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ECI announces re-polling at a Kolkata booth
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 21 (ANI): The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Tuesday ordered re-polling at a booth in Kolkata's Uttar parliamentary constituency.
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Indonesia election: Joko Widodo wins second term
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Jakarta [Indonesia], May 21 (ANI): The Election Commission of Indonesia on Tuesday confirmed that President Joko Widodo has won a second term as president, beating out rival Prabowo Subianto, a retired general, by a 55.5 per cent to 44.5 per cent margin.
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WB: EC imposes Section 144 in Bhatpara for undefined time-period
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Bhatpara (West Bengal) [India], May 20 (ANI): Section 144 has been imposed in West Bengal's Bhatpara Assembly constituency for undefined time-period to deal with post-poll violence, the Election Commission of India (ECI) said on Monday.
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Re-polling ordered at Amritsar booth on May 22
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Chandigarh (Punjab) (India), May 20 (ANI): Election Commission of India (ECI) ordered re-polling at one polling booth of Amritsar Parliamentary constituency on May 22, due to negligence during the polling process.
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Chandrababu Naidu and 21 opposition party leaders to meet EC tomorrow
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi (India), May 20 (ANI): A delegation of 21 opposition parties along with Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister and TDP Chief N Chandrababu Naidu will knock the doors of Election Commission of India (ECI) at 3 pm on Tuesday, pressing their demand of tallying VVPAT slips with EVM figures i
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Pranab praises Election Commission but favours new method of appointment
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 20 (ANI): Amidst controversy over the functioning of the Election Commission of India (ECI) in the current elections, former President Pranab Mukherjee on Monday praised the role of the poll panel right from the first Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sukumar Sen to
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AAP seeks additional security at strong room in Delhi, writes to CEC Arora
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi (India), May 20 (ANI): Fearing manipulation, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Monday wrote to Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sunil Arora, seeking deployment of additional observer and security forces at the strong rooms.
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TDP requests EC to ensure YSRCP doesn't disturb counting process
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 20 (ANI): Telugu Desam Party (TDP) has requested the Election Commission of India (ECI) to ensure the YSRCP doesn't disturb the counting of Lok Sabha and Assembly votes in the state on May 23.
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BJP requests EC to conduct repolling in booths affected by violence in the
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 20 (ANI): A BJP delegation led by Defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman and Railway minister Piyush Goyal approached the Election Commission (EC) and urged it to conduct repoll in the constituencies where violence had taken place during all the phases of the Lok Sabha
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LS polls: BJP writes to EC over alleged violence by "TMC goons"
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 19 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday wrote a letter to the Election Commission (EC) over incidents of violence across the nine parliamentary constituencies which voted during the seventh and last phase of Lok Sabha elections here.
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Himachal Pradesh: EC announces ex-gratia of Rs 15 lakh to kin of 3 polling
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi (India), May 19 (ANI): The Election Commission has announced an ex-gratia of Rs. 15 lakh each to the next of the kin of three polling officials of Himachal Pradesh who died on election duty in the Lok Sabha elections.
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62 per cent turnout recorded till 7 pm in last phase, WB tops chart
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 19 (ANI): An estimated voter turnout of 62 per cent was recorded till 7 pm in 59 constituencies in the last phase of the Lok Sabha elections on Sunday, the Election Commission said.
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