The final vote count for the Pune Loksabha election is now available. Sitting MP, Suresh Kalmadi of the Congress has managed to retain the Pune seat by a margin of about 25000 votes.

1. Kalmadi Suresh (Winner)     INC     279897 votes
2. Anil Shirole     BJP     254150 votes
3. Shirole Ranjeet Shrikant     MNS     75885 votes
4. D S K Alias D.s.kulkarni     BSP     62963 votes
5. Arun Bhatia     PG     30329 votes Read the rest of this entry »
   

Data as on : May 16 2009 3:01PM
As counting for most seats is complete by this time, most the leads / results below should stand. The margins might change. Read the rest of this entry »

2:46 pm Update - Kalmadi leds over Shirole by 24158

2:15 pm Update - Kalmadi leds over Shirole by 21525

1:29 pm Update - Suresh Kalmadi from the Indian National Congress leads by 19410 from BJP’s Anil Shirole as on 1.29 pm on 16th May 09.  Counting is still in progress. Read the rest of this entry »

Data as on : May 16 2009 1:32PM Read the rest of this entry »

The results of Indian General Elections will be available on the Election Commission Of India site http://eciresults.nic.in/ from 8 am on 16th May 2009. Certain pages of the site are already throwing server runtime errors, so it looks unlikely that the site will survive the hammering it will get through counting day tomorrow.

I am expecting the server running the site homepage to crumble under the load, so am listing internal site URLs below. Hopefully some of the links below will work tomorrow. Read the rest of this entry »

16 May 09 Update:

• India Election Results - Trends - Party Wise
• Pune Election Results - Trends

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Below is a summary of exit poll predictions for India Election Results 2009. However looking at the dismal record of opinion and exit polls in India, we need to look at these numbers more as entertainment than information. Can’t really blame the pollsters as conducting representative sample polls in a country of the size and diversity of India seems almost like an impossible task. Read the rest of this entry »

I would love to be proven wrong and see the Maharashtra Premier League (MPL) 20-20 cricket league be successful. The MPL concept sure had the potential, but unfortunately the format and packaging makes it seem like the MPL will not deliver. Read the rest of this entry »

The election results for the India General Elections 2009 will be announced on the 16th of May. Pune city voted long back, on the 23rd of April 09. So it’s going to be  a long wait before we know if the candidate we voted for will actually make it to the LokSabha, the House Of the People and the lower house of the Parliament Of India. Read the rest of this entry »