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Jamaat-e-Islami and the National Citizen Party (NCP) have voiced opposition to Bangladesh's Election Commission's newly announced election roadmap. Both parties accuse interim government advisor Muhammad Yunus of breaking promises and claim the roadmap undermines the fairness of the elections

RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav accused the Election Commission of helping the BJP create fake voters in Bihar ahead of assembly polls, citing cases of BJP leaders holding dual voter IDs. The BJP dismissed the allegations as false and misleading

Rahul Gandhi accused the Election Commission of ignoring large-scale voter roll manipulation, warning the issue will “explode” nationwide. Leading a protest march, he demanded a clean, transparent voter list, claiming irregularities in Karnataka reflected a broader national problem

Rahul Gandhi has alleged that the 2024 Lok Sabha elections were rigged and that India's electoral system is “already dead.” Claiming to possess concrete proof, he said the BJP won due to manipulation and blamed the Election Commission for its failure

The Election Commission has rejected RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav’s allegation that his name is missing from Bihar’s draft electoral rolls. Officials shared screenshots showing his name, while Patna’s administration also debunked his claims, calling them misleading and incorrect

The Election Commission has doubled the annual pay of BLOs to Rs 12,000 and sanctioned a Rs 6,000 incentive for voter list revision in Bihar. BLO supervisors, EROs, and AEROs will also receive increased annual remuneration, the EC announced on Saturday

With Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Rajiv Kumar set to retire on February 18, a three-member selection committee headed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet to pick his successor

The BJP is poised to form a government in Delhi for the first time since 1998

Kejriwal's vote tally stood at 18,097 and Verma had 19,267 votes at the end of the eighth round of counting.

The BJP was leading in 38 seats and the AAP in 27, according to early trends on the Election Commission

After the first round of counting for the Milkipur assembly bypoll, BJP was leading over SP

The party has been claiming that AAP workers were being targeted and assaulted by 'goons' associated with the BJP candidate from the New Delhi Assembly, Parvesh Verma

Ahead of National Voters' Day, the EC says electoral rolls bear a youthful and gender-balanced look with 21.7 crore electors in the 18-29 age group and a six-point increase in electoral gender ratio from 948 in 2024 to 954 in 2025

Counting of postal ballots under way

The challenge before the Election Commission now is to ensure the smooth conduct of polls in J&K

The Election Commission of India is expected to announce the schedule for Haryana's 90-seat Assembly elections. The primary contest is anticipated between the BJP and Congress, with the Aam Aadmi Party contesting all seats. The Commission recently reviewed poll preparedness and addressed concerns raised by political parties

With the model code of conduct still in vogue, the State government had appealed to the Election Commission to permit the conduct of cabinet meeting.

Polling will also be held for the by-election of the Secunderabad Cantonment Assembly constituency in Hyderabad.

Earlier, a notification for the appointment of the two Election Commissioners was issued by the Central government on Thursday evening.

The poll panel had suspended him for violating the Model of Conduct by Revanth Reddy, who was the Telangana Pradesh Congress Committee (TPCC) president then.