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72.13% voting recorded in Karnataka polls
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India] May 13 (ANI): The total polling percentage in Karnataka Elections is 72.13 per cent, said Karnataka Chief Electoral Officer Sanjeev Kumar on Sunday.
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K'taka polls: BJP alleges 'rigged election' in BTM Layout
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 12 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Lallesh Reddy, who is contesting the Karnataka Assembly election from BTM Layout constituency, has claimed that polling at a booth in the constituency was rigged by the state government officials.
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Voter turnout 70%, figures likely to increase
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 12 (ANI): The Election Commission on Saturday noted that so far, the voter turnout is 70 percent, compared to 71.4 percent in 2013 elections in Karnataka.
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K'taka polls: Re-polling ordered at a booth in Hebbal
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Hebbal (Karnataka) [India], May 12 (ANI): The Election Commission has ordered re-polling in Karnataka's Hebbal assembly constituency's polling station Number 2 as the polling was stopped earlier in the day due to Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) failure.
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K'taka polls: Protests break out in Dharwad polling booth
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Dharwad (Karnataka) [India], Mar 12 (ANI): Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) workers on Saturday staged a protest during the polling for Karnataka Assembly elections in Dharwad constituency, alleging that polling staff at a booth were asking people to vote for Congress candidate, Vinay Kulkarni.
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Security beefed up in poll-bound Karnataka
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], May 12 (ANI): Security has been beefed up in the state of Karnataka in the run-up to the Assembly polls.
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EC took 'extraordinary step' by postponing RR Nagar election: Piyush Goyal
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 11 (ANI): Union Railway Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday lauded the Election Commission's (EC) decision to postpone the polling in Bengaluru's Raja Rajeshwari Nagar constituency and called it an 'extraordinary step'.
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K'taka polls: EC defers polling in RR Nagar to May 28
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], May 11 (ANI): In light of the seizure of 9746 voter IDs from a flat in Bengaluru coming under the Rajarajeswari Nagar constituency, polling in the constituency for Karnataka Assembly has been deferred to May 28.
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K'taka polls: Cong seeks disqualification of BJP's Sriramulu
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 11 (ANI): The Congress party on Friday asked the Election Commission (EC) to disqualify Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate B Sriramulu from contesting the Karnataka Assembly elections over a viral video allegedly showing him trying to a bribe a former chief just
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Urban-rural divide key to Karnataka poll outcome
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], May 11 (ANI): Campaigning in Karnataka has come to an end, with high-intensity rallies being carried out by both the Congress and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to woo voters in their favour in both rural and urban areas.
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WB Panchayat polls: Candidates filing e-nominations being threatened, says
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 10 (ANI): Left Front chairman and Communist Party of India (Marxist) politburo member Biman Bose on Thursday said that some candidates who have filled e-nominations for the upcoming panchayat polls in West Bengal are being threatened and attacked to withdra
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E-mailed Panchayat poll nominations won't be accepted in WB: SC
Updated : 7 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India] May 10 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Thursday set aside Calcutta High Court order that asked West Bengal Election Commission (WBEC) to accept nominations for Panchayat polls through e-mail.
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