Voting for bypoll at Uttarakhand's Bageshwar Assembly seat is underway. The result will be announced by the Election Commission on Friday, September 8.
This direction was communicated through a letter sent to the Chief Electoral Officer of the state requesting that this matter be published in the upcoming official gazette.
The commission, comprising the CEC and the two election commissioners reached Bhopal for their 3-day visit and were welcomed at the Raja Bhoj Airport by Madhya Pradesh Chief Electoral Officer Anupam Rajan.
BJP state president Mahendra Bhatt on Sunday wrote to the Election Commission, accusing the central observer for the upcoming Bageshwar Assembly bypoll, Rajesh Kumar, of bias and demanding that he be replaced at the earliest.
The issue arose after President Arif Alvi invited Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sikandar Sultan Raja last month for a meeting to “fix an appropriate date” for general elections after the ECP expressed its inability to hold elections within the constitutionally mandated period.
Amid the ongoing talks over Pakistan's general elections, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader Ata Tarar hinted that if the elections get delayed, they will hold protests with the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).
In the statement, the electoral watchdog said the purpose of reducing the duration of the delimitation process is to ensure polls are held at an earliest.
As the Union government has constituted a committee headed by former President Ram Nath Kovind to explore the possibility of 'One Nation, One Election', former chief election commissioner OP Rawat weighed in on the matter, saying it was possible and all that is needed is an amendment in t
The Pakistan Supreme Court on Thursday dismissed the election commission's plea asking the top court to revisit its order of holding elections to the Punjab Assembly on May 14, Dawn reported.
Pakistan's election commission has said it will finish the delimitation process by December 14 to ensure that the next presidential election takes place on time, Geo News reported.
The Election Commission of Pakistan may announce schedule for the polls ahead of the competition of delimitation of constituencies of national and provincial assemblies.
In a meeting with representatives of the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP), the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) on Tuesday reiterated its demand that the upcoming general elections take place within the 90-day window specified by the constitution, reported ARY News.