Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar held a review meeting on Tuesday with central observers deployed for the Maharashtra Assembly elections and directed them to be accessible to all candidates and parties without any favouritism. Any complaints in this regard shall be viewed seriously.
Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Rajiv Kumar on Friday expressed concern over the low voter turnout in urban constituencies like Colaba and Kalyan, highlighting the stark contrast with regions affected by Naxalism, such as Bastar and Gadchiroli, which reported 68 and 78 percent voter tur
Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar strongly condemned undignified remarks made against female leaders during the election campaign, sources in the Chief Electoral Office of Maharashtra told ANI on Friday.
During the review meeting, CEC expressed his concern that politically motivated crimes vitiate the electoral atmosphere and disturb the level playing field.
Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Rajiv Kumar spent the night in sub-zero temperatures at a ghost village in Uttarakhand with two officials and two pilots, sources familiar with the matter told ANI.
CEC Kumar also explained that EVMs had three-layered security and signatures of political party representatives were taken to ensure transparency. "When a machine is commissioned, the battery is put on that day, this is done five or six days before voting. .. even on the battery there are
Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar on Tuesday questioned the practice of showing winning/losing trends 5 to 10 minutes after the official beginning of counting at 8 am on election result days and said that "huge distortion" was created due to exit polls, calling for "self-introspection
On the eve of the third phase of voting in the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections, Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar urged voters to participate in greater numbers.
The ECI delegation led by CEC Rajiv Kumar is in Mumbai to oversee preparations for the assembly elections, which will be held in 288 constituencies, with election dates yet to be announced.
Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar, during the review meeting on Friday with Maharashtra top officials, asked why more than 100 police inspectors are holding key positions in Mumbai.
An ECI delegation led by CEC Rajiv Kumar, along with Election Commissioners Gyanesh Kumar and SS Sandhu, is in Mumbai to review preparations for the upcoming Assembly elections in Maharashtra over the next two days.