Holding simultaneous elections to Lok Sabha and state assemblies would need at least five constitutional amendments and a large number of a...

The functionary pointed out that FLCs will also take place in the five poll-bound states of Rajasthan, Mizoram, Chhattisgarh, Telangana and...

"The EC issues a calendar for such exercises and there are standing instructions that are to be followed by state chief electoral officers,...

"The provision is meant for providing funds to the Election Commission for procurement of ballot units, control units and voter verifiable ...

No mismatch was found in the counting of paper trail machine slips and votes polled in EVMs in the assembly elections in Gujarat and Himach...

In a statement, the EC said counting of votes will be taken up for postal ballots at 8 am and will continue till it is completed. Postal ba...

EC undersecretary Madhusudan Gupta said, "The information sought by you is not available in any material form as mentioned under Section 2 ...

The EC officials had said they would need around Rs 4,500 crore to buy nearly 12 lakh additional EVMs and an equal number of VVPAT machines.

Since the thermal paper roll used in the VVPAT machines can print 1,500 slips, the "maximum number of electors at any polling station shall...

The upcoming Khammam Municipal Corporation elections in Telangana would be held with voter-verified paper audit trail enabled EVMs.

For e-postal ballot, Zaidi said a 'safe technology' has been developed and it is being 'validated and tested currently....'

Updating all EVMs will cost Rs 1,000 cr, but only 4 lakh existing EVMs are printer-compatible. An entirely new set of EVMs will cost Rs 180...