Supreme Court hears plea seeking direction to ECI to disclose voter turnout data
May 24, 2024, at 08:31 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The Supreme Court is on Friday hearing a plea seeking direction to the Election Commission of India (ECI) to disclose the voter turnout data, media reports said.
Congress meets ECI, complaints against PM Modi's remarks on party's manifesto
Apr 09, 2024, at 02:17 am
New Delhi/IBNS/UNI: The Congress party Monday met the Election Commission of India and raised a complaint against Prime Minister Narendra Modi for making comments against the grand old party alleging that its manifesto is attempting to divide the country and imposing the pre-independence ideology of the Muslim League.
Mar 18, 2024, at 10:06 pm
Days after announcing the schedule for Lok Sabha polls, the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Monday issued orders for the removal of home secretaries in six states- Gujarat, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, Himachal Pradesh, and Uttarakhand.
Mar 14, 2024, at 09:57 pm
New Delhi: Retired IAS officers Gyanesh Kumar and Sukhbir Sandhu have been chosen as the election commissioners for the two vacant posts in the top panel of the Election Commission of India ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, media reports said.
Election Commissioner Arun Goel resigns ahead of Lok Sabha polls
Mar 10, 2024, at 05:00 am
New Delhi: In a surprising decision, just ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, Election Commissioner Arun Goel quit the poll body, and President Droupadi Murmu has accepted his resignation.
ECI announces dates for five state elections
Oct 09, 2023, at 06:44 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Monday announced the dates for assembly elections in five states- Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Telangana and Mizoram- which are believed to test Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Congress and others ahead of the 2024 General Elections.
Jul 09, 2023, at 05:00 pm
Tashkent: Election Commissioner of India, Dr. Anup Chandra Pandey is leading a three-member delegation to Uzbekistan to observe the conduct of early presidential elections on Sunday.
Former bureaucrat Arun Goel appointed Election Commissioner
Nov 20, 2022, at 03:25 am
New Delhi: Retired IAS officer Arun Goel has been appointed the Election Commissioner of India.
ECI to announce dates for assembly elections in five states
Jan 08, 2022, at 08:19 pm
New Delhi/UNI: The Election Commission of India (ECI) will announce the schedule for the upcoming 2022 Assembly polls in Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Manipur, Goa and Uttarakhand at 3.30 pm on Saturday.
All parties want polls on time with COVID protocol in place: Election Commission
Dec 30, 2021, at 07:05 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: India's poll body (ECI) on Thursday said all political parties of Uttar Pradesh, the most populous state in the country, want the upcoming assembly elections to be held on time with COVID-19 protocols in place, media reports said.
Voter list revision in UP from Nov 1: ECI
Oct 31, 2021, at 01:18 am
Lucknow/UNI: The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Saturday said the revision of the electoral rolls in Uttar Pradesh will take place from November 1 in view of assembly polls due next year.
Election for lone Pondy Rajya Sabha seat to be held on Oct 4
Sep 09, 2021, at 09:32 pm
Puducherry/UNI: Election to fill a lone vacant Rajya Sabha seat from Puducherry will be held on October 4.
TMC delegation to meet ECI today, likely to request for bypolls in West Bengal
Aug 26, 2021, at 05:38 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: A delegation of the Trinamool Congress (TMC) will meet the Election Commission of India (ECI) here Thursday with a likely request for the conduction of the pending bypolls in West Bengal.
On 2nd May, hold me to my last tweet: Election strategist Prashant Kishor on Bengal polls
Feb 27, 2021, at 06:10 pm
Kolkata/IBNS: Election strategist Prashant Kishor, who is working for the ruling Trinamool Congress in West Bengal, once again exuded confidence in Mamata Banerjee's party in the upcoming polls scheduled to begin on Mar 27.
Bihar to go for assembly polls amid Covid-19 from Oct 28, results on Nov 10
Sep 25, 2020, at 07:59 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: The first elections in India amid the Covid-19 situation will be held in the eastern state of Bihar between Oct 28 and Nov 7 as Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) will lock horns with a disarrayed opposition in a high-pitched electoral contest.
COVID-19: Election Commission issues guidelines for upcoming elections
Aug 22, 2020, at 12:24 am
New Delhi/IBNS: The Election Commission of India on Friday released a 12-page document titled "Broad Guidelines for Conduct of General Elections/By-Elections During COVID-19".
