ELECTION COMMISSION

Puducherry elections to be held on April 6 for 30 assembly seats

Of the 30 Assembly seats, five are reserved for the Scheduled Caste candidates. The voting hour has been increased by one hour in view of C...

Assam Assembly elections to be held in three phases from March 27 to April 6

The north eastern state will see polling conducted in three phases, on March 27, April 1 and April 6. Counting will take place on May 2.

Tamil Nadu elections to be held in a single phase on April 6

Polls will be held for 234 seats in Tamil Nadu with the Congress-DMK and BJP-AIADMK alliance being the major groups contesting against each...

Kerala elections to be held on April 6, counting on May 2

For Assembly poll 2021, the number of polling booths in Kerala has been extended from 21,498 to 40,771. The counting of votes will be held ...

Assembly Elections 2021: Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Puducherry polls to be held on April 6; counting on May 2

The Election Commission on Friday announced single-phase polling in Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry Assembly elections. Chief Election Co...

Assam Assembly elections 2021: Polls to be held in 3 phases starting from March 27; counting on May 02

The Election Commission of India has announced the dates for Assembly elections across the country, including those for Assam. The north ea...

Over 6,400 polling stations in Bengal vulnerable, says EC

Over 6,400 polling stations in West Bengal have been identified as ‘vulnerable’ ahead of the assembly elections – the highest number among ...

Earlier governments gave step motherly treatment to the region in the north bank of Brahmaputra in Assam: PM Modi

Addressing a rally in Silapathar in Assam’s Dhemaji district, Modi said that earlier government has ensured that there is long distance bet...

West Bengal assembly polls: Election Commission of India to deploy 125 companies of central forces

​​The central armed police forces for the state will include 60 companies of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), 30 companies of the S...

Upcoming state polls: Big increase in booths, extra voting hour likely

The increase in polling booths apart, ET has learnt that the Election Commission of India will also announce increasing of voting time by a...

Election Commission team visits Assam to review progress ahead of Assembly Elections

The team reviewed the follow-up action taken in the background of the directions given by the Election Commission during its last visit whi...

Assembly polls: Assam Excise Dept conducts series of meetings with their counterparts from the neighbouring states

There is an apprehension that clandestine in-flow of liquor into the state from neighbouring states like Arunachal Pradesh and Meghalaya ma...

ECI booth app likely to be used in Bengal polls to root out bogus voters, prevent duplication

If introduced, West Bengal will be the first state to use the application in a full-fledged manner during an election process. "It's in the...

Registered unrecognised political parties increased two-fold from 2010 to 2019: ADR

Either newly registered parties or those which have not secured enough percentage of votes in the assembly or general elections to become a...

Bihar to guide poll-bound states on conducting elections amid COVID pandemic

Officials from West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Assam and Puducherry, where elections are lined up this year, are dialling the Bihar Health...

Soon, you may cast your vote from any polling station in the country

“We have already started a research project on remote voting, using cutting edge technology, with IIT-Madras and other institutions and it ...

Assembly polls: Dharmendra Sharma, Director General Election Commission of India, to visit Assam

Assam is likely to go to polls in April this year. Nitin Khade Chief Electoral Officer in a statement stated Sharma with other senior offic...