823 candidates in fray in Tamil NaduMay 11th, 2009 CHENNAI - Over 40 million voters in Tamil Nadu will decide the electoral fate of 823 candidates in the fray May 13, the state's chief electoral officer (CEO) said Monday. 'The Lok Sabha poll for Tamil Nadu will be in the last - 5th phase - May 13.
More Tribal than urban women voted in GujaratMay 4th, 2009 GANDHINAGAR - Tribal women in Gujarat displayed a substantially higher inclination to vote this Lok Sabha poll than their counterparts in the urban areas of the state, despite intense heat wave conditions April 30, a poll official said. The turnout of tribal women on polling day in Gujarat as per the final calculations stand at 48 percent compared to 43.37 percent of urban women, he said.
Narendra Modi votes, says Gujarat will ensure BJP winApril 30th, 2009 Ahmedabad, April 30 IANS Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi cast his ballot at 9 a.m. at a polling station in Ranip, under the Gandhinagar Lok Sabha constituency, here Thursday.
20 percent voter turnout in first three hours in GujaratApril 30th, 2009 AHMEDABAD - About 20 percent of Gujarat's voters exercised their franchise in the first three hours of polling in all 26 Lok Sabha constituencies in the state Thursday, poll officials said. Chief Minister Narendra Modi cast his ballot at 9 a.m.
Modi to record turnout at Gujarat poll boothApril 30th, 2009 AHMEDABAD - The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has made Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi in charge of recording turnout at booth number 124 of Amraiwadi locality in Maninagar constituency during the Lok Sabha polls underway Thursday, a party source said. As per tradition, BJP workers are put on poll duty at various booths to record the turnout of voters and report to their seniors after voting ends.
Voters in Gujarat village boycott pollApril 30th, 2009 UMARGAON - An entire village in Umargaon area of Valsad district in south Gujarat decided to boycott the polls Thursday, after they came to vote but discovered many mistakes in the voters' list, a poll official here said. The voters from Sajjan Bander village were irked by what they called 'innumerable mistakes' in the voters' list which created confusion when they reached the polling stations to cast their votes as polling began in Gujarat at 7 a.m.
Too hot, poll officials take a hitApril 30th, 2009 NEW DELHI - With the sun beating down mercilessly, two Gujarat polling officials were rushed to the hospital Thursday after suffering heat strokes. The presiding officers at two polling booths in Manavdar and Mangrol Port, both in Junagadh district, complained of dizziness and unease.
558 candidates line up for 26 Gujarat seatsApril 10th, 2009 GANDHINAGAR - As many as 558 people have filed nominations for the 26 Lok Sabha seats in Gujarat. The nomination papers were filed April 8 and 9, a senior poll official at the State Election Office said Friday.
BJP's Gujarat headquarters go wi-fi for pollsApril 6th, 2009 AHMEDABAD - The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has converted its Gujarat headquarters here into a wi-fi zone for the busy election period and enrolled young tech-savvy volunteers to help design its online campaign to woo upwardly mobile voters. The party office now has seamless internet connectivity and each of the volunteers has a personal laptop.
NCP declares eight candidates in GujaratApril 4th, 2009 AHMEDABAD - The Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) on Saturday announced the names of eight candidates in Gujarat for general elections. The party's decision indicated that its tie-up with the Congress in the State has broken.
Ahead of polls, dry Gujarat tightens vigil on liquor smugglingApril 1st, 2009 DAHOD - The Gujarat police have intensified patrolling on a highway bordering Madhya Pradesh following reports of a number of make-shift country liquor vends coming up in the neighbouring state. The police suspect that before the polls, a lot of liquor is being smuggled from Madhya Pradesh to Gujarat, a state under prohibition.
Modi favourite to lead Gujarat again, survey showsMarch 31st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi is the most popular leader in the state and was likely to retain the post, an opinion poll said Tuesday. 'Narendra Modi emerges as the most popular candidate to be the next chief minister in Gujarat with 45 percent people in favour of him.
Gujarat poll preparedness to be reviewed TuesdayMarch 30th, 2009 GANDHINAGAR - With exactly a month to go before Gujarat holds elections April 30, poll officials will meet here Tuesday to review arrangements for polling. Deputy Election Commissioner J.P.
MJP poll campaign to focus on Gujarat diamond workersMarch 4th, 2009 AHMEDABAD - The Mahagujarat Janata Party (MJP), formed by dissident Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislators, will focus on the problems of Gujarat's nearly two million diamond workers during its campaign for the Lok Sabha polls, for which it will pick candidates after the big parties have announced their nominees. 'We will wait for the BJP and Congress to announce their list of candidates for the 26 Lok Sabha seats and then decide which of our candidates should be fielded,' MJP president Govardhan Zadhapia told IANS.
Lone voter in Gir forest to vote in Lok Sabha pollMarch 3rd, 2009 AHMEDABAD - A priest, who is the lone voter in Banej village deep inside the Gir forest - the home to Asiatic lions - in Gujarat, Monday said he would vote in the Lok Sabha poll. Living in a temple in the forest, Guru Shree Bharatdasji Bapu is the only voter in the village, which comes under the Una assembly segment of the Junagadh Lok Sabha constituency.
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