Jharkhand Assembly polls: Voting to take place in five phases from Nov 30, results on Dec 23
Nov 01, 2019, at 05:15 pm
New Delhi/IBNS: Jharkhand will vote in five phases to elect a new Assembly from Nov 30, the Election Commission of India announced on Friday.
Apr 20, 2019, at 08:11 pm
Kolkata, Apr 20 (IBNS): Describing the law and order condition of West Bengal, EC special observer Ajay V Nayak on Saturday said situation in Bengal is like what Bihar used to be 10 years ago and hence more central forces are deployed in the booths in the state during Lok Sabha polls this time.
Election Commission cancels April 18 poll in Vellore Lok Sabha constituency
Apr 16, 2019, at 08:03 pm
New Delhi, Apr 16 (IBNS/UNI): The Election Commission on Tuesday cancelled the election to the Vellore Lok Sabha seat that was scheduled to take place on April 18.
PM Modi did not break poll code with televised speech, says Election Commission
Mar 29, 2019, at 10:54 pm
New Delhi, Mar 29 (IBNS): The Election Commission has said Prime Minister Narendra Modi did not break the Model Code of Conduct in his televised address to the nation on Wednesday concerning India's successful testing of an anti-satellite missile.
ECI asks social media platforms to come up with code of conduct
Mar 19, 2019, at 09:08 pm
New Delhi, Mar 19 (IBNS): The Election Commission of India on Tuesday had in-depth interactive session with representatives of various Social Media Platforms and Internet and Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) on the usage of social media ahead of the Lok Sabha Elections 2019.
J&K polls attract global attention; will definitely look into security arrangements: ECI in Jammu
Mar 05, 2019, at 08:50 pm
Jammu, Mar 5 (UNI) Asserting that Jammu and Kashmir elections do attract global and national attention more than any other state, Chief Election Commissioner, Sunil Arora in his last leg of two-day visit to the state of Jammu and Kashmir, on Tuesday said that they will definitely look into security arrangements while deciding conduct of elections.
Election Commission seeks FIR in EVM hack claim case
Jan 22, 2019, at 07:31 pm
New Delhi, Jan 22 (IBNS): The Election Commission of India on Tuesday sought to file an FIR in the case of an Indian "cyber expert" named Syed Shuja claiming that the electronic voting machines (EVMs) used in India could be tampered with, said media reports.
Election Commission of India organises sign language training session for election officials
Sep 13, 2018, at 08:22 pm
New Delhi, Sept 13 (IBNS): Election Commission of India, in its commitment towards Accessible Elections, organised sign language training session for officials of the Commission in collaboration with ISLRTC (Indian Sign Language Research and Training Centre) at ECI Headquarters in New Delhi.
Re-polling in Kairana, Bhandara-Gondiya, Nagaland parliamentary constituencies underway
May 30, 2018, at 04:23 pm
Kairana/Bhandara/Kohima, May 30 (IBNS): Re-polling in 73 polling stations of Uttar Pradesh's Kairana, 49 polling booths in Maharashtra's Bhandara-Gondiya and one polling booth of Nagaland parliamentary constituencies, where Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) were reportedly malfunctioned two days ago, are underway on Wednesday.
Election Commission to announce Gujarat poll dates today
Oct 25, 2017, at 04:07 pm
New Delhi, Oct 25 (IBNS): The Election Commission of India will announce the poll dates of Gujarat assembly election at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, media reports said.
PM Modi to hold rally in Gujarat today
Oct 16, 2017, at 05:31 pm
Gandhinagar, Oct 16 (IBNS): With less than two months to go for the assembly election in Gujarat, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold a rally in the state on Monday.
Sunil Arora takes charge as new Election Commissioner of India
Sep 02, 2017, at 01:44 am
New Delhi, Sept 1 (IBNS): Sunil Arora assumed charge as the new Election Commissioner of India, here on Friday.
EC website to provide trends and results of Assembly Elections from eight am on Saturday
Mar 10, 2017, at 09:29 pm
New Delhi, Mar 10 (IBNS): The Election Commission (EC) announced on Friday that it has set up a secured infrastructure facility for disseminating trends and results of the General Elections of five state assemblies that went to the polls in Feb/Mar 2017.