Statewide and National runup to 2014 General elections

SPattath · Post by **SPattath** » 17 Apr 2014 11:44

My booth in North Bangalore- Eben Enzer collage in Horamavu had only 125 votes polled until 10am,most were the seculars, i saw lesser crowd than the assembly election.
Crowd wise- BJP had the highest followed by the posher looking crowd at the AAP counter and the least in Congress.

Hari Seldon · Post by **Hari Seldon** » 17 Apr 2014 11:45

^^How goes Bluru south, folks? any news from ground zero??

member_28352 · Post by **member_28352** » 17 Apr 2014 11:46

From what I gather Bangalore Central is the toughest seat for BJP this time what with so many Mainority and sikular voters. If BJP can carry this seat then Bangalore North and Bangalore South too will fly the bhagwadhwaj.

pankajs · Post by **pankajs** » 17 Apr 2014 11:49

dharmendra jore ‏@dharmendrajore 3m

@htTweets EC sources revise voting in Baramati to 16% till 11 am.

Singha · Post by **Singha** » 17 Apr 2014 11:49

in the polling stns I saw - 99% of itvity crowd are gathered at bjp stall and going to vote for namo. maybe there and there 1 or 2 "dissidents" and "activits" might have sneaked away from the mob and went with aap.
also the upper middle class went very early to vote, while weaker sections esp women need time to do some business or cook, wrap up in afternoon and then vote

I agree with some many urban sikular ghettos in central around the cantonment, its a tough seat for BJP overall. hopefully the communal anti-sikular vote can compensate

disha · Post by **disha** » 17 Apr 2014 11:50

Is it Dhoti-shiver or Sari Shiver? Dhoti-shiver onleee.

Hyderabad: The writing was on the wall loud and clear, if the Congress needed further proof of its shrinking acceptability in Telangana, Sonia Gandhi’s maiden public meeting here after the creation of the separate state provided shovel-loads of that. The public meeting conducted in the Telangana heartland, Karimnagar, should have been a resounding success with milling crowds lustily cheering her, for the Congress has every right to share the honours, if not claim full credit, for the creation of a separate Telangana along with the TRS and the BJP. It ended as a damp squib. Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) supremo K Chandrasekhar Rao has every reason to smile, knowing that almost all his public meetings shine in sharp contrast. It was a story of too many cooks spoiling the Telangana broth. Utter lack of coordination among Telangana Congress leaders was too conspicuous for anyone to miss. Most of them were busy seeking Sonia Gandhi’s attention. The public attendance at the meeting cannot be described as even moderate, compared to the public meetings of KCR. Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) president Ponnala Lakshmaiah garlands Congress President Sonia Gandhi at an election meeting in Karimnagar district. PTI Sonia’s speech writer has completely ignored packing her speech with necessary punches, kindling hopes and raking up emotions. Also, the Congress leaders do not seem to have provided the necessary input to the text of the speech that she took less than 20 minutes to deliver. Election meetings, which are usually replete with spirited speeches and striking of emotional chord with the people, should never appear like an enlarged seminar. In fact, AICC Plenary meetings had seen larger crowds than the Wednesday’s Karimnagar public meeting. The organisers erected pandals and arranged chairs for the people to sit. Promises like establishing a 4,000-MW power project, construction of Pranahitha-Chevella project, criticism of the roles of the BJP, the TRS, the TDP and the YSR Congress, the Congress legislators’ efforts much before the floating of the TRS, the stoking of sentimental issues like the realisation of the 60-year-long cherished dream of people of Telangana have all appeared to be passing references. Sonia Gandhi could not launch a trenchant attack on the TRS, which the Congress will be fighting in the upcoming elections. It appeared as an attempt to keep the door ajar to rework the Congress parry’s knotty equation with the TRS in the post-election scenario. How much of an ice the secular card would cut with the electors remains a moot question. Of course, the Congress is not locking horns with the BJP straightaway in the election in Telangana. The Congress leaders, who are so naturally used to claiming that all is well even if something doesn’t end well, began asserting that the Wednesday’s meeting was a big success. Leaders, who were called on to the dais, greeted Sonia and adorned her with trademark tricolor khanduvas of the Congress.

