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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.
All eyes are on a handful of battlegrounds where polls have closed but the presidential contest is either too close or too close to call.
19 May 2016: 2016 Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly election (Election to Aravakurichi and Thanjavur were cancelled by the EC on confirmed reports of bribing voters) 134: 89: 8: 1: 0: 2: 232 25 May 2016: Tirupparankundram AIADMK MLA S M Seenivel passes away [1] 133: 89: 8: 1: 0: 3: 231 22 November 2016: First By-Election (19 November 2016) [2 ...
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]
And, based on recent polling and projections, 2016 is shaping up to be very much like 2012. Of 23 states with recent polling available on RealClearPolitics , 22 align with the same party in 2016 ...
Numerous voting machines in heavily Democratic Detroit showed a greater number of ballots than poll workers records said were cast in the Nov. 8 election. More votes than voters in many Detroit ...