West Bengal polls: ECI flags 55 seats as 'expenditure sensitive'West Bengal faces heightened election scrutiny. The Election Commission has marked 55 constituencies as expenditure sensitive. This year, 1...
20 Apr, 2026, 12.36 AM IST
ECI rolls out ‘Democracy Express’ in Darjeeling to drive voter awarenessThe Election Commission of India organised a voter awareness campaign in North Bengal. The iconic Darjeeling toy train was used to encourag...
17 Apr, 2026, 10.07 PM IST
Assam: Congress' Udalguri candidate quits ahead of Thursday pollsCongress candidate Suren Daimari from Udalguri has withdrawn his candidature and resigned from the party, citing a lack of support and feel...
09 Apr, 2026, 12.17 AM IST
EC appoints special observers in states to ensure level playing field in LS pollsSpecial Observers (General and Police) have been deployed in West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, and Bihar where the population is mor...
02 Apr, 2024, 12.21 PM IST
Assembly Elections 2023: Special Observers review election preparedness with Meghalaya govt officials: CEOKumar also instructed for activation of the number of flying and static surveillance teams deployed and to generate enhanced awareness of C...
28 Jan, 2023, 08.45 PM IST
Steps taken to curb excessive poll spending: EC to SCReassuring the top court that it will continue to take steps in this regard, the commission said it had already introduced a robust mechani...
13 Jan, 2023, 01.22 AM IST
Three special observers appointed for Assam assembly pollsElections to the 126 assembly constituencies in Assam will be held between March 27 and April 6. Votes will be counted on May 2.
18 Mar, 2021, 03.24 PM IST
Record seizures worth Rs 331 crore made in poll-going states, Pondy, says Election CommissionFor effective monitoring to curb black money in assembly elections in Assam, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Union Territory of Puduche...
17 Mar, 2021, 03.39 PM IST
Election Commission appoints special expenditure observer, special police observer for Delhi pollsThe decision comes after the Commission held a meeting with Delhi Chief Secretary, city police chief and other top officials to review poll...
31 Jan, 2020, 08.04 PM IST
Election Commission to deploy more special expenditure observers, 120 sensitive seats identifiedThe maximum number of election expenditure observers are drawn from the Indian Revenue Service (Income Tax), while others belong to the IRS...
25 Mar, 2019, 08.39 PM IST
79 expenditure observers appointed for LS elections in TNThe Election Commission has appointed three expenditure observers for the Chennai-central segment.
21 Mar, 2019, 04.22 PM IST
Election Commission sets 4-member team for Aravakurichi, ThanjavurThe Electorate Commission has set this team of officers consisting of General, Expenditure, Police observers to look into distribution of g...
18 May, 2016, 05.26 PM IST
Bihar polls: EC to hold session for expenditure observersEC will hold a day-long session on Wednesday for close to 50 poll observers who will be deployed to check flow of illegal money and other i...
14 Sep, 2015, 03.03 PM IST
Election Commission observers find BJP MP, Manshankar Ninama's poll expenses above limit, MP rejectsThe observers claimed "the candidate has not maintained a true and correct account of the expenditure incurred", which attracts disqualific...
26 Jun, 2014, 10.24 PM IST
Blackmoney in polls: 700 IRS officers to be deployed for vigilThe EC has asked the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) an the Central Board of Excise and Customs to finalise the names of suitable offi...
13 Mar, 2014, 04.18 PM IST
EC to monitor daily expenses of MP assembly poll candidatesAn election expenses monitoring system would be set up to monitor day-to-day poll expenses of candidates during Assembly polls.
10 Sep, 2013, 02.44 PM IST
Election Commission to keep strict vigil to check flow of money into Himachal PradeshElection Commission is keeping a strict vigil across the inter-state borders, especially with Punjab, during the November 4 assembly polls.
21 Oct, 2012, 11.32 AM IST