DC releases final voters’ list; Chamundeshwari highest at 3,41,116, Periyapatna lowest at 1,96,036 Mysore/Mysuru: Lok Sabha elections are scheduled to be held in April-May this year and preparations are on with the voters’ list. As per the revised final electoral rolls released by Deputy Commissioner (DC) Dr. K.V. Rajendra yesterday, the final count of voters…
27 lakh voters in Mysuru district, Chamundeshwari tops with 3,38,949
December 4, 2023Periyapatna reports the lowest at 1,98,014; DC asks all eligible young voters to enrol in electoral rolls Mysore/Mysuru: In adherence to the Election Commission of India’s (ECI) timetable, the District Administration has released the preliminary voter list for Mysuru district in anticipation of the upcoming Lok Sabha (LS) elections in 2024. The public is encouraged…
Congress to play ‘Women’s Card’ in next LS polls
November 17, 2023Women candidates to be fielded in one third of total 28 Parliamentary Constituencies in the State Bengaluru: Congress party, which is leaving no stone unturned to wrest power from ruling BJP in the forthcoming Lok Sabha (LS) elections, is keen on wooing women voters by implementing 33 percent reservation for women while picking up the…
Draft voter list released for 2024 Lok Sabha polls
October 28, 2023Final electoral roll to be published on Jan. 5, 2024; addition, deletion, correction till Dec. 9, 2023 Bengaluru: The State Election Commission, responsible for preparations for next year’s Lok Sabha election scheduled for April or May 2024, released the draft voter list on its website yesterday. With this release, the Election Commission has initiated the…
Despite alliance with BJP, JD(S) is committed to its ideology: MP
September 27, 2023Holenarasipur: Hassan MP Prajwal Revanna has said that even though his party JD(S) has entered into an alliance with the BJP for the next Lok Sabha elections to be held next year, JD(S) will stay committed to its ideologies and nobody should have any doubt about this. “Our leaders have discussed the alliance with Muslim…
‘Explain to people why they should vote against me’
September 3, 2023MP Pratap Simha dares CM Siddharamaiah to show his 40-year contribution to Mysuru Mysore/Mysuru: Congress and Chief Minister Siddharamaiah faced scathing criticism from MP Pratap Simha, who accused the party of obstructing BJP and JD(S)’s vision for Greater Mysuru. Speaking to reporters in Mysuru yesterday, the MP elaborated on how the Congress appeared to lack…
Preparing for Lok Sabha Elections 2024: First-Level Checking of voting machines begins
August 1, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: The First-Level Checking (FLC) of the 1,500 new Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) and Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) machines that were brought to the city recently from Electronics Corporation of India Limited (ECIL), Hyderabad, began this morning at the EVM Warehouse near the Office of the Deputy Commissioner at Siddarthanagar. The machines will…
Priyanka Vadra may contest from Mysuru or Chikkamagalur in 2024 LS polls
July 11, 2023Indira Gandhi’s victory from Chikkamagalur in 1978 gives hope to Congressmen Bengaluru: Is the Congress party preparing for a larger role for Priyanka Gandhi Vadra as the Lok Sabha (LS) elections approach, considering Rahul Gandhi’s uncertain electoral future due to a ban on contesting polls? Party insiders indicate that Priyanka has moved to the forefront…
LS Polls: Cash, contraband seizures cross Rs. 2,600 crore mark
April 19, 2019New Delhi: Since the announcement of the dates of the Lok Sabha elections in March, enforcement agencies have seized cash and contraband amounting to Rs. 2,600 crore as of Apr. 17 when compared to the Rs. 1,200 crore during the general election in 2014. Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sunil Arora confirmed that the total seizure…
Poll crackdown intensifies
March 21, 2019Cash, liquor worth over Rs. 1.24 crore seized in Mysuru Mysuru: Even as political parties are indulging in hectic parleys to zero-in on candidates for the forthcoming Lok Sabha Elections and even before prominent candidates filing their nomination papers, authorities responsible for conducting free and fair elections have tightened the grip on unaccounted cash, liquor…
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