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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

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

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 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"

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

EVMs were marked for training of officials for counting duty, clarifies EC

Hours after Akhilesh Yadav claimed a truck carrying EVMs was "intercepted", the EC clarified that these EVMs were "marked for training" of officials who will be on duty during the counting of votes

UP elections: Voters in Varanasi get special invitation to cast votes

Voters in Varanasi have received a special invitation letter from the district election officials for exercising their franchise on Monday

EC to host international poll visitors' event on Monday virtually

The Election Commission (EC) is going to organise an International Election Visitors Programme (IEVP), 2022, for foreign election management bodies and organisations in virtual mode on Monday

EC restores number of star campaigners for state polls as Covid cases fall

Recognised national and state parties can field a maximum of 40 star campaigners and other parties which are registered but not recognised can now have 20 star campaigners

Sonu Sood restrained from visiting polling stations in Punjab's Moga

The Election Commission on Sunday restrained actor and philanthropist Sonu Sood from visiting polling stations in Moga, where his sister is contesting on a Congress ticket