Tag: Election Commission

New Delhi: The AIADMK faction headed by former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam on Friday petitioned the Election Commission to declare as illegal V.K. Sasikala’s appointment as the party General Secretary and to freeze Treasurer Dindugal Srinivsan’s powers to withdraw party funds from banks. The Panneerselvam faction ruled out immediate resumption of talks with […]

New Delhi: The Election Commission (EC) on Monday night cancelled the Loksabha bypoll for Anantnag district in Jammu and Kashmir. The by-election was scheduled to be held on May 25. According to an EC official, the poll panel in an order issued around midnight rescinded a notification issued earlier on holding the bypoll on May […]

New Delhi/Chennai: Delhi Police on Monday booked AIADMK Deputy General Secretary and V.K. Sasikala’s nephew T.T.V. Dinakaran on charges of bribery, an officer said. Dinakaran has been accused of attempting to bribe Election Commission officials to get the party’s ‘two leaves’ symbol. Police said his close aide Sukesh Chandrasekar was arrested on Sunday night from […]

Srinagar: Joint candidate of the Congress and National Conference for south Kashmir’s Anantnag parliamentary seat, G.A. Mir, on Tuesday said that he will withdraw if the Governor’s rule is not imposed in the state. Mir on Monday had opposed the deferment of the by-poll in Anantnag parliamentary constituency. Talking to the media in Anantnag, Mir […]

New Delhi: The Congress on Saturday asked the Election Commission to re-examine the process concerning use of EVMs in view of report of its tampering from a constituency facing a bypoll in Madhya Pradesh, saying that the poll panel should revert back to the system of ballot papers if political parties are not convinced about […]

Thiruvananthapuram: The COVID-19 seems to play a spoilsport on the usual crowded culmination to the weeks-long poll campaigning in Kerala as the Election Commission has banned the years-long practice in the wake of the virus spread in the state. Based on the request of the state Chief Electoral Officer, Teeka Ram Meena, the Election Commission […]

New Delhi: The Election Commission (EC) is set to announce Saturday the poll schedules for Madhya Pradesh, Mizoram, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh. The commission has convened a press conference Saturday afternoon. It will also most likely announce the poll schedule for Telangana. Sources in the commission said that the entire election exercise will be completed by […]

New Delhi: The Election Commission was capable of holding the Lok Sabha elections and polls to four state assemblies together in December if the parliamentary elections are advanced, Chief Election Commissioner O P Rawat said today. His comments came when asked whether the EC was ready if the LS elections are held in December along […]

Kohima/Shillong: Election to the 60-member Nagaland Assembly began at 7 am today amid a tight security as more than half of the 2,156 polling stations in the north-eastern state have been declared critical. Similarly, polling for the 60-member Meghalaya Assembly also began at 7 am today amid tight security with over 18 lakh voters eligible […]

New Delhi: The assembly elections in Tripura will be held on February 18, while Meghalaya and Nagaland will go to polls on February 27, the Election Commission said today. Announcing the poll dates, Chief Election Commissioner A K Joti said the counting in the three states will be held on March 3. The term of […]

Shillong: The People’s Democratic Front (PDF) has been allotted a “pair of candles” as their party symbol by the Election Commission. The president of the newfound party, I Marbaniang, said the poll body has accepted the registration of the PDF and allotted candles as its symbol on October 3. The party, formed last year, was […]

New Delhi: The Election Commission today disqualified for three years former Jharkhand chief minister Madhu Koda from contesting elections for failing to file details of expenses related to the 2009 Lok Sabha polls he fought. He had won the polls from the Singhbhum Lok Sabha seat in Jharkhand. An order issued by the Commission said […]

New Delhi: The Election Commission was today informed about the merger of the two factions of the AIADMK and the resolutions adopted at its general council meeting, including on the ouster of interim general secretary V K Sasikala, the party said today. An AIDMK delegation met the Commission and countered the claims of the rebel […]

Cuttack: The Orissa High Court today adjourned to Monday the hearing on a bunch of pleas alleging discrepancies in the poll expenses of Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik and his party BJD. The bench of Justice S K Mishra adjourned the hearing till July 31 when the counsel for various parties, including the one for the […]

New Delhi: Hundreds of AAP workers today demonstrated outside the Election Commission headquarters here demanding that voter-verifiable paper audit trail (VVPAT)- equipped EVMs be used in future elections. The protesters, including AAP MLAs and newly appointed Delhi convener Gopal Rai, alleged that the manipulation of electronic voting machines was killing democracy. “EVM manipulation is a […]