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Chennai, March 28 Actor and president of the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK), Vijay, is scheduled to file his nomination papers on Monday, March 30, for the Perambur Assembly constituency, even as he has intensified concerns over alleged administrative bias ahead of his campaign launch.On...

Kannur (Kerala), March 28 A public relations department official from the district has been suspended for "prematurely" releasing a complaint related to the Kerala Assembly elections to the media, without authorization, the Election Commission said on Saturday.The complaint was released to the...

New Delhi, March 27 The Election Commission on Friday sought a factual report from the West Bengal chief electoral officer regarding a video purportedly showing Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee threatening personnel of the Central Reserve Police Force.EC officials alleged that at the Nandaprasad...

Election campaigning and preparations have gained momentum in Puducherry, with the final list of candidates confirmed yesterday. According to the Election Department, after the withdrawal of 71 nominations and the removal of multiple applications yesterday, a total of 294 candidates are...

The Election Commission has stated that seizures related to the ongoing state and by-elections have exceeded 400 crore rupees, including cash, liquor, drugs, precious metals, and freebies. The Commission has also said that over 5,100 flying squads and 5,200 Static Surveillance Teams have been...

Kolkata, March 25 The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Wednesday ordered the immediate transfer of the District Election Officer (DEO) and District Magistrate of Purba Medinipur following complaints of irregularities in the deployment of election officials ahead of the West Bengal assembly...

32 candidates cleared in Kamrup DistrictIn Assam's Kamrup district, the District Election Officer confirmed that nomination papers of 32 candidates across six Assembly constituencies have been declared valid.The constituencies include:Samaria – 6 candidatesBoko–Chaygaon – 7 candidates...

Observers appointed by the Election Commission reviewed the preparations for the Puducherry Assembly elections at a meeting held at the District Collectorate yesterday. General and Expenditure Observers, along with election officials, police officers, and coordination officers, participated in...

Puducherry, March 17 On Tuesday, election authorities in Puducherry launched a voter awareness program, where Tamil messages explaining the importance of voting would be printed on milk sachets sold by the cooperative milk producers federation.The federation is popularly known as PONLAIT...

ECI reshuffles five DEOs in AssamThe Election Commission of India (ECI) has ordered the transfer and posting of several IAS officers as District Election Officers (DEOs) in Assam in preparation for the 2026 Assembly elections.According to the directive, P Uday Praveen has been posted as DEO...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 17 The Election Commission ordered the transfer and posting of several officials, including IAS and IPS officers in Kerala, as part of the preparations for the April 9 Assembly elections.In a communication addressed to the Chief Secretary of the state, the Election...

New Delhi/Guwahati, March 16 – The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Monday ordered the transfer and posting of five IAS officers as District Election Officers (DEOs) in Assam as part of measures to ensure the smooth conduct of the upcoming Assembly elections in the state.In an official...

Guwahati, March 16 The Election Commission on Monday transferred senior superintendents of police (SSPs) of five districts in Assam, a day after announcing the schedule for the assembly elections.The SSPs of Majuli, South Salmara, Sadiya, Chirang, and Dhemaji districts have been transferred...

Jammu, March 16 More than 1.60 lakh voters were added to the electoral rolls in Jammu and Kashmir during the recent special summary revision (SSR), while 67,690 names were deleted and 2.29 lakh corrections were made, according to official data.The Jammu district recorded the highest number of...

New Delhi, March 16 – The Election Commission of India (ECI) issued instructions on Monday for the strict implementation of the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) following the announcement of Assembly elections in four states and a Union Territory.A day earlier, the poll body had announced the...

New Delhi, March 15 – The Election Commission of India (ECI) on Sunday enforced the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) shortly after announcing the schedule for Assembly elections in five states and one Union Territory, imposing restrictions on the release of funds under MLA and MP local area...

Kolkata, March 15 – The Election Commission has appointed the Municipal Commissioner as the District Election Officer (DEO) for North Kolkata, a senior government official said on Sunday.The name of the North Kolkata DEO was finalized before the announcement of the West Bengal Assembly...

Mumbai, March 5 A five-member delegation from Maharashtra, led by the state's Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) S Chockalingam, will travel to Colombia from March 6 to 10 as international observers for the elections to the Republic of Colombia, officials said on Thursday.The Colombian...

Goalpara Administration intensifies election preparationsPreparations for the upcoming Assembly elections are progressing steadily in the Goalpara district, Assam. The district administration has increased its efforts to ensure the smooth conduct of the polls.Out of the total 1,010 polling...

Kolkata, February 28 The Election Commission's phased publication of the post-SIR electoral rolls in West Bengal has revealed that the Nadia district has recorded around 2.71 lakh deletions since the exercise began in November, while Bankura has seen a net reduction of 1.18 lakh names...