Delhi High Court warned the petitioner, advocate Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay, it would dismiss the petition with costs after which he withdrew i...

"Model of compulsory voting is successful in small countries. They can manage it as the number of electorate is very small but bringing tha...

The minister said casting voting is not only a right but also a responsibility of the citizens and they are "duty-bound" to exercise the fr...

Government today promised to carry out electoral reforms but turned down a request for introduction of compulsory voting citing practical r...

A private member bill of a BJP member proposing compulsory voting was today opposed by his fellow party man in the Lok Sabha.

The Gujarat High Court today stayed the implementation of a law that makes voting compulsory in the civic body elections in the state.

Congress said the stay on the mandatory voting law was "a blow to the BJP-led autocratic regime" in the State.

Opposition Congress criticised the move saying that the Gujarat government is 'imposing' compulsory voting through the power of majority.

Dushyant Chautala (INLD), while favouring compulsory voting, made a case for introduction of bio-metric cards to check bogus voting.

A committee formed by the Gujarat government to frame rules for compulsory voting, has hurriedly invited suggestions from the people before...

The government today said it has not initiated any action to introduce compulsory voting in the country.

PM Modi argues that compulsory voting will produce a more representative outcome than one in which only a fraction of voters exercise their...

A villager who has a pressing engagement on voting day has to take prior permission of the sarpanch to abstain from voting.

Advani today appeared to be on the same page as Modi as he endorsed the Gujarat CM's view that there that there should be compulsory voting...

Speaking about the SC verdict Modi said, "For a long time I have called for a right to reject in polls. Without it, there was something lac...

Hamid Ansari calls for electoral reforms, including compulsory voting and proportional representation in legislatures across all sections o...

Chief Election Commissioner Navin B Chawla said on Sunday that making voting compulsory was not "practical" and maintained that the legisla...