NEW DELHI: Election Commission on Tuesday put out a point-by-point clarification dismissing Congress’s concerns regarding the “inexplicable” increase in voter turnout between 5 pm and 11.30 pm on poll day in Maharashtra and also ruling out any “arbitrary” deletions and additions in the state’s electoral roll.The party had approached EC after its drubbing in Maharashtra…
NEW DELHI: The Election Commission on Tuesday clarified the misconception regarding the jump in voting percentage in Maharashtra that occurred on polling day and said that the increase in voter turnout from 5 pm to 11:45 pm is normal. Last month, the Congress raised doubts about the jump in voting percentage in Maharashtra on polling…
NEW DELHI: Election Commission has brought changes in electoral rules to specify that CCTV footage of poll booths will not come under the category of “documents” to be made available to contestants and general public. Before the amendment, the provision under Section 93(2) of the Conduct of Election Rules said “all other papers relating to…
NEW DELHI: The Centre has amended Rule 93 of the Conduct of Election Rules, 1961, to limit public access to certain electronic documents with the aim of preventing the misuse of electronic election records. This includes CCTV camera and webcasting footage, as well as video recordings of candidates, during the election process.The Union law ministry’s…
NEW DELHI: A Congress delegation raised concerns with Election Commission on Tuesday over alleged anomalies in updation of electoral rolls and post-poll surge in electoral turnout in Maharashtra elections, leading the poll panel to respond with a point-by-point clarification on all the doubts expressed by the opposition party. The Congress delegation, comprising Rajya Sabha MP…
NEW DELHI: Is the Election Commission powerless to disqualify a foreign national, who has got elected as a gram panchayat Mukhiya, despite unimpeachable evidence about his nationality?This question of law was raised by Bihar state election commission before the SC on Monday. A Nepalese citizen had written to the Nepal govt to cancel his citizenship….
PUNE: NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar on Saturday said some people had raised red flags on possibility of “30% vote manipulation” ahead of the recent assembly polls in Maharashtra, and the election outcome prima facie showed there was truth to the claims.“Before elections, some people made a presentation that it is possible (to increase votes…
NEW DELHI: Election Commission, in its interim response Saturday to concerns raised by Congress regarding “arbitrary deletion and additions of voters” and increase in voting percentages between 5pm and 11.30pm on polling day in the recent Maharashtra and Jharkhand elections, reiterated that electoral roll updation is a transparent process conducted with the involvement of all…
Just days after Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge sought a return to ballot papers. NEW DELHI: Alleging that the Maharashtra elections were compromised, Congress Friday told EC there was an “inexplicable” rise in turnout in the last hour that added 76 lakh votes, and the governing BJP alliance manipulated the voters list resulting in an “inexplicable”…
The Congress Working Committee (CWC) on Friday issued a resolution alleging that the integrity of India’s electoral process is under severe threat. The party announced plans to launch a national movement to address these concerns, calling free and fair elections a “Constitutional mandate” compromised by the “partisan functioning of the Election Commission.”The meeting, held during…
