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ECI allots 'ship' as party symbol to AJP for Assam Assembly elections

The symbol of a "ship" has been allotted to the newly formed Assam Jatiya Parishad (AJP) for the three-phase assembly elections in Assam.

EC has tried to help BJP: Cong leader on eight-phase polls in West Bengal

The West Bengal Assembly polls will be held in eight phases, up from seven the last time, beginning with polling for 30 seats on March 27

Top headlines: Q3 GDP growth at 0.4%, EC announces poll dates for 5 states

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EC announces election schedule for five states: Here are the key dates

A total of 824 assembly seats with 186 million electors will vote in 270,000 polling booths, says CEC Sunil Arora

EC to announce dates of assembly polls in TN, Assam, Kerala, Bengal today

The terms of the legislative assemblies of the four states is coming to an end in May and June

Polling in Covid time: Bihar model to be followed in Bengal, says official

ECI will follow the Bihar model, taken up last year for conducting the assembly polls amid the coronavirus pandemic, during the upcoming election in West Bengal

Panchayat polls a semi-final for Adityanath govt amid farm protests

The UP panchayat polls are perhaps the world's largest local body elections, which will comprise a nearly 120-million electorate, eligible to elect the members of nearly 59,000 panchayats in the state

BJP cannot form political entity in Sri Lanka: Election Commission chief

Punchihewa's comments came after media reports quoted Tripura Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb as saying that the BJP was planning to extend its footprint in Sri Lanka and Nepal

Election Commission to soon begin mock trials for remote voting: CEC

Mock trails for remote voting facility for electors would begin soon, Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora has said.

PM Modi lauds EC for strengthening democracy, ensuring smooth polling

The National Voters' Day has been celebrated on January 25 every year since 2011, all across the country to mark the foundation day of the EC on 25th January 1950

Election Commission has zero-tolerance to money and muscle power: CEC Arora

There are concerns of violence and unrest in poll-bound West Bengal

ECI may hike security personnel in Bengal to hold assembly polls peacefully

Eyeing to conduct the coming assembly polls in West Bengal peacefully, the ECI is mulling the option of deploying around 25 per cent more security personnel

Bengal govt makes key poll appointments ahead of Election Commission visit

The full bench, led by Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora, will arrive in the state on Wednesday night on a two-day visit

EC nod to use its data for vaccination drive; wants data deleted later

The Election Commission wants health authorities to delete the data once the inoculation exercise is over, sources privy to the development said on Friday

Plea in SC to nullify election results if maximum votes in favour of NOTA

A PIL seeking directions to the Election Commission to nullify the election results and hold fresh polls if maximum votes have been polled in favour of NOTA

EC ensured to deploy central forces during West Bengal Polls: Vijayvargiya

Kailash Vijayvargiya said that Election Commission's representative promised him to appoint central security force for conducting the West Bengal Assembly election 2021with-out any fear

ECI rejects recounting applications of 6 candidates in Bihar Assembly polls

Election Commission of India (ECI) has rejected applications of six candidates who are shouted recounting of votes for the recently concluded Bihar Assembly Elections

By-poll result LIVE: BJP retains six seats, SP bags one in Uttar Pradesh

By-election result 2020: Stay tuned for LIVE updates on bypoll results in Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Gujarat, Telangana, Karnataka and other states

55.22% voter turnout in Bihar polls phase-3, figure may go up: EC

Over 55% voter turnout was registered in phase three of the Bihar assembly elections with the Election Commission noting that the figures are likely to go up later in the evening

Bihar records 8.13% voter turnout till 10 am in 3rd phase of Assembly polls

Bihar recorded a voter turnout of 8.13 per cent till 10 am as the polling is underway for the third and final phase of state Assembly elections on Saturday