Assembly Election Results 2026: When will results for Kerala, West Bengal, Assam, Tamil Nadu and Puducherry be declared?The Election Commission of India will announce the results for the Assembly Elections 2026 in Assam, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal, and P...
28 Apr, 2026, 11.03 PM IST
Kerala Assembly Elections 2026 Results Date and Time: Check counting start time and where to watch liveThe Election Commission of India has announced that Kerala Assembly Elections 2026 results will be declared on May 4, 2026. Counting of vot...
28 Apr, 2026, 04.55 PM IST
West Bengal Election 2026: Voting time, total seats and documents to carry on poll day2026 West Bengal Assembly Election: Voters are urged to be fully prepared by checking their names in the voter list, carrying valid ID proo...
22 Apr, 2026, 02.33 PM IST
Strong rooms, unsealed rooms shouldn't be opened under any circumstance: ECThe Election Commission has directed all District Election Officers and Returning Officers in Kerala not to open any strong rooms before vo...
21 Apr, 2026, 12.43 PM IST
Election Result 2024: What are EVMs, VVPAT and the controversy related to it?Ahead of the Lok Sabha election results, the INDIA alliance urges the Election Commission to prioritize the counting of postal ballots over...
03 Jun, 2024, 10.03 PM IST
SC ordered 2% slip audit in 2019 on parties' petitionThe Supreme Court has heard a plea for a complete count of Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail paper slips in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. ...
03 Apr, 2024, 10.19 AM IST
Congress demands counting of all VVPATs in Lok Sabha pollsCongress President Kharge and Rahul Gandhi advocate for full VVPAT counting in elections for transparency. They push for ballot papers over...
15 Mar, 2024, 05.54 PM IST
Countdown to 2024: EVM-paper slip issue returns to political arenaThe issue of EVM credibility and VVPAT auditing has been raised repeatedly by many political parties. During the August 27, 2018 meeting th...
21 Dec, 2023, 12.28 AM IST
100% VVPAT count idea 'regressive', like adopting paper ballot: Election Commission to SCThe Election Commission of India (EC) has defended the EVM-VVPAT system against a petition seeking 100% data cross verification, stating th...
08 Sep, 2023, 12.10 AM IST
No mismatch in EVM, VVPAT counts in Bihar polls: ECThe VVPAT slips were counted in 1,215 randomly-selected polling stations of Bihar to match with the votes counted in the corresponding EVMs.
02 Dec, 2020, 10.38 PM IST
Eight cases of VVPAT-EVM mismatch in Lok Sabha pollsThe counting mismatch –– estimated at 0.0004% –– has had no impact on the final election results in the eight cases, an election commission...
22 Jul, 2019, 08.28 AM IST
EVM-VVPAT pass test in Lok Sabha pollsThe first Lok Sabha election in which each EVM was 100% backed by a VVPAT and in which physical verification of VVPAT slips has been done- ...
23 May, 2019, 09.30 PM IST
Declaration of results may get delayed by 5-6 hours: Delhi Chief Electoral OfficerFrom every assembly constituency, five (VVPATs) will be randomly selected and they will be counted.
20 May, 2019, 10.17 PM IST
Declaration of Delhi Lok Sabha poll result may get delayed by 5-6 hours: Chief Electoral OfficerDelhi has 7 Lok Sabha seats and in all 350 VVPATs will be counted.
20 May, 2019, 03.14 PM IST
Poll Panel to set up VVPAT counting boothThe VVPAT counting booth (VCB) — a bank cashier-like cabin — will be enclosed with wire mesh so that no VVPAT slip can be accessed by any u...
16 Apr, 2019, 07.30 AM IST
Experts back poll panel’s VVPAT counting formulaThe VVPAT is a printer-like machine attached to an EVM that allows a voter to briefly see whether his vote has been correctly gone in favou...
08 Oct, 2018, 07.05 AM IST
Election Commission considering counting more VVPAT slipsThe EC wants to establish a clear statistical correlation before opting for increased VVPAT counting. It will accordingly decide on the num...
28 Aug, 2018, 10.01 AM IST