New Delhi, June 20 As Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday held a meeting of various parties to discuss ‘one nation, one election’, or simultaneous parliamentary and assembly polls, Election Commission sources claimed that the idea is not feasible as
New Delhi, May 23 It is the first time that slips of five VVPATs will be matched with the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) in the Lok Sabha elections and the opposition parties have been insisting on carrying out the process
New Delhi, May 23 The Election Commission (EC) on Wednesday rejected the Opposition’s demand to count VVPAT slips before the commencement of counting of votes, saying that it didn’t find it “feasible to accede to this demand.” A delegation of
New Delhi, May 22 The Election Commission on Wednesday asserted that the transport and storage of the EVMs are well secured, dismissing the doubts raised by the Opposition over movement and alleged replacement and manipulation of these machines. In the
New Delhi, May 15 The Election Commission on Tuesday announced elections to two Rajya Sabha seats from Assam which will fall vacant in mid-June when terms of sitting members – former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress’ Santiuse Kujur –
New Delhi, May 13 The Election Commission said on Sunday that it has not found any model code violation in Niti Aayog sharing information with the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) on places where Prime Minister Narendra Modi decides to campaign.
Kolkata, May 13 The Election Commission on Sunday removed West Bengal’s Bankura District Magistrate Umashankar S. from his post with immediate effect and appointed Mukta Arya in his place. Arya has been asked to take charge on Monday and the
New Delhi, May 9 The Election Commission has ordered re-polling at 13 booths in five parliamentary constituencies in Tamil Nadu on May 19, it said in a statement. In a letter to the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Tamil Nadu
New Delhi, May 8 The Lok Sabha elections results may be delayed a day, to May 24, due to the increased number of VVPAT verifications, sources in the Election Commission said on Wednesday. “As per the previous plan, the results of
New Delhi, May 7 The Election Commission said on Monday that it had received 49 complaints for violation of model code of conduct (MCC) during the Lok Sabha elections of which 43 had been disposed off and six were under
New Delhi, May 6 The Election Commission (EC) on Sunday rejected a plea seeking to prepone the poll timing to 5 a.m. instead of 7 a.m. in view of Ramzan. On Thursday, the Supreme Court had directed the petitioner to
New Delhi/Bhubaneswar, May 1 The Election Commission has approved the lifting of model code of conduct in 11 districts in Odisha to facilitate speedy relief and rescue operation in view of cyclonic storm Fani, a poll official said on Wednesday.
Dehradun, April 9 The Election Commission has set up 49 polling booths in Uttarakhand which will be managed only by women. “We have set up these booths where the management will be in the hands of women only,” said Saujanya,
New Delhi, April 8 The Election Commission on Monday issued an advisory to media to refrain from telecasting or publishing any opinion polls or exit polls from the start of polling on in the first phase of April 11 till the
Agartala, April 7 The Election Commission (EC) will take adequate steps to help physically challenged voters, including visually-impaired ones, exercise their franchise, a top official said here on Sunday. “Following the Election Commission’s directives, adequate steps would be taken to
New Delhi, March 30 The Election Commission on Friday ruled that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s address to the nation announcing the successful test of anti-satellite missile (A-SAT) did not violate the model code of conduct (MCC). In a letter to
New Delhi, March 28 The Election Commission on Wednesday told the Supreme Court that it had expressed its reservations on introduction of electoral bonds and the provision for non-disclosure of contributions as it felt would cast its shadow on transparency
Chennai, March 25 Terming the political parties’ assurance in their manifestos to waive off education loans as undesirable, an apex banking body has urged the Election Commission to get an undertaking from poll candidates that they are not bank loan
New Delhi, March 19 The Election Commission on Tuesday issued a notification for the second phase of the seven-phased Lok Sabha elections, kicking off the process of filing of nominations for another 97 constituencies across 13 states and Union Territories.
New Delhi, March 15 The Supreme Court on Friday sought the Election Commission’s (EC) response on a plea by the 21 opposition parties seeking the audit of at least 50 per cent of EVMs with corresponding Voter Verifiable Paper Audit
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