CEC Gyanesh Kumar says just 500 appeals filed after Assam electoral rolls revisionGyanesh Kumar said the statistics of just 500 appeals out of a total of 2.5 crore electorates exemplifies the success of the Special Revisi...
18 Feb, 2026, 08.18 PM IST
Bihar Assembly Elections 2025: What are exit polls, how are they conducted, and when will results be out?Exit polls are set to reveal early insights into the Bihar Assembly Elections 2025. Conducted after voting, these surveys gauge public sent...
11 Nov, 2025, 06.58 PM IST
Bihar election 2025: Key issues that could decide the fate of NDA and INDIA blocThe Election Commission of India is set to announce Bihar election dates, anticipating a fierce three-way contest amidst Chief Minister Nit...
06 Oct, 2025, 05.02 PM IST
Bihar elections: ECI introduces mobile deposit facility for votersBihar's assembly elections are introducing a new mobile deposit facility outside polling booths to streamline voting and prevent overcrowdi...
06 Oct, 2025, 04.33 PM IST
Bengal CEO's office gears up for EC meet with internal discussions on electoral preparednessAhead of a crucial meeting with the Election Commission, West Bengal's CEO Manoj Kumar Agarwal is set to assess the state's electoral prepa...
06 Sep, 2025, 11.54 AM IST
BJP accuses Rahul Gandhi of spreading misinformation over 'voter theft' allegationsThe BJP strongly refuted Rahul Gandhi's allegations of "vote theft" by the Election Commission of India (ECI), accusing him of disseminatin...
08 Aug, 2025, 11.51 PM IST
'Transparency not a favour, it is a constitutional obligation': Congress reiterates demand for publishing Maharashtra electoral rollsThe statement released by the party reiterates the demands made by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi in a newspaper article, urging the Election...
10 Jun, 2025, 08.07 AM IST
Lok Sabha polls: Overall voter turnout reduces to 65.79 per cent in 2024 from record high of 67.40 per cent in 2019The 2024 Lok Sabha elections saw a voter turnout of 65.79%, with Assam leading at 81.56% and Bihar at 56.19%. India set a global benchmark ...
06 Jun, 2024, 05.07 PM IST
Quirky tales from '57 polls: Voter offering prayers to ballot box; candidate filing paper as 'Christ'During the 1957 elections, a voter in Madras chose to vote only for Sukumar Sen, the first CEC, amidst election propaganda harassment. Unus...
04 Apr, 2024, 11.08 AM IST
SC ordered 2% slip audit in 2019 on parties' petitionThe Supreme Court has heard a plea for a complete count of Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail paper slips in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. ...
03 Apr, 2024, 10.19 AM IST
100% VVPAT count idea 'regressive', like adopting paper ballot: Election Commission to SCThe Election Commission of India (EC) has defended the EVM-VVPAT system against a petition seeking 100% data cross verification, stating th...
08 Sep, 2023, 12.10 AM IST
Most parties have reposed faith in EVMs, says CECSunil Arora observed that EVMs delivered a particular result in 2014.
12 Feb, 2019, 06.38 PM IST
View: How to make EVMs hack-proof, and elections more trustworthyFrom a security standpoint the EVMs in India far better than the myriad different — and some notoriously insecure — machines used in electi...
09 Dec, 2018, 11.01 AM IST
Experts back poll panel’s VVPAT counting formulaThe VVPAT is a printer-like machine attached to an EVM that allows a voter to briefly see whether his vote has been correctly gone in favou...
08 Oct, 2018, 07.05 AM IST
Turnout lower than 2013; peaceful polls in KarnatakaThe election to the 15th Assembly was by and large peaceful, with no untoward incidents reported across the state.
12 May, 2018, 09.03 PM IST
Delhi Chief Electoral Officer's website logged over 45 lakh hits on polling dayThe number of queries and searches increased to double on the counting day which crossed total hits of 84 lakh.
10 Apr, 2015, 10.12 PM IST
Himachal Pradesh polls: 58 per cent voting till 4 pmA sluggish 58.07 pc polling recorded till 3:30pm in Himachal Pradesh dimmed hopes of any new record in the 68-member assembly of the hill s...
08 Nov, 2012, 02.18 PM IST