The Election Commission of India on Sunday announced the schedule for upcoming bye-elections to fill vacant Assembly seats in Gujarat, Kerala, Punjab, and West Bengal. Polling will take place on June 19, with the counting of votes scheduled for June 23. Gujarat In Gujarat, the bye-election will be held in the Kadi and Visavadar constituencies…
Amidst US Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard’s claims of finding evidence of massive vulnerabilities in voting machines that have allowed hackers to flip votes and tamper with elections, an Election Commission of India (ECI) source on Saturday said that some countries use Electronic Voting Machines which are a mix of multiple systems, machines and…
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Sunday revealed the names of three candidates for the upcoming Maharashtra Legislative Council by-elections, after receiving approval from the party’s Central Election Committee (CEC). The selected candidates are Sandip Diwakarrao Joshi, Sanjay Kishanrao Kenekar, and Dadarao Yadavrao Keche. The by-polls are being held to fill vacant seats in the…
People walk past the Election Commission of India office building in New Delhi, India. | Photo Credit: Reuters The Supreme Court on Friday (January 31, 2025) directed the Election Commission of India to preserve video clips of the polling during the pendency of the pleas against the decision to increase the maximum number of voters…
Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Rajiv Kumar addresses an event on the 15th National Votersâ Day, in New Delhi, Saturday, Jan. 25, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Rajiv Kumar requested political parties on Saturday (January 25, 2025) to avoid divisive campaigning, saying it can cause disillusionment among youngsters regarding the electoral process….
Deputy Chief Minister Pawan Kalyan. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Election Commission of India (ECI) has designated the Jana Sena Party (JSP) as a ârecognised regional partyâ and reserved the âglass tumblerâ symbol for it. A JSP release said that the ECI wrote a letter to that effect to the party president and Deputy…
Rumours are doing the rounds that Assembly elections in Maharashtra may not be announced until the state government â led by Mahyuti â releases all four instalments of the Mukhyamantri Majhi Ladki Bahin Yojana. If this happens, the elections to the 288 seats in Maharashtra Assembly could take place in December, as the fourth instalment…
Jammu and Kashmir is all set to hold its first Assembly elections in a decade to elect a government after over six years of Central rule. Voting will be held in three phases with first round on September 18. The next two phases will be held on September 25 and October 1. The results will…
About six years after Jammu and Kashmir last had a government, elections are set to restore the power to govern back to its people. On Friday, the Election Commission announced the poll schedule to be held in three phases from 18 September to 1 October. These are welcome as they will help re-establish democratic processes…
Maharashtra Assembly Elections: The Election Commission did announce the dates for Maharashtra Assembly Elections 2024 on Friday. The poll body announced full schedule for Haryana and Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections. When asked if Maharashtra Assembly Elections will be held along with the Haryana polls, the Election Commission said, âMaharashtra and Haryana elections happened together….
