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Himachal amends Panchayat Raj election rules to limit consecutive reservat
Updated : 1 week, 3 days ago IST
Himachal Pradesh Revenue Minister Jagat Singh Negi on Saturday said the state government has amended the Panchayati Raj election rules to prevent the same category from getting reservation for multiple consecutive tenures in local bodies.
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Bangladesh Hindu Leader Gobinda Pramanik to challenge cancellation of elec
Updated : 2 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Pramanik had submitted his nomination to contest the Gopalganj-3 constituency, a key electoral area represented by former Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. According to election rules, independent can lection Commission found discrepancies. Several signatures could not be confirmed, leading to t
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Himachal: HC quashes amendment to Panchayat election rules, orders fresh d
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The Himachal Pradesh High Court has quashed the recent amendment to the State Panchayati Raj (Election) Rules, 1994, and ordered fresh delimitation of wards for the Shimla Zila Parishad, holding that the changes were arbitrary and violated constitutional provisions regarding equal represe
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MCD Bye-Election 2025: SEC Delhi imposes 48-hour silence period ahead of p
Updated : 3 months, 4 weeks ago IST
The SEC has ordered to prohibit the display of any election matter, including results of any opinion poll or any other poll survey in any media, including electronic, in connection with the Bye-Elections to Municipal Corporation of Delhi from 05:30 P.M. of 28.11.2025 to 05.30 P.M of 30.11
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EC reminds media to follow silence period and exit poll ban to ensure fair
Updated : 5 months ago IST
The voting for the 243-seat Bihar Assembly will be held in two phases on November 6 and 11, whereas bye-elections for eight seats across seven states and Union Territories will be held on November 11. The results for both will be declared on November 14.
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Delhi High Court dismisses plea against use of EVMs in elections
Updated : 5 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The petition had urged the High Court to direct that elections be conducted only through ballot papers. The HC said that the issue has already been conclusively settled by the Supreme Court.
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SC gives Centre, ECI 3 more weeks to respond to pleas challenging poll rul
Updated : 11 months, 1 week ago IST
The Supreme Court on Thursday granted three weeks more time to the Centre and Election Commission of India to respond on pleas challenging amendments made to the Conduct of Election Rules of 1961, which restrict people's right to access election related records.
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Congress to challenge Waqf Bill in Supreme Court: Jairam Ramesh
Updated : 11 months, 3 weeks ago IST
In a post on the social media platform X, Ramesh outlined the party's ongoing legal actions, stating that the party was already challenging several laws in the Supreme Court, including the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) of 2019, amendments to the Right to Information (RTI) Act of 2005, a
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ECI provides digital push for continuous capacity building of functionarie
Updated : 1 year ago IST
In line with CEC Gyanesh Kumar's vision and conviction to deploy technology to bring in system efficiencies in elections, it was decided that a unified IT architecture with a customised dashboard would be devised to facilitate different stakeholders.The single window platform would streamlin
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CEC Gyanesh Kumar directs officials to be responsive to political parties
Updated : 1 year ago IST
ECI in an official statement said that CEC and ECs Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi interacted with CEOs on a series of topics that will pave the way for improvements in election management in the country within the established legal framework.
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Delhi CEO refutes Kejriwal's allegation concerning Form 17C on voter turno
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
In response to the allegations of the AAP chief, the Delhi CEO's office posted a statement saying, "As per Rule 49S of the Conduct of Election Rules 1961, all the Presiding Officer had furnished the account of votes recorded in Form 17C to every Polling Agent present at the polling statio
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SC seeks Centre and EC's response on fresh plea against poll rules amendme
Updated : 1 year, 1 month ago IST
The Supreme Court on Monday issued a notice to the Centre and the Election Commission of India (ECI) on a plea challenging recent amendments made to the Conduct of Election Rules of 1961, which restrict people's right to access election-related records.
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