Poll panel allows petitioners to show EVM's tamperbilityAugust 17th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Election Commission Monday met petitioners who have filed cases in courts across the country challenging the efficacy of electronic voting machines (EVMs) and agreed to offer machines so they could demonstrate their claims of tamperability. We met the Election Commission and demanded it offer us EVMs to demonstrate that these can be tampered with.
EVMs can be manipulated, claim expertsAugust 2nd, 2009 BHUBANESWAR - An electronic experts group Saturday challenged the poll panel's claim that the electronic voting machines (EVM) are tamper proof, and said the voting devices can be tampered with in many ways. Claiming that there are loopholes in the EVMs, the expert team here demonstrated how the machines can be tampered through a prototype EVM they have developed.
EVMs tamper-proof, says poll panel, invites naysayers to demoAugust 1st, 2009 NEW DELHI - Maintaining that the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) are "fully tamper-proof", the Election Commission Saturday invited political parties and others who have raised doubts about the credibility of the machines to come for a demonstration that would set their misgivings at rest "once and for all". Days after Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K.
Rameshwar Thakur takes oath as Madhya Pradesh GovernorJune 30th, 2009 BHOPAL - Senior Congress leader Rameshwar Thakur took oath as the Governor of Madhya Pradesh at a ceremony at Raj Bhavan today. Madhya Pradesh High Court Chief Justice A K Pattnaik administered the oath of office to the Thakur.
Rameshwar Thakur takes over as Madhya Pradesh governorJune 30th, 2009 BHOPAL - Senior Congress leader and former Karnataka governor Rameshwar Thakur was sworn in here Tuesday as the 18th governor of Madhya Pradesh. Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, Leader of Opposition in assembly Jamuna Devi, state Congress Committee president Suresh Pachouri, Madhya Pradesh cabinet ministers and other dignitaries were present on the occasion at Raj Bhavan.
Thousands of voters reject all candidates in Madhya PradeshMay 2nd, 2009 BHOPAL - Over 4,000 voters left polling booths without casting their ballots since they did not want to support any of the candidates in the two-phase parliamentary election in Madhya Pradesh, an official said here Saturday. While 1,473 voters rejected all candidates in the first phase of polling April 23, the number of such voters in the second phase stood at 2,608, Madhya Pradesh Chief Electoral Officer J.S.
Repolling underway in Madhya PradeshMay 2nd, 2009 BHOPAL - Repolling is underway in seven booths spread across three Lok Sabha constituencies-Rajgarh, Sagar and Morena in Madhya Pradesh on Saturday. The three seats had gone to the polls on April 30 in the second and last parliamentary elections in the state.
Repolling in Madhya Pradesh passes off peacefullyMay 2nd, 2009 BHOPAL - Repolling at seven polling stations in three Lok Sabha constituencies of Madhya Pradesh Saturday passed off peacefully, officials said. An average turnout of 56.57 percent was recorded at these centres, the officials said.
1,473 voters in Madhya Pradesh reject all candidatesApril 25th, 2009 BHOPAL - A total of 1,473 voters in Madhya Pradesh trooped out of polling centres Thursday without voting because they did not find a suitable candidate to support, an official said Saturday. The voters came to the polling booths, got their names registered and then left without voting for anyone in the Lok Sabha elections.
Voting begins in Madhya PradeshApril 23rd, 2009 BHOPAL - Voting began in Madhya Pradesh for 13 parliamentary seats in the first of the two phase Lok Sabha polls amid tight security Thursday morning. Polling began at 7 a.m.
10 percent voting in Madhya Pradesh in first four hoursApril 23rd, 2009 BHOPAL - About 10 percent votes had been been cast by 11 a.m. for 13 of Madhya Pradesh's 29 parliamentary seats where polling was being held Thursday amid tight security in the first of the state's two phase Lok Sabha elections, officials said.
Madhya Pradesh records over 20 percent voting by 11 a.m.April 23rd, 2009 BHOPAL - Over 20 percent voting was recorded by 11 a.m. for 13 of Madhya Pradesh's 29 parliamentary seats where polling was being held Thursday amid tight security in the first of the state's two phase Lok Sabha elections, officials said.
Madhya Pradesh records nearly 40 percent votingApril 23rd, 2009 BHOPAL - Nearly 40 percent voting was recorded for 13 of Madhya Pradesh's 29 parliamentary seats where polling was held Thursday amid tight security in the first of the state's two-phase Lok Sabha elections. Four polling staff have died apparently of heat stroke, officials said.
Voting machines for blind in Madhya PradeshMarch 4th, 2009 BHOPAL - The Election Commission is preparing Braille signs for some polling booths in Madhya Pradesh to help blind voters exercise their franchise, an official said Tuesday. 'Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) in some centres will have Braille script to enable the visually challenged persons to cast their votes in the Lok Sabha elections,' said state's Chief Electoral Officer J.S.
Lok Sabha elections, a fact fileMarch 3rd, 2009 NEW DELHI - The following are the details of the five-phase Lok Sabha elections beginning April 16.
Total eligible voters: 714 million
Poll dates: April 16, 23 and 30; May 7 and 13
Counting: May 16
Polling stations: 828,804
General seats: 412
Scheduled Caste seats: 84
Scheduled Tribe seats: 47
Total electronic voting machines to be used: 1.36 million
Jammu and Kashmir and Uttar Pradesh: Five phases
Bihar: Four phases
Maharashtra and West Bengal: Three phases
Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Manipur, Orissa and Punjab: Two phases
Fifteen other states and seven Union territories: single-phase
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