Voting begins in Punjab, good turnout in rural areas

Voting begins in Punjab, good turnout in rural areas

Chandigarh, April 30 (IANS) Voters queued up at polling booths across Punjab in good numbers Wednesday as polling started on all 13 Lok Sabha constituencies in the state in a single phase, officials said. As many as 253 candidates are in the fray. People could be seen queuing up at some polling stations even before […]

Brisk polling in Gujarat

Brisk polling in Gujarat

Ahmedabad, April 30 (IANS) Polling started on a brisk note in most of Gujarat’s 26 Lok Sabha seats Wednesday with long queues witnessed at some places even before the polling stations opened. According to state election officials, an average of 8-10 percent voting has been recorded in the first two hours since polling started 7 […]

Voting begins in Andhra Pradesh

Voting begins in Andhra Pradesh

Hyderabad, April 30 (IANS) Voting in Andhra Pradesh began Wednesday for 17 Lok Sabha seats and 119 state assembly seats in Telangana region, officials said. Balloting is taking place at 30,574 polling booths. As many as 265 candidates are in the fray for the Lok Sabha and 1,669 for the assembly constituencies. More than 28 million […]

Voting begins in UP

Voting begins in UP

Lucknow, April 30 (IANS) Balloting in 14 parliamentary constituencies and by-polls for two state assembly seats began in Uttar Pradesh Wednesday, officials said. Over 24 million electors are eligible to vote at 25,380 polling booths. As many as 233 candidates are in the fray for the Lok Sabha seats.

Voting begins in Punjab

Voting begins in Punjab

Chandigarh, April 30 (IANS) All 13 Lok Sabha constituencies in Punjab Wednesday began voting in a single phase, officials said. As many as 253 candidates are in the fray. Balloting is being held at 22,022 polling booths where more than 19.6 million people are eligible to vote. A total of 234,011 poll officials have been deployed.

West Bengal votes

Kolkata, April 30 (IANS) Lok Sabha polls in nine constituencies and bypoll for one state assembly seat began in West Bengal Wednesday, officials said. As many as 87 candidates are in the fray for the Lok Sabha seats and four for the Galsi state assembly seat. Over 13.8 million people are eligible to vote at 17,330 […]

Bihar votes

Bihar votes

Patna, April 30 (IANS) Lok Sabha polls for seven seats of Bihar and bypoll for one state assembly seat began Wednesday, officials said. As many as 94 candidates are in the fray in the Lok Sabha polls. More than 11 million electors are eligible to vote at 10,157 polling booths where a total 58,215 poll officials […]

Voting starts in Srinagar

Voting starts in Srinagar

Srinagar, April 30 (IANS) Balloting for the Srinagar Lok Sabha seat in Jammu and Kashmir began Wednesday, officials said. As many as 14 candidates are in the fray, including Farooq Abdullah of the National Conference. Over 1.23 million voters are eligible to exercise their franchise at 1,546 polling booths. Around 50 companies of central armed forces […]

Balloting begins in Gujarat

Balloting begins in Gujarat

Ahmedabad, April 30 (IANS) Lok Sabha polls in all 26 seats of Gujarat and by-polls for seven state assembly seats began Wednesday, officials said. A total of 334 candidates are in the fray for the Lok Sabha. Balloting is taking place at 45,380 polling stations where over 234,000 polling personnel have been deployed. More than 40 […]

Dadra and Nagar Haveli votes

Dadra and Nagar Haveli votes

Ahmedabad, April 30 (IANS) Balloting for the lone Lok Sabha seat of Dadra and Nagar Haveli began Wednesday, officials said. As many as 11 candidates are in the fray. A total of 188,783 people are eligible to vote at 163 polling booths across the union territory.