India, world's largest democracy, begins voting tomorrow

[Aupmanyav]

Voters: 814 million voters
Polling Stations: 930,000
Representatives to be chosen: 543
Cost to the government: $584 million
Candidates Spend: $5 billion (second to US for election spend. First, if you add black money spend)
Electronic voting machines: 1.4 million
Polling and security personal: 11 million
Voting spread: April 7th to May 12th
Results: May 16

Various schemes to encourage people to vote:
Vote and get a discount on any purchase of jewellery within 7 days of your vote.

 

[Sumit]

lol AK flying with jhadoo , waiting for Election.

 

[Aupmanyav]

Jhadoo is US inspired, funded, and peopled. I think it is a conspiracy. Raj Mohan Gandhi for example. Fulbright scholars. Saw them whining in front of Americans during my days at Fulbright office. Otherwise they have chosen good-looking Muslim dames to be their candidates. If you like that, then it is OK. As a Hindu I go with Modi. It is not a time to be frivolous and divided. How many seats will they win? 10, 15. Or you think they would sweep India like they did in Delhi (even then BJP had the majority vote)?

 

[Sumit]

Jhadoo is US inspired, funded, and peopled. I think it is a conspiracy. Raj Mohan Gandhi for example. Fulbright scholars. Saw them whining in front of Americans during my days at Fulbright office. Otherwise they have chosen good-looking Muslim dames to be their candidates. If you like that, then it is OK. As a Hindu I go with Modi. It is not a time to be frivolous and divided. How many seats will they win? 10, 15. Or you think they would sweep India like they did in Delhi (even then BJP had the majority vote)?

I strongly oppose AK even before he formed AAP. It's just child part of congress and even more dangerous than cong, you can even see in above pic, Sonia giving her magical powers to AK to fly.
Ak is just a clever fox who know how to fool people specially so called educated youths. It was shri Narendra Modi who said Dr Harshwardhan not to form gov in Delhi (some mla of cong and AAP were ready to join bjp) and give chance to AAP so that people can see their real face, and the plan succeeded. The popularity of AAP decreased and now they won't be able to cut big share of the votes of BJP. I don't think they will win more than 2-3 seats.

 

[Tyaga]

Wth is soniaG doing with pappu's crown?

Karuna is sitting there like a boss!!

Anyway,do you think Modi would hit 272?

 

[Aupmanyav]

Getting to 272 will not be easy, especially the last few numbers. Potential allies will demand their pound of flesh (like SAD, Shiv Sena, and LJP). But perhaps he will make it. He is a big hope.

 

[Aupmanyav]

First phase of the nine-phase Indian election completed without any problem in our Eastern states of Assam (75% voted) and Tripura (80% voted). The second phase is election will be held tomorrow (April 9th) in five small tribal North-Eastern states - Meghalaya, Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram, Nagaland and Manipur, where Christians have a strong presence. These elections are to be webcast live from many polling stations. Does anybody know the websites where we can see that?

 

[Aupmanyav]

High voter turnout was recorded in the 91 constituencies (that went to poll yesterday), with Kerala witnessing the highest percentage of 76, up from 73.2% last time. Chandigarh stood second with a turnout of 74%, against 64% in the 2009 Lok Sabha elections. Haryana, meanwhile, saw nearly 73% of its over 1.6 crore voters exercising their franchise. A higher voter turnout mostly results in surprise election outcomes.

Chhattisgarh's Bastar seat witnessed the lowest voter turnout of 51.4%. The figure, however, was higher as compared to 47.33% recorded in the last LS polls.

Apart from 1.3 crore eligible voters coming out in heavy numbers in the national capital, Thursday's balloting covered all 20 Lok Sabha constituencies in Kerala, 10 each in Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Maharashtra and Odisha, nine in Madhya Pradesh, all seven seats in Delhi, six in Bihar, four in Jharkhand and one each in Chhattisgarh, Jammu, Chandigarh, Lakshwadeep as well as Andaman and Nicobar Island.

The turnout in Delhi was 64%, up by 12% as against the 2009 Lok Sabha elections.

