In Tamil Nadu, the Election Commission on Sunday night cancelled the April 12 bypoll to the R K Nagar Assembly constituency saying the electoral process has been “seriously vitiated” by parties through the use of money power. This decision has been taken after rounds of meeting with Tamil Nadu election[Read More…]
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Congress files complaint to EC against Yeddyurappa
EVM accuracy beyond doubt, says EC
Kejriwal misleading people with baseless allegations
EVM tampering: SC issues notice to EC
EC in favour of restricting convicts from contesting polls for life
The EC on Monday said to the apex court that it favors the idea of not allowing people convicted of a criminal offense to contest elections. This news comes soon after the National Election Watch and Association for Democratic Reforms found that an average of one out of four freshly elected[Read More…]
EVM issue: Mayawati to move court
Irregularities in EVMs transferred AAP’s votes to opponents: Kejriwal
Delhi Chief Minister and Aam Aadmi Party leader Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday said that there was a need to relook at the use of Electronic Voting Machines (EVM) in the electoral process until faith is restored in it. He said that several countries in the west are using ballot system instead of EVMs. “Developed[Read More…]
EC rejects Mayawati’s charges of EVM tampering
Assembly polls: Counting of votes in five states on Saturday
Counting of votes will take place in five States, where Assembly polls were held, on Saturday amid tight security from 8 a.m. Tens of thousands of central forces are deployed at the counting centres. The Samajwadi Party-Congress alliance in Uttar Pradesh is hoping to stop the BJP juggernaut. The Congress[Read More…]
After Kejriwal and Parrikar, UP CM asks voters to accept money
BJP seeks female constables at polling booths
EC orders FIRs over Hindi daily’s ‘exit polls’
Repolling ordered in 48 polling stations in Punjab
EC issues notice to Parrikar over bribery remark
RBI rejects EC’s plea for raising withdrawal limit for candidates
EC bans exit polls in election-bound states
EC to distribute soft toys to women voters in Goa
Pak EC issues contempt notice to Imran Khan
SP feud: EC allots ‘cycle’ symbol to Akhilesh-led faction
The Election Commission on Monday granted the ‘cycle’ symbol to Samajwadi Party leader and Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav. Earlier, both factions in the Samajwadi Party, one led by Mulayam Singh and the other by son and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, have staked their claim over the[Read More…]
Opposition to Election Commission: No Budget before polls
Opposition parties led by the Congress approached the Election Commission on Thursday asking it to reschedule the budget date- just three days before the commencement of Assembly polls in five states. The Congress, Trinamool, Samajwadi party, BSP, Janata Dal (United) and RJD argued that the NDA government might announce “populist[Read More…]
Election Commission announces assembly poll dates for five states
The Election Commission on Wednesday announced poll dates for elections to five state assemblies – Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Manipur, Goa and Uttarakhand. The Chief Election Commissioner Nasim Zaidi said Punjab and Goa will go to polls on February 4. In Uttarakhand, the elections will be held in one phase on[Read More…]
Election Commission to announce assembly poll dates for five states today
The Election Commission will announce the poll dates for elections to five state assemblies including Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Manipur, Goa and Uttarakhand on Wednesday, at a press conference that will be held at noon. The Chief Election Commissioner Nasim Zaidi will announce all the crucial details linked to the upcoming[Read More…]
1st ever! Armed forces to cast vote using e-ballot in Punjab polls
For the first time in the country, Armed forces personnel will be able to caste their votes by using electronic postal ballot facility in the upcoming Punjab Assembly polls, state Chief Electoral Officer V K Singh said on Tuesday. The state election office hopes that with the use of e-ballot[Read More…]
Mamata Banerjee’s Trinamool Congress has become 7th national party of India
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee’s party Trinamool Congress (TMC) has been given a status of national party. The Election Commission announced TMC as the seventh national political party of India on Friday. According to the requirements laid down in the Symbols (Reservation and allotment) Order, 1968, which was amended last[Read More…]