Bhopal Collector and District Election Officer Kaushlendra Vikram Singh told ANI, "We are doing various types of activities and campaigning to increase the voting percentage. Apart from this, we have decided to honour the first voter of the polling station and a lucky draw will be held every
Election Commission of India has doubled up its voter participation interventions to overcome the small drop in turnout in the first two phases of Lok Sabha polls.
After the Election Commission of India (ECI) released the voter turnout data for the first and second phases of the Lok Sabha elections, BJP's Goa Lok Sabha election incharge, Ashish Sood said the way the Congress leaders reacted to ECI's figures shows their fear. He also said Congress shoul
Collectors, Inspectors-General of Police (IGs) and other officers concerned were present in the meeting organised in Indore. The main objective of the meeting was to increase the voting percentage and ensure peace and harmony during the elections.
"There is a difference of six percent between the provisional figures and exact figures given by the ECI for the 102 seats of the first phase and 88 seats of the second phase of Lok Sabha elections. Earlier, whenever the Election Commission used to provide provisional figures, the exit figur
Congress general secretary of communication Jairam Ramesh, in a post on X, also said that two issues have 'emerged' with the ECI's latest data release.
The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Tuesday released final figures of voting in the first two phases of the Lok Sabha election, showing a turnout of over 66 per cent in both phases.
Giving an updated figure, Kerala's Chief Electoral Officer Sanjay Kaul said that the state recorded a voter turnout of 71.27 per cent in the 2024 Lok Sabha election which was held on April 26 in the state.
Assam recorded 77.35 per cent voter turnout in the second phase of polls, which was held in five parliamentary constituencies in the state on April 26.
Voting lasted till 10 pm in some booths of Vadakara constituency. Voting was delayed in some booths of Vadakara, Kozhikode, Malappuram, Ponnani and Alathur constituencies.
According to the Chief Electoral Officer Puneet Agarwal, the scrutiny of the EVMs will be conducted on Saturday which will eventually help the poll authorities to ascertain the final turnout which is expected to rise.