Bihar Assembly polls dates announced
The Election Commission of India (ECI) today announced the schedule for Bihar Assembly polls 2020. Continue Reading
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SC notice to ECI with regard to discrepancies in 2019 LS poll data
The Supreme Court issued a notice to the Election Commission of India (ECI) today on the pleas of two NGOs seeking a probe into alleged discrepancies between voter turnout and the number of votes counted in 347 constituencies during the 2019 Lok Sabha polls. Continue Reading
Why winning Vikravandi, Nanguneri by-polls important for AIADMK, DMK?
Months after the Lok Sabha elections and by-polls in 22 Assembly constituencies, Tamilnadu is witnessing yet another political battle, this time in the form of by-elections in Vikravandi and Nanguneri. Continue Reading
Editorial: From bottom to top
Addressing party workers in Ambala, Nadda said there are hundreds of political parties registered with the Election Commission of India, with some of them recognised as State parties and a few as national ones, but none of them, except the BJP, gives primacy to its workers. Continue Reading
Editorial: Troubled times
The Nationalist Congress Party, the Trinamool Congress and Communist Party of India now face the prospect of losing their national party status following their performance in the Lok Sabha elections. Continue Reading
Countdown starts: Fate of Modi, Rahul to be decided tomorrow
Hence, the fate of 822 candidates in LS elections and 406 in by-poll to 22 Assembly seats in Tamilnadu would be known when the counting begins at 8 am tomorrow morning and initial trends were likely to be known in the afternoon. Continue Reading
Miffed Election Commissioner Ashok Lavasa opts out of EC meetings
The Congress today hit out at the Modi government over Lavasa recusing himself from EC meetings to discuss poll code violations, saying erosion of institutional integrity is the hallmark of the present dispensation. Continue Reading
HC turns down plea to ban Kamal Haasan from campaigning
In the present case before the Madurai court, the advocate sought a ban on his canvassing for votes for the rest of the campaign. But the court turned down the plea and said this was in the jurisdiction of the Election Commission of India. Continue Reading
2019 polls: Countdown starts for counting; EC officials hold meeting
Officials, leaders and cadres are getting ready for the big day – 23 May – when the votes polled in Lok Sabha elections will be counted. Continue Reading
2019 polls: Amit Shah denied permission to conduct rally in W Bengal
Accusing the West Bengal government of not allowing its president Amit Shah’s rally in Jadhavpur, the BJP said today the Election Commission has become a ‘mute spectator’ to the Trinamool Congress’s alleged undemocratic means to target the saffron party. Continue Reading