Some paid obeisance to her by touching her feet. The introduction of Lok Sabha contestants and some select leaders was goofed up by Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee president Ponnala Laxmaiah. After calling out the names of one leader after the other, the TPCC president had to cover up his faux pas in a hurried manner when senior leader D Srinivas came onto the dais waving at the people. “Senior leader Dharmapuri Srinivas...yes…I have already invited him…I have already invited him…”said Laxmaiah in a very apologetic tone.

Soon he had to usher in K Jana Reddy also on to the dais. The expected euphoria and enthusiasm went missing among the crowds. The Congress should actually have summoned all its strength and made the electoral war with the TRS as the proverbial David and Goliath fight. But what clearly lacked on the Congress side was a giant leader who can establish emotional connect with people of Telangana. Almost all top Congress leaders of Telangana were either playing second fiddle to YSR Reddy until the 2009 elections or were at daggers with him. But none of them seem to have made any attempt to rise to match his leadership skill and alacrity in attracting the masses. Two successive defeats in elections dwarfed D Srinivas from offering an alternative leadership and Jana Reddy has his own set of inadequacies in outsmarting others. It was too palpable that the party could not mobilise enough crowds to make up for at least a dignified number of audience to attend the public meeting and the delinquent second-rung of leadership too must share the blame. The Congress proposes to oragnise two more public meetings of Sonia Gandhi and five of Rahul Gandhi during the electioneering. Whether the Telangana Congress leaders would pull their socks up to make them big hits or put up a feeble show is only a conjecture.

Read more at: http://www.firstpost.com/politics/elect ... ef_article

disha · Post by **disha** » 17 Apr 2014 11:51

And great to see it-vity crowd respond correctly. Trends seem to point to a baki earth-e-shaster

Hariprasad · Post by **Hariprasad** » 17 Apr 2014 11:54

In koramangala [Bangalore south], there weren't big lines. This was at 8 in the morning.
I and my parents who have never voted till now, voted for Modiji.

I'm hoping Ananth kumar will win with good margin.

RajeshA · Post by **RajeshA** » 17 Apr 2014 11:55

Ratnakar Sadasyula ‏@ScorpiusMaximus 3m
West Bengal voting till 11, Jalpaiguri - 42%, Alipurduar - 44.36%, Cooch Behar - 42.46% and Darjeeling - 39.35%.

These are very very high numbers! Also read article!

nachiket · Post by **nachiket** » 17 Apr 2014 11:58

Do our Bong bandhus all like to vote in the morning? 40% till 11 am are unbelievable numbers. Should didi be worried?

member_20317 · Post by **member_20317** » 17 Apr 2014 11:59

@Hariprasad

Great choice ji.

Ananth may have a patchy record within the Sangh but for the formation of a good central government he is preferable even over other honest candidates who will end up getting congress on our backs for another 5 years.

Suraj · Post by **Suraj** » 17 Apr 2014 12:04

Polling trends off teetar. Looking healthy so far:

#loksabh - Polling% At 11.00 am Source: ECI Maval - 16.00% #Pune - 15.25% Baramati - 16.00% Shirur - 14.50% #ShowUsTheFinger #myvote2014

@aparanjape LokSabha2014 - Polling% At 11.00 am Source: ECI Maval - 16.00% Pune - 15.25% Baramati - 16.00% Shirur - 14.50%

12.74 per cent polling in Jharkand amid Maoist violence dlvr.it/5QPJ4Z

Polling picks up, UP records 27% voting till 11am

Naxal-hit constituencies of Chhattigsarh witnessed about 30 per cent voting in the first four hours of polling

According to EC sources, Nagina witnessed 28.25% polling in the first four hours while Moradabad 24% and Rampur 28.84% polling each

