Bangalore recorded an average voter turnout of approximately 56.4 percent. Missing names in voter list. Dysfunctional EVM machines. Drinking water unavailable. As Bangalore went to polls today, several polling booths reported discrepancies and non availability of basic facilities for voters. However, polling went peacefully across all polling stations, Karnataka state police said. M.D. Anwar, a […]
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Section 144 was imposed in the city from 6 p.m. yesterday. Despite the imposition of section 144 before the Lok Sabha (LS) elections scheduled in Bangalore tomorrow, Congress party workers were seen holding door-to-door campaigns in a group of 10 to 15 people and distributing pamphlets to people in Nayandahalli today. Members from the Youth […]
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The city will go to polls tomorrow for the general elections. The results of all the eight phases of elections will be announced on June 4. As the country goes into the second phase of Lok Sabha elections tomorrow, Karnataka is all set to vote in its first phase. Tomorrow 14 Lok Sabha constituencies out […]
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Proper management of industrial emissions and infrastructure development are the key demands of Bangalore Rural residents. Residents of Bidadi, an industrial town in the Bangalore Rural Lok Sabha constituency feel that development and growth in the area is only limited to the industries and does not extend to the common man. Bharath, a Master of […]
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The city has only received scattered rain showers this year. All other areas in the state that go to polls will also see hot, dry weather. The heat is ready to test the resolution of Bangalore voters tomorrow. The city will continue to see high temperatures and the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) has predicted a […]
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Assembly constituencies in Bangalore Rural Constituency at a glance The constituency has a total of 28,02,956 voters of which 14,24,685 are males, 13,77,570 are females and 325 are other voters. List of Candidates History of LS Elections in the Constituency Compiled by Arya S. Biju and Akankhya Rout.
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P C Mohan (BJP) and Mansoor Ali Khan (INC) are the key candidates in the constituency. As the campaigning for the first phase of Lok Sabha polls in Karnataka ends today, voters of Bangalore Central Lok Sabha constituency demand resolution of civic issues like water crisis and narrow roads. Chandan, a working professional from Rajajinagar […]
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KP Nanjundi assured the upliftment of backward classes; Dr Gowda said he wanted to work for rural medicine. Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader KP Nanjundi joined the Congress, and the Congress party leader Dr Shushrutha Gowda joined BJP today, with only two days left for the Lok Sabha polls in Karnataka. To Congress from BJP […]
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Dalit and SC/ST organizations extended their support for the Congress in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) dismissed thousands of cases of illegal land grabbing, thereby undermining justice to the SC/ ST community, members from the Prohibition of Transfer of Certain Lands (PTCL) Kayde Bhoomi Vanchithara Horata Samithi said in a […]
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An Election Commission official answered the Supreme Court’s questions on the EVM-VVPAT today. The Supreme Court reserved the verdict in the Electronic Voting Machine-Voter-Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (EVM-VVPAT) case today. The bench comprising Justices Sanjiv Khanna and Dipankar Datta was hearing petitions seeking 100 percent EVM-VVPAT verification. The Supreme Court called up an Election Commission […]
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