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Puducherry polls: ADR data says 23% candidates face criminal cases, 41% crorepatisAs the Puducherry elections approach, the spotlight shines on a troubling trend: a staggering 23 percent of candidates are battling crimina...
EC delists 334 registered unrecognised political partiesThe Election Commission has delisted 334 registered unrecognised political parties for failing to contest any election since 2019 and lacki...
223% spike in income of unrecognised political parties in 2022-23: ADRA new report by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) reveals a significant surge in declared incomes of registered unrecognised pol...
223% spike in income of unrecognised political parties in 2022-23: Association for Democratic ReformsA new report by the Association for Democratic Reforms (ADR) reveals a significant surge in declared incomes of registered unrecognised pol...
Elections in J&K: EC's latest action shows assembly polls imminent in Jammu and KashmirJammu & Kashmir lections: The Election Commission has opened applications for 'common symbols' from unrecognised parties in Jammu and Kashm...
104% rise in number of political parties contesting LS polls from 2009-24The number of political parties contesting the Lok Sabha elections has surged by 104% from 2009 to 2024. A total of 751 parties are partici...
Lok Sabha polls: 97 candidates contesting for 5 seats in Maharashtra's first phase pollingSaturday was the last of withdrawing nominations, and the day saw 13 candidates dropping out of the poll contest. Only in Nagpur and Chandr...
IT Department conducts raids against unrecognised political parties in Gujarat, other statesA coordinated action has been launched by the tax department against the RUPPs, their linked entities, operators and others, the sources to...
Have power to register, want authority to cancel registration of parties: Election Commission to Law MinThe poll panel had been writing to the government to grant it power under the Representation of the People Act to de-register a political p...
Found non-existent, 87 registered unrecognised parties struck off EC's listThe action followed a statement by the poll panel a few days back announcing action against more than 2,100 registered unrecognised politic...
EC delists 87 registered unrecognised parties, seeks action against 2,174 moreSection 29C of RPA requires an unregistered party to furnish a contribution report under Rule 85B of Conduct of Election Rules 1961. Such c...
Election Commission tightens noose around registered unrecognised parties flouting rules"Action to be initiated against those receiving donations without due statutory compliances. Action initiated against three registered unre...
EC seeks power to act against inactive, unrecognised partiesAt a meeting with the law ministry last week, EC proposed that it should be empowered to act in cases where a political party may not have ...
Registered unrecognised political parties increased two-fold from 2010 to 2019: ADREither newly registered parties or those which have not secured enough percentage of votes in the assembly or general elections to become a...
How smaller players gained at national parties’ expenseThe soaring graph of BJP, which took the party to a record 282 Lok Sabha seats and a voteshare of 31% in 2014 coincides with an inverse tre...
Only 5 per cent unrecognised parties filed contribution details: ADRPolitical parties are completely exempted from paying income tax as long as they file their returns and submit details of donations receive...
Percentage of women Lok Sabha winners better than male counterpartsAccording to data released by the Election Commission today, out of a total of 8,251 candidates, only 668 were women. Out of these, 61 got ...