Braille ballot papers are being prepared following instructions from the Election Commission of India to enable visually impaired people to take part in the election process and cast their votes for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections in Punjab and Chandigarh.
Maneesh Garg, the Chief Electoral Officer of Himachal Pradesh, announced that the cycling expedition to Tashigang, the world's highest polling booth at 15,256 feet, was undertaken by State Election Icon Jaspreet Pal and his co-cyclist Kshitij Niltu to raise voter awareness for the ongoing Lo
Prime Minister Narendra Modi claimed that opposition INDI alliance has been completely defeated in the fifth phase of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections polling for which was held on Monday.
"A 62-year-old polling booth agent of Shiv Sena (UBT), Manohar Nalge was found dead inside the toilet of a polling booth in Mumbai's Worli area. Mumbai's NM Joshi Marg police took possession of the body and sent it for post-mortem. A case has been registered ADR. Further investigation underw
Ahead of the polling in the Puri, Sambit Patra triggered a political row with his controversial remarks, saying, "Lord Jagannath is a devotee (bhakt) of Prime Minister Narendra Modi". Later, he described the comments as a "slip of the tongue".
The fifth phase of polling for Lok Sabha polls across 49 parliamentary constituencies spread over six states and two Union Territories (UTs) on Monday saw a voter turnout of 60.09 per cent till 11:30 pm, the Election Commission (ECI) said.
The Commission will also, after the scrutiny and depending on the number and schedule of repolls, publish the updated voter turnout along with a gender-wise breakdown by May 24.
After Maharashtra reported a sluggish voter turnout in the fifth phase of the ongoing Lok Sabha elections, Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray on Monday claimed that voters in the state were deliberately harassed at polling booths, adding that the Bharatiya Janata Party is using the El
Clash broke out between Congress and Bharatiya Janata Party workers during the polling of the phase 5 of the Lok Sabha Elections in Mumbai on Monday, officials said.
Several Bollywood celebrities exercised their voting rights in the fifth phase of Lok Sabha polls on Monday including power couple Soha Ali Khan and Kunal Kemmu, who were spotted at a polling booth in Mumbai proudly displaying their inked index fingers
Voting for the fifth phase of the Lok Sabha elections concluded on Monday across all 49 parliamentary constituencies spanning eight States and Union Territories with a voter turnout of 57.51 per cent.