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The elections in India in 2016 include the five state legislative assembly elections. [1] The tenure of the state legislative assembly of Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, Kerala, Puducherry, Assam, expired during the year. [2] [3] More than 18,000 Voter-verified paper audit trail (VVPATs) in 64 Assembly constituencies were used in these 5 elections. [4]
As per updated voter list for the year 2016 published by the Election Commission of India in January 2016, West Bengal has surpassed the rest of the country in elector-population ratio with 0.68. The final electoral roll in West Bengal for 2016 with 6.55 crore voters has 3.39 crore male and 3.16 crore female voters. [6]
Members of the State Legislative Assembly, the only house of State Legislature in 22 states and 3 union territories of India and the lower house of 6 states, are elected by being voted upon by all adult citizens of India enlisted in the voter list of their respective state/union territory, from a set of candidates who stand in their respective constituencies.
The election results will likely be known the same day. The voters are choosing 543 members for the lower house of Parliament for a five-year term. Votes were cast at more than a million polling ...
The Assam Legislative Assembly Election of 2016 was held in two phases, on 4 and 11 April 2016, to elect members of the 126 constituencies in Assam, a state in North-eastern India. [1] The overall voter turnout was 84.72%, which set a new record for Assam. [2] [3] The turnout was an increase from the 2011 Assembly election figure of 75%. [4]
Every adult citizen of India can vote only in their constituency. Candidates who win the Lok Sabha elections are called 'Member of Parliament' and hold their seats for five years or until the body is removed The first elections to the Lok Sabha took place during 1951–52. [1] [2] [3]
The survey found the gender gap has dwindled significantly during the final days ahead of the election. Previously, Trump led among male voters 57 percent to Harris’s 41 percent, but now leads ...
The Chief Election Commissioner of India, Nasim Zaidi holding a press conference in New Delhi on March 4, 2016, to announce the schedule for Legislative Assembly election of Tamil Nadu along with those of Assam, Kerala, West Bengal, and Puducherry. The elections were held on 16 May 2016, [17] with vote counting taking place on 19 May. [18]