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Combined efforts of PIB, Facebook fetches 21 lakh views on poll announceme
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan. 5 (ANI): The Election Commission of India (ECI) announced State Assembly Elections in five States on January 4. In order to achieve widest possible outreach of information on the election schedules and other ECI guidelines for citizens, an unprecedented effort was ma
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Netaji, Akhilesh camps to respond to their petitions by Jan. 9
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan. 5 (ANI): The Election Commission of India on Thursday asked Samajwadi Party patron Mulayam Singh Yadav and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav to respond to their petitions with regard to the party's poll symbol 'cycle' by January 9.
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EC seeks help from defence ministry to produce film for service voters
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan 4 (ANI): The Election Commission of India wrote a letter to the Ministry of Defence seeking their assistance in making a film to educate the voters serving in the various armed forces and the paramilitary.
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Budget session should be postponed in order to ensure fair elections: Nare
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan. 4 (ANI): Expelled Samajwadi Party leader Naresh Agarwal on Wednesday requested the Election Commission of India (ECI) to postpone the budget session to be held during the elections, as it might influence the people leading to a biased election.
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High stakes battle for UP from Feb.11 as EC sounds poll bugle
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Jan. 4 (ANI): The Election Commission of India on Wednesday announced seven-phase polling for 403 assembly constituencies in the politically crucial state of Uttar Pradesh, two-phase polling in Manipur and one-phase polling each in the states of Punjab, Uttarakhand and Goa
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Election Commission extends 'Every Indian Vote counts' deadline
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec. 17 (ANI): In view of increasing participation by respondents to the Election Commission of India's online creative competition for Overseas Indian Citizens (OIC) on the topic 'Every Indian Vote Counts', the last date for submitting entries has now been
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BJP supports EC's appeal for curbing money power and paid news in pol
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Dec. 8(ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday supported the appeal of the Election Commission of India to take measures to curb the increasing use of money power and paid news during elections.
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ECI launches online survey for Overseas Indian voters
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Nov. 4(ANI): Election Commission of India(ECI) has initiated an online survey for Overseas Indian Citizens in order to assess level of awareness about the registration and voting process.
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EC to hold first ever International Conference on Voter Education today
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Oct. 19 (ANI): The Election Commission of India will hold the first ever International Conference on Voter Education in New Delhi from today. The topic of the Conference is Voter Education for Inclusive, Informed and Ethical Participation.
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SC issues notice to EC on plea seeking disqualification of convicted lawma
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi, July 22 (ANI): The Supreme Court of India on Friday issued a notice to the Election Commission of India (ECI) to respond to a plea with regard to disqualifying convicted Members of Parliament and Members of State Assemblies/Legislators as per an earlier direction of the apex court
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Gurdas Maan selected icon for Punjab assembly elections
Updated : 8 years, 7 months ago IST
New Delhi, July 13 (ANI): The Election Commission of India on Wednesday selected famous Punjabi singer and actor Gurdas Maan as the state icon for the 2017 assembly polls.
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