Voter turnout in phase 5 of 2024 Lok Sabha elections at 60.48%The voting process, held under tight security, saw varying levels of voter turnout, with West Bengal recording the highest at 73% and Mahar...
21 May, 2024, 01.09 AM IST
Towns tepid, voting higher in rural areasUrban regions in both Maharashtra and Haryana saw a lower voter turnout while high percentages were reported from rural constituencies. Pol...
22 Oct, 2019, 10.35 AM IST
Towns tepid, voting higher in rural areas in Maharashtra and HaryanaUlhasnagar, Kalyan East and Andheri West reported less than 40% polling, while Panipat City and Karnal, the Haryana chief minister’s consti...
22 Oct, 2019, 09.36 AM IST
Ballot papers are history; EVMs can't be tampered with: CECThe Congress and NCP were among the key opposition parties which raised alarm about the use of the electronic voting machines (EVMs) in ele...
18 Sep, 2019, 09.47 PM IST
Allegations of EVM tampering made with criminal intent: CECArora was in the city to attend events organised by the West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences and IIM (Calcutta).
11 Aug, 2019, 03.57 PM IST
65.61 per cent cast vote in third phase of Lok Sabha polls; one killed in BengalElection Commission officials in Delhi put the voting percentage at 65.61 at 8 pm. Final figures are likely to change.
24 Apr, 2019, 10.41 AM IST
Violence, reports of EVM glitches and missing names mar round one of Election 2019Condemning the killing of his party worker, TDP president Chandrababu Naidu accused the YSR Congress of indulging in violence to win the el...
11 Apr, 2019, 07.49 PM IST
EVMs tamper-proof; EC working to minimise incidents of machine malfunction: CECHe also said the Election Commission is striving to ensure that incidents of EVM malfunctions reported during polls are reduced to a minimu...
20 Dec, 2018, 01.17 PM IST
All VVPATs in 2019 to come with hood to keep light at bayThis is part of the corrective measures initiated by the Election Commission of India after several VVPATs malfunctioned during the recent ...
11 Jun, 2018, 11.36 PM IST
EC begins probe into failure of VVPATs in bypollsThe teams will also have members from ECIL and BEL, the two PSUs which manufacture EVMs and VVPATs, the sources said.
31 May, 2018, 09.25 PM IST
EC rejects Sena's claim on faulty EVMs leading to loss of its candidate in Palghar bypollAn EC spokesperson said the election process for Palghar constituency has been completed and the returning officer there has rejected a ple...
31 May, 2018, 09.15 PM IST
Election Commission 'mistress' of those in power: Shiv SenaShiv Sena warned that people's loss of faith in the election process was "dangerous" for democracy.
30 May, 2018, 03.19 PM IST
Shiv Sena, NCP express reservations on EVMs in Maha bypollsTo say that EVMs malfunctioned due to excessive heat is shocking, the senior NCP leader said, and demanded re-polling soon in the booths wh...
28 May, 2018, 05.13 PM IST
Why were EVMs for Maharashtra polls brought from Surat, asks Praful PatelPatel claimed that almost 25 per cent of the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) malfunctioned in the bypoll to Maharashtra's Bhandara-Gondia...
28 May, 2018, 03.52 PM IST
BJP nominee seeks extension of polling time over faulty EVMs in PalgharPoll representative of BJP's nominee Rajendra Gavit submitted a memorandum to election officials, seeking extension of the polling time due...
28 May, 2018, 03.39 PM IST
Maharashtra Council asks government to give statement on EVM malfunctioningThe Buldhana district collectorate earlier admitted that one of the EVMs that was used in the local body polls, held in February this year,...
25 Jul, 2017, 04.21 PM IST
EC's statement on EVM tampering unfortunate: AAPThis came in response to the EC's letter in which the poll watchdog said it was for the AAP to introspect as to why your party could not pe...
02 Apr, 2017, 10.51 PM IST