Election Commission

The Election Commission on Wednesday announced Gujarat Poll dates. The state will witness two-phase of election. First phase poll to be held on 9 December and second phase to be held on 14 December. Counting of votes and results will be…

The Election Commission on Friday said that the exit polls can be telecast after 5-30 pm on March 9, after elections to one seat each in Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand are over. The decision to postpone the exit poll has been taken in…

The Election Commission on Wednesday announced polling dates for 690 seats in 5 States in the Country including, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Manipur and Goa. Uttar Pradesh will go to the polls in seven phases: February 11, 15,…

There has been news reports published in some newspapers quoting that ECI to deploy Special Team for the first time in West Bengal, which is misinterpretative and misrepresentative of the fact and instructions issued by the Commission. The…

New Delhi, March 4: Assembly elections in Assam, West Bengal, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry will be held in April and May, Chief Election Commissioner Nasim Zaidi announced on Friday. The Model Code of Conduct comes into effect…

Bhubaneswar, Nov 18: The Election Commission of India has announced dates for the bypoll to a Rajya Sabha seat in Odisha on Wednesday. As per the announcement, bypoll to a Rajya Sabha seat will be held on December 14. The seat has been…

Lucknow, Nov 2: In a major setback to Uttar Pradesh's ruling Samajwadi Party, relatives of many ministers and senior leaders were defeated in the panchayat elections. Counting of votes is underway on Monday. Officials with the state…

New Delhi, Oct 8: Drones will be used for the first time for surveillance in the upcoming Bihar assembly polls, according to a top election official. "Helicopters have been used in the past for surveillance, but drones will be used this…

The Election Commission on Thursday, has issued a show cause notice to RJD Chief Lalu Prasad Yadav for allegedly violating the Model Code of Conduct. The EC found Lalu prima facie guilty of making casteist remarks in the run up to Bihar…

The Election Commission of India (ECI) has refused to ban Prime Minister Narendra Modi's 'Mann Ki Baat' radio programme during the assembly polls in Bihar, but said there should not be any mention of Bihar elections in the programme.…