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<h2><a id="6567" linktype="page">Safety and electricity could tilt Gurugram polls</a></h2><p>Nayagaon, an &#39;urban village&#39; in Haryana&#39;s Gurugram district, is a stark contrast to the malls and offices of the &#39;millennium city&#39;. Its residents want their infrastructure needs to be met after they vote on May 12</p><h5>May 10, 2019 | <a href="https://ruralindiaonline.org/authors/shalini-singh">Shalini Singh</a></h5>

Safety and electricity could tilt Gurugram polls

<h2><a id="6517" linktype="page">Young women, old hopes in Bhuj ballots</a></h2><p>In Bhuj city and nearby villages of Kachchh district in Gujarat, young women and others speak of their hopes and doubts about elections, and why some of them won’t vote today, April 23, in the Lok Sabha polls</p><h5>April 23, 2019 | <a href="https://ruralindiaonline.org/authors/namita-waikar">Namita Waikar</a></h5>

Young women, old hopes in Bhuj ballots

<h2><a id="6505" linktype="page">Adivasis vote against liquor vends in Nilgiris</a></h2><p></p><p>In Gudalur block, women say alcohol abuse and state-run liquor shops are destroying their homes. No candidate seems concerned, but the women hope this will change after the polls there today</p><p></p><p></p><h5>April 18, 2019 | <a href="https://ruralindiaonline.org/authors/vishaka-george">Vishaka George</a></h5><p></p>

Adivasis vote against liquor vends in Nilgiris

<h2><a id="6481" linktype="page">Sterlite rules over Rafale in Thoothukudi polls</a></h2><p>In Tamil Nadu&#39;s Kumareddiahpuram village – the polling here is on April 18 – memories of the May 22, 2018, police firing that killed 14 anti-Sterlite Copper plant protesters dominate voters’ minds</p><h5>April 17, 2019 | <a href="https://ruralindiaonline.org/authors/kavitha-muralidharan">Kavitha Muralidharan</a></h5>

Sterlite rules over Rafale in Thoothukudi polls

<h2><a id="6467" linktype="page">Hoping for Swachh work after Tumkur polls</a></h2><p>Tumkur district has the highest number of manual scavengers in Karnataka. Many of them say they don&#39;t have much faith in their political leaders but will vote on April 18 hoping for a better deal</p><h5>April 15, 2019 | <a href="https://ruralindiaonline.org/authors/vishaka-george">Vishaka George</a></h5>

Hoping for Swachh work after Tumkur polls

<h2><a id="6453" linktype="page">Fear and factions in Anantapur polls</a></h2><p></p><p>Across much of Andhra Pradesh’s Rayalaseema region, factional affiliations rather than issues drive the elections. People of the state vote today in both Lok Sabha and state Assembly polls</p><h5>April 11, 2019 | <a href="https://ruralindiaonline.org/authors/rahul-m">Rahul M.</a></h5><p></p>

Fear and factions in Anantapur polls

<h2><b><a id="6439" linktype="page">Himalayan poll issue: my way not the highway</a></b></h2><p>







</p><p>People in high-altitude villages of Uttarakhand, who walk miles across mule routes on steep mountains, ask which political party will complete the long-pending road here if they vote it into power on April 11</p><p></p><p></p><h5></h5><h5>April 9, 2019 | <a href="https://ruralindiaonline.org/authors/arpita-chakrabarty">Arpita Chakrabarty</a></h5><p></p><h2><b></b></h2>

Himalayan poll issue: my way not the highway

<h2><a id="6434" linktype="page">Yavatmal farm widow in ballot battle</a></h2><p>







</p><p>Vaishali Yede, a farm labourer and anganwadi worker, whose husband committed suicide in 2011, is contesting the 2019 Lok Sabha elections from eastern Maharashtra against political heavyweights</p><p></p><h5></h5><h5>April 5, 2019 | <a href="https://ruralindiaonline.org/authors/jaideep-hardikar">Jaideep Hardikar</a></h5><h5><p></p></h5>

Yavatmal farm widow in ballot battle

<h2><a id="6415" linktype="page">Tembhare village talks about voting</a></h2><p></p><p>Away from the din of TV debates and party scorecards, people in Maharashtra’s rural Thane district wonder which candidate will address their concerns – healthcare, roads, schools, loan waivers, jobs – and more</p><p></p><h5>April 3, 2019 | <a href="https://ruralindiaonline.org/authors/jyoti-shinoli">Jyoti Shinoli</a></h5>

Tembhare village talks about voting

<h2><a id="6403" linktype="page">Speaking tree suggests Chandrapur poll result</a></h2><p>







</p><p>After a coal mine decimated land and livelihoods in Baranj Mokasa and other villages in eastern Maharashtra, the BJP MP, people say, did not ensure fair compensation, so they will vote him out on April 11</p><p></p><h2><p>







</p><p><br/></p><p><br/></p></h2><h5></h5><h5>April 1, 2019 | <a href="https://ruralindiaonline.org/authors/jaideep-hardikar">Jaideep Hardikar</a></h5><h5><p></p></h5><h2></h2>

Speaking tree suggests Chandrapur poll result

Elections 2019: village votes

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