Maharashtra polling live: Overall 17.84 percent voting till 11 am bit.ly/1latXq3

Lok Sabha elections LIVE: Moradabad records 33 per cent voter turnout till 12 noon news18.com/news/uttar-pra…

Live: Polling picks up, UP records 27% voting till 11am: Over 27.44 per cent votes have been polled till 11 am... bit.ly/1hLPZkc

merlin · Post by **merlin** » 17 Apr 2014 12:13

Voted first thing in the morning, though slightly unhappy we reached 15 minutes after polling opened. Not many people around, stuff was laid back here. BJP booth had lots of volunteers assisting folks in getting voting slips. There was a lone Congress worker/volunteer who sheepishly requested us to vote Nilekani. In the adjoining polling station in the next gulli, there were AAP folks and Congress folks as well but the BJP booth appeared well organized in comparison.

Voting for the first time after 20 odd years. I know, I know. Sea change with EVM now, process is smooth. South Bangalore has EVM VVPAT so might be difficult to do EVM magic here but who knows, its always the people never the machine.

abhik · Post by **abhik** » 17 Apr 2014 12:20

ShankarCag wrote:From what I gather Bangalore Central is the toughest seat for BJP this time what with so many Mainority and sikular voters. If BJP can carry this seat then Bangalore North and Bangalore South too will fly the bhagwadhwaj.

Depends on how many secular votes the JD(S) etc can take away from the congress. Last time JD(s) secular candidate got 1.6 lakh votes vs INC's 3 lakh and BJP's 3.4 lakh votes.

a_bharat · Post by **a_bharat** » 17 Apr 2014 12:21

Dr. Praveen Patil @5Forty3

Our servers have been sabotaged... We'll put 11 AM report on ECRI... sorry for the trouble as we are sorting out the issues..
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Anant is leading with slender margin, Nilekani's millions wasted?...

chaanakya · Post by **chaanakya** » 17 Apr 2014 12:21

Defective Pune EVM 'transfers' all votes to Congress

Is this EVM magic what people are tlking about. This could be serious thing and cast doubt on poll result.

PUNE: Early morning voters, including many senior citizens, were bewildered when an electronic voting machine (EVM) reportedly "transferred" all votes to the Congress.

The incident happened at a polling booth at Shamrao Kalmadi School in the city when voters found that whichever button was pressed on the EVM, only the Congress light blinked.

Some of the alert voters brought this to the notice of the election officials who stopped voting immediately.

"The Election Commission authorities have ordered a new machine for this particular polling booth which is expected to come soon," said local BJP activist Madhur Sahasrabuddhe.

The poll panel has also decided to permit around 28 voters who had already cast their votes with the defective EVM, to vote afresh.

Prem Kumar · Post by **Prem Kumar** » 17 Apr 2014 12:24

Quick update on Bangalore North, where I did most of my calling today. Almost everyone I spoke to is swinging towards Modi!

PrasannaVishy tweeted that AnanthKumar might have a slender lead in South

One of the volunteers spoke to a few Muslims. Not surprisingly, they are going Congress

SanjayC · Post by **SanjayC** » 17 Apr 2014 12:25

jamwal · Post by **jamwal** » 17 Apr 2014 12:25

nachiket wrote:Do our Bong bandhus all like to vote in the morning? 40% till 11 am are unbelievable numbers. Should didi be worried?

Day starts earlier in east.

member_21074 · Post by **member_21074** » 17 Apr 2014 12:26

5forty3 is back online
He has posted 11AM analysis @ http://5forty3.in/2014/04/11-am-analysi ... een-patil/

Anand K · Post by **Anand K** » 17 Apr 2014 12:26

High turnout in W. Bengal you say?

