"election-commission"

The Valmikis were originally brought to J-K in 1957 from Punjab's Gurdaspur district for sanitation work by the State government

More than 39.18 lakh eligible voters are set to decide the fate of 415 candidates, including two former deputy Chief Ministers Tara Chand and Muzaffar Baig

It is high time to insulate Speaker’s office from overt political machinations and preserve its integrity

The officials have been instructed to prepare fresh electoral rolls for three constituencies, with November 1 2024 as qualifying date.

The 'One Nation, One Election' proposes to synchronise the Parliamentary and Assembly elections

Over 23 lakh voters will decide the fate of 219 candidates, including 90 independents, who are running for 24 Assembly segments

The poll process is likely to be completed by the end of October and an elected government will take office before the year's end

The office of the Chief Electoral Officer issues letters to various political parties, inviting them for a meeting with the ECI

AAP's Mohinder Bhagat wins Jalandhar West, Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu's wife and Congress candidate Kamlesh Thakur bags Dehra seat

Both Rahul Gandhi and PM Narendra Modi are leading from their constituencies of Rae-Bareli and Varanasi. Rahul Gandhi is also leading in Wayanad.

Strict action, and not mere advisories, against violators of election code of conduct, irrespective of their position, will help restore confidence in EC

Incidentally, a majority of the voters who skipped the polling are from urban areas.

Polling which began at 7 am ended 6 pm, barring a few places where it concluded early.

He said a five-member BJP team was conducting door-to-door campaign in Peddamma Nagar at Borabanda on Tuesday.

"The machine belongs to my father. Only one thing works - that is BJP," says Vijay Bhabhor before pressing a button on the EVM, as per the video.

"If the CM was concerned about the farmers, he would have released the amount much before the announcement of the poll schedule. He is deceiving the farmers. He has no intention to release the amount,"he said.

The deadline expired on Wednesday, May 8, but the EC extended the deadline for two more days.

The BJP State unit had earlier complained against the Speaker campaigning for the Congress party.

He said the ECI had turned a blind eye to inflammatory statements made by Modi and Shah, despite receiving around 20,000 complaints from citizens.

Appreciating the efforts made by the Commission so far to improve the poll percentage, the Forum pointed out that while polling in Telangana was scheduled for May 13, the preceding two days, May 11 and 12, were holidays.