Page 5 - Elections

PM to visit Punjab on Jan 5, lay foundation stone of Rs 42,750-cr projects

This comes ahead of Assembly elections in Punjab

EC asks five poll-bound states to step up Covid vaccination drive

The election commission is likely to announce the poll dates for the five states in the coming weeks

Govt approves 19th tranche of electoral bonds; sale opens on January 1

Electoral bonds have been pitched as an alternative to cash donations made to political parties

Amid Omicron surge, EC says UP Assembly elections to be held as planned

More polling booths, voting time to be extended by 1 hr, vaxxed staff at booths among measures

Electoral bonds to be sold at authorised branches of State Bank of India

The Electoral Bonds will be valid for fifteen calendar days from the date of issue

Congress to get its new president next September: Head of party's poll body

Congress' Central Election Authority president Madhusudan Mistry on Wednesday said the party would get its new national president by the end of September 2022.

BJP likely to begin poll campaign with PM Modi's rally in Punjab on Jan 5

This will be the first rally of Prime Minister Modi in Punjab after the repeal of three farm laws

Personnel to be deployed for poll duty entitled for precaution dose: Govt

The Election Commission is likely to announce the dates of assembly elections for Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Goa, Punjab and Manipur early next month

Elections to four municipal corporations in Bengal on January 22

Counting of votes will be held on January 25, 2022

Election Commission to discuss Covid situation with top health officials

The Election Commission will convene a meeting with senior officials of the Union Health Ministry on Monday to discuss the current Covid situation in the five poll-bound states, sources said.

Parties will have to tell voters why they selected tainted candidates: CEC

CEC said that the norm was not enforced strictly earlier, but in wake of a Supreme Court directive, the top official said that the norm would be strictly enforced.

Hong Kong: Lowest election voters turnout yet, pro-govt candidates win

Hong Kong "patriots only" elections witnessed a record low voter turnout as pro-government candidates swept into the expanded legislature.The elections were held under a revamped system ordered by Beijing which marginalized democrats, Hong Kong Free Press reported.Around 1.3 million voters cast ballots on Sunday for a 30.2 per cent voter turnout - 5.6 percentage points less than the last historic low in the 1995 legislative election under British colonial rule.Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam said in a statement on Sunday that the new legislature would bring an era of "good governance" to the city.Turnout is a central issue, as observers consider it a barometer of legitimacy in an election where pro-democracy candidates are largely absent, and a crackdown under a China-imposed national security law has jailed dozens of pro-democratic contenders who had originally wanted to run, and forced others into exile.Under the electoral shake-up, the proportion of directly elected seats was .

With electoral reforms bill, we'll sieve out fake voters: Rijiju

He said that there should be a proper discussion on election reforms

Centre to introduce Election Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2021 in LS today

The Centre on Monday is likely to introduce 'The Election Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2021' that seeks to link Aadhaar with electoral roll in the Lok Sabha

Leftist millennial Gabriel Boric wins election as Chile's next president

A leftist millennial who rose to prominence during anti-government protests was elected Chile's next president Sunday after a bruising campaign against a free-market firebrand likened to Donald Trump. With more than 90 per cent of polling stations reporting, Gabriel Boric had 56 per cent of the votes, compared to 44 per cent for his opponent, lawmaker Jos Antonio Kast. Kast tweeted a photo of himself on the phone with his opponent congratulating him on his "grand triumph" as supporters of Boric gathered in downtown Santiago to celebrate. Outgoing President Sebastian Pinera held a video conference call with Boric to congratulate him. "I am going to be the president of all Chileans," Boric said in the brief televised appearance with Pinera. Boric, 35, will become Chile's youngest modern president when he takes office in March. He was among several activists elected to Congress in 2014 after leading protests for higher quality education. On the stump, he vowed to "bury" the neoliberal

KMC polls: Sporadic violence mars polls, voter turnout 63.63%

The State Election Commission and the police described the elections as "peaceful"

Hong Kong legislative polls close amid lower voter turnout

The semi-autonomous territory was rocked by pro-democracy protests in 2014 and 2019 that were crushed by the security forces

Gujarat gram panchayat polls end; 47% voter turnout recorded till evening

Despite cold conditions in several places, people queued up to vote early in the morning

Hong Kong election under new law marks culmination of Beijing's campaign

Hong Kong's Legislative Council elections mark the culmination of Beijing's campaign to rein in the body that had once kept it from imposing its unrestrained will over the semi-autonomous territory

Nepal defence minister Minendra Rijal exits after defeat in party election

The Nepali Congress (NC) delegates elected its youth leaders Gagan Kumar Thapa and Bishwa Prakash Sharma as general secretaries