Election Commission

Opposition parties on Monday questioned the need to deploy remote voting machines and urged the Election Commission to address the issue of urban apathy towards the poll process.“No opposition party wants to see the demonstration of a Remote Voting...

The schedule for the assembly election in three North Eastern states -- Tripura, Nagaland and Meghalaya -- is likely to be announced by January 19 by the Election Commission in Delhi, officials said on Monday.A senior official said that...

The Election Commission has called the chairpersons, presidents, and general secretaries of all the national parties for a meeting to be held on January 16. The meeting pertains to the demonstration and discussion of the Remote Voting Machine.Notably, to...

Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Rajiv Kumar said on Thursday that the Election Commission has made it mandatory for all political parties and candidates to publish criminal antecedents of their candidates at least three times in newspapers, television channels, and...

The Election Commission (EC) on Wednesday stressed on the need for an inducement-free assembly elections in Tripura, and asked the central and state agencies to take appropriate steps in this regard, officials said.The full Election Commission, headed by Chief...

Sri Lanka’s top election body announced on Wednesday that it will accept nominations from January 18 to 21 for the local council polls, which have been postponed since March amidst the prevailing economic crisis.Notices calling for nominations for 340...

The Election Commission of India has taken a slew of steps to check poll-related violence here in Tripura given the forthcoming assembly elections. To ensure free and fair polls, the ECI has launched a special campaign called “mission zero...

The Assam Congress has formed a committee to keep a watch on the delimitation process and will only support it if the modalities laid by the Election Commission are duly followed. This was announced by Assam Pradesh Congress Committee...

In a major move to increase voter participation, the Election Commission on Thursday said it has developed a prototype of a remote electronic voting machine (RVM) for domestic migrant voters and has invited political parties for a demonstration on...

Election Commission (EC) on Tuesday said it has initiated delimitation of assembly and parliamentary constituencies in Assam, and will be using the 2001 census figures for readjustment of seats. EC said a ban has been put in place effective...