Election Commision
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EC publishes final report on Assam delimitation; names of 1 Lok Sabha, 19 assembly seats revised
India | Aug 11, 2023, 09:16 PM ISTAll assembly and parliamentary constituencies in the state were delimited (redrawn) based on the 2001 Census.
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Ahead of 2024 LS polls, ECI hints of allowing e-postal ballot for overseas 15 lakh Indian voters
India | Jun 10, 2023, 12:02 AM ISTThe top EC official said that the time has come when the fifth largest economy of the world invoked technology-driven methodology to facilitate eligible overseas Indian voters to participate in elections through an electronically transmitted postal ballot system (ETBPS).
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Congress deletes 'erroneous' tweet, says ‘sovereignty’ word was never used by Sonia Gandhi
Elections | May 10, 2023, 11:47 PM ISTKarnataka election: A controversy erupted over the remark with the BJP moving the Election Commission seeking an FIR against Sonia Gandhi and her party's derecognition.
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Karnataka elections 2023: Over Rs 170 cr seized in state since announcement of poll dates
Elections | Apr 16, 2023, 10:25 PM ISTAs many as 1,410 FIRs have been registered with regard to seizures.
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Will there be by-poll in Wayanad? Lakshadweep MP's case may come to Rahul's aid
India | Mar 24, 2023, 05:21 PM ISTRahul Gandhi disqualified: There is a hiccup with Election Commission as in a similar case, the poll body had to reverse its decision to conduct a by-poll in Lakshadweep.
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Meghalaya: Election Commission serves showcause notice to political parties for model code violation
India | Feb 06, 2023, 12:04 PM ISTElections to the 60-member Meghalaya Assembly will be held on February 27. The counting of votes will take place on March 2.
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EC to announce schedule for Tripura, Meghalaya and Nagaland today
News | Jan 18, 2023, 02:33 PM ISTThe Election Commission is set to announce the schedule for Nagaland, Meghalaya and Tripura assembly elections on Wednesday.
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Bureaucratic reshuffle: Manoj Kumar Sahoo appointed Deputy Election Commissioner
India | Nov 26, 2022, 07:34 PM ISTBureaucratic reshuffle: New Joint Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs, a Joint Secretary, Department of Health & Family Welfare and a Joint Secretary & Financial Adviser, Ministry of Housing and Urban Affair were also appointed
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Former IAS officer Arun Goel appointed as Election Commissioner
India | Nov 19, 2022, 11:44 PM ISTHis appointment was announced by the government in a press statement. Sushil Chandra retired as the chief election commissioner in May this year after which Rajiv Kumar took charge.
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Congress claims EC has no jurisdiction to regulate issues like freebies
India | Oct 28, 2022, 05:18 PM ISTCongress on freebies: The grand old party urged the Elections Commission to rather focus on conducting free and fair elections by properly implementing election laws.
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'Ban people from contesting from more than one seat': EC to govt
India | Jun 17, 2022, 04:37 PM ISTIn a recent interaction with the Legislative Secretary in the Law Ministry, Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar made this push for the reform first proposed in 2004.
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EC issues notice to Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren over grant of mining lease
India | May 02, 2022, 11:36 PM ISTJharkhand’s ruling JMM and opposition BJP have been locking horns over Soren flouting office-of-profit norms due to the mining lease being in his name.
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Offering freebies is policy decision of party concerned: Poll panel tells Supreme Court
India | Apr 09, 2022, 02:44 PM ISTPetitioner Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay has also sought direction from the Election Commission to seize the election symbol and deregister/derecognize the political parties, which fail to fulfill their essential rational promises, made in the election manifesto.
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EC announces RS poll schedule for 5 seats in Punjab
India | Mar 13, 2022, 09:01 PM ISTPunjab's Chief Electoral Officer S Karuna Raju on Sunday said according to the schedule, the notification for the biennial election will be issued on Monday (March 14).
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Election Commission restores maximum number of star campaigners as Covid cases drop
Elections | Feb 20, 2022, 11:42 PM ISTNow, the recognised national and state parties can field a maximum of 40-star campaigners. Other parties which are registered but not recognised can now have 20-star campaigners during the electioneering.
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Christians in Manipur urge EC not to hold polling on Sunday as it is prayer day
Elections | Jan 18, 2022, 05:28 PM ISTThe elections to the 60-member Manipur Assembly would be held in two phases on February 27 and March 3 whereas the counting of votes will take place on March 10. The AMCO said if the first phase of polling was held on Sunday (February 27) it would hurt the religious sentiment of the Christians.
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EC allows persons deployed in essential services, media to cast votes via postal ballot
Elections | Jan 17, 2022, 04:29 PM ISTDirecting the Chief Electoral Officers of all the five poll-bound states, the Commission said that the concerned departments of the notified category of electors may be informed accordingly, and may be asked to nominate "Nodal Officer" for this purpose of the postal ballot facility.
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EC reschedules polls to 4 municipal corporations in Bengal to Feb 12 amid rising Covid cases
India | Jan 15, 2022, 04:58 PM ISTAccording to a notification issued by the SEC, polls to Siliguri Municipal Corporation, Chandernagore Municipal Corporation, Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation and Asansol Municipal Corporation would now be held on February 12 instead of January 22. Polling will be held from 7 am to 5 pm it said
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Muslim body writes to EC, seeks ban on 'dharam sansad' in Aligarh quoting 'communal invective'
Elections | Jan 13, 2022, 11:13 PM ISTThe Jamiat, in its letter, said that the 'dharam sansad' to be organized in Aligarh on January 22 and 23 or on any other dates at other places when the election process is on, be prohibited.
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Election Commission of India launches cVigil App: All you must know
Technology | Dec 31, 2021, 11:38 AM ISTThe Election Commission of India has launched its new ‘cVIGIL’ App to report any violations of the election code of conduct during the tenure.