By Mohammed Shafeeq Amaravati: Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) President Amit Shah’s visit to Andhra Pradesh, the meeting of YSR Congress Party chief Y. S. Jaganmohan Reddy and Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu with Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sunil Arora on Monday have stepped up poll activity in the state. Shah[Read More…]
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Mizoram Assembly Election Results 2018 Live Updates: Mizo National Front set to form government
Live Updates: 1:20 PM: Incumbent CM Lal Thanhawla is trailing from Serchhip, while, independent candidate Lalduhoma leading from the constituency. The MNF has won seven seats in Mizoram, while one seat bagged by an Independent candidate. 11:40 AM: Official ECI trends: Mizo National Front leading on 21 seats, Congress leading on 4 seats,[Read More…]
EC will have to gain voters’ confidence with EVMs: Former CEC Nasim Zaidi
New Delhi: Former Chief Election Commissioner Nasim Zaidi on Wednesday said the commission will have to gain the voters’ trust in Electronic Voting Machines, which have been targeted by political parties for “digital manipulation” of votes. “The most important thing that the commission will have to deal with is EVMs[Read More…]
EC working on formula to boost voter confidence in EVMs: CEC OP Rawat
Ruling out the possibility of going back to paper ballots in place of electronic voting machines (EVMs), the Election Commission says it is working on a formula that will “minimise errors and maximise confidence” of the stakeholders in the working of the electronic voting machines. It also says simultaneous elections[Read More…]
BJP activist shot dead by unidentified miscreants in Tripura
A BJP party member was shot dead by unidentified miscreants in Tripura’s Gomati district on Wednesday night, hours after Chief Election Commissioner AK Joti ended his two-day visit to the Left-ruled state to review poll preparedness and directed improvement in the law and order situation in order to hold state[Read More…]
Gujarat polls to be held in December: CEC AK Joti
The chief election commissioner, AK Joti, on Tuesday said that Gujarat state assembly elections will be held in December 2017. “There is no doubt the polls will be held in December,” Joti said while briefing media persons. However, he did not specify the exact dates as to when the polls[Read More…]
Achal Kumar Jyoti takes charge as new Chief Election Commissioner
On Thursday, Achal Kumar Jyoti took charge as the new Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) of the country. He was appointed as the next Chief Election Commissioner on Tuesday succeeding Nasim Zaidi. He has been the former Gujarat chief secretary. Jyoti retired as the Gujarat Chief Secretary in January 2013. He[Read More…]
New Chief Election Commissioner Achal Kumar Jyoti to take charge on July 6
Election Commissioner Achal Kumar Jyoti has been elected as the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) of India. He will take charge as the CEC on July 6 after the current CEC Nasim Zaidi, who took charge on April 19, 2015 as the 20th CEC, will retire. Jyoti, the former Chief Secretary[Read More…]
Election for the Vice-President of India will be held on August 5
The elections for the 13th Vice-President of India will be held on August 5. The notification for the poll will be issued on July 4 while nominations can be submitted by July 18, said Chief Election Commissioner Nasim Zaidi at a conference held at Nirvachan Sadan in New Delhi. The[Read More…]