Gyanesh Kumar, who was named as an Election Commissioner in March last year, has been appointed India’s 26th Chief Election Commissioner.
Replacing the outgoing Rajiv Kumar, his term will run till…
The high-voltage campaigning for Delhi Assembly polls will come to an end at 5 pm on Monday, ushering in the mandatory silence period before voting on February 5.
On the final day of campaigning, the…
Days before the Delhi Assembly polls, AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal demanded that the Election Commission deploy special observers in his New Delhi constituency, alleging “hooliganism” by the BJP.
The…
Jharkhand election results: The ruling JMM in Jharkhand wrote to the Election Commission on Friday night and demanded the suspension of internet services within 2 km radius of the counting centres,…
Jharkhand BJP MP Nishikant Dubey on Wednesday said he had filed a complaint with the Election Commission against a presiding officer for allegedly “favouring a ruling party candidate” in Madhupur…
Haryana has sprung a surprise… a big jolt rather for Congress. The Grand Old Party was leading in the state Assembly elections when counting started this morning. But a few hours later, in a big…
The National Conference-Congress alliance is likely to form government in Jammu and Kashmir with poll trends on Tuesday showing the combine ahead in 51 of the 90 seats while the BJP was leading in…
It was one of the big poll promises. Now 101 days after the third Narendra Modi government came to power, the Union Cabinet has approved the “One Nation, One Election” plan. The proposal for…
The Election Commission on Tuesday issued the notification for the first phase of the assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir, marking the start of the nomination process.
Voting will be held on 24…
Jammu and Kashmir will be voting in its first assembly election since it became a Union Territory in 2019. The Election Commission announced the poll schedule for the Union Territory on Friday.
The…
Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir will be held in three phases starting September 18, while Haryana will head to polls on October 1, Election Commission of India announced on Friday.
Addressing…
While delivering a poignant address at the joint session of the parliament, President Droupadi Murmu lauded PM Narendra Modi’s administration for taking the country’s economy to new heights.
President…
The Election Commission of India (ECI) has junked a media report that alleged that a polling officer’s mobile phone used in unlocking the electronic voting machines (EVMs) was used by an aide of a…
The bypolls to fill vacancies in 13 Assembly constituencies across seven states will be held on 10 July and the counting will be done on 13 July, announced the Election Commission of India on…
The 2024 Lok Sabha elections are done and dusted. But as they say, ‘picture abhi baaki hai.’ With the election results being closer than expected, attention has shifted to government formation. And it…
As none of the major parties has received a full majority in the Lok Sabha elections, the Congress party will hold discussions with its allies as well as “new partners,” party president Mallikarjun…
After his party leads in all five Lok Sabha seats in Bihar, Lok Janshakti Party (Ram Vilas) chief Chirag Paswan said on Tuesday that the Union Home Minister Amit Shah congratulated him on his party’s…
Actor-turned-politician Suresh Gopi who is poised for a historic win in the parliamentary seat of Thrissur said he is ‘ecstatic’ about the BJP breaching the bastion in Kerala according to trends…
The INDIA Alliance comprising several Opposition parties such as Congress, SP, RJD has sent electoral shockwaves. It is leading on 230 seats as of now. Congress alone leading on 96 seats and won 3…
Four states went to the polls along with the Lok Sabha election — Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim, Odisha and Andhra Pradesh. In the Northeastern states of Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim, the voters have…
Madhya Pradesh Congress Chief Jitu Patwari on Tuesday exuded confidence of his party’s win in the Lok Sabha election 2024 saying, they gave their best and results would be the best.
Patwari told ANI,…
The BJP is likely to open its account in Kerala with its party leaders Rajeev Chandrasekhar and Suresh Gopi leading in Thiruvananthapuram and Thrissur, respectively.
As per Election Commission data at…
Arunachal Pradesh Lok Sabha elections 2024: The 18th general Lok Sabha election for 543 constituencies concluded on June 1, 2024. Arunachal Pradesh 2 seats for the 18th Lok Sabha election took place…
On June 4, 2024, India will witness the culmination of its democratic exercise with the counting of votes for the Lok Sabha Elections. The counting process is quite intricate with special checks and…
In a sharp outright rejection of allegations made by Congress leader Jairam Ramesh that Union Home Minister Amit Shah had called up district magistrates after voting for the Lok Sabha elections were…
Ahead of the counting of votes on Tuesday (June 4), the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has appealed to the Election Commission of India (ECI) to take cognisance of efforts to undermine elections and…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will embark on a spiritual journey today after holding his very last rally for the Lok Sabha Elections 2024 before the last phase of polling commences on June 1.
