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Tuesday, November 5, 2024
TopicVoter turnout

Topic: Voter turnout

Hyderabad municipal polls showed booth-level officers not doing their job properly

According to a study in 21 cities, not even a third of all booth-level officers could be contacted based on the phone numbers made available by the Election Commission.

US set to see highest voter turnout in century with over 160 million votes

Polling was largely smooth as voters lined up early to cast their ballots in one of the most consequential and polarised elections that took place during a pandemic.

Jharkhand sees 62.87% voter turnout for phase 1 of assembly polls

Police said Naxalites exploded a bomb near a culvert in the forests of Gumla district, but there was no casualty or damage to voter turnout.

Not just political apathy, faulty electoral rolls to blame for lower Lok Sabha poll turnout

National Election Study surveys have consistently shown that only 10 per cent electors did not vote because of lack of interest in politics.

62.56% voter turnout recorded in 5th phase of Lok Sabha elections across 7 states

The polling was peaceful in most states except clashes between BJP & TMC workers in Bengal and two grenade attacks in J-K's Anantnag.

UP’s 1.3 lakh polling booths: What affects voter turnout on election day

EC’s voter education programme has exhausted its limit as data shows two booth-level factors can affect participation on polling day.

Phase 4 records 64% voter turnout in 72 constituencies across 9 states

Among the heartland states, 62% turnout was recorded in Rajasthan, 53.12% in UP and 65.86% Madhya Pradesh.

Phase 3 of Lok Sabha polls records 64% voter turnout in 116 constituencies

The voter turnout in Gujarat was 58% this year as compared to 63% in 2014 Lok Sabha elections.

Forget turnout, just holding elections in Srinagar is a big deal: J&K chief poll officer

J&K CEO says that given the current scenario, even holding elections, that too peacefully, were a task. 

On Camera

Trudeau is nursing snakes in his own backyard. Misguided Sikhs in Canada are losing the plot

By turning a blind eye to the snakes in his own backyard, Trudeau is setting the stage for a disaster of epic proportions for his country, his people, and the world at large.

Watch CutTheClutter: Flattening INR-USD rate, and debate on pros and cons of a ‘strong’ rupee

In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.

India carries out 1st patrol in Depsang since disengagement with China, to take things ‘slow’

While there are patrolling points (PP) 10, 11, 12, 12A and 13 in the Depsang Plains, the patrol in the region Monday was carried out to only one point as decided by India and China.

Xi wanted to teach India about imbalance of power. We should take a budgetary lesson from it

While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.