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According to the Election Commission of India, there are 1,64,14,693 male voters, 1,65,95,896 female voters, 2,729 transgender and 15,472 service voters in the State.

The notification stated that March 30 is designated for scrutinizing nominations for Bihar, while March 28 is for other regions.

This is even when the list of persons nominated as chairpersons was being shared extensively on social media platforms and among Congress leaders as well

The BJP aims for Narendra Modi's third term as Prime Minister, while the opposition has formed the Indian National Developmental Inclusive Alliance

The commission has directed all the State Governments to transfer the officers connected with election-related work, who have completed three years or are in their home districts.

She asked the political parties for their cooperation for implementation of the MCC and peaceful conduct of the polling.

Political parties had filed data on Electoral Bonds in sealed cover as directed by the Supreme Court's interim order dated April 12, 2019, the poll panel said in a statement.

The ECI has stated that the polls will be held in seven phases, with the first phase being held on April 19 and the seventh phase on June 1.

The Election Commission of India announces the Lok Sabha polls schedule

The dates for the polls will be announced at a press conference scheduled for Saturday at 3 pm

The term of the present Lok Sabha ends on June 16 and a new House has to be constituted before that.

It said this be preferably carried out by 5 pm on Saturday and once the exercise is completed, the original documents be returned to the EC.

"The provided data pertains to bonds bought and redeemed from April 1, 2019, to February 15, 2024," the affidavit stated.

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 move comes after the poll authority took "serious note" of cases in which officers were being transferred in adjacent districts within the same parliamentary constituency by state governments.

The Lok Sabha elections are expected in April-May, to the 543-member House for which Prime Minister Narendra Modi has exuded confidence that the Bharatiya Janata Party will win 370 seats alone and the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) will cross 400 seats.

A bench of Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud with Justices Sanjiv Khanna, BR Gavai, JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra had on November 2, 2023, reserved the judgement in the case.

In letters to Mumbai Police Commissioner and Cyber Police station, party treasurer Balaji Kinikar said after the Election Commission of India allotted the party symbol to the Eknath Shinde-led Sena, it also procured a duplicate PAN card.

Erstwhile Adilabad electoral rolls observer B Bharati Lakpathi Naik told the officials to take steps to make changes and to enroll new electors on the rolls as per norms of the Election Commission of India

According to the notification released on Thursday, the ECI will conduct separate bye-elections for the two MLC seats in Telangana along with one MLC seat in Uttar Pradesh