PM Modi…
With the Election Commission of India (ECI) yet to release the actual voter numbers for the Lok Sabha elections conducted in the five phases, attention is now squarely focused on the Supreme Court,…
The Delhi Metro train services on all lines will start at 4 AM so that the staff deployed for election duty can avail of the facility. The trains will run at a frequency of 30 minutes on all the lines…
The Election Commission issued a statement Tuesday calling on top political leaders to set an exemplary standard for campaign discourse, amid accusations from the Trinamool Congress of bias towards…
The Election Commission declared on Saturday that there would be a single phase of voting for the Lok Sabha in Ladakh on May 20 (phase 5). This will be the first independent election for a single seat…
As the Opposition intensifies its suspicion over the ‘delayed’ release of voter turnout after each phase of polling in the ongoing Lok Sabha elections, leaders of the INDI Alliance will meet the…
BJP does not think that a lower voter turnout in the first two phases of Lok Sabha elections 2024 would affect the party’s vision of ‘Abki Baar 400 paar.’ While less number of people exercising their…
After the Election Commission of India took cognizance of alleged Model Code of Conduct violations by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, the BJP has asked for one week…
In the wake of the recent Surat Loksabha seat issue, motivational speaker Shiv Khera has sought direction from the Supreme Court to give publicity of NOTA as a “fictional candidate” and to frame rules…
The Election Commission of India has taken cognizance of alleged Model Code of Conduct violations by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi. Both BJP and INC had raised…
The Supreme Court, on Thursday, highlighted media reports claiming that extra votes were erroneously recorded in favour of the BJP in four electronic voting machines (EVMs) during a mock poll in…
As the days to the 18th Lok Sabha election draw closer — the first phase of polling is on 19 April — it is worth remembering how India carried out its first election back in 1951. The election was…
The Election Commission has ordered social media platform X to take down select posts of YSR Congress, AAP, N Chandrababu Naidu, and Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary for violation of the…
The upcoming 2024 Lok Sabha Elections for the Kota constituency in Rajasthan, which is part of the 25 constituencies in the state, will take place this year. The final dates for voting and the results…
As the Lok Sabha elections 2024 approaches, every Indian citizen must ensure that they can vote and exercise their fundamental right. To do so, you must first ensure that your name is included in the…
In the 1982 Kerala state elections, electronic voting machines (EVMs) were used for the first time in the nation. Since then, various statements and accusations about this machine have been made on…
Gurgaon is a Lok Sabha constituency located in Haryana. There are ten state seats in the legislature. The nine Assembly segments that make up the Gurgaon seat are Bawal, Rewari, Pataudi, Badshahpur,…
As the Lok Sabha polls for the Bangalore Central constituency nears, political parties in the region aim for a remarkable win. The constituency, one of the 28 Lok Sabha seats in Karnataka, holds…
One of the 40 Lok Sabha seats in the state of Bihar, the Gaya (sc) Lok Sabha Constituency, will be up for election this year. The Election Commission of India formally announced the results and the…
The Election Commission said on Saturday that Hyderabad will cast elections in the fourth phase of the General Elections on May 13, along with the rest of Telangana. On June 4, the votes from the…
The Electoral bonds (EC) data have been released before the 2024 elections. Releasing EC data provides the details of the donor, whether it’s an individual or a company and how much money has been…
The Election Commission (EC) has uploaded the data on Electoral Bonds provided by the State Bank of India (SBI) on its official website. SBI submitted the data to the Election Commission on Thursday…
The 17th Lok Sabha’s tenure in India is scheduled to end on June 16, 2024. The General Elections to elect 543 members of the Lok Sabha is going to be held this year. The Election Commission has…
The Election Commission will announce the schedule for the Lok Sabha polls tomorrow. In a post on X, the poll panel said a press conference to announce the schedule for Lok Sabha elections and some…
The Election Commission of India (ECI) has uploaded the data on electoral bonds on its website as received from SBI. The poll body received data from the State Bank of India (SBI) on March 12. The…
The Congress attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday over the electoral bonds issue, alleging that his government, through the SBI, has consistently tried to halt or delay the revelation of…
State Bank of India (SBI) on Tuesday evening submitted details of electoral bonds to the Election Commission of India in compliance with the Supreme Court order. The Supreme Court on Monday ordered…
A five-judge Constitution bench of the Supreme Court on Monday asked the State Bank of India (SBI) to apprise it about the steps taken so far to ensure disclosure of details of electoral bonds…
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will chair a meeting of the Union Council of Ministers on March 3rd, ahead of the anticipated announcement of the Lok Sabha Polls by the Election Commission. This meeting…
The Supreme Court’s decision to abolish electoral bonds is likely to have the greatest impact on the BJP, as data shared by the Election Commission show that the party received the most donations…
Bharatiya Janata Party national president JP Nadda will file the nomination for Rajya Sabha from Gujarat on Thursday.
Nadda is currently a Rajya Sabha member from Himachal Pradesh.
In its latest list…
The Ajit Pawar faction is the real Nationalist Congress Party (NCP), the Election Commission announced on Tuesday, ending months of speculation over the factional fight with his party founder and…