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"Kerala elections will be a model for world", says CEC Gyanesh Kumar
Updated : 6 days, 14 hours ago IST
In another first for Kerala, Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) will display colour photographs of candidates to help voters identify them easily. The Chief Election Commissioner also said that Presiding Officers will upload voter turnout data directly to the ECINET application every two h
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Postal ballots to be counted two rounds before EVMs, colour photos of cand
Updated : 1 week ago IST
Addressing a press conference in Kerala following two days of poll preparedness, CEC Gyanesh Kumar announced that postal ballots will be counted two rounds before EVMs and there will be mandatory counting of VVPAT slips in case of a mismatch between Form 17C and EVM data.
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ECI organises EVM/VVPAT awareness campaign in poll-bound states
Updated : 1 month ago IST
Election Commission of India (ECI) has launched an extensive EVM and VVPAT awareness campaign across poll-bound States and Union Territories.
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"Don't call it an election if someone comes to power using fraudulent mean
Updated : 1 month, 4 weeks ago IST
Speaking to reporters after casting his vote in Mumbai in the ongoing BMC elections, Thackeray alleged that a voting machine called "PADU" is being used, about which political parties were not given any prior information by the State Election Commission. He demanded an explanation from th
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"Keep the button pressed until sound goes off": Shama Mohamed flags 'no VV
Updated : 3 months ago IST
Speaking to the media after voting, Shama Mohamed highlighted the absence of VVPAT machines in the Panchayat elections. She urged voters to ensure their votes were registered by keeping the EVM button pressed until the sound confirmed the vote.
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No EVM burnt-memory, microcontroller verification requests received in Bih
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
In the recently concluded General Election to Bihar Legislative Assembly Election 2025 and bye-elections, no application for checking and verification of burnt memory/microcontroller has been received from any losing candidate in any of the 243 Assembly Constituencies of Bihar
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Election Commission begins prep for 2026 Bengal Assembly polls amid ongoin
Updated : 3 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Deputy Election Commissioner Gyanesh Bharti led a meeting in Kolkata with multiple First Level Checking (FLC) team members where they discussed the ongoing SIR, preparations of ensuring stock of EVM and VVPAT also is present among other things. According to ECI officials, the state EC has
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Why has ECI yet to disclose male, female voter turnout in first phase: Tej
Updated : 4 months ago IST
"It's been almost three days since the first phase of the elections. Yet, even after three days, the Election Commission has yet to disclose the female and male voter turnout," Tejashwi Yadav told reporters.
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RJD alleges VVPAT slips scattered on road in Samastipur, ECI clarifies
Updated : 4 months ago IST
Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) on Saturday targeted the Election Commission of India (ECI) over alleged VVPAT slips scattered on the road near KSR College in the Sarairanjan Assembly constituency in Bihar's Samastipur, calling the poll body "Thieves' Commission."
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Bihar: Preparations underway for first phase of Assembly Elections in Vais
Updated : 4 months, 1 week ago IST
Preparations are underway at polling stations in Vaishali for the first phase of the Bihar Assembly elections, which will cover 121 constituencies across 18 districts. Presiding Officer Madhureendra Kumar Singh said all arrangements, including the VVPAT setup, have been completed.
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EC completes EVM-VVPAT randomisation for Phase 2 of Bihar polls; list shar
Updated : 5 months ago IST
The randomisation process is a key transparency measure, ensuring that no machine is pre-assigned to any specific constituency or polling station, thereby minimising the scope for tampering or bias.
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First randomisation of EVM-VVPAT's for Phase 1 of Bihar polls completed
Updated : 5 months ago IST
"As per the directions of the Election Commission of India (ECI), the District Election Officers (DEO) of all the 18 districts of Bihar going to elections in Phase-I have completed the first randomisation of EVM-VVPATs which have passed the First Level Checking (FLC) on October 11, 2025 (
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