Give proof and stay away from dirty phrases: ECIElection Commission of India rejects the use of terms like 'vote chori'. ECI views such phrases as an attack on voters. It also considers i...
15 Aug, 2025, 01.09 AM IST
Haryana and J&K Exit Polls: How exit polls are conducted?Exit poll results for Haryana and Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections have been released today. They offer an indication of voter preferen...
05 Oct, 2024, 07.53 PM IST
Lok Sabha elections: Nandighosha TV in Odisha airs exit poll results; EC directs immediate actionExit poll results: ECI instructed the Chief Electoral Officer of Odisha to promptly enforce measures against Nandighosha TV for broadcastin...
04 Jun, 2024, 01.12 PM IST
Lok Sabha Elections 2024: How exit polls predict results using voter dataDespite strict regulations to prevent misinformation, exit polls remain a significant part of India's electoral process. These surveys, con...
01 Jun, 2024, 04.51 PM IST
India's monumental election logistics: A global showcase of democratic processIndia is conducting the world's largest democratic election with 968.8 million registered voters. This massive process, nearly three times ...
25 May, 2024, 11.28 AM IST
What's Model Code of Conduct? How it came into being and what's allowed and what's notThe Model Code of Conduct (MCC) has been enforced with the announcement of Lok Sabha election dates by the Election Commission of India (EC...
16 Mar, 2024, 05.32 PM IST
View: The great Indian poll story need not be hate or fake oneKarnataka state polls witnessed an unprecedented decline in decorum-based electoral competition castigating the Elections Commission for it...
13 May, 2023, 12.00 AM IST
What are exit polls, when it can be published and when its banned?The exit polls have been proven wrong on several occasions, yet they have gained popularity in India over the past few decades. They are se...
10 May, 2023, 02.44 PM IST
Election body busy laying voters' pitchOver 54 crore Aadhaar numbers have already been entered into the ECI database for seeding with the voter ID cards. The ECI has also begun w...
29 Dec, 2022, 09.26 AM IST
PIL in SC seeks steps to regulate poll manifesto, make them legally enforceableFiled by advocate Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay, the PIL seeks direction to the Election Commission to seize the poll symbol and deregister/dereco...
19 Feb, 2022, 01.28 PM IST
View: The legitimacy of the demand for regulating digital domain by privacy lawsIn 2016, the Cambridge Analytica incident exposed a non-commercial concern — the ability of big data to influence voter preference.
31 May, 2021, 09.52 AM IST
US versus India poll debate: Two nations, two evolved systemsYes, India has a robust electoral system, a dedicated and well-trained machinery, an effective institution and elaborate statutory provisio...
12 Nov, 2020, 11.44 AM IST
View: Democratic exercise prevails despite Covid-19A month ago, there was a virtual mode discussion among election management bodies from about 50 countries on the predicament thrown up by C...
21 Oct, 2020, 08.47 AM IST
Only 5 per cent unrecognised parties filed contribution details: ADRPolitical parties are completely exempted from paying income tax as long as they file their returns and submit details of donations receive...
06 Jun, 2018, 09.48 PM IST
Election Commission tells you everything you want to know about EVM hackingECI- EVMs are stand alone machines and are not connected to the internet and also not computer controlled or any other network at any point...
08 Apr, 2017, 01.20 AM IST
Holding state and central polls simultaneously is feasible: Nasim ZaidiIf current establishment can build political consensus and make necessary amendments, India has no problems in organising state and parliam...
01 May, 2015, 07.05 AM IST
EC notice to Gopinath Munde ridiculous: Jayaprakash NarayanTerming as "perfunctory and ridiculous" the show cause notice served by EC on Munde over his poll spending remark, Lok Satta Party national...
06 Jul, 2013, 07.34 PM IST