Election News

Matching VVPAT Slips Likely To Delay Lok Sabha 2019 Election Results

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday May 23, 2019

Counting of votes for the Lok Sabha elections, in which over 8,000 candidates were in the fray for 542 seats, will begin at 8.00 am today and results are expected only by late evening, due to tallying of voter verified paper audit trail slips with EVM count for the first time.

Ahead Of Election Results, "Kingmakers" Wait In The Wings

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Thursday May 23, 2019

Regional satraps, all astute politicians and mostly from southern states, are positioning themselves to play kingmakers if the Lok Sabha results do not throw up a definite mandate.

Counting For 6 Mumbai Seats To Be Held At 3 Locations Across City

India News | ANI | Thursday May 23, 2019

The counting of polled EVMs of six parliamentary constituencies in Mumbai is going to be held on May 23 at three locations across the city - NESCO Complex Goregaon, Udayanchal School Vikhroli and New Shivdi Warehouse, Shivadi East.

Election Results Today, Counting Of Votes Begins At 8 am: 10 Points

India News | Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Thursday May 23, 2019

The people's verdict on who rules the world's largest democracy for the next five years, will soon be known as counting of votes begin today for the general elections, held after the most polarized campaign the country has seen. Prime Minister Narendra Modi -- whose BJP became the first party to gain majority on its own in three decades -- seeks a ...

Election Results Today, Counting Of Votes Begins At 8 am: 10 Points

India News | Edited by Anindita Sanyal | Thursday May 23, 2019

The people's verdict on who rules the world's largest democracy for the next five years, will soon be known as counting of votes begin today for the general elections, held after the most polarized campaign the country has seen. Prime Minister Narendra Modi -- whose BJP became the first party to gain majority on its own in three decades -- seeks a ...

Counting Of Votes For Lok Sabha Polls Across 24 Centres In Jharkhand

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday May 23, 2019

Counting for the 14 Lok Sabha seats in Jharkhand will begin at 8 am across 24 districts amid tight security, officials said.

Over 25,000 Personnel Deployed For Lok Sabha Vote Count In Bengal

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Thursday May 23, 2019

Bringing the end to the high-voltage Lok Sabha polls in West Bengal - which has virtually become the ground zero of the current elections following the Bharatiya Janata Party's mega push to become a big player in the state - the authorities will today count the votes for the state's 42 seats, that could make a big impact in deciding the national ou...

Elections 2019-"Enfeebled Commission": Congress Attacks Poll Body Over VVPAT Decision

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday May 22, 2019

The Congress today launched a sharp attack on the Election Commission after it rejected a demand by opposition parties to tally Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) with Electronic Voting Machines. The opposition party referred to the poll body as "Enfeebled Commission" and said it was a "black day" for democracy.

Poll Panel Decision On VVPAT Slips "Dark Day For Indian Democracy": TDP

India News | Press Trust of India | Thursday May 23, 2019

The Telugu Desam Party Wednesday termed as "a dark day for Indian democracy", the Election Commission of India turning down a demand to count VVPAT slips ahead of the EVMs during the counting process on Thursday.

Senior NCP Leader Joins Shiv Sena, Blames Sharad Pawar For His Cross Over

India News | Indo-Asian News Service | Thursday May 23, 2019

Senior Nationalist Congress Party leader and former minister Jaydutta Kshirsagar on Wednesday joined the Shiv Sena, saying he felt "suffocated" in the NCP.

In Pranab Mukherjee's Speech, A Hint Seen For President Kovind

India News | Written by Parmeshwar Bawa | Wednesday May 22, 2019

Former President Pranab Mukherjee appears to have subtly thrown shade at his successor Ram Nath Kovind, who voted on May 12 along with the rest of Delhi in the sixth phase of the national election.

Lok Sabha Polls 2019: Highest Ever Voter Turnout: Election Commission

India News | Edited by Chandrashekar Srinivasan | Wednesday May 22, 2019

Voter turnout for the 2019 Lok Sabha elections were a record high, according to the Election Commission, with the final figure surpassing the 66.4 per cent from 2014 and well above the 58.19 per cent from 2009 polls

"BJP Never Demanded Floor Test In Madhya Pradesh": Shivraj Singh Chouhan

India News | Press Trust of India | Wednesday May 22, 2019

As Congress and BJP are involved in a spat over allegations of toppling the Kamal Nath government in Madhya Pradesh, former chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Wednesday said that the party has not demanded a floor test in the Assembly.

Ambitious Mayawati Is X Factor As Parties Wait For Election Results

India News | Reported by Sreenivasan Jain, Edited by Deepshikha Ghosh | Wednesday May 22, 2019

Prominent leaders from the south have been busy talking to various opposition parties to prepare for a scenario - unlikely according to exit polls -- that the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance (NDA) falls short of a majority. Uttar Pradesh politician Mayawati is believed to have conveyed her desire to be Prime Minister to one of the southern lea...

"HD Kumaraswamy Chief Minister Till Friday": BJP Leader Sadananda Gowda

India News | Reported by Maya Sharma, Edited by Vaibhav Tiwari | Wednesday May 22, 2019

Days after the exit polls predicted a grim future for the opposition, Union Minister DV Sadananda Gowda has claimed that the Congress-Janata Dal Secular government in Karnataka will collapse a day after the Lok Sabha election results are announced.