Election Commission Of India

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Election Commission of India

People wait in a queue to cast their votes during the fifth round of multi-phase national elections in Mumbai, India, Monday, May 20, 2024. (AP Photo)

ECI dismisses viral EVM tampering videos as old, not related to ongoing general election

The ECI clarification came a day after NCP founder Sharad Pawar alleged that several booth capturing incidents in Beed constituency

26 May 2024 12:24 AM

Polling officers check the identity card of an elderly person in his home, in New Delhi, India, Friday, May 17, 2024. To encourage and assist elderly persons to cast their votes, the Election Commission of India initiated the home voting facility for the ongoing general parliamentary elections. (AP Photo)

ECI reveals data on votes polled in each LS seat

ECI highlighted that the voter turnout data had always been accessible to candidates and citizens through the Voter Turnout App

26 May 2024 12:03 AM

The EC’s directives indeed reflect universal condemnation of the ways in which campaigning has been undertaken by the main players in the election game. (Representative Image: DC)

AA Edit | ECI has acted, but isn’t it too little too late?

EC has directed BJP and Congress to avoid campaigning on caste, community, language, and religion, urging for respectful electoral conduct

23 May 2024 12:00 AM

Maharashtra Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) S. Chockalingam on Friday informed that the state machinery has also seized 46.76 lakh litres of liquor. (Representational image/ANI)

46.76 lakh litres liquor seized in Maharashtra during model code of conduct

Beside this, 1,595 illegal weapons have been seized and they have also canceled the licenses of 1,110 arms and seized them

03 May 2024 11:45 PM

Opposition questions EC's transparency and promptness, demanding swift corrective actions. (PTI Image)

AA Edit | Delay in voting figures: EC must be transparent

Critics raise concerns over the Election Commission's transparency and timely intervention amid allegations of electoral misconduct.

03 May 2024 12:05 AM

Rajesh Kumar Khullar, Chief Principal Secretary to Chief Minister, Haryana. (Image: Wikipedia)

Dilip Cherian | Haryana CM’s chief principal secy takes flak for poll activity

Opposition calls for removal of top officials citing alleged violations

04 Apr 2024 12:00 AM

The MCC would want parties and candidates to refrain from criticism of all aspects of the private life of their rivals unconnected with their public activities. (PTI Photo/Kamal Kishore)

AA Edit | Parties must keep religion, hate out; follow EC’s code

Upholding the Integrity of Democratic Processes through the Model Code of Conduct

21 Mar 2024 12:48 AM

EC Asks Rahul to Watch Public Speeches

Last year, the EC issued a notice to Gandhi after he used derogatory terms such as "panauti" (bad omen) and "pickpocket" to refer to the PM

07 Mar 2024 1:22 AM

A democratic institution must remain independent and fair not just because the people at the wheel are determined to do their job. (File Photo: DC )

AA Edit | EC must show spine in making polls free and fair

Free and fair elections are undoubtedly the key precondition for democracy to thrive

14 Dec 2023 12:00 AM

AA Edit | EC upholds reality of politics

This is much-needed as some of these parties were carrying tags which have long since become moot and did not reflect popular reality

12 Apr 2023 12:10 AM

AA Edit | Good formula to pick CEC, ECs

The Supreme Court was forced to step in when it was approached with a plea against the appointment of an election commissioner last year

04 Mar 2023 12:46 AM

The BJP spelt out its stance on the issue in response to the Election Commission earlier this month seeking the views of all parties on its proposal to amend the model code of conduct.. (Representational image: AFP)

Freebies to allure voters, welfarism policy intervention: BJP in letter to EC

The party has no objections to the poll panel's idea that political parties should also submit financial viability of their poll promises

27 Oct 2022 1:05 PM

The "bow and arrow" was not just an electoral symbol; it represented the manner in which the party wanted to advance the cause of the slogans it had raised. (Photo: PTI)

AA Edit | Sena symbol: EC follows rules

Neither side should be given the advantage of the signs and symbols of the parent party in an election before its completion

10 Oct 2022 12:15 AM

Union Health secretary Rajesh Bhushan (ANI)

Assembly polls 2022: EC, health officials to review COVID situation today

EC is prepared for the assembly polls and is expected to announce the dates soon of Goa, Punjab, Uttarakhand, and Manipur assemblies

06 Jan 2022 10:51 AM

BJP supporters from Gazole constituency during an election campaign for West Bengal Assembly Polls in Malda district, Thursday, April 22, 2021. (PTI)

Election Commission bans victory rallies on May 2

A recent media survey on Tuesday showed the steep spike in Covid-19 cases in the poll-bound states

28 Apr 2021 6:50 AM

Indian paramilitary soldiers stand guard near a polling booth as voters wait to cast their votes during the fifth phase of West Bengal state elections in Newtown Rajarhat, North 24 Parganas district, India, Saturday, April 17, 2021. (AP)

Sanjay Kumar | Bengal lesson: Drawbacks of a multi-phase state election

Was planning an eight-phase poll spread over a month, and during a pandemic too boot, wrong, after all?

20 Apr 2021 11:55 PM

Family members mourn near the body of the deceased after clashes erupted between locals and central forces during the fourth phase of West Bengal Assembly Election in Cooch Behar. (Photo: PTI)

Parsa Venkateshwar Rao Jr | Bengal violence erupted as all leaders poisoned the air

What India is seeing is a generation of political leaders who are immature, who lack the poise of a leader of a national stature

15 Apr 2021 12:00 AM

Voters stand in a line to cast their vote outside a polling station during Tamil Nadu state legislative election in Chennai on April 6, 2021. (Arun SANKAR / AFP)

Polling peaceful in all five states, high voter turnout seals parties' destiny

Voting was held in 1.5 lakh polling stations across 475 Assembly seats in the four states and the Union territory of Puducherry

07 Apr 2021 7:59 AM

Former Chief Minister and Madhya Pradesh Congress President Kamal Nath

EC strips Kamal Nath's 'star campaigner' status over poll code violations

The Congress said it will move the Supreme Court against the Election Commission's decision.

31 Oct 2020 2:31 AM

Election Commission of India (Photo: PTI)

Aakar Patel | Draw lessons from US, make voting in India better and safer

It must be asked if we cannot further reform the process and also learn from practices that other nations follow that might help us.

27 Oct 2020 6:40 PM

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