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May 30, 2026, 11:35 AM - 2 min read
According to the State Election Commission, more than 15 lakh voters are eligible to exercise their franchise across 1,189 gram panchayats.
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May 26, 2026, 07:01 PM - 3 min read
Polling for 1,293 panchayats began at 7 am and ended peacefully at 3 pm. The polling took place amid a yellow alert for heatwave conditions in Una, Bilaspur, Hamirpur, Kangra, Solan and Sirmaur districts.
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April 24, 2026, 02:46 PM - 7 min read
The people of Bengal, unequivocally, know how to celebrate the festival of democracy. And are 'simultaneously' volatile enough to defy the perceived calculation behind voter participation and mandate.
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December 11, 2025, 09:42 PM - 3 min read
The first phase of Gram Panchayat elections in Telangana, held on Thursday across 3,834 villages, witnessed a strong voter turnout of 84.28 per cent, according to officials
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November 6, 2025, 09:30 PM - 4 min read
Conventional wisdom suggests high voter turnouts are a sign of anti-incumbency, but that is not always true.
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October 6, 2025, 04:51 PM - 3 min read
Bihar Assembly polls are to be held in two phases on November 6 and 11, and the results will be on November 14, CEC Gyanesh Kumar declared.
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February 19, 2025, 09:09 AM - 4 min read
US President Donald Trump has defended the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency's (DOGE) decision to cancel a $21 million grant aimed at increasing voter turnout in India, questioning the need for such aid given India's economic growth and high tariffs.
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June 6, 2024, 06:02 PM - 2 min read
At a recent press conference, Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar had said a total of 64.2 crore voters had exercise their franchise.
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June 1, 2024, 07:00 PM - 2 min read
Basirhat recorded the highest turnout at 76.56 percent, followed by Mathurapur at 74.13 percent, Jaynagar at 73.44 percent, Diamond Harbour at 72.87 percent, Barasat at 71.80 percent, Jadavpur at 70.41 percent, Dum Dum at 67.60 percent, Kolkata Dakshin at 60.88 percent, and Kolkata Uttar at 59.23 percent.
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May 31, 2024, 09:34 PM - 2 min read
As men from almost every household chase livelihood opportunities afar, the looming shadow of their absence threatens to cast a decisive impact on the elections.
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May 25, 2024, 11:24 AM - 2 min read
West Bengal recorded the highest voter turnout in the first two hours of polling at 16.54 per cent while Odisha recorded the lowest at 7.43 per cent, according to the Election Commission (EC).
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May 25, 2024, 11:06 AM - 2 min read
Tamluk recorded the highest polling at 19.07%, followed by Bishnupur (18.56%), Ghatal (18.27%), Bankura (17.69%), Jhargram (16.22%), Kanthi (15.45%), Medinipur (14.58%), and Purulia (12.68%).
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