Tamil Nadu at the booths: Can turnout break the 2011 peak?Tamil Nadu votes today in Assembly elections. Over 5.73 crore people are eligible to cast their ballots. A record 14.6 lakh first-time vote...
23 Apr, 2026, 03.11 PM IST
Record 85.96 pc voter turnout in Assam assembly pollsAssam has achieved a historic voter turnout of 85.96 per cent in its recent assembly elections. This marks the highest participation in the...
11 Apr, 2026, 10.10 PM IST
Tamil Nadu and Puducherry elections 2026 result date announced; check detailsThe Election Commission of India has announced the schedule for Tamil Nadu's Assembly elections, with voting set for April 23 and counting ...
15 Mar, 2026, 05.50 PM IST
60 pc turnout in 5 Bihar Lok Sabha seats; two officials on poll duty die of heart attackBihar's Lok Sabha phase 3 saw peaceful polling with a 60% turnout. Deaths by cardiac arrest, EVM damage in Khagaria. Also, voting in Madhep...
07 May, 2024, 11.22 PM IST
Dip in number of voters in Kolkata Uttar LS seat matter of concern for poll panelThe voter turnout in Kolkata Uttar Lok Sabha constituency has been decreasing since the 2014 general elections, with below-average turnout ...
31 Mar, 2024, 05.17 PM IST
Fear of ‘D voter’ tag drives Assam Muslims to poll booths in drovesOne of the reasons they do so is fear of being marked as a “D (doubtful) voter” and possibly getting disenfranchised. In the just-concluded...
08 Apr, 2021, 10.32 AM IST
States saw record voter turnout in years of regime changeThe first rush of the current election season has already indicated a high voter turnout: 80% in West Bengal and 72% in Assam in the Phase ...
29 Mar, 2021, 07.59 AM IST
US presidential election generated the highest voter turnout rate in twelve decadesThe 2020 US presidential election has recorded the highest voter turnout in 120 years, a prominent electoral expert has said. According to ...
09 Nov, 2020, 09.51 AM IST
10 crore Americans have already voted, another 6 crore likely to vote on TuesdayAn estimated 16 crore people casting their votes in a presidential election is a record in itself in terms of turnout after 1900, according...
03 Nov, 2020, 08.28 AM IST
US Election 2020: Who is voting? Who is winning? Early vote only offers cluesOn one level, the answers can be simple. Registered Democrats are outpacing registered Republicans significantly, by 14 percentage points, ...
31 Oct, 2020, 09.49 AM IST
US early voting tops 70 million, continuing historic paceThe tally, which shows a record-breaking pace that could lead to the highest voter turnout in percentage terms in more than a century, is t...
28 Oct, 2020, 10.31 AM IST
US Presidential Polls 2020: Early vote total exceeds 2016; GOP chips at Democrats' advantageThe early vote totals, reported by state and local election officials and tracked by the AP, are an imperfect indicator of which party may ...
26 Oct, 2020, 04.37 PM IST
Early vote total exceeds 2016; GOP chips at Democrats' advantageTrump's campaign has been pushing its voters to cast ballots early, but with limited success, delighting Democrats.
26 Oct, 2020, 08.10 AM IST
Nearly four million Americans have already voted, suggesting a record election turnoutThe total number of early or mail-in votes more than doubled from nearly 25 million in 2004 to 57 million in 2016, it said, representing an...
07 Oct, 2020, 12.05 AM IST
Polling over in 424 seats, spotlight on eastern UPThis round also saw elections kick off in Eastern Uttar Pradesh, counted as the core catchment of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who contese...
07 May, 2019, 07.41 AM IST
13.61% voter turnout in Anantnag in first phase of electionsMufti is contesting against J&K Congress president Ghulam Ahmad Mir and National Conference candidate and former judge Hasnain Masoodi.
24 Apr, 2019, 09.17 AM IST
Kerala records voter turnout of 71% in polls to 2016 assembly electionThe lowest voter turnout of 65% was in Pathanamthitta district. Polling was relatively peaceful in the state barring one or two instances o...
17 May, 2016, 01.39 AM IST