Election Commission

Bhubaneswar: The Election Commission of India has appointed Odisha IPS officer Lalit Das as Special Central Police Observer of Varanasi today. Das has been appointed for this post between April 29 and May 18 for the upcoming polls in…

Bhubaneswar: Ahead of Bijepur Assembly bypoll scheduled on February 24 in Bargarh district, the Election Commission of India appointed Surendra Kumar as the new Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Odisha replacing DN Gupta. The appointment…

New Delhi: The Gujarat Assembly elections will be held in two phases on December 9 and 14, the Election Commission announced on Wednesday. The Commission had already announced that the results for Gujarat polls will be announced along…

New Delhi: Alleging irregularities in disclosure of poll expenditure in the 2014 elections by Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik in his affidavit to the Election Commission (EC), a delegation of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today met…

New Delhi, May 2: The Election Commission (EC) on Monday night cancelled the Lok Sabha bypoll for Anantnag district in Jammu and Kashmir. The by-election was scheduled to be held on May 25. According to an EC official, the poll panel in…

Lucknow, Feb 19 Polling for 69 seats in the crucial third phase of Uttar Pradesh state assembly elections, which will decide the fate of 826 candidates, concluded on Sunday evening with a provisional voting figure of 61.16 per cent.…

Chennai, Feb 16: As Tamil Nadu Governor C. Vidyasagar Rao invited E. Palaniswami to take oath as the new Chief Minister, an AIADMK lawmaker from O. Panneerselvam's camp said they will meet Election Commission officials in Delhi on…

New Delhi, Jan 31: The Election Commission giving an ultimatum to the Congress party has in a letter asked it to complete its organisational polls by June-end, while refusing to extend the date any further. The party has asked for…

Panaji, Jan 30: Acting on the Election Commission's directive, authorities here have filed an FIR against Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for asking voters to take money from other parties but vote for his AAP, an official said on…

New Delhi, Jan 29: The Election Commission on Sunday pulled up Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal for targeting the poll panel and warned of stern action if he abetted bribery ahead of elections. In a strongly-worded letter to…