Election Commission
- India
EC’s song ‘Main Bharat Hoon’ to nudge voters for upcoming polls
New Delhi: The Election Commission (EC) is gearing up for the nine Assembly Elections this year and the Lok Sabha polls early next year with the aim of pushing the voter percentages…
- India
Rival Shiv Sena factions make written submissions before Election Commission
New Delhi: The Uddhav Thackeray and Eknath Shinde factions of the Shiv Sena on Monday made their final submissions before the Election Commission, asserting their claim to the party organization and the…
- India
Tripura election schedule remains unchanged: CEO
Agartala: The Tripura Assembly election schedule, announced by the Election Commission on January 18, remains unchanged, Chief Electoral Officer Gitte Kirankumar Dinkarrao said on Friday, citing “confusing posts” on various social media…
- Politics
AAP urges EC to curb ‘allurements’ by politicians in Karnataka
Bengaluru: The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) has submitted a complaint to the State Election Commission of Karnataka, seeking “severe punishment” against political parties that are enticing voters with incentives such as cookers,…
- India
EC issues notification for Feb 16 polls to 60-member Tripura Assembly
Agartala: The Election Commission (EC) has issued a statutory notification for the February 16 elections to the 60-member Tripura Assembly inviting the candidates to submit their nomination papers from Saturday, officials said.…
- India
Attack on Tripura Cong in-charge: EC orders action against 3 cops
New Delhi: Taking note of the alleged attack on Congress state-in-charge Ajoy Kumar in West Tripura, the Election Commission (EC) on Friday asked the state government to suspend a Sub-Divisional Police Officer…
- India
EC to announce poll schedule of Nagaland, Meghalaya Tripura today
New Delhi: The Election Commission (EC) is set to announce the schedule for Assembly elections in Nagaland, Meghalaya and Tripura on Wednesday. The announcement would be made at a press conference by…
- India
Poll schedule for 3 NE states to be announced by Jan 19
Agartala: The schedule for the assembly election in three northeastern states — Tripura, Nagaland and Meghalaya — is likely to be announced by January 19 by the Election Commission in Delhi, officials…
- India
Opposition parties to oppose EC’s proposal on remote voting machine: Digvijaya Singh
New Delhi: Most of the Opposition parties have decided to oppose the Election Commission’s proposal on remote electronic voting machine (RVM) as it is “sketchy” and not “concrete”, senior Congress leader Digvijaya…
- India
16 opposition parties agree on joint stand on Remote Voting proposal
New Delhi: Sixteen opposition parties gathered for a meeting, called by the Congress, here on Sunday to discuss the joint strategy for the meeting convened by the Election Commission on Monday to…
- India
EC to demonstrate remote voting machine to parties on Monday
New Delhi: The Election Commission will showcase the remote electronic voting machine (RVM) prototype for migrant voters to representatives of political parties on Monday. The poll panel has invited eight recognised national…
- Pakistan
Pakistan’s Election Commission issues arrest warrants for Imran Khan, his aides in contempt case
Islamabad: Pakistan’s top election body on Tuesday issued bailable arrest warrants for former prime minister Imran Khan and other top leaders of his party in a contempt case. The case is based…
- India
Hoping for justice from EC: Sanjay Raut, says real Shiv Sena is led by Uddhav
Mumbai: Rajya Sabha MP Sanjay Raut on Sunday said there is only one Shiv Sena which is led by Uddhav Thackeray and hoped the party will get justice from the Election Commission…
- India
Full Election Commission to visit three NE states next week
Agartala: The full Election Commission, headed by Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar, will undertake a four-day visit to three election-bound northeastern states from January 11, officials said here on Saturday. Tripura Chief…
- World
Sri Lankan election commission ready for local elections
Colombo: Sri Lanka’s Election Commission has said that applications for postal voting from eligible voters for the 2023 local elections would be accepted on January 5-23. Chairman of the Election Commission Nimal…