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Sachin Tendulkar, the iconic Indian cricketer, is poised to be honored as the National Icon by the Election Commission of India.

Bypoll to a Rajya Sabha seat from Uttar Pradesh vacated following the death of a sitting member will be held on September 15.

The poll panel has come out with consolidated instructions issued by it from 1999 onwards on making election campaign "eco-friendly"

Gutha Sukender Reddy said the crop loan waiver process would be completed before the release of election notification by the Election Commission of India for the assembly elections to Telangana.

The AICC in a statement said that Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge has approved the candidature of Chandy Oommen as the party candidate for the byelection to the Puthuppally constituency

The bypolls will be held for two seats in Tripura, and one seat each in Kerala, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand

The allotment of air time to political parties for campaigning on All India Radio and Doordarshan will now be done online

In order to evaluate and ensure the preparedness for the forthcoming election in Telangana, a delegation from the Election Commission of India will be visiting the city for three days from June 22

The Election Commission in February this year allotted the name ‘Shiv Sena' and its poll symbol ‘bow and arrow' to the group led by Chief Minister Shinde

BJD's Dipali Das won the by-election with a margin of 48,721 votes from nearest rival Tankadhar Tripathy of the BJP

CEO Vikas Raj said the Election Commission was focusing on new young voters who turn 18 in a year to expand the voter base

A three-member team including Principal Secretary Vikas Raj, Under Secretary Sanjay Kumar and Joint-Secretary Ravi Kiran conducted an enquiry at the JNTU Engineering College, Nachupalli

The right to vote is an expression of the choice of the citizen which is a fundamental right under Article 19(1)(a)

The trial court has given Rahul Gandhi, who was disqualified as a member, one month to file an appeal and there is no hurry to declare a byelection to the Wayanad Lok Sabha seat, said EC

Election Commission will meet a variety of stakeholders and hold discussions before the delimitation exercise of constituencies in Assam

By giving opposition and judiciary a say in the selection of CEC and EC, the apex court has added sanctity to the process

Poll officials said that prohibitory orders have been promulgated in and around all counting centres as a precautionary measure.

Last date of filing nominations is March 13 and nominations scrutiny would be done on March 14

Assembly elections were held across the northeastern state on February 16. Votes will be counted on March 2

The EC observed that the current constitution of the Shiv Sena on which former Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray was placing reliance is undemocratic