Over 65 percent vote during re-poll in DelhiMay 10th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Re-polling in two booths in south Delhi's Chhattarpur area saw 65.42 percent voter turnout Sunday. The re-polling was ordered in the two booths after they recorded 98.5 percent turnout Thursday, the Election Commission said.
Repolling underway in Rajasthan, WB and BiharMay 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.
Visually imparted caste vote in Delhi for the fourth phaseMay 7th, 2009 NEW DELHI / JAISALMER - As hundreds of thousands of people voted in the national capital on Thursday despite scorching heat, several visually impaired voters also exercised their franchise and voted joyfully. Polling booths with electronic voting machines (EVMs) in Braille were specially set up for the visually handicapped voters, the fact which fascinated these special voters turning out to vote in big number.
About 19 percent turnout in Rajasthan in first four hoursMay 7th, 2009 JAIPUR - Polling was mostly peaceful in Rajasthan Thursday with 18.89 percent turnout recorded in the first four hours of polling for the state's 25 parliamentary constituencies, an official said. 'Polling has so far has been peaceful and around 18.89 percent of over 36 million voters had cast their votes till 11 a.m.,' an Election Commission official told IANS.
11 percent turnout in Rajasthan in first two hoursMay 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.
Congress, BJP jostle for seats in Rajasthan (Poll Curtainraiser - Rajasthan)May 6th, 2009 JAIPUR - The Congress targeted the poor performance of the Vasundhara Raje-led Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which in turn lashed out at its present Ashok Gehlot regime in the high powered game for the 25 Lok Sabha seats in Rajasthan that goes to the polls Thursday. Over 37 million voters, including 17 million women, would choose their nominees in the lower house of parliament amongst 346 candidates, including Congress' Sachin Pilot and Girija Vyas and the BJP's Manvendra Singh and K.S.
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.
Mobile polling booths for Jaisalmer votersMay 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.
293 sensitive polling booths in DelhiMay 3rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - A total of 293 polling booths in the national capital have been identified as 'sensitive' and 'hypersensitive' and extra police force will deployed there during polling for Lok Sabha elections May 7, election officials said Sunday. 'The Delhi police has identified 253 sensitive and 40 hypersensitive booths across Delhi.
Repolling in 6 booths in Bengal SundayMay 2nd, 2009 KOLKATA - Repolling would be held in six booths in three Lok Sabha constituencies in West Bengal Sunday, a poll official said Saturday. 'Two booths each from Darjeeling, Jhargram and Bishnupur Lok Sabha constituency will go for re-polling tomorrow (Sunday),' joint chief electoral officer (CEO) N.K.
50 percent voting in Jharkhand re-pollingApril 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.
Re-polling underway in 63 booths in Andhra PradeshApril 26th, 2009 HYDERABAD - Re-polling was underway Sunday in 63 polling booths in Andhra Pradesh amid tight security after incidents of violence or technical errors during the second phase of voting held Thursday. Polling began at 7 a.m.
Repolling underway in Andhra PradeshApril 26th, 2009 HYDERABAD - Repolling is taking place amidst tight security at 63 booths in Andhra Pradesh on Sunday. The Election Commission had ordered the re-poll on Saturday due to irregularities including damage to the electronic voting machines (EVM's) and technical problems during the second phase of Lok Sabha elections on April 23.
Single phase polling for Kerala's 20 seats April 16April 13th, 2009 THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - Kerala will see polling for all its 20 Lok Sabha seats April 16 in the first phase of the elections, with women outnumbering male voters by 809,642. Kerala's chief electoral officer (CEO) Nalini Netto Monday said there are 21,865,324 voters in the state, of which 11,337,483 are women.
R-Com launches GSM services in RajasthanJanuary 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.
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