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Election for Vice President to be held on Aug 6, counting on same day: EC
The notification for the election to decide the successor of M Venkaiah Naidu will be issued on July 5 and the last date for filing of nomination papers will be July 19.
 "Election for Vice President to be held on Aug 6, counting on same day: EC")
Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren to appear before ECI today in mining lease case
Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren will appear before the Election Commission of India in person or through counsel in the office of profit matter which pertains to owning of stone mining lease
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CIC to EC: Give on stamp paper you disclosed all info under RTI
The case originates from an RTI query filed by activist Commodore Lokesh Batra (Retd)
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Election Commission to delete 111 'non-existent' parties from register
The Election Commission decided on Monday to delete from its register 111 political parties that were found to be "non-existent" during a verification exercise aimed at cleaning the system.
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Presidential election: 15 nominations filed, three rejected so far
While 11 filed their nominations on the first day of filing the papers on June 15, three filed their nominations on Thursday and only one on Friday
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Ban people from contesting from more than one seat, says EC to govt
The EC has made a push for a law to bar people from contesting more than one seat and said that if it cannot be done, then a fine should be imposed on vacating the constituencies and forcing a bypoll.
TMC delegation to meet EC over Tripura violence ahead of bypolls
A delegation of Trinamool Congress MPs will call on the Election Commission of India Thursday to submit a memorandum in connection with the recent incidents of violence in Tripura, the party said
Nomination process for presidential election due next month begins
The process to file nominations for the presidential election began on Wednesday with the Election Commission issuing a notification calling upon the electors to fill the vacancy
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RS polls: ECI raises objection to Sena MLA Kande's plea over invalid vote
The ECI raised a preliminary objection to a petition filed by Maharashtra Shiv Sena MLA Suhas Kande against its decision declaring his vote cast in the last week's Rajya Sabha elections as invalid
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RS polls: EC sided with BJP as it got our one vote invalidated, says Raut
After Shiv Sena's Sanjay Pawar lost the Rajya Sabha polls from Maharashtra to BJP's Dhananjay Mahadik, Sanjay Raut alleged that the BJP put pressure on the Election Commission
 "RS polls: EC sided with BJP as it got our one vote invalidated, says Raut")
RS poll counting on hold in Haryana as BJP seeks cancellation of 2 votes
BJP backed independent candidate wrote to EC of India, demanding the cancellation of votes of two Congress MLAs, due to "violation of the secrecy of votes in the Conduct of Election Rules 1961"
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Value of vote of MPs goes down to 700 from 708 in 2022 presidential poll
Value of the vote of an MP in a presidential election is based on the number of elected members in legislative assemblies of states and union territories, including Delhi, Puducherry and Jammu Kashmir
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Uttarakhand: CEC Rajeev Kumar treks 18 km to visit remote polling stations
Kumar reached Dumak and Kalgoth village, the most remote polling booths of Uttarakhand located in Chamoli district
EC to lead 'Democracy Cohort on Election Integrity' with 100 nations
The Election Commission said it will lead 'Democracy Cohort on Election Integrity' with 100 democratic countries and share experience and expertise with poll management bodies of various nations.
Karnataka Cong leader seeks SC judge-led probe into 1.9 mn 'missing' EVMs
Addressing press conference, Patil expressed his anger over inordinate delay in taking up petitions by the courts regarding election petitions and EVMs
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Principles, people and parliament decide destiny of nation: CEC Chandra
The history and destiny of a nation is determined by 3 Ps -- principles, people and Parliament, Chief Election Commissioner of India, Sushil Chandra said on Saturday.
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Election Commission is ready for One Nation, One Election: Sushil Chandra
One Nation One Election is a good suggestion, but this will need a change in the Constitution and it is to be decided in parliament, said Chief Election Commissioner Sushil Chandra
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EC makes elaborate arrangements for counting of votes in 5 states
The Election Commission said that elaborate arrangements for counting of votes in 690 constituencies of Goa, Manipur, Punjab, Uttarakhand, and Uttar Pradesh and bypoll to Assam's Majuli have been made
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EC sends special officers for counting of votes in Varanasi, Meerut
Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Delhi has been sent as a special officer to oversee the counting process in Meerut and Bihar's CEO to Varanasi
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Political parties' workers trained for vote count: Punjab election officer
Punjab Chief Electoral Officer, S Karuna Raju, on Wednesday informed that thousands of workers have been given round wise training for the counting of votes in the state
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