ELECTIONS OF INDIA

FIRST ROUND OF LOKSABHA ELECTION - 16.04.2009

2009-04-16T07:11:00.000-07:00

Round one of the 2009 Lok Sabha elections ended on Thursday with
millions queuing up in 17 states and union territories to vote in
a new government amid Maoist violence that marred the democratic
exercise in several places and left at least 17 dead.

The world's largest democratic exercise began early at 0700 hrs IST
and ended at most places at 1700 hrs IST. A majority of the states
reported moderate turnout despite the Maoist attacks on polling
centres and security personnel.

People voted in 124 constituencies to pick a new 545-seat Lok Sabha
in the first step of a four-phased exercise that is widely expected
to throw up a split verdict. The Maoist violence affected a dozen
constituencies.

About 143 million of India's 714 million voters were eligible to
exercise their franchise in the first of five rounds in 185,552 polling
centres. A total of 1,715 candidates were in the fray, with over 300,000
electronic voting machines used.

Tens of thousands of election staff and security personnel kept vigil
as people voted in all the constituencies of Kerala, Arunachal Pradesh,
Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Chhattisgarh, Andaman and Nicobar Island
and Lakshwadeep. Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Jammu and
Kashmir, Maharashtra, Manipur, Orissa and Jharkhand saw partial voting.

But it was a bloody start to the ambitious exercise with Bihar,
Chhattisgarh, Orissa, Jharkhand and Maharashtra seeing violence and
intimidation as Maoist guerrillas tried to implement their election
boycott through the barrel of the gun.

At least 17 people were killed as cadres of the outlawed Communist
Party of India-Maoist, which seeks to carry out an agrarian-based
revolution, targeted polling officials and security personnel across
the insurgency hit states.

Landmine blasts in Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand saw 14 people getting
killed. In Jharkhand's Latehar area, seven Border Security Force (BSF)
personnel and two others heading to an election centre were killed
when their bus was blown up.

In neighbouring Chhattisgarh, five polling officials died when Maoists
detonated a landmine in Rajnandgaon district. A paramilitary trooper was
shot dead in an exchange of bullets in the Maoist stronghold Dantewada.

In adjoining Bihar, a policeman and a Home Guard were killed when over a
dozen Maoists opened fire at a polling station in Gaya district.

Reports of gun battles, booths being raided, voters being attacked and
electronic voting machines being torched came in from several places in
the affected states.

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CHECK YOUR VOTER ID DETAILS OF BANGALORE

2009-04-13T09:02:00.000-07:00

NOW CHECK YOUR VOTER ID DETAILS, BOOTH DETAILS ETC.,
OF BANGALORE HERE. FILL ALL THE DETAILS AND GET ALL
THE DETAILS :

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JUNIOR NTR'S VIDEOS IN ELECTION RALLY

2009-04-11T08:50:00.000-07:00

JUNIOR NTR, THE FAMOUS STAR OF ANDHRA PRADESH
RECENTLY TOURED FOR ELECTION CAMPAIGN. WATCH THE
VIDEOS OF THOSE RALLIES :

WATCH VIDEOS OF PRAJA RAJYAM

2009-04-11T08:48:00.000-07:00

WATCH THE VIDEOS RELATED TO CHIRANJEEVI, THE FOUNDER OF
'PRAJA RAJYAM' PARTY :

VIDEOS OF DEVEGOWDA

2009-04-11T08:47:00.001-07:00

WATCH THE VIDEOS RELATED TO 'DEVEGOWDA', THE EX-PRIME MINISTER
AND PRESIDENT OF JD(S) :

WATCH VIDEOS OF SONIA GANDHI

2009-04-11T08:44:00.000-07:00

NOW WATCH THE VIDEOS RELATED TO SONIA GANDHI, THE
U.P.A PRESIDENT AND CONGRESS PRESIDENT TOO!

