So, the motion was rejected”, said Abdul Alim Khan, additional District Magistrate of Kalinga Nagar. As […]

Bhubaneswar: The fate of candidates for the students’ union elections at various poll-bound colleges and universities across the State will be determined today as voting for the elections has begun on various campuses. As per the announcement, the voting began at 8 am and would continue till 2 pm. Presiding officers and supervising officers have […]

Balasore: The villagers of Jamalpur and Chaughani under Jaleswar block in Baleswar district cast their votes today to choose between the two newly-formed Kotsahi and Rayaramachandrapur panchayats following bifurcation of the Rayaramachandrapur gram panchayat. The voting which began at 9am continued till 2pm ended peacefully. Around 300 voters exercised their franchise to decide the gram […]

The Biju Janta Dal (BJD) registered a thumping victory in the civic polls in Baliguda and Champua Notified Area Councils (NACs) winning nine wards each in the two newly created NACs on Thursday

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday urged first time voters to register and cast their ballots in the coming Lok Sabha polls. Delivering his first “Mann Ki Baat” address of 2019, Modi said: “This year, the Lok Sabha elections will be held in our country and this will be the first time that […]

New Delhi: Facebook on Thursday said it will send a voter registration reminder to users in India who are eligible to vote. The ‘Register Now’ button is designed to encourage Indian citizens to register themselves with the Election Commission of India (ECI), the company said in a statement. The reminder will be rolled out in […]

Raipur: Amid tight security, polling began at 7 a.m. on Monday in 10 of the 18 constituencies in the first phase to elect a new Chhattisgarh Assembly, officials said. The electoral exercise in these 10 constituencies will end at 3 p.m. Polling will take place in eight other places from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. […]