electoral process

Kolkata, March 30 – The Election Commission of India (ECI) is likely to announce a second round of reshuffles in the lower levels of the bureaucratic and police administration structures in poll-bound West Bengal this week.An insider from the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of West...

Kolkata, March 29 – The judicial process for adjudicating the claims of 40 lakh voters, which constitutes approximately 67 per cent of the total electorate of over 60 lakh, has been completed by Sunday evening, according to an insider from the office of the West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer...

Kolkata, March 29 The Election Commission on Sunday transferred 83 block development officers and assistant returning officers across 18 districts of West Bengal, officials said.The large-scale reshuffle covers blocks ranging from Dinhata-II in Cooch Behar to Diamond Harbour-I and II in South...

Kolkata, March 28 – The Election Commission of India (ECI) is set to adopt a stricter approach to ordering re-elections in the upcoming West Bengal Assembly elections, with officials indicating that re-elections may now be ordered more promptly in cases of voter intimidation or obstruction of...

Chennai, March 28 Tamil Nadu has seen a significant increase in voter registration ahead of the upcoming Assembly elections, with over 6.48 lakh applications submitted during the extended revision period.The updated and consolidated electoral roll is scheduled to be published on April 6, which...

Kolkata, March 27 On a day the Election Commission is scheduled to publish the second supplementary list of voters in connection with the SIR exercise in West Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee lashed out at the poll panel and the BJP for "not making the complete and final first...

Guwahati, March 27 Only eight percent of the total 722 candidates contesting the Assam Assembly elections are women, with no third gender candidate in the race, an official statement said on Friday.Independent candidates account for over 250 of the total candidates, while the main opposition...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 26 – Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan sharply criticised the Election Commission on Thursday over the circulation of a document bearing the seal of the ruling party at the Centre to other political parties, calling it a serious breach of neutrality.In a strongly...

New Delhi, March 26 – After the scrutiny of nominations for the April 9 Assembly elections concluded earlier this week, 985 candidates in Kerala and 789 nominees in Assam are left in the running, an official of the Election Commission of India (ECI) said on Thursday.In Puducherry, 366...

Kochi, March 26 Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said on Thursday that the Election Commission's direction to the police to take action against alleged misleading news on social media about its letter carrying the BJP seal, shows "intolerance towards criticism" by the poll panel.Vijayan...

Chennai, March 26 – Ahead of the upcoming Assembly elections on April 23, Thursday marks the final opportunity for eligible citizens in Tamil Nadu to have their names included in the electoral roll.The Election Commission has urged all unregistered voters to take advantage of this last chance...

Kolkata, March 25 The Election Commission is investigating a technical glitch that briefly showed all voters in West Bengal as "under adjudication," an official said on Wednesday.The issue came to light on Tuesday night when voters attempting to access their details on the EC website using...

Poll preparations in Mankachar are in full swing.Ahead of the Assam Assembly elections, preparations have intensified in Mankachar, the only constituency in the South Salmara-Mankachar district.Deputy Commissioner Rahul Kumar Gupta stated that the constituency has 311,152 voters.A total of...

Assam Assembly Elections 2026: 776 candidates declared valid after scrutinyGuwahati, March 25: The scrutiny of nomination papers for the Assam Assembly Elections 2026 was conducted on Tuesday, with verification completed in 124 out of the 126 constituencies.Scrutiny in the Barpeta and...

Kolkata, March 24 The state administration issued strict directives to all government departments, employees, and officials in West Bengal on Tuesday, making it clear that "any unrest will not be tolerated" during the upcoming Assembly elections.The instructions were issued as part of the...

Gangtok, March 24 Sikkim Chief Minister Prem Singh Tamang met with SKM candidates for the local elections on Tuesday, urging them to work together with humility and integrity.During a meeting at Samman Bhavan, the SKM leader said the party would provide full support to the candidates...

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...

New Delhi, March 23 – Nominations for the upcoming Assam Assembly elections concluded on Monday, with a total of 1,388 nominations submitted across 126 constituencies, indicating a keen electoral contest in the state, officials said.According to the Election Commission of India (ECI), a total...

Bengaluru, March 23 The Legislative Assembly passed the Karnataka Grama Swaraj and Panchayat Raj (Amendment) Bill, 2026 on Monday after a heated debate over the reintroduction of ballot papers for local body elections, with the opposition BJP staging a walkout and LoP R Ashoka tearing a copy of...

Guwahati, March 23 – The Assam government on Monday declared April 9, 2026 (Thursday), as a public holiday across the state in view of the upcoming Assam Assembly elections.According to an official notification issued by the General Administration Department, the holiday has been declared...