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DMK seeks assembly by-polls in Tamil Nadu along with Lok Sabha elections
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Feb 25 (ANI): Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) president MK Stalin on Monday said that Assembly by-polls in the state should be held along with the coming Lok Sabha elections.
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SC dismisses plea seeking direction to ECI
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 25 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday refused to entertain a petition filed by lawyer and Bharatiya Janta Party leader Ashwini Upadhyay seeking a direction to political parties that they don’t setup candidates who have more than two children.
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Biennial election to Andhra, Telangana Legislative Councils to take place
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 25 (ANI): The Election Commission of India (ECI) has announced that biennial election to Andhra Pradesh and Telangana Legislative Councils and the by-election to Andhra Pradesh Legislative Council from Visakhapatnam Local Authorities’ Constituency will be held on March
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Lok Sabha 2019: EC team to visit Jammu and Kashmir in March to assess grou
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 24 (ANI): A team of the Election Commission of India (ECI) will tour the state of Jammu and Kashmir in the first week of March to assess the ground situation for holding the Lok Sabha in the state.
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As LS poll nears, Kejriwal chooses to fast for Delhi’s full statehood from
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India] Feb 23 (ANI): Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday announced in the Assembly that he would sit on an indefinite fast from March 1, demanding full statehood for Delhi. His decision comes at a time when the Election Commission is likely to announce the schedule for t
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SC asks EC's response to PIL seeking audit review of EVM, VVPAT
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 22 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Friday sought a detailed response from the Election Commission of India (ECI) to a plea seeking audit of the source code of voter-verified paper audit trails (VVPATs) and electronic voting machines (EVMs).
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Booth level special camp for voter verification, enrollment in AP from Feb
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Andhra Pradesh [India], Feb 21 (ANI):In the wake of the upcoming Member of Legislative Council (MLC) elections in Andhra Pradesh, Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Gopal Krishna Dwivedi has urged voters across the state to cross check their names in the voter list and apply for corrections, i
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National Women’s Party unveils election symbol in alliance with All Indian
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 21 (ANI): Reiterating its commitment to eliminate gender disparity in Indian politics and promising to bolster women’s participation across the political spectrum, the National Women’s Party (NWP) unveiled its election symbol, a gas stove allotted to it
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EC officials demonstrate working of EVM, VVPAT machines
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 21 (ANI): The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Thursday demonstrated the mechanism of EVM and VVPATs with the help of demo machines during an awareness program here.
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Odisha: High court judges given demo of EVM
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], Feb 20 (ANI): Acting on a directive of the Election Commission of India (ECI), a demonstration-cum-mock poll on the functioning of EVM-VVPAT was conducted in the premises of the Orissa High Court on Tuesday.
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Sushil Chandra takes charge as new Election Commissioner
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 15 (ANI): Sushil Chandra on Friday took charge as the new Election Commissioner (EC) of India.
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Sushil Chandra appointed as new Election Commissioner
Updated : 7 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 14 (ANI): Less than two months before the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, Sushil Chandra, chairperson of the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), was on Thursday appointed as the new Election Commissioner of India.
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