12 percent polling in Rajasthan

November 6th, 2009 JAIPUR - Polling Saturday began in the two assembly constituencies of Todabhim and Salumber in Rajasthan, an official said. "The voting began at 8 a.m.

October 13th, 2009 MUMBAI - Maharashtra notched around 48 percent voter turnout at the end of polling for the assembly elections Tuesday evening, an official said. The final figures will be available late Tuesday evening.

October 13th, 2009 NEW DELHI - People in 22 polling stations in the Maoist-affected areas of Maharashtra, where poll officials could not reach Tuesday, will be given another opportunity to vote, Chief Election Commissioner Navin Chawla said here. Chawla said the polling was "very satisfactory" and the "morale was extremely" high in the Maoist-hit polling stations in Maharashtra.

May 10th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Re-polling was underway Sunday in two polling booths in south Delhi's Chhattarpur area that had both recorded an unbelievable 98.5 percent voter turnout, officials said. 'In polling station numbers 64 and 64 A, the assistant returning officer told me that the voter turnout was 98.5 percent on Thursday.

May 10th, 2009 JAIPUR/KOLKATA/PATNA - Repolling is taking place amidst tight security at 60 booths in Rajasthan, 15 in West Bengal and six in Bihar on Sunday. The repolling began at 7:00 a.m.

May 7th, 2009 JAIPUR - Polling was mostly peaceful in Rajasthan Thursday with around 11 percent turnout recorded in the first two hours, an official said. 'Polling has so far has been peaceful and around 11 percent of over 36 million voters had cast their votes till 9 a.m.

May 7th, 2009 JAIPUR - First the polling booth, then the altar. The priority was crystal clear for Ramesh Kumar, who came riding on a horse to vote in a village in Rajasthan's Udaipur constituency before moving on to get married.

May 7th, 2009 JAIPUR - Voters seem more keen to cast their ballot in Rajasthan's Jaisalmer desert, where six mobile booths have been set up, than other places in the state. 'We have recorded 37.20 percent voting in two of the mobile booths and in the other four it was 14.80 percent in first two hours of polling.

May 5th, 2009 JAIPUR - When Bundi district of Rajasthan votes Thursday, election officials will share all polling-related details among themselves through SMSes and with people through website updates. This is being tried out perhaps for the first time in India, election officials said here Tuesday.

May 4th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The fourth round of the 2009 general elections is scheduled for Thursday. Here are some facts about the poll to be held across eight states.

May 4th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Voters in the desert city of Jaisalmer in Rajasthan can escape the sweltering sun and still exercise their franchise this Thursday - thanks to mobile polling booths at their doorstep. On May 7, the poll panel has made special facilities for at least six mobile polling booths to zip across 12 specified places in Jaisalmer district where over 2,000 people are eligible to cast their votes.

April 28th, 2009 RANCHI - At least 50 percent voters cast their ballot Tuesday in 116 booths where re-polling was ordered following defective or damaged electronic voting machines during the first and second phases of the Lok Sabha elections. The voting ended peacefully at the polling booths spread in all the 14 Lok Sabha constituencies of the Leftist insurgency-hit state.

April 23rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Polling stations opened Thursday in 140 constituencies spread across 12 states in the second round of elections to pick a new Lok Sabha. Voters started queueing up in thousands of polling centrers.

March 6th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Each of the 128,112 polling stations in Uttar Pradesh for the Lok Sabha elections will have at least one telecommunication facility to ensure prompt and direct connectivity with voting officials, India's poll panel chief here said Thursday. 'We have taken some special measures to curb cross-border movement of people, which in the past has been the cause of trouble during polling in areas along inter-state borders,' Chief Election Commissioner N.

January 5th, 2009 JAIPUR - Reliance Communications (R-Com), India's only telecom service provider to offer GSM and CDMA services nationwide, has launched mobile GSM services in over 1,450 towns and more than 10,000 villages in Rajasthan. The company also launched a first-of-its-kind Customer Experience Programme (CEP) for subscribers opting for its GSM services, which offers up to 100 percent savings to sub-Rs.300 Average Revenue Per User (ARPU) mobile customers for a one-time subscription charge (including GSM SIM) of Rs.25.