west bengal elections

On Wednesday, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee launched a strong attack on the BJP, the Centre, and the Election Commission, accusing them of undermining democracy through the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) and warning that the next step could be attempts to strip people of...

Naxalbari, March 25 West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday claimed that eight lakh names have been deleted from the first supplementary list of 27 lakh voters whose voting eligibility was being assessed as part of the SIR exercise.Addressing an election rally in Naxalbari in...

Kolkata, March 25 The TMC has demanded that the election panel remove Surajit Roy as the returning officer for the Bhabanipur Assembly constituency, alleging he has close links with BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari, who is locked in an intense fight with incumbent MLA and CM Mamata Banerjee in the...

Kolkata, March 25 The Trinamool Congress has filed a complaint with the Chief Electoral Officer of West Bengal against senior BJP leader Dilip Ghosh, alleging that he threatened to assault police personnel on election duty while speaking at a recent rally in Kharagpur.In the complaint, the...

New Delhi, March 24 Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha MP Derek O'Brien alleged on Tuesday that an "unproclaimed emergency" was being imposed in West Bengal ahead of the assembly elections, and raised concerns over the actions taken by the Election Commission in the poll-bound state.In a blog...

Kolkata, March 24 The Election Commission (EC) has yet to disclose the number of voters whose names have been included or deleted following the SIR adjudication process in poll-bound West Bengal, even as it has published the first supplementary list.The first supplementary list of voters, by...

New Delhi, March 24 The Communist Party of India (Marxist) held a 'Jan Akrosh Rally' at Ramlila Maidan here on Tuesday to protest against the India-US trade deal and various government policies.Hundreds of people were present, with participants holding placards against rising prices of...

Kolkata, March 24 The Election Commission has not yet disclosed the number of voters whose names have been included or deleted following the adjudication process in poll-bound West Bengal, even as it has published the first supplementary list.The first supplementary list of voters, categorized...

Kolkata, March 23 The Election Commission released the first supplementary list of voters after the SIR (State Information and Revenue) adjudications in West Bengal on Monday night, an official said.The lists for each polling booth were made available on the EC's website around 11:55 pm, he...

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...

Kolkata, March 23 – In a significant development late Monday evening, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has removed as many as 73 Returning Officers (ROs) in West Bengal, which is scheduled to go to the polls in two phases next month on April 23 and April 29.This development opens a new...

Kolkata, March 23 – The Transport Department has formally notified the Election Commission of the revised rental rates for buses and vehicles to be requisitioned for the elections.Soumitra Mohan, Principal Secretary of the Transport Department, submitted the updated rate list to the Election...

New Delhi, March 23 – The Election Commission of India held an online review and training session for District Election Officers (DEOs), Superintendents of Police (SPs), Commissioners of Police (CPs), and other officers of West Bengal on Monday, an official said.National Level Master Trainers...

Kolkata, March 23 The supplementary list of voters under the "under adjudication" category of the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) process in West Bengal, scheduled to be published on Monday evening, was not released until 10.15 pm.West Bengal Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Manoj Kumar Agarwal...

New Delhi, March 23 The Election Commission of India held an online review and training session for district election officers (DEOs), superintendents of police (SPs), commissioners of police (CPs), and other officers of West Bengal on Monday, according to officials.Chief Election Commissioner...

Kolkata, March 23 – The preliminary hearing at the Calcutta High Court on the public interest litigation (PIL) challenging the Election Commission of India’s (ECI) decision to transfer several senior bureaucrats and police officers in poll-bound West Bengal concluded on Monday. The ECI’s counsel...

Bhubaneswar, March 23 The BJP's Odisha unit will handle election management work in 36 assembly segments in neighboring West Bengal, which will vote in two phases on April 23 and 29, a senior party leader said.Odisha BJP chief Manmohan Samal, who was recently elected to the Rajya Sabha, said...

Kolkata, March 23 The Election Commission questioned the petitioner's standing on Monday while filing a public interest litigation (PIL) challenging the transfer of several officers of the West Bengal government after the announcement of state assembly elections.The petitioner, a lawyer...

Kolkata, March 23 – The first supplementary list for judicial adjudication of voters classified under the “logical discrepancy category” will be published later on Monday.According to statistics available from the office of the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of West Bengal, as of Sunday night...

Kolkata, March 23 The Election Commission is likely to publish the first supplementary voter list for the upcoming elections in West Bengal on Monday evening as part of the ongoing Systematic Voters' Registration (SIR) exercise, officials said.The list will be released in the same manner as...