Election Commission of India
- 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…
- Top Stories
Some people create doubts: CEC Kumar on voters turnout data demands
New Delhi: Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar on Saturday said it is some people’s job to create doubts and asserted the systems in place at the Election Commission are strong to ensure…
- India
SC’s no interim directions to ECI on voter turnout after each phase of LS poll
New Delhi: The Supreme Court on Friday refused to pass any interim directions to the Election Commission of India (ECI) to disclose the authenticated record of voter turnout on its official website…
- India
ECI seeks reports on late-night police action at Bengal LoP’s rented residence
Kolkata: The Election Commission of India (ECI) has sought reports about a late-night action by a team of West Bengal Police at the residence of the Leader of Opposition (LoP) in West…
- India
EC handling grievous poll code violations with kid gloves: Yechury
New Delhi: CPI (M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury on Wednesday said the “directive” issued by the Election Commission does not address the issues raised by his party in its complaints, and accused…
