Postal Ballot Voting

The Election Commission has set up 24 special polling stations in Jammu, Udhampur and New Delhi to facilitate voting by Kashmiri migrants in the upcoming Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections, a senior official said.

A marathon six-week Lok Sabha election, the second longest in India's history, ended last week. The exit polls, which have predicted a return of the BJP, are also done. On Tuesday, votes will be counted. But how is it done?

To ensure the democratic participation of all eligible voters, postal ballot voting was on Saturday successfully conducted in a segment of Jammu Lok Sabha constituency which is going to polls in second phase on April 26, an official spokesman said.

Pakistan's Former prime minister Imran Khan and other prominent incarcerated political figures have cast their votes through postal ballot from jail, according to a media report on Thursday.

Election Results: The counting process began at 8 am and postal ballots will be counted for the first half an hour, the official said.

Altogether 10,585 senior citizens, people with disabilities (PwDs) and government officials exercised their franchise for the November 7 Mizoram polls through home voting and postal ballots till Saturday, an official said.

The Election Commission ordered recounting of postal ballots in Jayanagar constituency in the city where Congress candidate Sowmya Reddy is in close contest with BJP's C K Ramamurthy.

Himachal Pradesh saw a little over 75 per cent voter turnout in the assembly polls held Saturday. This was a notch higher than 2017. Final numbers will be known after the postal ballot data is in. Votes will be counted on December 8.

106-year-old Shyam Saran Negi, the first voter of Independent India, exercised his right to franchise for the 34th time for the Himachal Pradesh Assembly elections through a postal ballot at his residence in Kinnaur district on Wednesday.

The Election Commission today announced that members of the militant groups in Manipur that signed ceasefire agreements with the government would be allowed to vote in the upcoming assembly elections.

Physically challenged voters and those above 80 years of age can cast their votes in the upcoming Uttarakhand assembly polls by postal ballot, Chief Electoral Officer Saujanya said on Tuesday.

Ahead of the West Bengal assembly elections, the state unit of the BJPon Tuesday wrote to the state's chief secretary stating that "attempts are being made to use the postal ballot as a mode to ensure proxy votes in favour of the ruling party".

Those willing to avail postal ballot facility to cast vote under the people with disabilities (PwD) category will have to submit "benchmark disability certificate" along with their application forms, the Election Commission has said.

The Supreme Court on Thursday sought response from the Centre and the Election Commission on a plea seeking voting rights through postal ballot for people stationed outside their constituency, including non-resident Indians or NRIs.

In a first, COVID-19 patients and those in quarantine will be allowed to vote through the postal ballot facility in Kerala's local body election.

The Election Commission has set up 24 special polling stations in Jammu, Udhampur and New Delhi to facilitate voting by Kashmiri migrants in the upcoming Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections, a senior official said.

A marathon six-week Lok Sabha election, the second longest in India's history, ended last week. The exit polls, which have predicted a return of the BJP, are also done. On Tuesday, votes will be counted. But how is it done?

To ensure the democratic participation of all eligible voters, postal ballot voting was on Saturday successfully conducted in a segment of Jammu Lok Sabha constituency which is going to polls in second phase on April 26, an official spokesman said.

Pakistan's Former prime minister Imran Khan and other prominent incarcerated political figures have cast their votes through postal ballot from jail, according to a media report on Thursday.

Election Results: The counting process began at 8 am and postal ballots will be counted for the first half an hour, the official said.

Altogether 10,585 senior citizens, people with disabilities (PwDs) and government officials exercised their franchise for the November 7 Mizoram polls through home voting and postal ballots till Saturday, an official said.

The Election Commission ordered recounting of postal ballots in Jayanagar constituency in the city where Congress candidate Sowmya Reddy is in close contest with BJP's C K Ramamurthy.

Himachal Pradesh saw a little over 75 per cent voter turnout in the assembly polls held Saturday. This was a notch higher than 2017. Final numbers will be known after the postal ballot data is in. Votes will be counted on December 8.

106-year-old Shyam Saran Negi, the first voter of Independent India, exercised his right to franchise for the 34th time for the Himachal Pradesh Assembly elections through a postal ballot at his residence in Kinnaur district on Wednesday.

The Election Commission today announced that members of the militant groups in Manipur that signed ceasefire agreements with the government would be allowed to vote in the upcoming assembly elections.

Physically challenged voters and those above 80 years of age can cast their votes in the upcoming Uttarakhand assembly polls by postal ballot, Chief Electoral Officer Saujanya said on Tuesday.

Ahead of the West Bengal assembly elections, the state unit of the BJPon Tuesday wrote to the state's chief secretary stating that "attempts are being made to use the postal ballot as a mode to ensure proxy votes in favour of the ruling party".

Those willing to avail postal ballot facility to cast vote under the people with disabilities (PwD) category will have to submit "benchmark disability certificate" along with their application forms, the Election Commission has said.

The Supreme Court on Thursday sought response from the Centre and the Election Commission on a plea seeking voting rights through postal ballot for people stationed outside their constituency, including non-resident Indians or NRIs.

In a first, COVID-19 patients and those in quarantine will be allowed to vote through the postal ballot facility in Kerala's local body election.