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By-elections for 1 LS, 64 Assembly to be held on Oct 21
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Sept 21 (ANI): Bye-elections to Samastipur Lok Sabha constituency in Bihar and 64 Assembly constituencies across 17 states and Puducherry Union Territory, including the seats held by disqualified MLAs in Karnataka and 11 seats in Uttar Pradesh, will be held on Oct 21. Read More
U'khand: Congress leaders meet state EC against alleged interference by go
Updated : 6 years, 6 months ago IST
Dehradun (Uttarakhand) [India], Sept 18 (ANI): A delegation of Uttarakhand Congress leaders met the state election commissioner here on Wednesday to register their protest against the state government's alleged interference in the panchayat poll process.
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CEC Sunil Arora takes charge of largest global organisation of Election Ma
Updated : 6 years, 6 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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Asit Kumar Tripathy appointed Chief Secretary of Odisha
Updated : 6 years, 7 months ago IST
Bhubaneswar (Odisha) [India], Aug 15 (ANI): IAS officer Asit Kumar Tripathy was on Thursday appointed the Chief Secretary of Odisha after the place fell vacant following the appointment of Aditya Padhi as the State Election Commissioner.
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WB Guv urges CEC Arora to ensure 'fear-free' elections
Updated : 6 years, 7 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, 8 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, 8 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 : 6 years, 9 months 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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Panchayat bye-elections in Haryana on July 7
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Chandigarh (Haryana) [India], June 1 (ANI): The bye-elections to 355 vacant seats in the state which included 317 Panches, 31 Sarpanches of Gram Panchayats and seven members of Panchayat Samitis will be held on July 7, said State Election Commissioner Dr Dalip Singh on Saturday.
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VVPAT makes EVM polling process foolproof: Former CEC Syed Nasim Ahmad Zai
Updated : 6 years, 10 months 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 : 6 years, 10 months 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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EC rejects Lavasa's plea for recording dissent in orders on MCC violations
Updated : 6 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi (India), May 21 (ANI): The Election Commission on Tuesday rejected by a 2-1 majority Election Commissioner Ashok Lavasa's demand that dissenting views on model code violations during elections should be made part of orders and decided it will be only included in internal files.<
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