SBS Punjabi - ਐਸ ਬੀ ਐਸ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ

The candidate, who gets more than half of the votes, wins that electorate. But if no candidate gets more than 50 per cent at the first count, the person with the least votes is eliminated, and the people who voted for them have their second preferences counted. This continues until one of the candidates has more than 50 per cent of the vote.

ਜਿਸ ਕਿਸੇ ਉਮੀਦਵਾਰ ਨੂੰ 50% ਤੋਂ ਜਿਆਦਾ ਵੋਟਾਂ ਮਿਲ ਜਾਂਦੀਆਂ ਹਨ ਉਹ ਉਸ ਹਲਕੇ ਤੋਂ ਜੇਤੂ ਕਰਾਰ ਦੇ ਦਿੱਤਾ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ। ਪਰ ਅਗਰ ਕਿਸੇ ਵੀ ਉਮੀਦਵਾਰ ਨੂੰ 50% ਵੋਟਾਂ ਨਹੀਂ ਮਿਲਦੀਆਂ ਤਾਂ ਉਸ ਸੂਰਤ ਵਿੱਚ ਸਭ ਤੋਂ ਘੱਟ ਵੋਟਾਂ ਵਾਲੇ ਹੇਠਲੇ ਉਮੀਦਵਾਰ ਨੂੰ ਸੂਚੀ ਵਿੱਚੋਂ ਬਾਹਰ ਕਰ ਦਿਤਾ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ। ਅਤੇ ਜਿਹੜੇ ਲੋਕਾਂ ਨੇ ਉਸ ਨੂੰ ਵੋਟ ਪਾਈ ਹੁੰਦੀ ਹੈ ਉਹਨਾਂ ਦੀ ਦੂਜੀ ਤਰਜੀਹ ਨੂੰ ਗਿਣਿਆ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ। ਅਤੇ ਇਹੀ ਕਿਰਿਆ ਉਦੋਂ ਤੱਕ ਜਾਰੀ ਰਹਿੰਦੀ ਹੈ ਜਦੋਂ ਤੱਕ ਕਿਸੇ ਇੱਕ ਉਮੀਦਵਾਰ ਨੂੰ 50% ਵੋਟਾਂ ਹਾਸਲ ਨਹੀਂ ਹੋ ਜਾਂਦੀਆਂ।

This fortnight, in Kitab Di Parchol, we review a collection of Punjabi poems which redefine the ghazal style and speak the bitter truth of life's many unpleasant realities.

An event to tell the story of Jallianwala Bagh and to help people of various faiths to pray together for world peace will be organised in Wellington.

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This is one of several events being organised the world over to commemorate the incident which is said to have changed the course of not only India’s but also Great Britain’s history.

A Sikh association in Melbourne’s south-eastern suburb of Pakenham has received a major funding promise to establish some key facilities inside the Gurdwara [Sikh place of worship] precinct.

Women's leadership movements across the world have been gaining momentum. One of them, Future Women will take this momentum to a month-long campaign - #HerVote - which will be launched at a town hall style event ahead of the Federal election, bringing candidates together to speak to female voters about their policies, representation and the future of women in politics. Australia has a record number of women in the federal parliament at the moment, but in the past decade Australia has fallen from the 15th to the 51st position when it comes to female representation in parliament.

Women's leadership movements across the world have been gaining momentum. One of them, Future Women will take this momentum to a month-long campaign - #HerVote - which will be launched at a town hall style event ahead of the Federal election, bringing candidates together to speak to female voters about their policies, representation and the future of women in politics. Australia has a record number of women in the federal parliament at the moment, but in the past decade Australia has fallen from the 15th to the 51st position when it comes to female representation in parliament.