Agartala, April 3. Opposition CPI (M)-led Left Front leaders on Friday alleged that the election authorities in Tripura are using Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) without Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) units, reportedly brought from Madhya Pradesh, despite sufficient machines being...
bharatiya janata party (bjp)
biswa bandhu sen
communist party of india (marxist)
congress
dharmanagar assembly by-election
election administration
electronicvotingmachines (evms)
indigenous people’s front of tripura (ipft)
political parties
state election commission (sec)
tipra motha party (tmp)
tripura
tripura elections
tripura tribal areas autonomous district council (ttaadc)
voter verifiable paper audit trail (vvpat)
New Delhi, April 3 Amid concerns about law and order in poll-bound West Bengal, the Election Commission on Friday decided to continue deploying 500 companies of central forces in the state even after vote counting on May 4.The state will go to assembly elections in two phases on May 23 and 29...
central forces
counting centers
election commission of india
electoral rolls revision
electronicvotingmachines (evms)
investigation
judicial officers
law and order
malda district
national investigation agency (nia)
post-poll violence
security deployment
voting
west bengal
west bengal elections
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...
ballot paper elections
electoral process
electronicvotingmachines (evms)
government transparency
gram panchayat elections
karnataka panchayat elections
karnataka rural development
legislative assembly
opposition protest
panchayat raj
political debate
right to vote
supplementary budget
taluk panchayat elections
zilla panchayat elections
Guwahati, March 16 Improved infrastructure and better security arrangements are key factors behind the decision to hold the upcoming Assembly elections in Assam in a single phase, top officials said on Monday, a day after the Election Commission announced polling in the state for April 9.They...
Chennai, March 8 – The Tamil Nadu Election Department has redeployed 1,249 personnel from various government departments to strengthen preparations for the upcoming Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly elections. This move is part of a broader effort to manage the increasing administrative and...
chennai
coimbatore
district election offices
election department
election management systems
electoral rolls
electronicvotingmachines (evms)
kancheepuram
madurai
model code of conduct
polling stations
redeployment of personnel
salem
tamil nadu
tamil nadu legislative assembly elections
tirunelveli
tiruppur
villupuram
voter awareness programs
In Kochi, March 7, Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar stated that accurate voter lists are the foundation of democracy, and the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of voter lists was conducted with the clear objective of ensuring that all eligible voters are included and no ineligible...
accessibility voting
democracy
ecinet
election commission of india
elections
electronicvotingmachines (evms)
gyanesh kumar
kerala
kerala assembly elections
model code of conduct
polling stations
postal ballots
special intensive revision (sir)
voter lists
voter registration
vvpat
Chennai, February 27 – The recently concluded electoral roll revision in Tamil Nadu, which has been hailed as a model for the country and a great success, was praised by CEC Gyanesh Kumar on Friday. He said that the state's political parties have suggested holding Assembly elections in a single...
accessibility for voters
ecinet (election commission's information & technology network)
election administration
election commission of india (eci)
electoral roll revision
electronicvotingmachines (evms)
kudavolai (ancient tamil poll system)
persons with disabilities (pwd) voting
political parties
polling stations
postal ballots
tamil nadu assembly election
tamil nadu politics
voter registration
vvpat (voter verifiable paper audit trail)
youth voters
Chennai, February 27 – Terming the recently concluded Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Tamil Nadu as a model for the country and a great success, Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar said on Friday that parties in the state have suggested holding Assembly polls in a...
accessibility (polling)
booths level officers (blos)
ecinet (election commission information network)
election commission of india
electoral rolls
electronicvotingmachines (evms)
inclusive elections
political parties
polling stations
postal ballots
special intensive revision (sir)
tamil nadu election
tamil nadu politics
voter registration
vvpat (voter verifiable paper audit trail)
youth voters
Chennai, February 27 Describing the recently concluded voter roll revision in Tamil Nadu as a model for the country and a great success, Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar said on Friday that political parties in the state have suggested holding Assembly elections in a single phase, and a...
assembly elections
bihar elections
district magistrates
election commission of india
election schedule
electronicvotingmachines (evms)
enforcement agencies
kudavolai
political parties
polling stations
postal ballots
state election machinery
tamil nadu elections
voter roll revision
vvpat (video voter verifier and paper audit trail)
New Delhi, February 24 The Election Commission and various state election panels resolved on Tuesday to work together to harmonize laws related to local body elections with those related to elections to Parliament and state legislatures.A declaration adopted at a conference of the Election...
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conference
ecinet
election commission of india
election management
electoral processes
electoral rolls
electronicvotingmachines (evms)
electronics corporation of india ltd (ecil)
india
local body elections
municipal elections
panchayat elections
representation of the people act
state election commissions
New Delhi, February 23 The Election Commission will discuss sharing technology with state election panels, responsible for holding municipal and panchayat elections in states, at a conference here on Tuesday.The conference is being held after a gap of 27 years. The last such conference was...
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chief electoral officers (ceos)
conference
ecinet
election commission of india
election management
electoral rolls
electronicvotingmachines (evms)
electronics corporation of india ltd (ecil)
municipal elections
panchayat elections
state election commissions
state governments
technology sharing
union territories