Arrangements for vote count

July 8th, 2009 Indonesians vote calmly in presidential electionJAKARTA, Indonesia — Indonesians voted in their emerging democracy's second direct presidential election, with the incumbent expected to win a single-round victory on the back of recent economic and political stability. An unofficial quick count at 2,000 polling stations with a fifth of ballots counted gave President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono 54 percent of the vote, which would be enough to avoid a runoff in September.

June 29th, 2009 Observers say flaws in Albania vote countTIRANA, Albania — International observers said on Friday that political interference had delayed the vote count of last month's general election in Albania. Some 500 international election observers have been monitoring Albania's election process, considered an important test for the tiny Balkan country's progress of democracy.

May 16th, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - The counting of votes cast for elections to the 147 assembly constituencies and 21 Lok Sabha seats in Orissa began Saturday morning, a poll official said. The vote count began at 8 a.m.

May 16th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Millions of votes polled in the staggered Lok Sabha elections began to be counted across the country Saturday morning, with most results expected by midday. The mammoth exercise overseen by the Election Commission started at 8 a.m.

May 16th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Counting of votes for the 543 Lok Sabha constituencies began across the country on Saturday. Counting began at 8:00 a.m.

May 15th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Election Commission Friday took stock of the arrangements for counting of votes Saturday across the country. Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Navin Chawla and Election Commissioners S.Y.

May 15th, 2009 CHANDIGARH - Elaborate security arrangements have been made in the union territory of Chandigarh and neighbouring Punjab to ensure the smooth conduct of counting process Saturday, poll officials said Friday. 'We have completed all the arrangements for the counting of votes of 13 Parliament constituencies of Punjab.

May 15th, 2009 NEW DELHI/CHENNAI - The Election Commission has made elaborate security arrangements ahead of vote counting day on Saturday. Chief Election Commissioner Navin Chawla said 1,080 counting centres have been set up throughout the country.

May 13th, 2009 AMRITSAR - The city of Golden Temple started voting on a not so enthusiastic note on Wednesday in the fifth phase of general elections, with not many people turning up at polling booths despite wide awareness. Though polling started at 7 a.m, in the urban areas of Amritsar despite a dull beginning the voting is likely to pick up later in the day.

May 7th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The teething troubles were quite apparent. Yet, as Delhi went to polls Thursday, the disabled population and NGOs working with the community were more or less happy with the special arrangements made in the polling booths by the Election Commission for the Lok Sabha elections.

April 29th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Election Commission Wednesday appealed to every voter - young and old, living in rural or urban areas - to exercise their 'most valuable democratic right' and vote in the third round of the general elections Thursday. In the third phase, elections will be held in 107 parliamentary constituencies spread over nine states of Bihar, Gujarat, Jammu and Kashmir, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Sikkim, Uttar Pradesh, and West Bengal, and two Union Territories of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu.

April 15th, 2009 KANDHAMAL - Shadow of last year's communal riots still looms large over villagers in Kandhmal in Orissa, making them ask for security on the polling day. Though the people are coming back to their villages, they are still living under a shadow of fear.

April 2nd, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Election Commission Thursday said it would make voting arrangements for the people who have fled their states and are living in refugee camps in the country. 'The Election Commission will make all arrangements in the refugee camps in Jammu, Delhi, Kandhamal and Chhattisgarh so that people (living in camps) could cast their voters,' Deputy Election Commission J.P.

January 27th, 2009 RAIPUR - Chhattisgarh Home Minister Nankiram Kanwar made a surprise visit Wednesday at two Salwa Judum relief camps in restive Bijapur district of Chhattisgarh to review security arrangements. Kanwar along with Additional Director General Girdhari Nayak, and Bijapur legislator Mahesh Gagra, visited the Bijapur and Gangloor relief camps in wake of reports that some of the camps have poor security arrangements.

December 27th, 2008 SRINAGAR/JAMMU - Counting of the votes polled in Jammu and Kashmir's staggered assembly elections began Sunday, with most analysts predicting another hung 87-member legislature. The counting process started in the state's various district centres at 9 a.m., Election Commission officials said.