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  Congress candidate Urmila Matondkar alleges EVM change

  India | May 23, 2019 14:41 IST

  Actor turned politician, Urmilla Matondkar has alleged the EVM substition. According to her, the signatures and the machine numbers are different.

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  Interesting facts about sixth phase of Lok Sabha polls

  May 12, 2019 10:37 IST

  In the last five phases, 424 out of 543 seats have already gone to polls.

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  LS polls: BJP to defend 45 seats in phase six

  May 11, 2019 18:15 IST

  Over 10.17 crore voters will decide the fate of 979 candidates in the sixth phase of Lok Sabha elections. The Election Commission has set up 1.13 lakh polling stations for the smooth conduct of elections.

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  Andhra CM blasts EC for turning polls into 'farce'

  April 12, 2019 18:27 IST

  Declaring war on the poll panel, Naidu said its insistence on use of a non-reliable technology, refusal to count VVPAT slips, transfer of officials and its other moves at the behest of Prime Minister Narendra Modi raised serious questions over its credibility.

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  Rahul Gandhi interview: EC issues show-cause notice to Congress president-elect, orders FIR against TV channels

  Gujarat Assembly Elections | December 13, 2017 21:20 IST

  "Explain why action should not be taken against you for violating provisions of MCC, failing which Commission will decide matter without any further reference to you,' EC said in its notice to Congress president-elect.

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  Achal Kumar Joti appointed next CEC, to take charge on July 6

  India | July 04, 2017 17:49 IST

  Joti, a 1975-batch IAS officer, had joined the three-member poll panel as an election commissioner on May 8, 2015 and would be in office till January 17 next year.

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  Bringing BJP to power Election Commission’s only aim: Kejriwal

  Politics | April 10, 2017 19:57 IST

  Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Monday blamed the Election Commission for "EVM-tampering fraud" and said the poll panel's only aim was to bring the BJP to power at any cost

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  Polling over, EC team checks security of EVMs in Punjab

  Politics | February 24, 2017 17:51 IST

  With voting in the Assembly elections in Punjab having concluded, a team of the Election Commission arrived in the state to inspect the security of buildings where the electronic voting machines (EVMs) of the polls have been kept.

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  RBI not realising gravity of situation: EC reiterates its demand to enhance withdrawal limit

  India | January 30, 2017 9:06 IST

  The Election commission has expressed its displeasure at Reserve Bank of India's refusal to enhance the weekly cash-withdrawal limit, imposed after demonetisation, for those contesting Assembly elections in five state. An apparently peeved Commission

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  Election Commission favours holding Lok Sabha and all state elections together: Report

  India | June 08, 2016 9:37 IST

  New Delhi: The Election commission of India is in favour of holding Lok Sabha and Assembly polls simultaneously. According a report in The Indian Express, the Poll watchdog has sent a letter to the law

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  Uttar Pradesh Gram panchayat polls to begin on November 28

  Politics | November 07, 2015 16:43 IST

  Lucknow: After the successful completion of Zila and Kshetra panchayat elections, the Uttar Pradesh Election Comission today issued notification for electing 58,909 village heads and seven lakh Gram panchayat members starting November 28."The election will

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  Experiments with ideas beneficial for democracy: Pranab Mukerjee

  Politics | September 04, 2015 17:34 IST

  New Delhi: President Pranab Mukerjee on Friday tutored senior secondary students at a school here and said experiments with ideas of public interest are beneficial for the Indian democracy."Indian people are making experiments (with ideas),"

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  EC stays Nitish's 'Badh Chala Bihar' campaign

  Politics | June 20, 2015 18:26 IST

  Patna : In a setback to Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar, the state Election Commission (EC) on Saturday stayed the high tech ‘Badh Chala Bihar' campaign after a complaint by the BJP.The BJP had alleged

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  EVMs to display images along with names, symbols

  India | June 20, 2015 15:31 IST

  Agartala : To ensure greater transparency and avoid confusion in the minds of voters, the Election Commission has decided that electronic voting machines (EVMs) would henceforth display images of the contestants along with their names

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  EC suspends recognition of Sangma's National People's Party

  Politics | June 16, 2015 20:25 IST

  New Delhi: The Election Commission today suspended the recognition of P A Sangma's National People's Party for failing to file its election expenditure statement.  This is for the time that the poll watchdog has taken

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  EC seeks details from govt on proposed gas price hike

  India | March 24, 2014 12:46 IST

  New Delhi: After AAP sought the Election Commission's intervention in stalling the gas price hike from April 1, the poll panel has sought details from the government on the proposed increase.The Commission has already discussed

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  EC releases voters' data for Andhra Pradesh

  India | January 25, 2014 10:59 IST

  Hyderabad : The latest data on voters in Andhra Pradesh pegs their number in the state at over 6.24 crore, according to figures released today by the Chief Electoral Oficer here.The final electoral roll under