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TREND | 21 Nov 2024

Maharashtra Elections 2024: Mumbai, Thane Record Lowest Turnout; Check Constituency-Wise Voting Percentage

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Mumbai City district recorded the lowest voter turnout, followed by Mumbai Suburban and Thane.

Maharashtra Records Best Voter Turnout In 30 Years; Check 10 Districts With Highest Voting Percentage

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TREND | 21 Nov 2024

Maharashtra Election Voting Percentage: Check District-Wise Voter Turnout In The State

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Maharashtra Assembly Elections 2024: The highest turnout was recorded in the 10 assembly seats in the Kolhapur district at 76.25%, followed by Gadchiroli at 73.68%.

Congress workers attack car transporting EVM after polling in Nagpur

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TREND | 20 Nov 2024

Jharkhand polls: Presiding officer replaced after favouritism allegations

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Jharkhand BJP MP Nishikant Dubey on Wednesday said he had filed a complaint with the Election Commission against a presiding officer for allegedly "favouring a ruling party candidate" in Madhupur assembly constituency during voting. Dubey claimed that following his complaint, the officer was arrested. "I filed a complaint with the Election Commission against the presiding officer at booth number 111 in Madhupur, Deoghar district, for favouring Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM) candidate and Minister Hafizul Hassan. The commission took my complaint seriously and arrested the officer," Dubey told reporters in Deoghar. However, the Deoghar administration said the officer was replaced after being found too close to the voting compartment, which is against Election Commission rules. An official statement from Deoghar administration clarified that the presiding officer at booth number 111 had been replaced. "During monitoring in the webcasting room, the presiding officer was found too close

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TREND | 20 Nov 2024

Jharkhand polls: 13% voter turnout recorded in 38 assembly seats till 9 AM

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Nearly 13 per cent voter turnout was recorded till 9 AM on Wednesday in 38 assembly constituencies in Jharkhand where voting is underway in the second and final phase, officials said. Polling began at 7 AM in 14,218 booths across 12 districts and will continue till 5 PM. However, polling in 31 booths will end at 4 PM though people standing in the queue at that time will be able to exercise their franchise, the officials said. The ruling JMM-led INDIA bloc is seeking to retain power riding on its welfare schemes, while the BJP-headed National Democratic Alliance (NDA) is trying to wrest it. "A voter turnout of 12.71 per cent was recorded in the first two hours of polling. Voting has been peaceful," an Election Commission official said. A total of 1.23 crore voters, including 60.79 lakh women and 147 third-gender electors, are eligible to exercise their franchise on Wednesday, another official said. Altogether 528 candidates, including Chief Minister and JMM leader Hemant Soren, hi

Voting For Bypolls To Four Punjab Assembly Segments Commences

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TREND | 20 Nov 2024

Jharkhand Assembly elections: Voting begins for 38 seats in 2nd phase

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Polling for 38 assembly seats in the second and final phase of Jharkhand elections commenced on Wednesday, amid tight security arrangements, officials said. Voting began at 7 AM in 14,218 booths across 12 districts and will continue till 5 PM. However, polling in 31 booths will end at 4 PM though people standing in the queue at that time will be able to exercise their franchise, the officials said. A total of 1.23 crore voters, including 60.79 lakh women and 147 third-gender electors, are eligible to exercise their franchise on Wednesday. Altogether 528 candidates, including Chief Minister and JMM leader Hemant Soren, his wife Kalpana Soren and Leader of Opposition Amar Kumar Bauri of the BJP, are trying their luck in the second phase of the elections. Eighteen of the 38 constituencies are in the Santhal Pargana region comprising six districts - Godda, Deoghar, Dumka, Jamtara, Sahibganj and Pakur. The remaining 18 seats are in North Chotanagpur division and two in South...

Maharashtra Assembly Elections 2024 Begin With Polls In 288 Seats

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TREND | 19 Nov 2024

Maharashtra Election: BJP's Vinod Tawde Under Scanner After Alleged Cash Handout To Voters

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A purported video of a face-off between Tawde and BVA leaders and workers has surfaced on social media.

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TREND | 18 Nov 2024

Maharashtra Election: Mumbai Voter Count For Assembly Polls Crosses 1 Crore Mark

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At the time of Lok Sabha polls earlier this year, Mumbai city had 98,95,602 eligible voters, including 25,16,667 in island city and 74,64,974 in the suburban district, as per EC data.

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TREND | 18 Nov 2024

US Stocks Erase More Than Half Post-Election Gains: Market Wrap

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Traders priced about a 56% chance the Fed will deliver a quarter-point reduction at its December meeting, down from 80% earlier this week.

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TREND | 17 Nov 2024

Left Sharad Pawar as MLAs wanted to join govt to resume stalled work: Ajit

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Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister Ajit Pawar on Sunday said he had to part ways with NCP founder and uncle Sharad Pawar as all party MLAs wanted to join the Eknath Shinde government to tide over stalled development works. The Nationalist Congress Party split in July last year after Ajit Pawar and eight MLAs joined the Shinde government. Following a decision by the Election Commission, he got the party name and 'clock' symbol, while the faction head by the octogenarian patriarch was named NCP (Sharadchandra Pawar) with 'man blowing tutari' as its symbol. Campaigning in Baramati, the Deputy CM said, "You might be thinking that I shouldn't have left Pawar saheb at this age. I didn't leave saheb. I told him it is the opinion of all MLAs that we must join the (Shinde) government as multiple development works we approved (under the Maha Vikas Aghadi dispensation) were put on hold. The MLAs even signed (in support of the government joining proposal)." Seeking support, the NCP chief told ..

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TREND | 15 Nov 2024

Maharashtra elections: 6.3K poll violations reported, EC seizes cash, goods

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The Election Commission has received 6,382 complaints related to model code violations in Maharashtra in the past month and has resolved all but one, while agencies under it have seized cash and goods worth more than Rs 536 crore. These complaints were filed through the cVIGIL app of the poll panel between October 15, when the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) came into force with the announcement of the election schedule, and November 14, said a statement issued by the office of state Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) on Thursday. cVIGIL is a mobile application developed by the EC to enable citizens to report violations of the MCC during elections. Of the total complaints received in the past month, 6,381 have been resolved by the EC, said the statement. Once a complaint is filed, the relevant team investigates and takes appropriate action, it said. In an enforcement crackdown since October 15, various state and central agencies have seized assets worth Rs 536.45 crore, which include illeg