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Raise upper limit of election expenditure: Shiv Sena and NCP urge EC
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], Sept 18 (ANI): Leaders of Shiv Sena and Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) met Chief Election Commission Sunil Arora here on Wednesday to request a raise in expenditure limit for candidates in the upcoming Assembly elections.
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CEC Sunil Arora takes charge of largest global organisation of Election Ma
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), September 3 (ANI): Sunil Arora, the Chief Election Commissioner of India, on Tuesday took over as the new Chairman of the Association of World Election Bodies (AWEB) for 2019-20 as India takes over the Chair from Romania.
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WB Guv urges CEC Arora to ensure 'fear-free' elections
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Aug 10 (ANI): Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar on Saturday urged Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora to ensure that every voter exercises his franchise in elections without any fear.
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Raj Thackeray meets Chief Election Commissioner
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 8 (ANI): Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray met Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora and submitted a letter regarding "restoring faith in the election process in the country" in New Delhi on Monday.
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MNS chief to meet Election Commissioner tomorrow, will raise issue of EVMs
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 7 (ANI): Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) chief Raj Thackeray will meet Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora on Monday.
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Jaya Prada seeks Azam Khan's disqualification for holding 'Office of Profi
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Rampur (Uttar Pradesh) [India], June 7 (ANI): BJP leader Jaya Prada on Friday complained to the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) and State Election Commissioner seeking disqualification of Samajwadi Party MP Azam Khan from the Lok Sabha for holding an Office of Profit while being an MP.
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VVPAT makes EVM polling process foolproof: Former CEC Syed Nasim Ahmad Zai
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal ) [India], May 23 (ANI): Former Chief Election Commissioner of India, Syed Nasim Ahmad Zaidi on Thursday stressed that Voter-Verified Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) brought about qualitative improvement in the electoral process.
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EVMs are completely tamper-proof, cannot be hacked, says former CEC OP Raw
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 22 (ANI): Former Election Commissioner OP Rawat on Wednesday said that Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) are tamper-proof and cannot be hacked.
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Pranab praises Election Commission but favours new method of appointment
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 20 (ANI): Amidst controversy over the functioning of the Election Commission of India (ECI) in the current elections, former President Pranab Mukherjee on Monday praised the role of the poll panel right from the first Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sukumar Sen to
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AAP seeks additional security at strong room in Delhi, writes to CEC Arora
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi (India), May 20 (ANI): Fearing manipulation, the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) on Monday wrote to Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sunil Arora, seeking deployment of additional observer and security forces at the strong rooms.
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Yechury speaks to CEC, alleges widespread rigging by TMC in West Bengal
Updated : 7 years ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], May 19 (ANI): CPM general secretary Sitaram Yechury on Sunday spoke to Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sunil Arora regarding alleged widespread rigging in the last phase of polling in West Bengal by the Trinamool Congress (TMC), and asked why no efforts we
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Differences erupt in open in EC, meeting on May 21 to thrash out issues
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 18 (ANI): Differences in the Election Commission have burst out in the open with Election Commissioner Ashok Lavasa boycotting the meetings of the full Commission over his dissent on crucial decisions not being recorded but Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora so
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