Elections to the 288-member Maharashtra Legislative Assembly are scheduled to be held later this year. However, the Election Commission of India has yet to announce the dates.
The development, which makes Imran Khan-founded PTI the largest party in the national assembly, came days after the election watchdog declared 39 PTI lawmakers from the National Assembly as the candidates affiliated with the PTI.
The PTI submitted the list to the electoral watchdog a day after the ECP partially implemented the Supreme Court's verdict on reserved seats for the party, notifying 39 of the 80 returned MNAs as PTI lawmakers after an inordinate delay.
Alleging an electoral fraud, the Maharashtra BJP president Chandrashekhar Bawankule has claimed a "big onspiracy" in the state's electoral procedures, urging action against officials implicated in vote manipulation ahead of the Assembly elections.
The Election Commission of India on Tuesday released a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) burnt memory checking and verification with expanded choices for candidates.
This follows two postponements since May, with a five-member ECP panel led by Chief Election Commissioner Sikandar Sultan Raja scheduled to adjudicate the case.
Justice Mansoor Ali Shah announced the verdict which nullified the Peshawar High Court's order that upheld the Election Commission of Pakistan's (ECP) decision denying the reserved seats to the Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC). The verdict won 8-5 majority
The State Election Commission of Tripura has officially announced the schedule for the General Elections to the Panchayats, set to take place in 2024. The term of the current Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRI) will expire on August 4, 2024, necessitating the formation of new PRI bodies bef
As of 3pm, the highest voter turnout was recorded in Madhya Pradesh's Amarwara at 66.58 percent while the lowest was recorded in Uttarakhand's Badrinath at 40.50 percent in the Bye elections.