Election Commission of India
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Gyanesh Kumar appointed as CEC; Vivek Joshi election commissioner
New Delhi: Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar was appointed as the next chief election commissioner on Monday, the law ministry said. Kumar is the first CEC to be appointed under a new law…
- India
Three-member panel to meet today to select new CEC
New Delhi: With Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Rajiv Kumar set to retire on February 18, a three-member selection committee headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet on Monday to pick his…
- India
SC to hear today plea for verification of EVMs used in Haryana
New Delhi: The Supreme Court is slated to hear on Friday a plea filed by Congress leaders seeking verification of Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) used during the Haryana Assembly polls. As per…
- India
BJP attempting to deceive EC with fake voter registration applications: AAP
New Delhi: Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Saturday accused the BJP of attempting to deceive the Election Commission by submitting fake voter registration applications in large numbers from the residential addresses of…
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Election Commission ranks Telangana 2nd in leveraging social media
Hyderabad: Telangana ranked second in terms of social media engagement during elections, coming after Jharkhand which stands first in terms of social media presence, said the chief electoral officer, Telangana, on Thursday,…
- India
Congress files plea in SC against amendments to election rules
New Delh: The Congress on Tuesday filed a writ petition in the Supreme Court challenging the recent amendments to the Conduct of Election Rules, 1961 and expressed hope that the apex court…
- India
ECI quiet on how 75L votes spiked post-polling hours in Maha: Prakash
Mumbai: The Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi (VBA) President Prakash Ambedkar has claimed that the Election Commission of India (ECI) remains vague on the party’s queries on how 75 lakhs votes shot up after…
- India
No mismatch found in votes polled, VVPAT count in Maharashtra: ECI
Mumbai: The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Tuesday said no mismatch was found between the votes polled and corresponding tally of Voter Verified Paper Audit Trail slips in random counting in…
- India
SC asks to approach ECI over applying POSH act in political parties
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Monday, December 9, disposed of a plea seeking direction to political parties to follow the procedure for the protection of women in the workplace under the…
- India
ECI, SC urged to consider ‘public demand’ for ballot paper voting
Mumbai: Maharashtra Congress chief Nana Patole has urged the Supreme Court and the Election Commission to take note of the “growing public demand” for ballot paper voting given “doubts” about the mandate…
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MP questions ECI on discrepancy of 76 lakh votes in Maharashtra polls
New Delhi: CPI-M Rajya Sabha MP John Brittas on Sunday wrote to the Election Commission of India stating that there is an “urgent need” for clarification on alleged discrepancies in voter turnout…
- Mumbai
ECI submits gazette, notification of poll results to Maharashtra guv
Mumbai: Senior officials of the Election Commission of India called on Maharashtra Governor C P Radhakrishnan on Sunday to present copies of a gazette with names of the newly-elected members of the…
- India
Jharkhand CM ahead by 12,818 votes in Barhait assembly seat
Ranchi: Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Saturday extended his lead to 12,818 votes over BJP’s Gamliyel Hembrom in the Barhait assembly constituency, according to the trends available on Election Commission’s website.…
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Wayanad LS bypoll: Priyanka in lead by over three lakh votes
Wayanad: Congress-led UDF candidate Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Saturday extended her lead by over three lakh votes after four hours of counting of the ballots in the Wayanad Lok Sabha bypoll in…
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Election results: Negative politics has been defeated, says PM Modi
The BJP-led Mahayuti alliance looked set for a runaway victory in Maharashtra, scoring an emphatic win over a tottering MVA, while the opposition INDIA bloc was poised to bag Jharkhand on Saturday,…
