Election Commission of India
- Pakistan
Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari blames judiciary for revival of Imran Khan’s party
Islamabad: Pakistan’s former foreign minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari on Friday lashed out at the top judiciary for “resurrecting” jailed former prime minister Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party through a decision about its iconic…
- Kashmir
Abdullah rules out pre-poll alliance with any party for J&K elections
Srinagar: National Conference President and former J&K Chief Minister Dr Farooq Abdullah on Wednesday said his party would not enter into a pre-poll alliance with any party for the upcoming Assembly elections.…
- Opinions
Opinion: Time for ECI to end its hide-and seek game on J&K polls
Now when the Election Commission of India will be visiting Jammu and Kashmir for a second time this year to assess the preparations for the legislative Assembly polls in the Union Territory…
- India
ECI seeks report on violence in Bengal Assembly bypolls
Kolkata: The Election Commission of India (ECI) has sought an action taken report from the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) West Bengal on reports of poll-related violence in the bypolls…
- Mumbai
EC should be careful in assigning poll symbols to avoid confusion: Sule
Mumbai: NCP (SP) leader Supriya Sule has said her party has urged the Election Commission to be more careful in assigning symbols to political outfits and candidates for the upcoming Maharashtra assembly…
- India
ECI team reviews Assembly poll preparations in Maharashtra
Mumbai: A team of the Election Commission of India on Monday reviewed the preparations for the upcoming Maharashtra Assembly elections with the state Chief Electoral Officer S. Chockalingam, the Municipal Commissioners of…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Amit Shah, Kishan Reddy dropped from MCC violation case
Hyderabad: The Moghalpura police have dropped Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Union Minister of Coal and Mines G Kishan Reddy’s names from the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) violation case. The…
- India
Model code of conduct lifted, says Election Commission
New Delhi: The model code of conduct that came into force on March 16 with the announcement of the Lok Sabha election has been lifted. In a communication to the Union Cabinet…
- India
Congress headed for best ever show after 2014 elections, show early trends
New Delhi: As per the latest trends provided by the Election Commission of India, the Congress was leading in 97 Lok Sabha seats, sending in a wave of joy among the party…
- Andhra Pradesh
ECI following a different rule for Andhra Pradesh: YSRCP
Amaravati: The Election Commission of India is following one rule in Andhra Pradesh and another rule in the rest of the country about the validity of the postal ballots, said the YSR…
- News
Entire counting process was robust, works similar to precision of clock: CEC
New Delhi: Amid the opposition parties raising concerns over the counting process of the votes, Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar on Monday, June 3, said that the entire counting mechanism is robust…
- India
ECI responds to ‘Laapata Gentlemen’ memes over lack of action against poll violators
A day before counting day, the Election Commission of India reacted to the various memes on social media on the lack of action against poll violators. One meme that caught their attention…
- India
Sikkim Assembly elections: SKM wins 7 seats, leading in 24
Gangtok: The ruling SKM won seven Assembly seats and was leading in 24 other constituencies, the Election Commission of India said on Sunday. Counting of votes for 32 assembly seats in Sikkim…
- Andhra Pradesh
Andhra HC reserves orders on ECI relaxing postal ballot norms
Amaravati: The Andhra Pradesh High Court will deliver, on Saturday, its orders on a petition filed by the YSR Congress Party challenging the Election Commission of India’s order relaxing the norms for…
- India
PM Modi’s meditation trip violation of MCC: Congress writes to EC
New Delhi: The Congress alleged on Wednesday that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was trying to “circumvent” the silence period restrictions with his 48-hour meditation trip in Kanyakumari from May 30 and urged…
