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Kolkata, March 23 The Election Commission on Monday approved the transfer and posting of returning officers for the upcoming West Bengal Assembly elections, including for Bhabanipur, the constituency represented by Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, an official said.In a letter to the chief...

Kolkata, March 24 – The deadline for publishing the first supplementary list for judicial adjudication of voters classified under the "logical discrepancy" category passed on Monday midnight, with the list yet to be made public.Earlier in the evening, Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of West...

Kolkata, March 23 – The Transport Department has formally notified the Election Commission of the revised rental rates for buses and vehicles to be requisitioned for the elections.Soumitra Mohan, Principal Secretary of the Transport Department, submitted the updated rate list to the Election...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 23 – The Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Kerala suspended an Assistant Section Officer on Monday pending investigation, following a clerical error that led to the circulation of an official communication bearing the seal of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).The office...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 23 – The Office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Kerala stated on Monday that it has come to their notice that a letter from the Election Commission, bearing the seal of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), is being circulated across various Malayalam news channels...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 22 With the deadline for filing nomination papers ending on Monday, Kerala Chief Electoral Officer Rathan U Kelkar has clarified that only voter registration applications submitted at least 10 days prior are being processed for inclusion in the electoral roll ahead of...

Kolkata, March 22 The office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) in West Bengal is set to be moved to a new premises at the building of the Shipping Corporation of India starting Monday, ending an 18-year-long tenure at its Netaji Subhas Road address, officials said on Sunday.The CEO office...

Chennai, March 21 Seizures across Tamil Nadu so far are worth approximately Rs 75 crore, given the intensified enforcement measures ahead of the upcoming Assembly elections, CEO Archana Patnaik said on Saturday.The Election Commission is implementing robust mechanisms for monitoring election...

Kolkata, March 21 – The office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of West Bengal has directed district magistrates (DMs), who also serve as district electoral officers (DEOs), and have been removed by the Election Commission of India (ECI), to immediately vacate their official bungalows for...

Kolkata, March 20 The first supplementary voter list in West Bengal is likely to be published on March 23, an Election Commission official said on Friday.The scheduled release on March 19 was postponed at the last minute as the process was not yet complete.The official said preparations are...

Chennai, March 20 Tamil Nadu CEO Archana Patnaik warned on Friday that any "misleading or unlawful" deepfake or AI-generated content will be removed from party handles within three hours of detection or reporting.She urged political parties and their candidates to adhere to the Election...

In West Bengal, after reviewing the names of voters who were undergoing a special revision process (SIR), the first supplementary list of disputed voters may be released today. The final electoral roll, which was released on February 28 after intensive revision, contained over sixty lakh names...

Kolkata, March 19 – The Election Commission of India has partially reversed its decision to transfer a group of IPS officers out of West Bengal, deciding to retain two officers in the state for the time being, ahead of the state assembly elections.According to officials in the office of the...

Kolkata, March 19 – Calcutta High Court Chief Justice Sujoy Paul is scheduled to chair a crucial meeting on Thursday regarding the publication of the first supplementary list of voters referred for judicial adjudication, which falls under the “logical discrepancy” category.The first...

Kolkata, March 18 – Over 34 per cent of voters in West Bengal, whose judicial adjudication process had been completed by Wednesday night, have been found “ineligible” to be on the electoral rolls.An insider from the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of West Bengal, said that of the...

Chennai, March 18 Authorities seized a total of ₹2.37 crore in cash as part of ongoing election expenditure monitoring, Tamil Nadu CEO Archana Patnaik said on Wednesday.In addition to the ₹2.37 crore in cash, precious metals and other items were also seized, the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO)...

Kolkata, March 18: Aiming for complete transparency in the electoral management system for the upcoming two-phase Assembly polls in West Bengal next month, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has now decided to introduce a system for overseeing the daily functioning of the general observers...

Kolkata, March 17 A delegation from the Trinamool Congress (TMC) met with the West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer, Manoj Kumar Agarwal, on Tuesday, raising concerns about discrepancies in voter data and the delay in the publication of the supplementary electoral roll.The delegation, which...

Chennai, March 17 The Madras High Court on Tuesday dismissed petitions challenging certain conditions in the e-tender dated March 3, 2026, for live webcasting in polling stations and recording during vote counting for the Tamil Nadu Assembly election.The petitions were filed by two private...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 17 Kerala Chief Electoral Officer Rathan U Kelkar lodged a complaint with the cyber police on Tuesday regarding a widely circulated fake audio message related to the training of election officials ahead of the April 9 Kerala Assembly elections.The purported audio...