The Supreme Court on Monday declined to entertain the YSR Congress party's plea challenging relaxation of postal ballot norms by the poll panel in Andhra Pradesh.
A spokesperson of the Election Department said here today that the voting percentage in the four parliamentary constituencies of Himachal Pradesh was approximately recorded at 71 percent including postal ballots.
A delegation of the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance (INDIA) bloc leaders met with the Election Commission of India to discuss issues related to the counting of votes.
According to the general instructions issued by the poll body, the District Election Officers, Returning Officers (RO) and Observers shall ensure that the existing instructions related to counting arrangements in and around Counting Centers have been fully complied with before counting of
Nearly 270,000 people are eligible to vote and they have to bring personal identification, like a passport or driving license, to receive their ballot.
Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) Lok Sabha candidate Misa Bharti from Patliputra seat arrives at the designated polling booth to cast her ballot in the seventh and final phase of Lok Sabha Elections, 2024.
Sibal's statement comes after the ECI on Wednesday filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court saying disclosure of voter turnout data based on Form 17C (records of votes polled in each polling station) will cause confusion among voters as it will also include postal ballot counts.
The Election Commission of India on Wednesday filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court saying disclosure of voter turnout data based on Form 17C (records of votes polled in each polling station) will cause confusion among voters as it will also include postal ballot counts.
Braille ballot papers are being prepared following instructions from the Election Commission of India to enable visually impaired people to take part in the election process and cast their votes for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections in Punjab and Chandigarh.
The Supreme Court on Monday dismissed a plea filed by a 78-year-old bedridden woman seeking direction to the Election Commission of India to have her vote cast through the postal ballot in the ongoing Lok Sabha Election.
1409 elderly voters Persons with Disabilities (PwDs) cast their ballots using the home voting facility across all seven parliamentary constituencies in Delhi on the second day of the exercise on Saturday, said official statement.
Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir (J-K), which voted in the fourth phase of the Lok Sabha elections on May 13 (Monday), recorded a voter turnout of around 38 per cent, which as per the Election Commission is more than "double" the 14.43 pc polling in the 2019 general elections.