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Sonia Gandhi opposes revision plea in electoral roll case, calls allegatio
Updated : 2 months, 1 week ago IST
The matter is now scheduled to be heard on February 21. The revision petition has been filed by advocate Vikas Tripathi, challenging the Magistrate Court's September 2025 order, which had dismissed his complaint seeking registration of a case and investigation into alleged irregularities
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Kerala MLA Antony Raju gets disqualified for conviction in 1990 drug case
Updated : 4 months, 2 weeks ago IST
According to the notification published on Monday in the Kerala Gazette by the Secretariat of the Kerala Legislature, he was disqualified under the provisions of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, and the relevant Supreme Court decisions. The former MLA was disqualified after bei
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MCD Bye-Election 2025: SEC Delhi imposes 48-hour silence period ahead of p
Updated : 5 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 issues notice to Prashant Kishor over double voter registration in Biha
Updated : 6 months, 4 weeks ago IST
According to the notice issued by the Returning Officer of the Kargahar Assembly Constituency, "As per a news item published on 28.10.2025, your name is registered in the electoral rolls of Bihar and West Bengal.... Therefore, you should present your side within three days regarding the e
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SIR in Kerala, other states a direct challenge to democratic process: Kera
Updated : 6 months, 4 weeks ago IST
"The Election Commission of India's decision to implement a Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of the voters list in Kerala and other states is a direct challenge to the democratic process," the Kerala CM said in a statement.
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Telangana: Congress leader booked for allegedly violating Model Code of Co
Updated : 7 months, 2 weeks ago IST
A case has been filed against Congress leader Naveen Yadav in Hyderabad for allegedly distributing voter ID cards, following a complaint from GHMC and BJP MP Raghunandan Rao's submission to the Election Commission.
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'Lawful' to conduct electoral revisions before polls, demands to postpone
Updated : 7 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar clarified that conducting the Special Intensive Revision of voter lists before Bihar elections is both legal and mandated under the Representation of the People Act.
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ECI to deploy 470 Central Observers in Bihar Assembly polls, bye-elections
Updated : 7 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The Election Commission deploys Central Observers under the plenary powers conferred on it by Article 324 of the Constitution and the powers conferred by Section 20B of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, to watch the conduct of elections in a constituency.
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Did not follow proper process: Bihar Chief Electoral Officer on Congress s
Updated : 7 months, 3 weeks ago IST
The Bihar CEO also reaffirmed that any objection and deletion to the voter list can only happen from giving Form 7 of Rule 13 of the Electoral Registration Rules, 1960 or through the Booth Level Agents (BLA) of political parties with a proscribed form and declaration as per Section 31 of the
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Haryana CEO asks Rahul Gandhi to return signed declaration on allegations
Updated : 9 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Haryana Chief Electoral Officer wrote to Leader of Opposition (LoP) in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi, requesting him to return the signed Declaration to the office within ten days so that necessary proceedings may be initiated in accordance with the provisions of the Representation of the People Ac
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As part of broader electoral reforms, Election Commission initiates procee
Updated : 11 months ago IST
The decision was announced by Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, along with Election Commissioners Sukhbir Singh Sandhu and Vivek Joshi, targeting parties that have failed to contest even a single election since 2019 and whose offices could not be physically located.
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SC seeks Centre, ECI response on lifetime bar for MPs/MLAs after convictio
Updated : 1 year, 3 months ago IST
The Supreme Court on Monday asked the Centre to file its response on plea the challenging the constitutional validity of Sections 8 and 9 of the Representation of the People Act (RP Act), 1951, which govern MP/MLA's disqualification due to convictions.
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