Tag: Eci

New Delhi: Delhi Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Ranbir Singh here on Wednesday said every un-enrolled voter and left out voter in the national capital must enroll by submitting Form-6 either online or offline. “Every un-enrolled voter and left out voter in Delhi must enroll by submitting Form-6 either online or offline,” the CEO’s Office said in […]

Kolkata: Candidates in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections will have to declare their offshore moveable assets and liabilities in their affidavit, as per an amendment made by the Election Commission of India (ECI), an official said on Friday. “To ensure that all moveable assets are reflected in the affidavit given by the candidates, a further […]

New Delhi: For the first time in the Lok Sabha polls, candidates with criminal antecedents are required to publish information in this regard in newspapers and through television channels on three occasions during the campaign period, the Election Commission said on Sunday. A political party that sets up candidates with criminal antecedents is also required […]

New Delhi: The Election Commission will “closely monitor” social media platforms for any objectionable content and advertisements, which will have to be pre-certified by the poll panel, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sunil Arora said, here on Sunday. Political advertisements posted on the social media by candidates or parties would be included in the election expenditure, he […]

Bhubaneswar: Elections 2019 will be etched in capital letters in India’s electoral history as it has many innovative electoral reforms to its credit that could have far-reaching consequences on the electoral process of the world’s largest democracy. Significantly, when there has been a murmur on the shortcomings in the poll process with regard to the […]

New Delhi: The Election Commission on Tuesday issued a notification for the second phase of the seven-phased Lok Sabha elections, kicking off the process of filing of nominations for another 97 constituencies across 13 states and Union Territories. Voting in the second phase will take place on April 18, said the notification, which comes a […]

New Delhi: The Election Commission on Tuesday met representatives of Internet companies, including Facebook and Twitter, to discuss issues related to the use of social media for campaigning in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls while the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) is in force. The meeting comes after the Centre for Accountability and Systemic Change […]

Kalahandi: The Election Commission of India (ECI) is making all arrangements to increase the voters’ turnout in the upcoming 2019 elections. However, several members of a family in Odisha are now in a fix whether they can exercise thier franchise in the upcoming polls or not owing to mistakes in thier voter cards. All the […]

New Delhi: The Election Commission has sought comments from the makers of a biopic on Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the Opposition’s demand to postpone its release till the Lok Sabha elections get over. The film is slated for release on April 5. The Delhi chief electoral officer had already issued a notice to the producers […]

Bhopal: The Election Commission on Sunday issued a show cause notice to Sadhvi Pragya Thakur, the BJP candidate from Bhopal, for her controversial remarks about the Babri Masjid demolition. This is the second poll panel notice against Thakur since the saffron party announced her candidature on Wednesday. She has been asked to reply by Monday. In […]

New Delhi: The Election Commission on Monday submitted its detailed report to the Supreme Court on the biopic of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. A bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi took the EC’s report on Modi’s biopic and asked the poll panel to supply a copy of the report to the producer of the movie. […]

Kendrapara: After the Patkura Assembly poll was countermanded following the death of BJD candidate for the seat Bed Prakash Agarwalla, the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Wednesday issued a fresh polling schedule for elections in the Assembly segment under Kendrapara Lok Sabha constituency. As per the ECI notification, Patkura will go to polls on […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha Chief Electoral officer Surendra Kumar on Saturday admitted that a control unit from booth no 62 under Brahmagiri Assembly Constituency (AC) is ‘missing’. Addressing a presser, Kumar informed that the particular control unit was not kept in the specified strong room and there were lapses on part of the official who received the […]

Bhubaneswar: In view of the serious devastation caused by cyclone Fani, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has extended the completion of Patkura Assembly polls by 60 days, informed Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Odisha today. The date of poll will be suitably decided after assessing local situation, the CEO added. The Patkura Assembly poll […]

Amethi: A young man from Amethi has sent a letter written in blood to the Election Commission seeking a directive for Prime Minister Narendra Modi to abstain from making objectionable comments that hurt the sentiments of the people. Manoj Kashyap of Shahgarh in Amethi has written that he was ‘traumatised’ by the statements of the Prime […]