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WB Panchayat polls: TMC worker shot dead, ballot papers thrown in pond
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
South 24 Parganas (West Bengal) [India], May 14 (ANI): A Trinamool Congress (TMC) worker was shot dead on Monday in Kultali area of West Bengal's South 24 Parganas district in poll-related violence even as voting continues in the state.
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RS poll: EC rejects complaint against Jharkhand Vikas Morcha MLA
Updated : 8 years ago IST
New Delhi, [India] Mar 23 (ANI): Hours after the Congress party demanded cancellation of Jharkhand Vikas Morcha MLA Prakash Ram's vote for Rajya Sabha polls alleging that he did not show his ballot paper after casting vote, the Election Commission on Friday rejected the complaint.
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Will look into demand of using ballot paper: CEC
Updated : 8 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 19 (ANI): With the political parties demanding the use of Ballot papers instead of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) in elections, Chief Election Commissioner OP Rawat on Monday said it takes stakeholders views very seriously and will try to address the issues raised c
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Indian EVMs are unique in world: CEC Rawat
Updated : 8 years ago IST
New Delhi [India] March 19 (ANI): The Chief Election Commission Om Prakash Rawat on Monday said that the Indian Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) are unique in the world.
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London-based MQM leadership announces CEC
Updated : 8 years, 2 months ago IST
London [United Kingdom], Jan 21 (ANI): Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) leaders have elected its Central Executive Committee (CEC) through balloting.
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Opposition using EVM issue as excuse for defeat, says Chouhan
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Hubli (Karnataka) [India], Dec 25 (ANI): Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said on Sunday that the Opposition's demand for ballot over Electronic Voting Machine (EVM) was a mere excuse for their "certain defeat".
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Russia's Navalny secures support for 2018 presidential polls
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Moscow [Russia], Dec 25 (ANI): Scores of Russians have endorsed the candidacy of opposition leader Alexei Navalny to get his name on the ballot officially and challenge Vladimir Putin in the next year's presidential polls.
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UP civic polls: Akhilesh blames EVM use for BJP's win
Updated : 8 years, 3 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Dec 2 (ANI): Adding fresh fuel to the flames of the Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) tampering controversy, Samajwadi Party (SP) Chief and former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav has alleged that the percentage of the Bharatiya Janata Party's (BJP
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Nepal SC directs EC to make separate ballot papers for upcoming polls
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Kathmandu [Nepal], October 26 (ANI): With one month remaining for Nepal to go for provincial and parliamentary polls, the Supreme Court has directed the Election Commission to make two separate ballot papers for the concerned elections.
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337 injured during Catalan independence referendum vote
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Barcelona [Spain], Oct 1(ANI): As many as 337 people have been injured, some seriously, after Spanish police in riot gear cracked down on voters by firing rubber bullets and stormed polling stations to confiscate ballot boxes to halt the Catalonia independence referendum.
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Catalonia referendum gets underway amid Spain crackdown
Updated : 8 years, 5 months ago IST
Catalonia [Spain], Oct 1 (ANI): Catalonia's independence referendum is underway in the towns and cities across the northeastern region, with the Spanish security forces entering many sites and attempting to confiscate ballot boxes.
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Transfer of power in India always by ballot, not bullet: Sushma Swaraj
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
Kathmadu [Nepal], August 11 (ANI): External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Friday said that in the 70 years of democratic history of India, the transfer of power has not been done by the bullet, but always by the ballot.
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