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By-poll to Telangana Legislative Council from Nizamabad local authorities'
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 24 (ANI): As a precautionary measure to prevent the spread of coronavirus, the Election Commission (EC) on Tuesday extended the schedule for the by-election to the Telangana Legislative Council from Nizamabad local authorities' constituency by 60 days.
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Rajya Sabha polls deferred due to COVID-19 threat
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 24 (ANI): The Election Commission of India (EC) on Tuesday deferred the Rajya Sabha polls that were scheduled to be held on March 26 in view of coronavirus pandemic and lockdown in 32 states.
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TMC to request Election Commission to postpone Municipal polls
Updated : 6 years, 4 months ago IST
Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], Mar 15 (ANI): All India Trinamool Congress on Sunday said that it will request the Election Commission to postpone the Municipal elections in view of the coronavirus spread.
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EC okays merger of Jharkhand Vikas Morcha with BJP
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 7 (ANI): The Election Commission of India (ECI) has approved the merger of Jharkhand Vikas Morcha (Prajatantrik) party, led by Babulal Marandi with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
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Proposal to amend People Act 1951 to link Election Card with Aadhar being
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 5 (ANI): A proposal received by the Election Commission to amend the Representation of the People Act, 1951 to enable linking of electoral data with Aadhar system is under examination, said Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad.
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EC announces bye-election to vacant RS seat from Haryana
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Mar 3 (ANI): The Election Commission (EC) on Tuesday decided to conduct bye-elections to the council of states from Haryana to fill up a vacancy, which has remained vacant since January following the resignation of Birender Singh.
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Sri Lankan President dissolves Parliament, snap election on April 25
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Mar 03 (ANI): Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapaksa on Monday dissolved the country's Parliament as the election commission announced a general election for April 25.
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Parliamentary delegation from Sweden visits Election Commission
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 26 (ANI): A ten-member delegation of MPs of the Committee on the Constitution of Swedish Parliament visited the Election Commission on Wednesday and met Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora and Election Commissioners Ashok Lavasa and Sushil Chandra.
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SC disposes plea seeking independent audit of EVM, VVPAT, ETS sources code
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 24 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday disposed of a petition seeking directions to the Election Commission of India to conduct an independent audit of the source code (software) of EVM, VVPAT and ETS and then register its signature in public domain.
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SC grants EC four weeks' time to file reply on plea seeking voting details
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 24 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday granted four weeks' time to the Election Commission of India to file its reply on a batch of petitions seeking directions to publish details of voter turnout and final vote count on its website once general and assembly election re
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Nirbhaya convicts' lawyer moves EC, questions validity of mercy petition f
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 20 (ANI): Advocate AP Singh, lawyer of the convicts in the Nirbhaya gangrape and murder case, on Thursday said that he has filed a complaint before the Election Commission of India because the mercy petition of Vinay Sharma was forwarded to the President at a time when
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Election Commission hails SC order, to modify instructions on criminal ant
Updated : 6 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], Feb 14 (ANI): The Election Commission on Friday termed as "landmark" the Supreme Court order for the decriminalisation of politics, saying it is bound to go a long way in setting new moral yardsticks for the betterment of electoral democracy.
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