 

[Aupmanyav]

The fourth and fifth phase of Indian elections is complete. Few hiccups. 12 dead in two Maoist blasts in Central India. A few re-polls in Bihar. Normal. So, people in 117 constituencies out of 543 have voted (including Delhi). Now some more in the sixth phase, 60 constituencies.

Jharkhand (four seats), Bihar and Chhattisgarh (seven each), Assam and West Bengal (six seats each), Ananthnag in Jammu and Kashmir, Maharashtra (19 seats) and Rajasthan (10 seats) will also go to poll on April 24.

Chhattisgarh has Maoist pockets.Kashmir may have problems. Only yesterday, two LeT terrorists were killed by security forces in a 20-hour gun-battle. The terrorists had three as hostages. Two policemen were hurt. Let us see. - Women returning to their damaged house. Government will compensate for the damage.

 

[zenzero]

Friends,

Being apolitical and who ever is willed to rule will do so even if not in the chair.
Am not sure if was born into families following which religion and take everyone to be same in spirit, what they do is their own karma which will brings its own results.

Love & rgds

 

[Aupmanyav]

Big day in Indian elections:
121 seats in 12 states; 1762 candidates; eligible voters 180,137,235; 225,387 polling stations; polling staff 1.37 million.

To participate in elections is a pious duty (dharma). One should not go into a cocoon. That would be inaction and not what Krishna advocated. Yes, the politicians have their own karma and the people too have their own karmas (if we go by theistic view). What one reaps is what one has sown (in this life and in previous lives).

 

[zenzero]

Friends,

karma
ˈkɑːmə,ˈkəːmə/Submit
noun
1.
(in Hinduism and Buddhism) the sum of a person's actions in this and previous states of existence, viewed as deciding their fate in future existences.

Doing 'dharma' is one's karma and the highest dharma is ........

Love & rgds

 

[Aupmanyav]

Satya (Truth)

Satyam eva Ishwaro loke, Satyam dharmah sadashrita;
satya moolani sarvani, satyen nasti parama padam."
Lord Rama in Valmiki's Ramayana
(Truth alone is God in the world, in truth all dharmas find good refuge;
all have their root in truth, there is no station higher than truth)

50 delegates from 20 countries invited to experience Indian elections.
http://eci.nic.in/eci_main1/current/PN21_15042014.pdf

 

[Aupmanyav]

Fifth Phase Polling in India (April 17):

In Jammu and Kashmir, where voting was held in the Udhampur constituency, the turnout rose 24 percentage points to 69.08% from 45.15% in 2009.

Bihar saw an impressive improvement in its turnout from its previous count of 39.30% in seven constituencies, up by 16 percentage points to 56%.

The only two states on Thursday that registered a lower turnout in comparison to 2009 are Manipur (74% against 77%) and West Bengal (78.89% against 80.85%). However, deputy election commissioner Vinod Zutshi told reporters on Thursday that the final figures for West Bengal may go up to 82%.

In Uttar Pradesh, 11 constituencies saw a turnout of 62.52%, compared with 55.09% in the 2009 Lok Sabha elections.

Maharashtra, which is voting in three phases, registered a total polling of 62%, according to the state election commission, in 19 constituencies that went to the polls on Thursday, including Pune, Parbhani and Ratnagiri-Sindhudurg.

A total of 10 constituencies in Madhya Pradesh saw 54.41% of the electorate coming out to vote in comparison with 46.21% in the previous national elections. Odisha’s 11 consituencies and Chhattisgarh’s three constituencies registered a turnout of 70% and 63.44%, respectively.

Rajasthan’s 20 constituencies had 63.25% voters casting their votes. This figure stood at 48.09% in 2009. Polling in the state is spread over two days with 20 constituencies voting on Thursday and the remaining five on 24 April.

Karnataka, too, improved on its turnout tally this year, registering a total turnout of 68% compared with 58.88% in 2009, which had dipped considerably from the 65.14% tally in 2004 general election.

Jharkhand’s capital Ranchi, industrial town Jamshedpur and four other constituencies went to the polls on Thursday and saw a total turnout of 62%, a four percentage points improvement from 2009.

