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Student volunteers will be deployed at all polling stations in Puducherry to assist elderly and disabled voters during the upcoming legislative assembly elections. A total of 1,736 volunteers from various colleges have been appointed by the District Election Officer's office.Two volunteers...

Polling teams have been sent to remote booths in Barpeta.In Assam, polling officials have been dispatched today to remote and geographically challenging polling stations in the Barpeta district. A total of 123 polling stations are located in difficult areas, prompting early deployment of...

Thiruvananthapuram, April 7 A lively dance video featuring Kerala's CEO, Rathan U Kelkar, has gone viral on social media.As a novel initiative aimed at motivating young voters to participate in the April 9 Assembly elections, Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar had launched the video...

Thiruvananthapuram, April 6 As part of an initiative to encourage voter participation, Cafe Coffee Day will offer a 25% discount to the first 15 customers at each of its outlets in Kerala who can provide proof of having voted, Chief Electoral Officer Ratan U Kelkar said on Monday.Voters who...

New Delhi, April 5 – The Election Commission of India (ECI) announced on Sunday that the process of installing Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) with candidate settings for the 2026 Assam Legislative Assembly elections has been successfully completed across all 126 assembly constituencies in the...

New Delhi, April 5 – Senior BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad launched a sharp attack on West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday over her remarks questioning Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs), alleging that her statements reflect “frustration” amid electoral pressure.Reacting to...

Panaji, April 4 Authorities on Saturday reviewed preparations for the upcoming by-election to the Ponda assembly constituency in Goa.The by-election for the Ponda seat, necessitated by the death of the then state agriculture minister Ravi Naik, is scheduled for April 9.A government spokesman...

Guwahati, April 4 Delegations from various election management bodies will visit Assam for two days from April 8, in connection with the upcoming state assembly elections.The visiting team will comprise representatives from several countries, including Angola, Bhutan, Egypt, Portugal, Sri...

Kolkata, April 4 The Election Commission has approved the creation of 4,660 auxiliary polling stations in West Bengal, a senior official said on Saturday.These auxiliary polling stations will be set up alongside booths that have more than 1,200 voters, he said.With this, the total number of...

Gandhinagar, Apr 1 Elections to local self-government bodies in Gujarat, including 15 municipal corporations, will be held on April 26 for nearly 10,000 seats, with vote counting scheduled for April 28, the State Election Commission (SEC) announced on Wednesday.State Election Commissioner S...

Today, the Election Commission held a review meeting for the central observers deployed across Assam, Kerala, and Puducherry in preparation for the upcoming state assembly elections. A total of 282 central observers, along with the Chief Electoral Officers of Assam, Kerala, and Puducherry...

Guwahati, March 30 The process of commissioning Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) for the upcoming Assam Assembly elections will begin on Tuesday across all 126 constituencies.The commissioning process will be carried out at the premises designated by the respective District Election Officers...

Anand, March 30 – Preparations for the Umreth Assembly by-election in Gujarat have gained momentum, with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) announcing Harshad Parmar as its candidate for the vacant seat and stepping up organizational arrangements ahead of the poll.The by-election was...

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...

Kolkata, March 28 The Election Commission released the second supplementary list under the Systematic Area Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in West Bengal, an official said.However, the poll panel did not provide details on the total number of deletions or inclusions in the second list that...

Kolkata, March 27 The Election Commission released the second supplementary list under the Systematic Repolarization of Electoral Rolls (SIR) in West Bengal on Friday night, an official said.However, the poll panel did not provide details on the total number of deletions or inclusions in the...

New Delhi, March 27 – The Election Commission of India intensified its voter awareness campaign in states going to polls on Friday, organizing a major SVEEP outreach event in Howrah under the theme "Election Season, Pride of West Bengal" ahead of the 2026 West Bengal Assembly elections.This...

The 106-year-old freedom fighter in Dhemaji is ready to cast his voteA 106-year-old freedom fighter, Tanka Bora, from the Dhemaji district, is all set to exercise his right to vote in the upcoming Assam Assembly Elections, scheduled for April 9, 2026.Bora, a resident of Bishnupur village in...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 26 The Kerala Assembly elections, scheduled for April 9, will see over 2.7 crore voters in the state choosing between 890 candidates from various political parties, according to figures released by the Election Commission of India (ECI).The ECI stated that out of the...

Kolkata, March 25 – A division bench of the Calcutta High Court directed the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Wednesday to make adequate safety arrangements, as well as provide sufficient drinking water and other basic amenities for voters at all polling stations used for the upcoming...