Campaigning ends for West Bengal's final phase of pollingMay 11th, 2009 KOLKATA - After rising to a crescendo over the past couple of days, campaigning ended Monday in 11 Lok Sabha constituencies in West Bengal that go to the polls in the final phase Wednesday. The fate of 100 candidates, including Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee and eight other women will be decided by 13.8 million electors across 17,136 polling booths spread over three southern Bengal districts, including this state capital.
Polling begins in DelhiMay 7th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Polling began Thursday morning for the seven Lok Sabha seats of the national capital. About 11.09 million people - nearly four million of them in the age group of 18-29 - are eligible to vote at 11,348 polling booths in the capital.
Polling ends in DelhiMay 7th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Polling for the seven Lok Sabha seats of the national capital ended at 5 p.m. after 10 hours of balloting.
Campaigning for fourth phase of Lok Sabha polls ends todayMay 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Campaigning in 85 constituencies spread over eight states that will go to polling in the fourth phase of polls on May 7 will end on Tuesday evening,
A total of 1,315 candidates, including 119 women, are in the fray in this phase that will witness polling to 85 Lok Sabha seats in eight states and union territories. Polling for all the 25 seats in Rajasthan, 10 in Haryana and seven in Delhi will be completed in one-go.
Campaigning ends in Delhi TuesdayMay 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi is to address a rally here in a last minute effort to woo voters before campaigning for parliamentary elections in Delhi ends Tuesday evening. A total of 160 candidates are in the fray for the capital's seven Lok Sabha seats.
Re-polling at 35 booths in Bihar, West Bengal, Sikkim and Gujarat beginsMay 4th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Re-polling at 35 booths in Bihar, West Bengal, Sikkim and Gujarat began this morning. The Election Commission has ordered re-polling following irregularities during the third phase of Lok Sabha polls last Thursday.
Polling ends peacefully in third roundApril 30th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Polling for the third round of the staggered Lok Sabha elections, held in 107 constituencies spred acrosss nine states and two union territories concluded peacefully at 5 p.m. Thursday. Over 144 million voters were eligible to exercise their franchise at 165,000 polling stations.
Campaigning for third phase of Lok Sabha polls ends todayApril 28th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Campaigning in 107 constituencies that will go to polling in the third phase of elections on April 30 will come to an end this evening. A total of 1,567 candidates would contest in nine states and two Union Territories in the third phase.
Campaigning ends for third phase of pollsApril 28th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Campaigning for Thursday's third phase of the staggered Lok Sabha elections came to an end Tuesday evening in nine states and two union territories. Polling is to be held in 107 constituencies in Bihar, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Jammu and Kashmir, Gujarat and Sikkim, besides the union territories of Dadra and Nagar Haveli, and Daman and Diu.
Campaigning ends for third phase of LS pollsApril 28th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Campaigning in 107 constituencies that will go to polling in the third phase of elections on April 30 ended on Tuesday. Congress President Sonia Gandhi's parliamentary constituency Rae Bareilly and Bharatiya Janata Party leader L.
Campaigning for second phase of Lok Sabha elections ends todayApril 21st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Campaigning for the second phase of Lok Sabha elections will come to an end on Tuesday. The polling will be held on April 23.
Campaigning ends for Manipur's seatApril 20th, 2009 IMPHAL - Campaigning for the second phase of election in Manipur - scheduled a day before the rest of the country - ended Monday, with preparations for the voting almost complete, election officials said. Manipur is the only state where the second phase of elections will be held Wednesday, while in the rest of the country it will be held the following day, the officials said.
Campaigning ends for Manipur's seatApril 20th, 2009 IMPHAL - Campaigning for the second phase of election in Manipur - scheduled a day before the rest of the country - ended Monday, with preparations for the voting almost complete, election officials said. Manipur is the only state where the second phase of elections will be held Wednesday, while in the rest of the country it will be held the following day, the officials said.
Campaigning for first phase of poll ends in JharkhandApril 14th, 2009 RANCHI - Campaigning ended Tuesday in six of Jharkhand's 14 Lok Sabha seats where polling will be held April 16, with the stage set for a triangular or multi-cornered contest on all the seats. A total of 7,068,696 voters will decide the fate of 85 candidates in the fray, including former external affairs minister Yashwant Sinha and former coal minister Karia Munda, both contesting on Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) tickets, from Hazaribagh and Khuti, respectively.
Campaigning ends for Chhattisgarh's 11 seatsApril 14th, 2009 RAIPUR - Campaigning for Chhattisgarh's parliamentary elections drew to a close Tuesday with polling officials getting ready to conduct the mammoth exercise that will stretch over 20,967 polling booths and decide the fate of 178 candidates. An electorate of 15.4 million, including 7.6 million women, will vote Thursday in what is essentially a contest between the state's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the Congress that heads government in New Delhi.