Polling for Presidential post commence in Orissa Assembly

Thursday, July 19, 2007, 13:14 [IST]

Bhubaneswar, July 19 (UNI) Polling for the Presidential elections commenced in the Orissa Assembly here today amid tight security at 1000 hours.

The Orissa Assembly has a strength of 147 members, of which 38 belong to the Congress while the ruling BJD and BJP together has a strength of 93 members (BJD-61 and BJP-32).

The CPI and the CPM have one member each in the Assembly and the JMM has a strength of four MLAs. Orissa Gana Parishad (OGP), a regional party has two MLAs.

There were as many as eight Independent MLAs in the House, of which seven have extended their support to the ruling BJD-BJP coalition government while Jashipur MLA Sambhunath Nayak, a SUCI leader has been supporting the Opposition.

Assembly sources said BJP MLA from Baliguda Karendra Majhi will cast his ballot in New Delhi. Mr Majhi has already intimated his decision in this regard to the Assembly Secretariat.

UNI

Topics: presidential, elections, commenced, orissa, assembly, amid, security, 1000

Other articles published on July 19, 2007

Consensus on Prez candidate likely: Rajnath

Thursday, May 17, 2007,20:48 [IST]

Thiruvananthapuram, May 17: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) president Rajnath Singh today said the NDA's candidate for the Presidential election will be decided within a few days, but chances of major parties arriving at a consensus on a common candidate could not be ruled out. ''A consensus cannot be ruled out,'' he said, replying to a question while talking to newspersons on his arrival here to address a rally to mark the conclusion of the State BJP's 'Janayatra' campaign......

Left may field its own Presidential candidate

Wednesday, May 16, 2007,18:39 [IST]

New Delhi, May 16: The Left parties today did not rule out the possibility of fielding their own candidate for the Presidentship while outlining a broad five-point criteria for choosing the new occupant of the Rashtrapati Bhavan. ''We don't rule out the possibility of a Left condidate being fielded in case there is an overwhelming support in his or her favour," Left leaders Prakash Karat and A B Bardhan told UNI at the conclusion.....

Limitless Updates

India News

News Archives

'UPA-Left has clear edge on NDA for Prez race'

Saturday, May 12, 2007,16:14 [IST]

New Delhi, May 12: The CPI(M) today asserted that the UPA-Left combine now has a ''clear edge'' in the race for the Presidential polls with the BSP winning a majority in the Uttar Pradesh assembly adding that its candidate might not necessarily be a Dalit. ''With the BSP getting a clear majority in UP, decks for have been cleared for a UPA-Left candidate. Now we have a clear edge over any probable NDA candidate for.....