Voter
- India
TN elections: ECI focuses on robust poll day arrangements
Chennai: With polling for the Tamil Nadu Assembly elections scheduled on Thursday, April 23, the Election Commission (ECI) has put in place extensive arrangements across the state to ensure smooth, peaceful and…
- India
Bengal’s 65-seat faultline: How SIR deletions could decide who forms govt
Kolkata: West Bengal’s 2026 election may be decided not by the arithmetic of 294 seats that dominate campaign speeches, but by around 65-70 constituencies where victory and defeat are separated by little…
- India
Repesentatives of candidates can be deputed outside EVM strong rooms: EC
Thiruvananthapuram: The EC on Friday, April 10, said that representatives of candidates who contested the Kerala Assembly polls can be deputed outside the security perimeter of strong rooms where EVMs are stored.…
- India
ECI to adopt stricter norms for repoll in West Bengal Assembly elections
Kolkata: The Election Commission of India (ECI) is set to adopt a stricter approach to ordering repolls in the upcoming West Bengal Assembly elections, with officials indicating that re-polling may now be…
- Featured News
From custodianship to command: Judicial review and electoral integrity
The conduct of elections in India is constitutionally entrusted to the Election Commission of India (ECI) under Article 324 of the Constitution. This power, described as plenary in form, has nonetheless been…
- Business
Rs 250 crore for voter cards, Rs 500 crore to clear election bills: Budget 2026
New Delhi: As India’s voter base increases, the Union law ministry has been allocated Rs 250 crore for voter identity cards, while another Rs 500 crore has been earmarked to settle Lok…
- India
SIR in TN: Voter enrollment deadline ends on January 30
Chennai: The extended deadline for inclusion of names in the electoral roll in Tamil Nadu will end on Friday (January 30), the Election Commission has reiterated, urging all eligible voters to complete…
- India
Bengal minister Shashi Panja receives SIR notice
Kolkata: West Bengal minister Shashi Panja on Sunday said she has received a hearing notice under the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the state and alleged that the…
- India
Special voter registration camps in Chennai today at 4,097 polling stations
Chennai: Special voter registration camps are being held on Sunday across all 16 Assembly constituencies under Chennai district, covering a total of 4,097 polling stations. The camps are aimed at enrolling new…
- India
CEC says pure voters’ list key to strengthen democracy
New Delhi: Against the backdrop of opposition parties questioning the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls, Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar on Wednesday, January 21, asserted that a “pure” voters’ list is…
- India
SIR in UP: Congress forms committee in each district
Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh Congress has formed a committee of senior party leaders in each district for the scrutiny of the draft electoral roll scheduled to be published on January 6. Provisional…
- Kolkata
200 BLOs demo against voter deletion in West Bengal
Kolkata: Around 200 members of a forum of booth-level officers (BLOs) held a demonstration outside the West Bengal CEO’s office here on Tuesday, protesting against the alleged deletion of thousands of genuine…
- India
Case filed in Bengaluru over ‘electoral fraud’ in Mahadevapura voter rolls
Bengaluru: Police have registered a case of electoral fraud based on a complaint lodged by a woman who alleged large-scale inclusion of fake voters in the Mahadevapura Assembly Constituency voter rolls ahead…
- News
Case filed in Bengaluru over ‘electoral fraud’ in Mahadevapura voter rolls
Bengaluru: Police have registered a case of electoral fraud based on a complaint lodged by a woman who alleged large-scale inclusion of fake voters in the Mahadevapura Assembly Constituency voter rolls ahead…
- Hyderabad
Polling for Jubilee Hills by election concludes with 48.47 pc voter turnout
Hyderabad: The Jubilee Hills by-election concluded at 6:00 pm on Tuesday, November 11, with a voter turnout of 48.47 per cent. Turnout of 47.16 per cent was recorded till 5:00 pm. Earlier,…
