election procedures

New Delhi, April 10 The Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear a fresh plea along with existing ones challenging the Election Commission's freezing of electoral rolls ahead of the upcoming assembly elections in West Bengal on April 13.The election panel has finalized and frozen the electoral...

Thrissur (Kerala), April 9 A young mother in this central district, initially denied the right to vote due to an injured left index finger, finally cast her ballot towards the end of polling in the Kerala Assembly elections on Thursday after a prolonged wait following the CEO's intervention...

Thrissur, April 9 – What began as a routine visit to a polling booth turned into a tense standoff on Thursday after a young woman was initially denied her right to vote due to an injury on her finger, triggering protests, official intervention, and sharp political reactions.Akshaya, a resident...

Chennai, April 9 – The process of finalizing candidates for the upcoming Tamil Nadu Assembly elections has reached its final stage, with the deadline for withdrawing nominations scheduled for Thursday.Polling for the Assembly elections will take place on April 23. Nomination papers were filed...

Dispur, April 9 – As the Assam Assembly elections are underway, Sri Lankan delegates planted a sapling during their visit to a polling station in the Kamrup district on Thursday to observe the electoral process under the International Election Visitors’ Programme (IEVP).The Election Commission...

Kochi, April 8 – In a timely intervention on the eve of the polls, the Kerala High Court on Wednesday directed authorities to take immediate corrective measures to ensure that election duty personnel receive their postal ballots without further delay.Justice Bechu Kurian Thomas issued the...

Kolkata, April 6 The Election Commission has issued fresh guidelines to strengthen the postal ballot voting process, mandating CCTV surveillance, deployment of central armed police forces, and stricter observer supervision at facilitation centers and postal voting centers, a senior official said...

Thiruvananthapuram, April 8 A foreign delegation will arrive in Kerala on Wednesday to observe the election process ahead of the April 9 Assembly polls, the Election Commission (EC) said.The group will arrive in the state capital in the morning and will visit various polling booths to observe...

Kolkata, April 7 – The Chief Election Commissioner (CEC), Gyanesh Kumar, will hold a virtual meeting with all Election Commission of India (ECI)-appointed poll observers for West Bengal on Wednesday to discuss the current polling booth infrastructure in the state for the upcoming two-phase...

Kannur, April 5 – In a major step to ensure a free, fair, and transparent electoral process, authorities have put in place comprehensive camera surveillance covering both the interiors and exteriors of all polling booths across the Kannur district for the upcoming Assembly elections in Kerala...

Kolkata, April 1 – The judicial adjudication process has been completed for over 78 per cent of the cases referred for adjudication after being classified under the “logical discrepancy” category, with the process yet to be completed for another 13 lakh cases.The figures stood as of Tuesday...

Washington, April 1 – US President Donald Trump signed an executive order aimed at tightening election procedures, focusing on voter rolls and mail-in ballots, which he said would help “secure elections in the future.”Announcing the order at the White House, Trump described it as addressing...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 30 First-time voters casting their votes in the April 9 assembly elections in Kerala will receive "halwa" as part of an innovative initiative by the Election Commission.Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Rathan U Kelkar has announced a special campaign titled "Vote...

New Delhi, March 30 The BJP approached the Election Commission on Monday, alleging that West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) are "intimidating" voters to discourage them from voting for the saffron party in the upcoming assembly elections...

Kolkata, March 29 The Election Commission (EC) released the fourth supplementary voter list on Sunday, following the completion of inquiries by the SIT in West Bengal, which is heading towards elections, an official said.However, there was no information from the EC regarding the total number...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 28 – The controversy surrounding the alleged use of the BJP's official seal on a circular issued by the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) concerning election procedures in the Thiruvananthapuram Lok Sabha constituency has intensified, with the party approaching the Election...

With the deadline for withdrawing nomination papers ending today, a clear picture of the electoral contest in all 140 constituencies of Kerala will be available by the afternoon. According to data available until yesterday evening, a total of 985 candidates remain in the running. Out of the...

Guwahati, March 25 – The Election Commission of India (ECI) conducted a high-level review and training session with District Election Officers (DEOs), Superintendents of Police (SPs), Commissioners of Police (CPs), and other officials of Assam on Wednesday, ahead of the upcoming Assembly...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 23 The CPI (M) in Kerala on Monday criticized the Election Commission's decision not to consider voter list inclusion applications submitted after March 15, saying this amounts to an "infringement of the constitutional right to vote."The ruling party also urged the EC...

Kolkata, March 23. Additional central forces are arriving in West Bengal ahead of the Assembly elections. An insider at the Election Commission said on Monday that a total of 2,400 companies of central forces will be deployed for the Bengal elections this time around.Notably, 480 companies of...