According to the Election Commission of India (ECI), Simaur recorded the highest voter turnout at 41.89 per cent while Lahaul and Spiti recorded the lowest voter turnout at 21.95 per cent. A voter turnout was 34.05 per cent in Bilaspur, in Chamba it was at 28.3
As part of its firm commitment towards gender equality and constructive participation of women in the electoral process, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Rajiv Kumar said that as many as 157 polling stations across the State are being managed solely by women staff.
Though the Election Commission of India (ECI) provided a voluntary facility to 80 plus aged electors to vote through ballot papers at their homes, yet this aged woman did not opt for that facility and preferred to cast her vote through electronic voting machine (EVM) at the polling statio
The poll panel issued a notification prohibiting the publication of exit-poll projections in any print and electronic media will be prohibited from 8 am on November 12 and 5 pm on December 5.
Samajwadi Party President Akhilesh Yadav alleged that a large number of supporters of Samajwadi Party voters were "wrongly removed" from the voter list in the 2022 assembly elections in which the party lost earlier this year.
The poll panel issued a notification on Thursday prohibiting the publication of exit-poll projections in any print and electronic media will be prohibited from 8 am on November 12 and 5 pm on December 5.
BJP won 11 seats while its ally party Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) won one seat. While on the other side, the major opposition in the state, Congress, bagged two seats and 8 seats have been won by Independents.
A terror case was registered against the leaders of PTI, including party's chairman Imran Khan, secretary-general Asad Umar and 100 other party workers for alleged violence during the protests.
In order to address transgender issues in electoral roll, Election Commission of India decided to set up a committee which will undertake a study to make the process of becoming a voter easier for the Transgender community.
The Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the Rampur's Sessions court to take up Azam Khan's application seeking a stay on conviction in the hate speech case on November 10 and disposed of it on the same day.
Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar along with Election Commissioner Anup Kumar Pandey launched the nationwide Special Summary Revision (SSR) 2023 on Wednesday in Pune.