State Assembly Election News and Updates
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Record 64% voting has been recorded in the first phase of UP elections, despite heavy rains which prevented voters from coming out in first half. In 2007, only 47% voting was recorded in the same constituencies.
The first phase of polls are expected as a direct fight between BSP and Congress. Rains in morning prevented voters from coming out and a brisk voting was recorded, but in the 2ndd half voting picked and 55% voters came out to vote in the 55 constituencies. Today’s candidates included 796 men and 65 women and 1 eunuch.
The Assembly elections results 2012 will be declared on March 6th.
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on 8 February 2012 | 6:14 am
Uttar Pradesh starts its journey to choose the next state Govt tomorrow 8th Feb with voting scheduled in 55 assembly constituencies of UP.
Almost 1.70 Crore voters will get a chance to decide their own future. The districts that will go to polls in the first phase of polls are Sitapur, Barabanki, Faizabad, Kanpur Dehat, Bahraich, Shrawasti, Balrampur, Gonda, Siddharthnagar and Basti.
The Uttar Pradesh elections are going to be a litmus test for a lot of parties. Congress has to show that all those corruption and scam cases against their ministers makes no difference to their poll outcome. BJP has to prove they are gaining ground and emerging as a winner in buildup to the 2014 Lok Sabha elections. SP and BSP have to prove they still are a force to reckon with in the largest state of India.
Recent opinion polls have all predicted that UP is looking forward to a hung verdict with a probability of SP forming Govt with the support of Congress. Though SP and Congress are now in war of words against each other, it is quite obvious that the two will unite as soon as an opportunity to form the Govt comes. Same goes with BSP and BJP. In case of BSP emerging with majority seats, BJP is sure to make an alliance with them and form the Govt.
Meanwhile, Election Commission has banned all Opinion Polls regarding first phase of UP elections till 5PM on Wednesday. Exit Polls have been banned till all the phases of UP elections are over on 3rd March.
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on 7 February 2012 | 10:43 am
Star News has released its second opinion poll today which says that SP will emerge frontrunner in the upcoming UP elections 2012 with 135 seats.
State elections are scheduled in Uttar Pradesh in 7 phases starting from 8th Feb and ending on 3rd Mar with election results on 6th March. But, already Opinion Polls by major News networks are creating a flutter. Star News opinion poll in Dec suggested 120 seats for BSP and 135 for SP, but in Feb, it suggests only 101 seats for BSP and 135 seats for SP. BSP’s loss is shown as gain for Congress which is shown as emerging as third strongest force in the state with 79 seats. Congress ally RLD will get 20 seats, putting Congress tally to 99 in UP. BJP is said to lose ground and end 4th with a paltry 61 seats.
If Star News predictions are to be believed, it is quite certain that BSP or SP will have to form the Govt with Congress support. Even now, BSP and SP lend an outside support to Congress Govt at the Center. In return of this favour, either of them could end up tying knots with Congress in Uttar Pradesh on one pretext or another. The elections in India are not run on development principles. The major motive of elections and political parties is to form their own Govt at all cost. So, if Congress is now blaming SP and BSP alike for the fate of UP, after elections all will be forgotten and soon they will become allies and form the Govt.
BJP might be wondering what has hit it that it keeps performing badly in the state. The problem lies not in its policies but in its organization and its leadership. Congress policies, its corruption, scams and rising prices have wrecked havoc on the common man but BJP has not been able to utilize this fact. BJP once lost the elections just because of increase in onion prices, but now every single essential commodity is getting costlier day by day and new scams are coming out showcasing UPA ministers as kingpins, but BJP has become so weak in its organization that they are not able to project themselves as an alternative to Congress. BJP brought Uma Bharti to counter Rahul gandhi but she is hardly seen on any news channel, while Rahul is all over the media. When will BJP learn to project itself?
Whatever happens after the Uttar Pradesh elections, it is quite obvious that not much will change. If BSP goes, SP will come. Congress will join hands with anyone just to be a part of the Govt. For next 5 years, the Govt will run its course or maybe if Congress sees that it is gaining ground in next 2-3 years, it will make elections happen again. Meanwhile, life for all of us will keep going the same way.
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on 3 February 2012 | 9:13 am
Across UP and Delhi, 19 premises of Mayawati confidant and Liquor baron, Ponty Chadha, has been raided. Ponty Chadha is a well known businessman who has seen exceptional growth in his fortunes in the last five years of Mayawati rule in Uttar Pradesh.
Ponty Chadha, 57 year old, is a Uttar Pradesh-based liquor baron and businessman. He has control of the liquor business in Uttar Pradesh. He also diversified his business into shopping malls and residential colonies under the brand name Waves. His Centerstage Mall in Noida is one of the biggest shopping complexes in Uttar Pradesh. He is also involved in sugar mills business in UP. Ponty has been near to not just Mayawati but also to Samajwadi Party. In the past decade, he has grown exceptionally under the blessings of SP and BSP rules.
Today’s raid has been conducted across UP and Delhi at several places and locations of Ponty Chadha. One of the biggest raids is said to be currently ongoing at the Centerstage Mall in Noida where the Income Tax Department has said to find a safe locker in the basement of the mall with 100 Crore Rs in it! Ponty himself has not yet been arrested as he is said to be in Dubai for the past three weeks.
SP and BSP are saying that the whole raid is politically motivated by Congress to showcase them in bad light just days before the Uttar Pradesh elections are to begin. Congress itself has been plagued by similar scam cases and if at all, the current raids just brings SP and BSP to the same level as Congress.
But if you are expecting anything will come out of these raids today, go watch Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron. You will understand how the corrupt always join hands and make merry while the poor suffer for life. Once the elections are over, all parties will forget the scams, the raids, the corruption, everything. All they will remember is that on one pretext or another, they need to form a secular Govt in the state!
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on 1 February 2012 | 6:51 am
Punjab elections 2012 saw 40% voting till midday across its 117 constituencies while Uttarakhand saw a relatively low turnout of just 20% in its 70 assembly constituencies.
In Punjab, there will be a total of 117 constituencies featuring 17433408 electorates across 19724 booths. For Uttarakhand, there would be a total of 70 Vidhansabha seats from 13 districts of Uttarkhand going to polls. Election results 2012 will be declared on 6th March.
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on 30 January 2012 | 2:03 am
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