Local bodies election: Counting tomorrow
Results may out by afternoon
Bengaluru, September 2: Counting of votes polled in the elections held for local bodies including the city corporations of Mysuru, Tumkur and Shivamogga and city municipal councils on August 31, would be held on September 3 from 8 am and it is expected that the results would be out by afternoon.
Elections were held for 102 local bodies on August 31 and the counting of votes would be held in district and taluk centres for which the Election Commission has made all arrangements. Total 9,121 candidates have contested for 2,634 wards and the result might be the issue for the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections.
Though there is a coalition government, both Congress and the JDS have fought cordially and declared that they would make post-poll alliance. However, the BJP is expecting more seats in the election. Following the natural disaster, the election to the three town panchayats in Kodagu was postponed and election was not held at Afzalpura ward number 19 in Kalburgi district as the nomination paper was rejected. The election of ward number 9 in Kollegala town municipal council in Chamarajanagar district was also postponed due to death of BSP candidate.
As the Electronic Voting Machines were used for the voting, the results may be announced by tomorrow afternoon.
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Voting begins for Assam''s 126 assembly seats
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Guwahati (PTI): Polling for all 126 Assam assembly constituencies began on Thursday to decide the electoral fate of 722 candidates, officials said.
In the high-stakes election, the ruling BJP is aiming for a third consecutive term in office, while the Congress seeks to wrest power after being ousted in 2016.
Polling, being held in a single phase, began at 7 am and will conclude at 5 pm. Long queues of voters were seen outside polling stations from early morning.
An electorate of 2.50 crore, including 1.25 crore women and 318 from the third gender, can exercise their franchise in 31,490 polling stations across the state.
Prominent candidates include Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma, Congress state president Gaurav Gogoi, assembly Speaker Biswajit Daimary, Leader of the opposition Debabrata Saikia, AIUDF chief Badruddin Ajmal, Raijor Dal president Akhil Gogoi, and Assam Jatiya Parishad (AJP) chief Lurinjyoti Gogoi.
Several cabinet ministers, including the AGP’s Atul Bora and Keshav Mahanta, and the BPF’s Charan Boro are also in the fray.
The Congress has the highest of 99 contestants, followed by the BJP (90), AIUDF (30), NDA allies AGP (26) and BPF (11).
Opposition alliance’s Raijor Dal is contesting in 13, AJP in 10, CPI(M) in 3 and APHLC in 2. Outside the two coalitions, the AAP is contesting in 18 seats, UPPL in 18, TMC 22, JMM 16 and there are 258 independents.
The ruling NDA’s main constituents are the BJP, Asom Gana Parishad (AGP) and the Bodo Peoples’ Front (BPF) while the opposition alliance comprises the Congress, Raijor Dal, Assam Jatiya Parishad (AJP), CPI(M), All Party Hill Leaders Conference (APHLC) and CPI(ML).
The counting of votes is scheduled on May 4.
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