"E.C. Message: Even Bangladeshis will be voting today, so why can’t you?”.

member_28108 · Post by **member_28108** » 17 Apr 2014 12:29

Cross posting

Please be very clear-If your name is on the voters list - you do not need an EPIC/Voter ID card you just need an ID proof like passport , ration card or some other ID (there is a huge list outside every polling station )

Passpor
Driving license
Service Identity Cards with photographs issued to employees by Central, State Govt, Public Sector Undertakings, Public Limited Companies.
Passbooks with Photograph issued by Bank or Post Office
PAN card
Aadhar card
Smart Card issued by Registrar General of India(RGI) under National Population Register
Pension order with photo
MNREGA (Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Gurantee Act Job Card
Health Insurance Smart Card issued under the scheme of Ministry of Labour

NOTE THAT IF YOU HAVE THE OFFICIAL VOTER SLIP FROM THE ELECTION COMMISSION(THEY HAVE GONE HOUSE TO HOUSE AND DISTRIBUTED IT) THAT CAN BE USED TOO

Please go and vote

THERE IS NO EXCUSE FOR NOT VOTING THOSE WHO DO NOT VOTE CANNOT COMPLAIN LATER !!

member_28108 · Post by **member_28108** » 17 Apr 2014 12:35

5forty3.in is up again

http://5forty3.in/2014/04/11-am-analysi ... een-patil/

SRoy · Post by **SRoy** » 17 Apr 2014 12:36

Worrisome trends from UP

nawabs · Post by **nawabs** » 17 Apr 2014 12:42

Dr. Praveen Patil ‏@5Forty3 now
We will be presenting analysis of Bangalore-South (Karnataka), Rampur (UP), Pataliputra (Bihar) and Jaipur Rural (Rajasthan) in 1 hour

Chinmayanand · Post by **Chinmayanand** » 17 Apr 2014 12:43

My brother in Pune told me that it's NaMo NaMo all the way.As per him , even MNS supporters are voting enmasse to Modi.

krishnan · Post by **krishnan** » 17 Apr 2014 12:45

prasannasimha wrote:5forty3.in is up again

http://5forty3.in/2014/04/11-am-analysi ... een-patil/

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Suraj · Post by **Suraj** » 17 Apr 2014 12:45

2nd phase elections: 27% polling in #Odisha till 12-noon

LS polls: 22 per cent polling registered till noon in Madhya Pradesh ift.tt/1hw4itO

22 per cent voting in Karnataka till 12 noon

Polling percentage in #Bengal till 1 PM: Coochbehar 59.58%, Jalpaiguri 60.43%, Alipurduar 61.27%, Darjeeling 57.22%

What the hell? Cong goons in Bangalore South literally dragging maids & daily wage labors to polling booth @INCIndia @priyankac19 @JhaSanjay

Lok Sabha elections LIVE: 42.5 % voter turnout in Nagina till 1 pm news18.com/news/uttar-pra…

Chhattisgarh: 30% polling in initial hours; Raman, son cast vote: About 30 per cent of electora... bit.ly/1kBYPBs #Elections2014

Lok Sabha elections LIVE: 35% voter turnout till 1pm in Chhattisgarh; Kanker records 38.57% polling news18.com/news/chhattisg…

Live: Polling picks up, UP records 27% voting till 11am: Over 27.44 per cent votes have be... tinyurl.com/p6e8xpk

Atri · Post by **Atri** » 17 Apr 2014 12:53

voting slowing down in MH.. slightly worried. hope it picks up in afternoon..

Sagrawal · Post by **Sagrawal** » 17 Apr 2014 12:55

Casted my vote in Kannmangala village for Bangalore Urban seat. My Brother in law voted for the first time. There was huge crowd at BJP stall, we both took our voting slips from BJP. There were few people at JD stall but none on Congress and AAP. Met couple of more IT wallas in the queue and no one even knew BJP candidate name. They all just voted for NaMo.

