Election Commission
- India
SC refuses to halt central forces’ deployment in West Bengal
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed pleas challenging a Calcutta High Court order directing the State Election Commission (SEC) to requisition and deploy central forces across West Bengal for the…
- India
LS polls preparations: EC begins ‘first level check’ of EVMs, papertrail machines
New Delhi: Ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections and five assembly polls due before the end of this year, the Election Commission has initiated “first level checks” of EVMs and papertrail…
- Kashmir
We have self-respect, won’t beg: Omar Abdullah on J&K elections
Srinagar: Former chief minister and National Conference (NC) vice-president Omar Abdullah said on Tuesday that elections are the right of the people and he won’t beg before anybody to hold them. #WATCH…
- India
EC asks 5 poll-bound states to update electoral rolls
New Delhi: The Election Commission has asked chief electoral officers of poll-bound states of Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Telangana, Rajasthan and Mizoram to carry out a fresh special summary revision to update the…
- India
Allotment of ‘Shiv Sena’ name, symbol to Shinde faction is prospective decision: Maha Speaker
Mumbai: Maharashtra Legislative Assembly Speaker Rahul Narwekar on Tuesday said the Election Commission’s decision to allot the ‘Shiv Sena’ name and its symbol to the faction led by Chief Minister Eknath Shinde…
- Bangalore
BJP wrests Jayanagar seat by 16 votes, Cong to complain to EC
Bengaluru: In a dramatic development, the BJP has wrested Jayanagar Assembly seat in Bengaluru from the Congress party by a margin of only 16 votes, following which the later has decided to…
- Bangalore
3 candidates in Karnataka win by margin of less than 300 votes
Bengaluru: The Congress is also set to return to power in Karnataka with a historic mandate on Saturday, but some of its candidates won by small margins of less than 300 votes,…
- India
Karnataka witnesses record 73.19 pc voter turnout in Assembly elections: EC
Bengaluru: Karnataka registered a voter turnout of 73.19 percent in the Assembly polls which election officials on Thursday termed a record, while sharing the final figures. Voting took place on Wednesday to…
- India
No basis to Cong claim that EVMs used in Karnataka were previously deployed in South Africa: EC
New Delhi: The Election Commission (EC) on Thursday rejected the Congress’ claim that the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) used in the May 10 Karnataka assembly polls were previously deployed in South Africa and…
- India
Karnataka records 72.67 pc voter turnout in Assembly elections: EC
Bengaluru: A voter turnout of 72.67 percent was recorded in the Karnataka Assembly elections on Wednesday, where polling for the 224 Assembly seats ended at 6 p.m., the Election Commission (EC) has…
- India
Karnataka polls: 23-yr-old delivers baby at polling station in Ballari
New Delhi: In a “rare incident”, a 23-year-old woman delivered a baby at a polling station in Karnataka’s Ballari on Wednesday, the Election Commission said. The woman had arrived at the polling…
- India
Odisha: 55.20 pc voting till 3 pm in Jharsuguda by-poll
Jharsuguda, A total of 55.20 per cent of the 2.21 lakh voters exercised their franchise till 3 pm on Wednesday in Odisha’s Jharsuguda assembly constituency, where a by-election is underway, an Election…
- India
PM, other BJP leaders violated model code in ‘silence period’, Congress tells EC
New Delhi: On the eve of polling in the crucial Karnataka Assembly polls, the Congress on Tuesday complained to the Election Commission against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other BJP leaders for…
- India
EC asks BJP to provide evidence of allegations made against Congress
New Delhi: The Election Commission on Monday issued a notice to the Karnataka BJP to provide “verifiable and traceable” facts by Tuesday evening regarding its newspaper advertisement that described the Congress as…
- India
EC asks Congress chief to clarify, rectify social media post on Karnataka’s sovereignty
New Delhi: The Election Commission on Monday asked Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge to clarify and rectify the party’s social media post on Karnataka’s sovereignty remark attributed to Sonia Gandhi. The EC letter…