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However, the voting hours are from 7 am to 5 pm in the North Eastern Region, 7 am to 4 pm in Manipur and Nagaland along with certain other constituencies.

Addressing a press conference here, he said candidates have to open a new bank account and it could be jointly operated along with a election agent but family members would not be permitted.

The ECI gazette notification is for elections to 96 Lok Sabha seats in 10 States, including Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Jammu and Kashmir.

The Commission asked him to explain his stand in respect of his remarks by 11 am on April 18, failing which it would take appropriate action. 

On April 4, the ECI had rejected the Endowments department’s Screening Committee appeal to permit a live telecast as well.

P. Venkatrami Reddy, the Lok Sabha candidate from BRS Medak, expressed his lack of concern if BJP candidate M. Raghunandan Rao were to file complaints against him with the CBI, ED, ECI, or other investigative agencies.

The party alleged that some police officers at the instance of the state government were tapping the phone of Lokesh.

Speaking on the occasion, State Chief Electoral Officer Vikas Raj emphasized the exploration of avenues for expanding awareness activities, including discussions on pro-bono hoarding space provision as directed by ECI.

The Collector along with Commissioner of Police Sunil Dutt addressed the media on Wednesday after inaugurating the media centre at the Zilla Parishad meeting hall on the preparations for the Lok Sabha elections.

The Election Commission of India announces the Lok Sabha polls schedule

The data as received from the SBI can be accessed at: https://www.eci.gov.in/candidate-politicalparty The data has been provided by the SBI in two parts.

The search engine giant also highlighted the steps to protect the integrity of elections.

This was after ECI noticed a few cases wherein officers were being transferred or posted in the adjacent districts within the same parliamentary constituency.

The notification will be issued on February 8 while the last date of making nominations will be on February 15.

Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh wrote a letter to the Election Commission of India on Tuesday.

However, the official result will be out on December 3 as counting of votes will take place on the mentioned date.

State BJP President G Kishan Reddy, who lodged a complaint with the ECI, in his letter stated that the BRS candidates were moving around polling booths with a large number of supporters to influence voters and when his party workers tried to stop them, they attacked them

Addressing the election teams’ meeting, Election General Observer Ratnakar Jha underscored the imperative of maintaining peace and adherence to election norms for a smooth voting process.

According to the ECI, special voters, service voters, voters on election duty and electors subjected to preventive detention are entitled to make use of postal ballot option.

The citizens can view the copies of affidavits filed by the contesting candidates (Form-26) in the ECI website or by downloading KYC App (Know your candidates App).