Election Polls

No question of postponing J & K polls, says EC

rediff.com
15-Nov-2008 15 related
        

Cabinet Secretary KM Chandrasekhar asked Chief Election Commissioner N Gopalaswami to seek a meeting with Metrological Department on the possible snowfall in Jammu and Kashmir [Images] and its effect on the first phase of...

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Campaigning for first phase of J-K polls ends today

indiasnews.net
15-Nov-2008 18 related
        

India's News.Net Saturday 15th November, 2008 (ANI) Srinagar, Nov 15 : Campaigning for first phase of assembly elections in Jammund Kashmir will come to an end this evening. 102 candidates are in the fray for the ten assembly...

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"Hum Paanch" election booth in Ladakh

newdelhinews.net
15-Nov-2008 4 related
        

Thukjay Gonpa (J-K), Nov 15 : In the forthcoming Assembly elections, polling station Thukjey Gonpa of Leh district in Jammu and Kashmir is the smallest having only five voters. It has been named as the "Hum Paanch" booth.

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Allen Best: A well-disciplined, bottom-up campaign

aspentimes.com
15-Nov-2008
        

By the weekend before the presidential election, I was starting to feel important. People were at my front door. The telephone ran morning, noon and night. The calls came from Ohio, Utah and California.

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livemint.com: Star power: All India Congress Committee general secretary Rahul Gandhi campaigning in Dhamtari on Wednesday. In the previous assembly election, the Ajit Jogi-led Congress government was voted out of power. PTI livemint.com

One killed in state poll violence

gulfnews.com
14-Nov-2008 122 related
        

Suspected Maoist insurgents triggered blasts and opened fire to scare away voters, killing one policeman on Friday as elections in a central Indian state came to a halt in some rural pockets, officials said.

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yahoo.com: Kashmir votes in test for New Delhi rule yahoo.com

Kashmir goes to the polls on Monday

gulfnews.com
14-Nov-2008 18 related
        

Srinagar: With separatist leaders in jail, Kashmir votes on Monday in a multi-phase election that will test the legitimacy of New Delhi's rule of a region beset by independence protests earlier this year. Thousands of troops...

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Editorial: Accuracy of polls proves their worth

apn.co.nz
14-Nov-2008 4 related
        

There is only one poll that matters, the one on election day. So say many politicians when opinion poll results are less than favourable in the lead-up to an election. They are right, to a point, although they ignore the effect...

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Violence hits Indian state polls

thenews.com.pk
15-Nov-2008 17 related
        

Saturday, November 15, 2008 RAIPUR, India: Suspected Maoist insurgents triggered blasts and opened fire to scare away voters on Friday as elections in a central Indian state came to a halt in some rural pockets, police and...

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Congress and BJP locked in a tough contest

hindu.com
14-Nov-2008 50 related
        

Aarti Dhar RAIPUR: With polling for the first phase of elections in Chhattisgarh over, the focus has now shifted to the remaining 51 Assembly constituencies, north of the State capital. There is a neck-to-neck contest between...

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Ghana: Media Practitioners Urged to Be Circumspect in Their Reportage

allafrica.com
14-Nov-2008 1 related
        

Posted to the web 14 November 2008 Mr. David Kanga, a Deputy Chairman of the Electoral Commission (EC), has cautioned media practitioners to be circumspect in their reportage in order to ensure peaceful polls on December 7,...

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