electoral process

Suri (WB), March 15 Criticizing the Election Commission for unilaterally declaring the election schedule in West Bengal without publishing the supplementary list of cleared voters under the adjudication by judicial officers, the CPI (M) on Sunday questioned the curtailing of the rights of those...

Kolkata, March 15 – With the Election Commission of India (ECI) announcing a two-phase polling schedule for the 2026 West Bengal Assembly elections on Sunday, the state will be going to the polls with such a limited number of phases after 25 years.The year 2001 was the last time Assembly...

New Delhi, March 15 – While announcing the dates for the Assembly elections in Assam, West Bengal, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, and Puducherry, Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar sent a strong message on Sunday to those attempting to misuse deepfakes and AI in election campaigns to mislead voters...

Kolkata, March 15 The West Bengal BJP on Sunday praised the Election Commission's decision to hold a two-phase election in the state, stating that voters will decisively vote to end the "Maha Jungle Raj" under the ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC), while the ruling party asserted that the election...

The Election Commission will announce the schedule for the upcoming state assembly elections in four states and one Union Territory at 4 PM today. The elections are scheduled for Assam, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, and Puducherry.The term of the 294-member Legislative Assembly of West...

Kolkata, March 14 – The judicial officers involved in the process of adjudicating voters classified under the "logical discrepancy" category have been able to complete the process for 25% of the voters referred for judicial arbitration by Friday night.Out of these, 34% of the cases for which...

Kolkata, March 13 The first supplementary electoral rolls, following the EC's publication of the final voter list in the SIR exercise on February 28, are expected to be released before the end of next week, poll panel sources said on Friday.The list will cover some of the nearly 60 lakh voters...

Kolkata, March 13 – In West Bengal, which is heading for elections, the alleged disruption in LPG supply caused by the conflict in the Middle East is becoming a major political issue.While the ruling Trinamool Congress has accused the Centre of failing to make proper arrangements in view of...

Kolkata, March 12 Following the publication of post-SIR electoral rolls in West Bengal on February 28, Election Commission officials discussed the modalities for publishing supplementary voter lists with Calcutta High Court Chief Justice Sujoy Paul on Thursday."The discussion today focused on...

Kolkata, March 11 The CPI(M) wrote to the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Wednesday, stating that it does not endorse the commission's assertion that "most political parties appreciated" the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) exercise of electoral rolls in West Bengal.CPI(M) state...

Guwahati, March 11 – Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Wednesday that the Bharatiya Janata Party will prioritize grassroots workers when distributing party tickets for the upcoming elections.Speaking to reporters, Sarma said that party nominations will largely depend on the work...

Kolkata, March 11 – To ensure the best possible utilization of the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) for the upcoming Assembly polls in West Bengal, the Election Commission of India (ECI) had decided to strip the district administration of the authority to determine the movement of the CAPF...

Kolkata, March 10 – Chief Election Commissioner, Gyanesh Kumar, on Tuesday morning broke out of his bureaucratic shell as he interacted with the monks of Belur Math in Belur, Howrah, which is the international headquarters of the Ramakrishna Math & Ramakrishna Mission founded by Swami...

Bhubaneswar, March 9 No candidate withdrew from the race for the Rajya Sabha elections in Odisha on the last day for withdrawing nominations on Monday, leaving five nominees in the fray for four seats, and setting the stage for a contest after a gap of 12 years, officials said.The candidates...

New Delhi, March 9 Former Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad strongly supported the proposal for simultaneous elections to the Lok Sabha and state assemblies on Monday, saying that such a move would be in the interest of the country, save time, improve governance, and expedite development...

Kolkata, March 9 – Amit Malviya, the chief of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)'s IT Cell and the party's national observer for West Bengal, on Monday, raised concerns about a potential violation of Election Commission guidelines by a West Bengal government official.In a post on X, Malviya...

Bhopal, March 9 Veteran Congress leader and Rajya Sabha MP Digvijaya Singh met Madhya Pradesh Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Manoj Kumar Shrivastava on Monday and submitted a memorandum, alleging that thousands of fake names had been added to the voter list in the Narela Assembly constituency in...

Kolkata, March 9 All registered political parties, except the ruling Trinamool Congress, have sought single-phase or at most two-phase polling for the crucial Assembly elections in West Bengal, which are scheduled later this year.They made this demand during their interaction with the full...

Kolkata, March 9 Alleging that the BJP and "its agencies" were distributing leaflets at the site of her protest in Kolkata, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday directed TMC workers to apprehend them and hand them over to the police.Banerjee, who has been staging the protest at Dharmatala...

Kolkata, March 9 – Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Gyanesh Kumar visited the revered Kalighat Kali Temple on Monday morning, where he offered prayers and sought divine blessings for the well-being of the people of West Bengal.During the visit, he reiterated the Election Commission's...