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Seizures totaling over Rs 3,449 cr made during 7th phase of LS polls: EC
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 19 (ANI): The Election Commission (EC) said that it has seized unaccounted money, illicit liquor, drugs and other inducements worth a total of over Rs 3,449 crore during the seventh and last phase of the Lok Sabha elections for which polling was held on Sunday.
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Shimla: Group of differently-abled officials manage polling booth
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Shimla (Himachal Pradesh) [India] May 19 (ANI): Even as the citizens voted for the seventh and last phase of Lok Sabha polls on Sunday, the Election Commission (EC) here tried their level best to include the differently-abled citizens into the electoral process.
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Rahul calls PM Modi's Kedarnath visit drama, accuses EC of capitulating be
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 19 (ANI): Congress president Rahul Gandhi on Sunday hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi calling his visit to Kedarnath a planned "drama" and accusing the Election Commission of India (ECI) "capitulating before him" and not taking any action against wide-scale me
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LS Polls: 70.97 pc voter turnout till 6 pm in Jharkhand
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], May 19 (ANI): An estimated voter turnout of 70.97 per cent was recorded till 6 pm on Sunday in three parliamentary constituencies in Jharkhand, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has said.
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LS Polls: MP records over 69 pc voter turnout in last phase till 6 pm
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], May 19 (ANI): A voter turnout of 69.36 per cent was recorded till 6 pm, 2.5 per cent higher than 2014, in eight Lok Sabha seats of Madhya Pradesh on Sunday, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has said.
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After TMC, TDP moves EC against telecast of Modi's Kedarnath, Badrinath vi
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Amravati (Andhra Pradesh) [India], May 19 (ANI): After Trinamool Congress, now the Telugu Desam Party (TDP) has written to the Election Commission seeking action against the telecast of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Kedarnath and Badrinath temples, even as the last and final phase
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Yechury speaks to CEC, alleges widespread rigging by TMC in West Bengal
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 19 (ANI): CPM general secretary Sitaram Yechury on Sunday spoke to Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sunil Arora regarding alleged widespread rigging in the last phase of polling in West Bengal by the Trinamool Congress (TMC), and asked why no efforts we
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UP records over 47 pc voter turnout till 5 pm
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], May 19 (ANI): An estimated voter turnout of 47.61 per cent was recorded till 5 pm in 13 Lok Sabha seats of Uttar Pradesh in the last phase of elections on Sunday with Maharajganj constituency leading the vote chart, the Election Commission of India (EC) ha
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59.38 per cent voting in MP till 4 pm
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], May 19 (ANI): A voter turnout of 59.38 per cent was recorded till 4 pm in eight Lok Sabha seats of Madhya Pradesh on Sunday, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has said.
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LS Polls: 64.81 pc voter turnout till 4 pm in Jharkhand
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], May 19 (ANI): An estimated voter turnout of 64.81 per cent was recorded till 4 pm on Sunday in three parliamentary constituencies in Jharkhand, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has said.
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Wide-scale coverage of Modi's Kedarnath visit violates MCC: TMC to EC
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 19 (ANI): The Trinamool Congress on Sunday wrote a letter to Election Commission of India (ECI) and asserted that the wide-scale of media coverage of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Kedarnath is a violation of Model Code of Conduct.
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LS polls: 10.25 per cent turnout till 9:00 am in last phase
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 19 (ANI): The voter turnout till 9 am in the seventh and final phase of Lok Sabha elections was recorded as 10.25 per cent, the Election Commission of India (ECI) said on Sunday. Fifty-nine parliamentary constituencies across seven states and one union territory are
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