ECI gets EVM verification requests for eight Lok Sabha seatsThe Election Commission announced on Thursday that it has received eight applications from aggrieved Lok Sabha 2024 candidates requesting E...
20 Jun, 2024, 11.42 PM IST
Nearly a dozen Lok Sabha candidates seek EVM-VVPAT checkThe Election Commission of India has received fewer than ten requests from candidates who lost in the recent Lok Sabha elections for verifi...
17 Jun, 2024, 11.37 PM IST
ECI issues verification SOP for EVM memoryThe Election Commission of India has issued a protocol allowing the first two losers to seek verification of burnt memory in EVM microcontr...
03 Jun, 2024, 12.20 AM IST
Relax. EVMs are secure, can be moreThe whole process, involving technical, management and legal aspects, has been a success story for EC from the days of ballot boxes, when b...
27 Apr, 2024, 04.06 PM IST
Introduced nearly 11 years ago to enhance transparency, VVPATs back in focus after SC verdictSupreme Court's decision on EVM-VVPAT verification highlighted the importance of transparency in elections. The ruling focused on the use o...
26 Apr, 2024, 05.12 PM IST
Congress demands counting of all VVPATs in Lok Sabha pollsCongress President Kharge and Rahul Gandhi advocate for full VVPAT counting in elections for transparency. They push for ballot papers over...
15 Mar, 2024, 05.54 PM IST
EC failed to provide substantive response to 'genuine concerns' over EVMs: Jairam RameshSenior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh has criticized the Election Commission for not adequately addressing the concerns raised by political ...
08 Jan, 2024, 03.46 PM IST
EVMs have cleared all tech, judicial tests: EC to INDIA blocThe INDIA-Opposition alliance last month sought 100% match between EVM and VVPAT slips and also that VVPAT slips be handed over to voters i...
06 Jan, 2024, 12.05 AM IST
Election Commission will require around 30 lakh EVMs, 1.5-year preparation time for simultaneous polls to LS, assembliesAccording to the sources, the commission will require nearly 30 lakh control units, about 43 lakh ballot units and about 32 lakh VVPATs for...
27 Oct, 2023, 11.48 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
No material information on number of EVMs, VVPAT needed for simultaneous polls: Election CommissionEC undersecretary Madhusudan Gupta said, "The information sought by you is not available in any material form as mentioned under Section 2 ...
16 Oct, 2018, 04.38 PM IST
Election Commission objects to Congress moving Supreme Court ‘time & again'The commission filed an affidavit in the case of a petition filed by Congress leader Kamal Nath seeking mandatory counting of VVPAT to ensu...
19 Sep, 2018, 07.53 AM IST
Need legal framework for simultaneous polls: CEC RawatThe CEC said the poll panel would continue to deliver its responsibility of conducting elections whenever term of the state assemblies come...
14 Aug, 2018, 06.51 PM IST
One poll start will need Rs 4,555 cr for extra EVMs, VVPATs, says Election CommissionThe commission has given an elaborate reply to the Law Commission which had forwarded the law ministry’s queries on the issue.
11 Jul, 2018, 10.53 AM IST
Election Commission wants to buy 16 lakh paper trail machines in two yearsThe Commission will buy 8,07,500 paper trail units each from the two manufacturers by September, 2018.
23 Apr, 2017, 02.44 PM IST
Rs 3,200 crore granted to EC for EVM paper trail unitsThe move comes amid increasing political noises questioning the credibility of electronic voting machines and repeated demand by some to up...
20 Apr, 2017, 07.52 AM IST
Government considering encouraging start ups to make EVMsThe procurement plan for Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail Units (VVPAT) for 2016-17, 2017-18 and 2018-19 would be considered subsequently...
21 Jul, 2016, 09.16 PM IST