"election-commission"

She alleged this was part of a conspiracy hatched by the Union home minister.

TMC Rajya Sabha MP Dola Sen said the BJP is playing mind games and resorting to pressure tactics.

"It is extremely unfortunate that political battles are thus sought to be fought in this manner instead of being fought in the campaign trail," the EC observed.

The third phase of election in the tea-garden state was held in 40 constituencies of 12 districts in the state

Tamil Nadu is witnessing a fierce battle between arch-rivals All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) and MK Stalin-led DMK

Earlier, while campaigning for the state Assembly polls, Sundar had said that she would deposit Rs 1 lakh into the account of every girl child.

There are 89 companies already stationed in South 24 Parganas which pushes up the number of forces to 707, the highest deployment in this election so far.

Congress had approached the EC demanding action against Sarma for his threatening remark against Bodoland People's Front chief Hagrama Mohilary

Voting was held in 30 assembly constituencies in West Bengal and 47 seats in Assam in this phase with a total of 21,825 polling stations

The Biswanath constituency in the state has witnessed the highest voting percentage till now, while the Dibrugarh constituency witnessed the lowest voting percentage.

A total of 264 candidates are in the fray from 47 seats-- 42 seats from 11 districts of Upper Assam and northern Assam region and five seats from central Assam's Nagaon district.

ECI secretary Avinash Kumar stated that the Election Commission has no objection to announce the acceptance of the PRC report with respect to the Model Code of Conduct in force in the State ahead of the Nagarjuna Sagar bypolls.

The TMC has made allegations against Suvendu Adhikari, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate from Nandigram in the upcoming state Assembly polls.

In a directive to the state chief secretary, the EC said DGP Virendra "should not be given any post which directly or indirectly relates to conduct of election."

Shah addressed his first election rally in Puducherry two days after the Election Commission announced the poll schedule.

The Election Commission on Friday announced eight - phased polling in West Bengal from March 27 to April 29.

The terms of the legislative assemblies of the four states is coming to an end in May and June.

The Election Commission has collaborated with IIT-Madras to work on a new technology which will allow electors to vote from faraway cities without going to designated polling station.

The National Voters Day is observed on January 25 to mark the foundation day of the Election Commission.

Hyderabad: In a dramatic late night move, BJP contestant from Puranapul K Surender, and Anthony Reddy moved separate house motions questioning a clarification order from the State Election Commission issued on Thursday. The SEC notification said that in some polling stations during the December 1 GHMC elections, the polling officers distributed distinguished mark instead of […]