 

[zenzero]

Friends,

Lets not forget that born in human form means an opportunity to know the self which is the highest dharma which also find mention in:
Hindu Dharma

Dharma is that which leads you to the path of perfection and glory. Dharma is that which helps you to have direct communion with the Lord. Dharma is that which makes you divine. Dharma is the ascending stairway unto God. Self-realisation is the highest Dharma. Dharma is the heart of Hindu ethics. God is the centre of Dharma.

Love & rgds

 

[Aupmanyav]

India's 16th general elections, billed as the most expensive elections ever, are witnessing an unprecedented flow of black money into country's electoral process. Analysts claim that a mammoth $6.64 billion, roughly 0.35 percent of India's GDP, has been pumped into the democratic process.

So far, the ECI and its affiliated agencies have seized an unprecedented $50 million in cash meant to be distributed among voters.
Black money infiltrates Indian elections - Asian Review - Globaltimes.cn

A mind-boggling 13 million litres of liquor, mostly moonshine, has been seized, pointing to the intention of political parties to lure voters with spirit.

In a worrying find, 104 kg heroin was also seized by officials of the poll panel.
Money, liquor and drug trail in these elections | Business Standard

Total drug seizures stand at 30,000 kg. I guess most of it will be marijuana (the other things are costly).

 

[Aupmanyav]

Elections over in 232 out of 543 constituencies. 117 constituencies go to polls tomorrow in 12 states with 116 million eligible voters.

Three Kashmiris killed by terrorists including two local body representatives in a bid to frighten the voters.

Some correction: Total candidates 2,076; Total voters 219,511,409; Polling stations 190,935; Polling staff 1,249,609.

Add: Of the confiscated liquor, half of the India-made foreign liquor has disappeared from police possession, i.e. about 3,000 liters, while the moonshine liquor is with police. Andhra, the recently bifurcated state has produced the biggest catches of cash and liquor. Punjab accounts for the biggest drug catches.

 

[Sultan Of Swing]

I have read and heard that the BJP is getting a lot of support. What is the main attractive feature of their policies, I wonder? Is it the economic side? It seems quite anti-non-Hindu, is it not?

Personally, I am not sure how Narendra Modi is able to garner such support after his involvement in the violence in Gujarat in 2002. He was not given a visa by the US and it was only two years ago that the UK lifted the diplomatic ban they had on him.

Modi and the BJP seem to be winning the opinion polls at the moment, whether that will be reflected in the actual vote is another matter. My question is, what is so attractive about Modi and the BJP that would lead Indians to vote for him? He seems a bit too nationalistic for my liking, and his involvement in the 2002 Gujarat violence seems like a massive turn-off.

 

[zenzero]

Friend Sultan of Swing,

He seems a bit too nationalistic for my liking, and his involvement in the 2002 Gujarat violence seems like a massive turn-off.

Being 'Nationalistic' is a plus is it not? Feeling of oneness with everyone.
Maybe everyone has opinions about his involvement in the riots but the highest Court of the country viz. Supreme Court has given him a clean chit and besides majority wants development and minimum corruption where BJP is the only stable alternative available to the Indian citizens.
Personally am no Modi or BJP fan and probably vote 'NOTA -none of the above'

love & rgds

 

[Poeticus]

I have read and heard that the BJP is getting a lot of support. What is the main attractive feature of their policies, I wonder? Is it the economic side? It seems quite anti-non-Hindu, is it not?

Personally, I am not sure how Narendra Modi is able to garner such support after his involvement in the violence in Gujarat in 2002. He was not given a visa by the US and it was only two years ago that the UK lifted the diplomatic ban they had on him.

Modi and the BJP seem to be winning the opinion polls at the moment, whether that will be reflected in the actual vote is another matter. My question is, what is so attractive about Modi and the BJP that would lead Indians to vote for him? He seems a bit too nationalistic for my liking, and his involvement in the 2002 Gujarat violence seems like a massive turn-off.

1. When will justice for 1984 be given?