Recount ordered at 10 pct of Afghan vote sites over suspect tallies in presidential electionSeptember 15th, 2009 Recount ordered at 10 pct of Afghan vote sitesKABUL — A U.N.-backed monitoring body ordered Afghanistan's election commission to recount ballots from about 10 percent of the country's polling stations because of suspicious totals in last month's presidential vote, an official said Tuesday. The recount order raises the possibility that President Hamid Karzai's lead could drop below the 50 percent threshold, forcing the country to hold a second-round runoff between Karzai and top challenger Abdullah Abdullah.
Afghan body to recount ballots from 10 percent polling centresSeptember 15th, 2009 KABUL - Election authorities said Tuesday they would recount ballots from around 10 percent of the polling stations in last month's presidential vote due to indications of fraud. The UN-backed Electoral Complaints Commission (ECC) ordered the recount after receiving more than 2,000 complaints of fraud, with hundreds of them said to be serious enough to affect the outcome.
Recounts ordered at 10 percent of Afghan polling sites because of suspicious vote talliesSeptember 15th, 2009 Recount ordered at 10 percent of Afghan vote sitesKABUL — A top election official says vote tallies from about 10 percent of Afghanistan's polling stations need to be recounted because of possible irregularities in the country's Aug. 20 presidential election.
Five-phase 2009 general electionsMay 13th, 2009 NEW DELHI - An overview of the staggered five-phase general elections that started April 16 and ended May 13. Here are some of the facts:
Total voters - 713.77 million voters
Polling stations - 834,000
Poll observers - 2,046
Polling staff - 4.69 million
Parliamentary constituencies - 543
Assembly elections - Andhra Pradesh (294), Orissa (147) and Sikkim (32)
Total candidates - 8,070
Male candidates - 7,514
Women candidates - 556
Highest number of candidates - Chennai South (43)
Lowest number of candidates - Nagaland (3)
Highest polling station - Auley Phu in Leh, Ladakh (set up at an altitude of 15,300 feet)
Electronic Voting Machine and control units - control units (908,643) and ballot units (11,83,543)
Villages identified as vulnerable - 86,782
People booked under preventive sections - 373,861
Maoist-affected constituencies - 79 seats
High security deployment - 118,604 polling stations
Video-graphers - 74,729
Digital cameras - 40,599
Helicopters - 55
Re-polls - 648 polling stations
Re-balloting ordered in two polling stations in New DelhiMay 11th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Election Commission Monday ordered repoll in two polling stations in Kasturba Nagar assembly segment in New Delhi constituency after some people whose names had been deleted from the electoral rolls had cast votes. The Election Commission has found that the people whose names were deleted had cast their votes in polling station No.12 and 13 in Kasturba Nagar assembly segment in New Delhi constituency, Deputy Election Commissioner R.
Poll panel sends teams to Bihar to probe complaintsMay 8th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Election Commission Friday deputed six teams of two officers each to look into the complaints received during the polling in various parliamentary constituencies in Bihar. 'In view of the persistent complaints regarding some polling stations in different constituencies, the commission has decided to send today (Friday) the teams to visit Aurangabad, Saran, Jamui, Maharajganj, Jehanabad, Munger and Gaya and submit the feedback,' the poll panel said in a statement here.
Delhi Police on poll duty, but few voteMay 5th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Very few policemen in Delhi vote during elections as most of them are on polling duty and many shy away from casting their vote via postal ballot due to the complex procedure involved, say officials. Like the armed and central paramilitary forces, personnel of the 60,000-strong Delhi POlice can cast their vote either by going to polling booths in their constituencies or using postal ballot.
No vote cast in five polling stations in KarnatakaApril 30th, 2009 BANGALORE - No ballot was cast in five polling stations in Karnataka Thursday as the electorate refused to vote to protest non-implementation of development works and rehabilitation package, an Election Commission official said. The polling stations were spread across three of the 11 Lok Sabha constituencies where voting was held Thursday in Karnataka.
Re-balloting in 145 polling stations in Bihar on May 5, 9April 30th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Re-balloting will be held on May 5 and May 9 in 145 polling stations in Bihar, where election was held April 16 in the first phase, the poll panel said Thursday. The Election Commission had ordered the re-poll in 145 voting stations in Bihar last week.
50 percent voting in Jharkhand re-pollApril 28th, 2009 RANCHI/NEW DELHI - At least 50 percent voters cast their ballot Tuesday in 116 polling stations of the Leftist insurgency-hit Jharkhand 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 state, Deputy Election Commissioner J.P.
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.
Special ballot papers for blind in Himachal PradeshApril 26th, 2009 SHIMLA - The Election Commission has made provisions for special ballot papers that can be read by touch for blind electors who are not conversant in Braille, a senior Himachal Pradesh poll official said here Sunday. 'Out of 1,070 visually impaired electors in Himachal Pradesh, only 27 are Braille-conversant voters,' state Chief Electoral Officer Anil Khachi told IANS.
Re-poll ordered in Bihar's 146 voting stationsApril 23rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Election Commission Thursday ordered re-poll in 146 voting stations in Bihar and 58 in Jharkhand where ballotting was held in the first phase April 16. The date for the re-polling in Bihar would be announced later, Deputy Election Commissioner R.
Re-balloting in 46 polling stations on April 18: ECApril 17th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Election Commission Friday announced that repolling would be held on April 18 in 46 polling stations across seven states where balloting was held in the first phase. 'In the states that went for polling yesterday, the process of examination of documents by the Observers and Returning Officers in the presence of candidates or their agents is going on.
Repoll ordered in 17 Andhra polling stationsApril 16th, 2009 HYDERABAD - The Election Commission Thursday ordered repolling in 17 voting centres in Andhra Pradesh's Mahbubnagar district following incidents of violence. Villagers in Aiza area, who were protesting their inclusion in Alampur assembly constituency in the delimitation process, attacked polling stations and destroyed electronic voting machines (EVM).
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