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Congress candidate Ramulu Nayak eliminated in Warangal-Khammam-Nalgonda graduates constituency
4 killed, 1 injured in chemical factory explosion in Ratnagiri
At least four people were killed and one other critically injured in an explosion at a chemical factory in Ratnagiri district.
AAP candidate Matilda D'Silva casts vote for the Navelim zilla panchayat byelection
19.34% polling till 10am
Overall 19.34% polling recorded till 10am in all 6 municipal councils.
Cuncolim municipal council records 16.22% polling till 10am
Pernem municipal council records 28.09% polling till 10am
Canacona municipal council records 21.02% polling till 10am.
Valpoi municipal council records 20.26% polling till 10am.
Bicholim municipal council recors 18.73% polling till 10am
Navelim Congress candidate for the zilla panchayat poll, Pratima Coutinho, reaches a polling booth to cast her vote
The voter turnout in the morning is good. I am confident the work done by Panaji MLA Atanasio Monserrate will ensure the BJP-backed panel will win all the 30 council seats.
CCP mayor Uday Madkaikar
Mayor of the corporation of the city of Panaji, Uday Madkaikar casts his vote at ward 14A.
Goa: Voting begins for six municipalities
Voting began at 8am for six municipalities — Bicholim, Pernem, Valpoi, Cuncolim, Curchorem and Canacona — and the Corporation of the City of Panaji (CCP). Bypolls to 22 wards of different village panchayats and the ZP Navelim constituency is also being held. The polling will continue till 5pm.
TRS may have advantage in 2nd preference votes: Expert
Vani Devi secured a lead of 8,021 votes, while her BJP rival, sitting MLC N Ramchander Rao, is trailing her closely. After the elimination process, 40 candidates got eliminated and Vani Devi got a boost in the form of another 163-second preference votes added to her tally. Rajeswar Reddy got 30.2% vote share followed by independent Teenmar Mallanna 22.7%, TJS candidate professor M Kodandaram 19.1%, BJP’s G Premender Reddy 10.6% and Congress’ Ramulu Naik polled 7.5%. Independents and smaller party candidates like Jayasaradhi Reddy, Cheruku Sudhakar and Rani Rudrama Reddy got around 2-2.5% each. Mallanna and Kodandaram will have to get more preferential votes if they were to be in the driver’s seat and overtake the leads Rajeshwar Reddy had obtained in the first preference votes. However, going by the early trends in the elimination process, the TRS candidate is sitting pretty as he continued to get second preferential votes on a par with Mallanna and Kondandaram.
TRS sitting pretty after elimination stage in MLC polls
The marathon counting of two graduates MLC constituencies elections in Telangana reached the elimination stage on Friday with the authorities taking up counting of second preferential votes. Election authorities said the results are likely on Saturday. None of the MLC candidates got the required winning 50% plus one vote in the first preferential vote at the end of seven rounds in each constituency. Telangana chief electoral officer Shashank Goel told TOI, “Counting is continuing as per the procedure. We may expect final results by Saturday.” READ MORE
These polls are crucial for political parties as it will help them gauge the mood of the urban population in view of the assembly polls: Political observers
Counting of votes will be done on March 22.
We expect people to finish their voting by 4pm, and 4pm to 5pm has been kept for Covid patients.
SEC secretary Melvyn Vaz
Covid patients can vote from 4pm to 5pm
Voting will be held from 8am to 5pm.