WATCH VIDEOS OF L.K.ADVANI

2009-04-11T08:41:00.000-07:00

WATCH ALL THE LATEST VIDEOS OF L.K.ADVANI, THE PRIME MINISTER
CANDIDATE OF INDIA :

TAMILNADU LOKSABHA ELECTIONS NEWS

2009-04-08T09:25:00.001-07:00

FIND ALL THE NEWS RELATED TO LOKSABHA ELECTION 2009
OF TAMILNADU HERE :

ANDHRA PRADESH ELECTION NEWS - LOKSABHA 2009

2009-04-08T09:22:00.000-07:00

WATCH ALL THE LOKSABHA ELECTION 2009 NEWS HERE.

KARNATAKA ELECTIONS NEWS

2009-04-08T09:17:00.001-07:00

READ ALL THE 'KARNATAKA ELECTIONS NEWS' REGARDING
LOKSABHA ELECTIONS 2009.

LATEST NEWS OF LOKSABHA ELECTIONS 2009

2009-04-08T09:14:00.000-07:00

FIND ALL THE LATEST NEWS OF 'LOKSABHA ELECTIONS 2009'
HERE.

WATCH NDTV NEWS

2009-04-08T09:06:00.000-07:00

WATCH THE MAIN HEADLINES OF 'NDTV'NEWS CHANNEL :

ALL PARTY MANIFESTO & CANDIDATES INFO

2009-04-08T08:15:00.000-07:00

FIND ALL PARTIES LIKE BJP, CONGRESS, BSP, CPI, SP, CPI(M)
AND JD(S) MANIFESTO. ALSO FIND CANDIDATES INFO WHO ARE
CONTESTING FOR LOKSABHA ELECTIONS 2009.

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Party Manifesto

INC

BJP

CPI(M)

CPI

NCP

Party Candidates list

INC

BSP

CPI

SP

BJP

CPI(M)

JD(S)

FIND LATEST ELECTION NEWS

2009-04-08T07:57:00.000-07:00

NOW FIND ALL THE LATEST ELECTION NEWS RELATED TO
LOKSABHA ELECTIONS 2009 HERE.

MP'S INFORMATION OF TAMIL NADU

2009-04-08T07:51:00.000-07:00

FIND ALL THE MP'S LIST OF TAMILNADU WITH FULL INFORMATION
ABOUT THEIR ASSETS, PREVIOUS ELECTION DETAILS AND MANY MORE
INFORMATIONS.

ELECTION SCHEDULE - LOKSABHA 2009

2009-04-08T07:40:00.000-07:00

FIND THE ELECTION SCHEDULE OF LOKSABHA 2009. ALL STATES
ELECTION SCHEDULE CAN BE FOUND IN THIS SITE.

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LATEST VIDEOS ABOUT LOKSABHA ELECTIONS

2009-04-08T07:25:00.000-07:00

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MAHARASHTRA MP'S INFORMATIONS

2009-04-08T06:55:00.000-07:00

FIND ALL THE DETAILS OF THE MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT (MP'S) OF
MAHARASHTRA HERE.

HOT AND LATEST QUOTES

2009-04-07T08:57:00.000-07:00

HAVE A LOOK AT THE HOT AND LATEST QUOTES FROM THE FAMOUS
POLITICIANS OF INDIA WHO SPOKE DURING THE LOKSABHA ELECTIONS,
2009.

FIND YOUR POLLING BOOTH DETAILS

2009-04-07T08:52:00.000-07:00

IF YOU DON'T KNOW THE DETAILS OF YOUR POLLING BOOTH DETAILS,
FIND IT RIGHT HERE.

JUST FILL YOUR NAME AND SELECT DETAILS AND FIND THE FULL DETAILS
IN THE SEARCH RESULTS. IF YOU FIND IT DIFFICULT, THEN SEARCH IN
ADVANCED SEARCH AND YOU WILL GET THE DESIRED RESULT.

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KARNATAKA MP'S INFORMATION

2009-04-07T08:46:00.000-07:00

FIND ALL THE INFORMATION OF 'MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT' WHO WERE
ELECTED IN 2004 LOKSABHA ELECTIONS.