NEW DELHI/KOLKATA: Election Commission on Tuesday censured BJP neta and former Calcutta HC judge Abhijit Gangopadhyay for his “low-level personal attack” on West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee and debarred him from campaigning for 24 hours from 5 pm on Tuesday.In a strongly-worded order, EC said the BJP candidate’s statement was a “direct affront on the…
NEW DELHI: Campaigning for the fifth phase of the Lok Sabha elections ended on Saturday amid the sweltering heat and high-pitch political rhetorics and promises by contestants in the fray.In the fifth phase, polling will take place in 49 constituencies across six states and two Union Territories, including the high-stake Rae Bareli and Amethi seats…
NEW DELHI: Supreme Court on Friday sought Election Commission‘s response to the application by an NGO, Association for Democratic Reforms, expressing apprehension about possible replacement of electronic voting machines citing the big increase in final voting percentage figures days after polling.A bench of CJI D Y Chandrachud and Justices J B Pardiwala and Manoj Misra…
NEW DELHI: Voter turnout in the first four phases of the ongoing Lok Sabha polls stands at 67%, Election Commission said on Thursday. Around 45.1 crore of 97 crore registered electors have voted so far, it said.Polling data available till now indicate the turnout in the first three phases saw a dip compared to 2019,…
NEW DELHI: The Election Commission directed the ministry of home affairs to retain 25 central armed police forces in Andhra Pradesh for 15 days after counting to control any violence after declaration of results on June 4. The poll body also expressed dissatisfaction over the post-poll violence in Andhra Pradesh and issued directives to the…
NEW DELHI: Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Saturday said that he is going to write another letter to the Election Commission of India (ECI) asking reasons for the rejection of his allegations of mismanagement and delay in release of voter turnout data by the commission.“I am going a write a letter again asking the reasons…
NEW DELHI: The Election Commission on Friday accused Mallikarjun Kharge of creating impediments in the conduct of free and fair elections as it rejected the Congress chief‘s allegations of mismanagement and delay in release of voter turnout data. The poll body said Kharge’s allegations are unwarranted, without facts and ‘reflective of a biased and deliberate…
NEW DELHI: The Delhi chief electoral officer’s office confirmed the Aam Aadmi Party’s (AAP) Lok Sabha elections campaign song after the party made necessary modifications, as confirmed by officials on Friday. AAP MLA Dilip Pandey, the songwriter and vocalist verified that the song has been approved.In a post in Hindi on X, Pandey said, “Truth…
Complying with a Supreme Court order, Election Commission has directed all state chief electoral officers (CEOs) to follow the new protocols on handling and storing ‘symbol loading units’ (SLUs). The Supreme Court had mandated the sealing of the machines, securing them in containers, and storing them in strongrooms alongside electronic voting machines (EVMs) for a…
NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday expressed her disapproval of the Election Commission‘s delayed release of the final voter turnout numbers for the first two phases of the Lok Sabha elections. She also voiced her worries about the abrupt rise in polling percentages during those phases. The commission only disclosed the…
