Fourth round of polling begins

October 15th, 2009 GADCHIROLI - Voting has begun at twenty-two polling booths in naxal-affected Maharashtra's Gadchiroli district today. Polling will end at 3: 00 p.m.

May 13th, 2009 NEW DELHI - An estimated 428 million of India's 714 million electorate voted in the five-phase general elections that saw a turnout of 59-60 percent, the Election Commission announced Wednesday. On Wednesday, when the last round of polling was conducted in 86 constituencies in seven states and two union territories, 62 percent of the voters had exercised their franchise, Chief Election Commissioner Navin Chawla told reporters.

May 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.

May 7th, 2009 NEW DELHI - India entered the last lap of Election 2009 Thursday with polling ending for the fourth of the five-phase elections. It was a largely peaceful election across eight states, except for West Bengal where three people were killed.

May 7th, 2009 LUCKNOW - Polling began in 18 of Uttar Pradesh's 80 Lok Sabha polls in the fourth phase of general elections Thursday morning. Polling began at 7 aa.m.

May 7th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Polling stations opened Thursday morning across eight states for the fourth and penultimate round of elections to the Lok Sabha that are widely expected to produce a hung parliament. A total of 85 constituencies are to elect MPs from Bihar, Haryana, Punjab, Jammu and Kashmir, West Bengal, Rajastan, Uttar Pradesh and Delhi.

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 - 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.

April 30th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Balloting for round three of the staggered Lok Sabha elections got underway at 7 a.m. Thursday in 107 constituencies in nine states and two union territories.

April 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.

April 23rd, 2009 JAMMU - Most of the polling stations in the predominantly mountainous Lok Sabha constituency of Udhampur in Jammu and Kashmir wore a deserted look as voting began in the second of the five-phase parliamentary polls Thursday morning. Tight security was in place in this constituency that witnessed gunbattles between separatist militants and security personnel till a day before.

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.

April 23rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - Polling stations in 140 constituencies across 12 states opened at 7 a.m. for the second phase of the Lok Sabha elections.

April 22nd, 2009 IMPHAL - Polling for the Inner Manipur (valley districts) Lok Sabha seat constituency began today amidst tight security. The polling will decide the fate of seven candidates.

April 16th, 2009 RANCHI - Voting for six Lok Sabha seats in Jharkhand began Thursday morning with a large number of security personnel being deployed at polling booths in view of the threat of Maoist violence. Polling in the six constituencies - Palamau, Chatra, Koderma, Lohardagaa, Hazaribagh and Khuti - began at 7 a.m.