My maid from minority community said she is going to vote for Fool (Lotus Flower) this time due to price rise.

member_28108 · Post by **member_28108** » 17 Apr 2014 12:58

krishnan wrote:
prasannasimha wrote:5forty3.in is up again

http://5forty3.in/2014/04/11-am-analysi ... een-patil/
content is protected

yes for two reasons - one is funding and two is that he cannot release it publicly as it is not an exit poll.
Seriously it costs Rs 543 and the payment can be done by net banking so please subscribe. People spend more than that on movies and other entertainment.

bhargava · Post by **bhargava** » 17 Apr 2014 12:59

SRoy wrote:Worrisome trends from UP

details pleej saar

Sharief_siva · Post by **Sharief_siva** » 17 Apr 2014 13:01

Voted in BLR Central (Rajajinagar). Middle Class folks (mixture of North Indians & Kannadigas) and majority of their votes are for Modi. Our area has been pro-BJP even during the worst of times. However, the congress booth was occupied mostly by people from nearby slum.

Modi seems to have struck a chord with youngsters. I spoke to young guys who work in a factory in Vijaynagar (BLR South) and they said that all of them will be voting for Modi. I was surprised since these guys are highly caste conscious voters from rural Karnataka who have migrated to BLR. Even the young Bihar and UP migrant laborers who are working on our construction site are all supporting Modi. They have registered themselves in JP-nagar constituency and said their entire group will be voting BJP. Interestingly, both South and North Indian youngsters said that Modi has to be given a chance this time.

Suraj · Post by **Suraj** » 17 Apr 2014 13:02

Bangalore South peeps: please help contact the EC to investigate the twitter stories of INC folks trying to pay laborers to vote.

SRoy · Post by **SRoy** » 17 Apr 2014 13:03

^^
Behenji getting Dalit and M votes alongwith some OBC votes. Votes split even among BSP, SP, Cong and BJP with BJP having very thin lead.

member_28025 · Post by **member_28025** » 17 Apr 2014 13:05

SRoy wrote:^^
Behenji getting Dalit and M votes alongwith some OBC votes. Votes split even among BSP, SP, Cong and BJP with BJP having very thin lead.

But most of the upper caste votes will go to BJP, won't they?

Agnimitra · Post by **Agnimitra** » 17 Apr 2014 13:07

chaanakya wrote:Defective Pune EVM 'transfers' all votes to Congress

Is this EVM magic what people are tlking about. This could be serious thing and cast doubt on poll result.
PUNE: Early morning voters, including many senior citizens, were bewildered when an electronic voting machine (EVM) reportedly "transferred" all votes to the Congress.

The incident happened at a polling booth at Shamrao Kalmadi School in the city when voters found that whichever button was pressed on the EVM, only the Congress light blinked.

Some of the alert voters brought this to the notice of the election officials who stopped voting immediately.

"The Election Commission authorities have ordered a new machine for this particular polling booth which is expected to come soon," said local BJP activist Madhur Sahasrabuddhe.

The poll panel has also decided to permit around 28 voters who had already cast their votes with the defective EVM, to vote afresh.

member_28025 · Post by **member_28025** » 17 Apr 2014 13:09

Alliance in trouble: 'TDP miffed at BJP's weak candidates' for Andhra assembly polls

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home ... 856095.cms

Any idea why BJP put up weak candidates? Also, aren't there some rules for breaking off alliances at short notice?

SRoy · Post by **SRoy** » 17 Apr 2014 13:10

Shamlee wrote:
SRoy wrote:^^
Behenji getting Dalit and M votes alongwith some OBC votes. Votes split even among BSP, SP, Cong and BJP with BJP having very thin lead.
But most of the upper caste votes will go to BJP, won't they?

Won't be enough in some place.
But largely in a 4 cornered fight BJP will scrape through.

For long term perspective it is not a good trend. There is no alternative to pan Hindu vote comprising all caste/class representation.

Klaus · Post by **Klaus** » 17 Apr 2014 13:12

35-40% voting across all seats of BLR from a friend on the phone, according to him its a dull day & he slams the city's residents calling them full of hot air! He's out on a citywide tour in his vehicle & has visited about 15-20 polling booths since morning just to observe.