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Former bureaucrat Arun Goel to join office as Election Commissioner today
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
He will join Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar and Election Commissioner Anup Chandra Pandey in the Election Commission.
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Gujarat Assembly polls: General Observer removed from election duty for po
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
IAS Abhishek Singh, who was appointed as the General Observer for two constituencies in Ahmedabad - Bapunagar and Asarwa has been removed from the election duty by the Election Commission of India (ECI) for flaunting his recent posting as Observer on his social media account on Friday.
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Illegal mining case: Jharkhand CM Soren questioned for 9 hours
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Soren was summoned months after the Election Commission, in August, sent a report to Governor Ramesh Bais, recommending the CM's disqualification as a member of the state legislative assembly for allegedly holding a mining lease.
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Nepal enters final hours of general elections, silence period to start pas
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
For Sunday's election, the Election Commission has stated that the preparations for the general elections are almost completed. Nepal has entered the final hours of general elections which are set to be held on Sunday to elect members of the House of Representatives and provincial assemblies
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BJP is coming to power in Himachal Pradesh once again: CM Jairam Thakur
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
The Election Commission on Sunday said that around 75.6 per cent polling percentage was recorded in the recently held assembly elections in Himachal Pradesh.
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Delhi HC dismisses Uddhav Thackeray's plea against freezing of Election Sy
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
The Delhi High Court on Tuesday dismissed the plea moved by Former Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Uddhav Thackeray against the Election Commission of India (ECI) decision to freeze Election Symbol of Bow and Arrow.
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Election Commission now a "branch of BJP", conducts polls on its signals,
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
"The Election Commission of India has now become a branch of the BJP. It stays silent, like when BJP campaigned on the basis of religious propaganda in Himachal Pradesh. ECI is no longer independent like it used to be. ECI conducts election on BJP's signals," Mufti said.
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Voter turnout recorded at 37.19 pc till 1 pm in Himachal Pradesh polls
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
According to the Election Commission of India (ECI), Simaur recorded the highest voter turnout at 41.89 per cent while Lahaul and Spiti recorded the lowest voter turnout at 21.95 per cent. A voter turnout was 34.05 per cent in Bilaspur, in Chamba it was at 28.3
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Himachal Pradesh election: 105-year-old woman casts vote at Churah
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
Though the Election Commission of India (ECI) provided a voluntary facility to 80 plus aged electors to vote through ballot papers at their homes, yet this aged woman did not opt for that facility and preferred to cast her vote through electronic voting machine (EVM) at the polling statio
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Record seizures made during Assembly elections in HP and Gujarat: ECI
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
The Election Commission of India (ECI) has made "Record seizures" during ongoing Assembly Elections in Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh.
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UP's Khatauli Assembly bypolls on Dec 5, counting on Dec 8
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Tuesday announced the schedule of the bypoll for the Khatauli Assembly constituency in Uttar Pradesh.
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Hemant Soren writes to EC seeking copy of "second opinion" sought by Gover
Updated : 3 years, 9 months ago IST
Soren's lawyer had forwarded the same request earlier too which was denied by the election commission of India citing that this is a communication between two constitutional institutions which cannot be shared with anyone else.
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