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Lok Sabha votes for FDI: 253 TO 218
December 05, 2012
All arguments are over. The Speaker reads out Sushma Swaraj's motion against FDIs to a chorus of ayes and noes. The half-way mark is 251. The lobbies have been cleared. The automatic voting is to begin now.
This is how the voting will take place. Each MP is allotted a seat. Each
seat has four buttons: For, Against, Abstain, Present. When the bell
rings, the MP presses the initiation or present button and then the
button of his/her choice: For/Against/Abstain. The MP has to hold down
the button for 10 seconds till a bell is rung. If there is a mistake he
can correct it, by pressing the right button, but before the bell rings.
The result shows up on each seat.
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