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Election Commission is ready for One Nation, One Election: Sushil Chandra
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 10 (ANI): One Nation One Election is a good suggestion, but this will need a change in the Constitution and it is to be decided in parliament. The Election Commission is fully prepared and is capable of conducting simultaneous elections, said Chief Election Commis
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No question of tampering with EVMs: CEC Sushil Chandra
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 10 (ANI): Responding to the allegation levelled by Samajwadi Party on Electronic Voting Machine (EVM), Sushil Chandra, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC), said that there is no question of EVM tampering as the Election Commission of India (ECI) has always maintained t
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Women voters' participation exceeds that of men in assembly polls: Chief E
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 7 (ANI): Women voters have exceeded men electorates in the recently held Assembly elections, said Chief Election Commissioner Sushil Chandra on Monday.
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Congress giving communal colour to Punjab polls, complains BJP to EC
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], February 15 (ANI): Union Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Monday led a delegation of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to call on the Chief Election Commissioner in the national capital on Monday to complaint against the Congress after its leader claimed that a "Hindu can ne
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India has more than 95.3 crore voters, says CEC Sushil Chandra
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 25 (ANI): The Chief Election Commissioner Sushil Chandra, during an event on the occasion of National Voter's Day in Delhi, on Tuesday, informed that there are more than 95.3 crore voters in India, out of which 49 crore are male and 46 crore are female voters. Read More
Samajwadi Party complains to poll panel about 'violation of code of conduc
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], January 23 (ANI): Samajwadi Party National Secretary Rajendra Chaudhary on Sunday wrote to the Chief Election Commissioner of India Sushil Chandra alleging that Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidates for assembly polls are flouting the Model Code of Condu
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Congress delegation meets Election Commissioner over 'politically motivate
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 20 (ANI): A Congress delegation met Chief Election Commissioner of India Sushil Chandra on Thursday to register a complaint against the "politically motivated" raids conducted by the Enforcement Directorate on relatives of Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Chan
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Election Commission to take call on holding poll rallies, roadshows today
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 15 (ANI): Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sushil Chandra will hold a series of virtual meetings on Saturday with the Health Secretary, Chief Secretary, and Chief Electoral Officers of five poll-bound states before taking a call on holding poll rallies and roadsho
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UP polls: Top cop suspended for negligence over SP rally, FIR lodged
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], January 15 (ANI): Taking cognizance of the report presented by Lucknow District Magistrate in view of the violation of COVID protocols after hundreds of people turned up at the Samajwadi Party's office on Friday to physically attend a 'virtual rally', UP C
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EVM no issue now; feel proud this country developed machine which gives ve
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 8 (ANI): Stating that the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) are in existence since 2004 and more than 350 crore voters have used the machine, the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sushil Chandra on Saturday said that EVM is no more an issue, adding that they fac
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Assembly polls: All eligible election officials to be vaccinated against C
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 8 (ANI): All election officials and employees will be considered under the ambit of frontline workers and all eligible officers will be vaccinated against COVID-19 with 'precautionary dose', Chief Election Commissioner Sushil Chandra said on Saturday.
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UP Assembly polls: All political parties want elections to be conducted on
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], December 30 (ANI): Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sushil Chandra said on Thursday that political parties in Uttar Pradesh met the poll panel and urged that assembly elections should be held on time following all COVID-19 protocols.
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