BJP snatches one Lok Sabha seat from Congress; Maharashtra win boosts Rajya Sabha majority prospectsThe BJP secured a significant win in the Nanded Lok Sabha bypoll, increasing their seats to 241. This victory, coupled with their landslide...
23 Nov, 2024, 09.47 PM IST
Lok Sabha shift by ex-CMs, top party leaders builds up battles in most of 50 bypollsThe majority of these state legislature vacancies are due to MLAs becoming MPs in the 18th Lok Sabha. This group includes Akhilesh Yadav, S...
07 Aug, 2024, 01.25 AM IST
10 vacancies created in Rajya Sabha after members get elected to Lok SabhaFollowing the recent general election, the Rajya Sabha has 10 vacancies due to members being elected to the Lok Sabha, with two each in Ass...
11 Jun, 2024, 05.10 PM IST
Ahead of Lok Sabha polls, Election Commissioner Arun Goel resignsArun Goel, the Election Commissioner, has resigned from his post ahead of the Lok Sabha elections 2024, leaving a vacancy in the poll panel...
11 Mar, 2024, 04.08 PM IST
EC tells SC: Delay in Pune Bypoll due to 'litigation' on Wayanad LS seat vacancyThe Election Commission faced legal challenges for delaying the Pune parliamentary bypoll due to the unresolved Wayanad seat issue. The EC ...
10 Jan, 2024, 12.08 AM IST
No Lok Sabha bypolls as MPs would have less than a year's termThe Election Commission of India and the Centre have decided not to hold bypolls for the vacant Lok Sabha seats of Ambala, Pune, Chandrapur...
22 Sep, 2023, 09.58 AM IST
Fate of four vacant Lok Sabha seats uncertain as 2024 General Election countdown beginsThe Election Commission is considering whether to hold bypolls for four vacant parliamentary seats in India, namely Ambala, Pune, Chandrapu...
23 Aug, 2023, 10.25 AM IST
- Election Commission decides to treat two Rajya Sabha vacancies from Gujarat as separate
There are two vacant seats in Gujarat after BJP president Amit Shah won and senior party leader Smriti Irani won the Lok Sabha elections fr...
15 Jun, 2019, 11.08 PM IST
Election Commission of India clarifies its decision to hold by-election in KarnatakaIn the case of Karnataka, vacancies to Ballari, Shivamogga parliamentary constituencies occured on May 18 and Mandya in on May 21.
09 Oct, 2018, 09.42 PM IST
Decision to hold Lok Sabha by-polls in Karnataka in tune with R P Act, 1951: ECThe Commission issued the clarification in the wake of media reports questioning why it had not announced the by-elections to fill five Lok...
09 Oct, 2018, 05.57 PM IST
Governments sit on 24 lakh vacancies amid debate over job droughtThe bulk of these vacancies are in the domain of the states and Union territory administrations.
05 Aug, 2018, 10.46 AM IST
Bypolls only in Karnataka, not AndhraWhile the five YSR Congress MPs resigned in April and have been pitching for early bypolls, the Speaker did not accept their resignations r...
09 Jun, 2018, 07.36 AM IST
TMC presses EC for simultaneous bypolls to LS, assembly seatsThe Commission has already announced the schedule for by-election to a few seats in legislative assemblies of different states including Sa...
27 Nov, 2017, 05.28 PM IST
Vacancy in panel not to invalid CBI chief selection: BillThe Bill was part of Lok Sabha's agenda. But it could not be taken up as the House adjourned for the day after condoling the deaths of two ...
24 Nov, 2014, 03.55 PM IST
Leader of Opposition's absence won't invalidate Lokpal, CVC appointments: AG Mukul RohatgiThe AG also said that the power to recognise a Parliamentary Party or group for functioning in the House is solely that of the Speaker.
16 Nov, 2014, 10.47 AM IST
Government to go ahead with key appointments without Leader of Opposition"No appointment of a Central Vigilance Commissioner or a Vigilance Commissioner shall be invalid merely by reason of any vacancy in the Com...
07 Sep, 2014, 11.45 AM IST
Election Commission to take steps to fill convicted MPs seats after Parliament informs of vacancyEC will initiate steps to fill up the seats of convicted and disqualified lawmakers, including Lalu Prasad, only after they are declared va...
04 Oct, 2013, 09.54 PM IST