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The Election Commission reported major progress in Phase II of the Special Intensive Revision, with 99.83% Enumeration Forms distributed across 12 states and UTs and 93.27% digitisation completed. Uttar Pradesh leads in electorate size but trails in digitisation

The Supreme Court asked the Election Commission to consider extending Kerala’s December 11 SIR deadline, noting that 1.76 lakh government staff are currently deployed for local body polls. It allowed the state to submit a representation and directed the EC to decide within two days

The Election Commission has extended all key deadlines under the three-stage Special Intensive Revision in 12 states and UTs by seven days, delaying enumeration, polling station rationalisation and draft roll publication. Opposition parties criticised the move, calling the extension an eyewash

The Telangana High Court will resume hearing petitions on local body elections on Tuesday. The State government recently issued G.O 46 restricting reservations for sarpanches and ward members, with groundwork completed for gazette publication and submission to the Election Commission

West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee has written to the Chief Election Commissioner urging an immediate halt to the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls, citing coercion, poor planning, overstretched officials, and human costs including suicides amid the chaotic exercise

The Congress leadership, including Rahul Gandhi and Mallikarjun Kharge, met in Delhi to review the party’s poor performance in the Bihar elections. Accusing the Election Commission of lacking transparency, the party said it would soon present concrete proof supporting its ‘vote chori’ claim

Prashant Kishor’s Jan Suraaj and Mukesh Sahani’s VIP failed to secure early leads in the Bihar elections, aligning with exit poll predictions. While NDA surged ahead in over 200 seats, both parties struggled despite being projected as potential influencer

Makkal Needhi Maiam, led by Kamal Haasan, has submitted a request to the Election Commission for a new common symbol from a list of ten options for the 2026 Tamil Nadu Assembly elections. The party previously contested with the 'battery torch' symbol in 2021

The Supreme Court on Tuesday sought the Election Commission’s response to pleas by DMK, TMC, and others challenging the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in Tamil Nadu and West Bengal. The court also paused related proceedings in high courts

The Supreme Court has sought the Election Commission’s response within two weeks to petitions filed by the DMK, CPI(M), Congress, and TMC challenging the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in Tamil Nadu and West Bengal. Related high court cases have been stayed

Over 47 per cent of voters cast their ballots till 1 pm in the second phase of the Bihar Assembly elections — nearly five per cent higher than the first phase — with districts like Gaya, Jamui, and Kishanganj witnessing heavy turnout

RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav accused the Election Commission of withholding gender-wise voter data from Bihar’s first phase of polling, alleging bias under Prime Minister Modi and Home Minister Shah’s influence. He also questioned security deployment from BJP-ruled states and expressed confidence in victory

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin has accused the BJP of using the Election Commission’s Special Intensive Revision (SIR) as a political weapon to target rivals like the DMK, equating it with agencies such as the ED and CBI

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has termed the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls as “votebandi”, alleging it was being conducted forcibly ahead of elections. She urged the Election Commission to stop the exercise and criticised GST as a “blunder

A 70-year-old hawker from Nadia district died allegedly due to anxiety triggered by the ongoing Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in West Bengal. His family claimed he stopped eating after learning that his name was missing from the old voters’ list

Security has been intensified across Bihar ahead of the second phase of assembly elections on November 11, with over 4 lakh personnel, including CAPF, Bihar Police, and home guards, deployed to ensure peaceful polling across 122 constituencies and 45,399 polling stations

With two days left for voting in the Jubilee Hills by-election, TPCC president Mahesh Kumar Goud accused the BJP of influencing the Election Commission and colluding with the BRS to manipulate voter rolls. He alleged that names from other constituencies were added and over 30 per cent of voters deleted, calling it part of a secret alliance.

Bihar recorded its highest-ever voter turnout of 64.66 per cent in the first phase of the Assembly elections, with returning migrant workers and women voters seen as key contributors. Many migrants reportedly returned for Chhath Puja, coinciding with the polling dates

Andhra Pradesh Congress chief Y S Sharmila said Rahul Gandhi has “detonated a high-voltage hydrogen bomb” exposing fake votes in Haryana polls, alleging that 25 lakh names were added to favour BJP. She accused the EC of acting under BJP’s influence

The Election Commission dismissed Rahul Gandhi’s charge of “wholesale theft” in the 2024 Haryana polls as unfounded, noting no appeals or objections were filed and that booth agents failed to flag irregularities. EC said Gandhi’s claims should be tested in court