27% polling in Belgaum till 2 pm
2:47 PM Posted by ukmad
27% polling is reported in Belgaum till 2 pm.
- Mr.& Mrs.Suresh angadi casting their Vote, Hope he voted for BJP
I was first voter in my booth
10:54 AM Posted by ukmad
Today is the day where we as citizens of democratic country have to vote and fulfill their duty in a democracy.
I was there at the polling booth at 6.57am and at 7 am I entered the polling booth to cast my vote but to my surprise as the Polling agents (agents of candidates) had not yet come and the EVM had yet to be sealed.
The polling officer there said that he would seal the EVM in my presence and I could vote later. During this time the polling agents came in and then the process of sealing was done and I could vote at 7.25am to be precise.
Till 7.25 am only one other person was there who had come for voting. Normally at the beginning only senior citizens is seen voting, but this time the picture was bit different as I could not see many people there. Although by 8.15 am 26 persons had voted in my booth of about 793 voters.
So I did my but by voting did you do your duty in democracy? If not get up and go; Vote and come back.
Voting should pick up by noon and we should be able to reach the 60% average mark by 5pm. One notable factor this time is the lack of interest in voting in the elderly. I had asked a few elderly yesterday as when will they go to vote and they had said, we won’t vote this time. But a few of them did come out to vote as I am writing this.
Last night is normally a ‘Kattal raat’ where money change hands not in lakhs but in crores. Inputs from papers suggest that crores of rupees have changed hands last night, that’s another side of democracy.
Still 23 days more for us to know who our MP will be till then keep counting...
Belgaum’s youngest candidate is 28 years
10:16 PM Posted by ukmad
Out of the 10 candidates trying their fate in the coming elections, the youngest is Hanaji Ashok Pandu who is 28 years old. The eldest is 66-year-old Ramchandra Torgal.
There is only one women candidate namely Kasturi Bhavi and she is 40.
| Candidate Name | Age | Gender | Party Name |
| HANAJI ASHOK PANDU | 28 | M | Independent |
| MOHAN. H. GADIWADDAR | 29 | M | Independent |
| ALLAPPA RAMAPPA PATIL | 31 | M | Independent |
| KASTURI BASANAGOUDA BHAVI | 40 | F | Independent |
| VIJAYKUMAR JEENDATTA UPADHYE | 47 | M | Independent |
| AMARSINH VASANTRAO PATIL | 49 | M | Indian National Congress |
| ANGADI SURESH CHANNABASAPPA | 55 | M | Bharatiya Janata Party |
| A. B. PATIL | 56 | M | Janata Dal (Secular) |
| RAMANAGOUDA SIDDANGOUDA PATIL | 66 | M | Bahujan Samaj Party |
| RAMCHANDRA MAREPPA TORGAL (CHALAWADI) | 66 | M | Independent |
No doubt, there is couple of young candidates in the fray but I have not heard of their campaigning and as they are independent candidates, no one is bothering to even know about them.
As the elections, dates are closer just check out your name in the Electoral Roll so that it becomes easy on the Voting day.
You could also be interested in having a look at these, if you still have not seen them.
Merits and Demerits of Belgaum candidates
Belgaum candidates details: Know your MP
Belgaum Loksabha constituency history
Sec. 49-O: A Big Myth Exploded: Elections Commissions reply
12:54 PM Posted by ukmad
Section 49-O of The Conduct of Elections Rules, 1961 this is the act in question.
providing for negative vote…” However, a voter may, under the provisions of Sec. 49-O, decide not to record his vote. The ECI also states that “there is no provision in the existing election law to conduct the election again” in any of the events speculated by people, and mentioned here above. . In short, all mails, articles and publicity about Sec. 49-O are proved a Big Hoax, beyond doubt. We request all responsible citizens to doubly check any e-mail, news article or information, before hitting forward or mentioning / publicizing the same to others.
Source: Rashtrotthan Sankalp, and we are also a registered Public Trust, with registration & also under 12A & 80G of the Inc. Tax Act.
They have been active for the past 3 years. We have been carrying on many awareness and other activities that affect the people. In Karnataka, we have been active in Bangalore, Hubli-Dharwad, Belgaum and Mysore, with plans to cover all imp cities by year end.
∫∫ Rashtrotthan Sankalp ∫∫ with a vision of “It is our solemn resolveto uphold and promote dharma, and to strive for a just and honest society; a happy, prosperous and progressive India; and universal peace and harmony.”
Voters unwilling to come out
2:30 PM Posted by ukmad
By this afternoon only 26% on average had voted.
The voter turnout is very poor all over the city. I had voted at 7 am in the morning and that time there was no rush, but I had expected the rush to build up later. But it seems the voters are in no mood to vote for anybody this time.
I will keep updated as and when I get updates.
Belgaum will vote on 22nd May
6:19 PM Posted by ukmad
Date of Issue of Gazette Notification will be 26.04.08 (Saturday).
Last Date for making Nominations would be 03.05.08 (Saturday)
Last Date for withdrawal of candidatures would be 07.05.08 (Wednesday)
Polling date:22.05.08(Thursday)
Counting will be done on 25-05-2008
