The Supreme Court on Tuesday asked the Election Commission of India (ECI) to consider whether it is required to defer the exercise of filling and submission of enumeration forms, as part of the Election Commission's ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise in Kerala.
Adeshwar Kant, Joint Secretary of the State Election Commission, on Sunday said that the Delhi Municipal Corporation (MCD) bypolls have concluded smoothly, with voters casting ballots in a hassle-free environment.
The Election Commission delegation team arrived in Kolkata on Tuesday for the review meeting of the Special Intensive Revision. The Deputy Election Commissioner Gyanesh Bharti will chair the meeting with the Kolkata North and South DEOs and EROs to review the SIR process underway in Benga
The Election Commission of India (ECI) has lifted the Model Code of Conduct after the completion of the election process in Bihar, as well as the bypolls in six States and one Union Territory.
According to the Daily Bulletin issued at 3 PM today, the ECI confirmed that 48,67,37,064 SIR forms have been successfully delivered to electors out of the 50,97,43,173 printed, covering regions - Andaman and Nicobar, Chattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Kerala, Lakshadweep, Madhya Pradesh, Puduche
"There has been a question mark over the entire election process right from the beginning. When that is the case, results will be unexpected like this. There was never a strike rate like this. Even Congress didn't have a strike rate like this in 1984, as is the case with the BJP in these
"Zero repolls in Bihar Assembly Elections, 2025 • No re-polls requested by 2,616 candidates • No re-polls requested by 12 recognised political parties," the EC said in the note.
JD(U) leader Rajeev Ranjan Prasad accused the RJD of anticipating defeat and attempting to cast doubt on the credibility of the election process after RJD's Sunil Singh issued a warning to poll officials.
"I want to appeal to everyone to come and participate in the election process, and everyone come to exercise their right to vote. On the topic of violence, Election Commission wants to make it clear that the Election Commission has zero tolerance towards violence. No incident of violence
Polling for the Bihar elections 2025 will take place on November 6 and 11, while the bye-elections on eight seats across seven states and Union Territories will be conducted on November 11. The results will be announced on November 14.
At least 28 students of Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), including Student Union (JNUSU) President Nitesh Kumar, were detained on Saturday evening following a protest outside the campus, in connection with the ongoing election process at JNU, Delhi Police said.