Election Commission seeks report on political violence in Tripura
Agartala/UNI: The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Thursday directed the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Tripura to submit the inquiry report by Friday on the political violence recently perpetrated on opposition CPI-M and Congress allegedly by ruling BJP cadres.
Tripura to vote on Feb 16, Meghalaya-Nagaland to elect new Assembly on Feb 27
New Delhi: The Election Commission on Wednesday announced the Assembly election dates for Nagaland, Meghalaya and Tripura.
TMC opposes Election Commission's proposed plan to introduce remote voting
Kolkata/UNI: West Bengal ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) has opposed the ECI's proposed plan to introduce remote voting to improve the voter participation, saying a hasty decision to chart into the territory of remote voting will have potentially damaging effects.
Election Commission comes up with RVM to improve migrant workers' voting rights
New Delhi/IBNS: The Election Commission of India (ECI) has come up with a prototype Multi-Constituency Remote Electronic Voting (RVM) Machine to improve the voting rights of the migrant workers, media reports said.
ECI officials review SVEEP campaign in poll-bound Tripura
Agartala/UNI: The senior officials of the Election Commission of India (ECI) comprising Special Officer Dr Ranavir Singh, and Director to Tripura Santosh Ajmera on Thursday reviewed the ongoing Systematic Voters' Education and Electoral Participation (SVEEP) campaign to increase the voters’ turn out in upcoming assembly polls.
Election Commission reviews poll preparedness of Tripura
Agartala/UNI: The Election Commission of India (ECI) has reviewed the poll-preparedness of the upcoming assembly polls with the election officials of Tripura in New Delhi and directed to undertake all preventive measures to conduct free and fair elections to be held in February, officials said here in a statement on Saturday.
SC reserves verdict on independent selection panel for appointments of CEC and ECs
New Delhi/UNI: A five-judge Constitution bench of the Supreme Court on Thursday reserved its verdict on a batch of petitions seeking a direction for an independent selection panel for appointments of the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) & Election Commissioners (ECs).
SC questions Arun Goel's appointment as Election Commissioner, asks for files
New Delhi/IBNS: Questioning the appointment of the new Election Commissioner, the Supreme Court Wednesday asked for specific files regarding the appointment of Arun Goel to the commission on Nov 19.
HP: 6 poll officials suspended for carrying EVMs in pvt vehicle
Shimla/UNI: Six police personnel posted at the Dattanagar polling station were suspended for allegedly breaching poll duty rules following the recovery of an EVM in a private vehicle.
'Some parties question EVs but fall silent after winning polls': Chief Election Commissioner
Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar Thursday said some parties critical of the poll body question Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) but don't utter a word after they win elections through the same voting machines, according to media reports.
Gujarat assembly elections: Voting on Dec 1 and 5, results Dec 8
The Gujarat assembly elections will be held in two phases on Dec 1 and 5, the Election Commission of India or ECI announced on Thursday.
Gujarat assembly elections to be held in two phases in December
The Gujarat assembly elections will be held in two phases in December, the Election Commission of India announced on Thursday.
Election Commission to announce Gujarat assembly election dates today
The Election Commission of India or ECI will announce the dates for the highly anticipated Gujarat assembly elections on Thursday.
Election Commission likely to announce assembly poll dates for Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh today
New Delhi/IBNS: The Election Commission of India (ECI) is likely to announce the dates for upcoming assembly elections in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh Friday.
After EC's decision on Shiv Sena, Uddhav Thackeray faction comes up with 3 party names: Report
New Delhi/IBNS: After the Election Commission froze the Shiv Sena symbol, the Uddhav Thackeray faction has submitted a list of three party names and symbols for the upcoming by-polls in Mumbai's Andheri East, media reports said.