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EC set to roll out phase III of SIR in 'coming days'; to cover 22 states, UTsThe Election Commission is preparing to launch the third phase of its Special Intensive Revision of voters' lists. This upcoming exercise w...
Balle balle & bullied ballot? Record number of voters is cause for cheer, but concerns over why many of them voted lingerIn a remarkable turn of events, the latest elections in multiple Indian states and a Union Territory showcased an unprecedented voter turno...
West Bengal elections: Junglemahal’s 25 seats turn battleground as BJP targets TMC’s development pitchPurulia, Bankura, and Jhargram, the gateway to West Bengal's Junglemahal, are witnessing a fierce political battle. While Trinamool banks o...
Election Commission trims electoral rolls by 10.2% across 12 states, UTsThe Election Commission has significantly cleaned up voter lists. Over 60 lakh deceased voters were removed from nine states and three Unio...
SIR in 12 states, UTs: Parties to get list of dead, absent voters before draft roll is outPolitical parties' booth-level agents will receive lists of deceased and relocated voters before draft electoral rolls are published. This ...
Bihar polls: How the state breaks its voting ceilingEven more striking is the 71.6% turnout among women - nearly nine percentage points higher than men and arguably unmatched in 75 years of I...
Bihar elections: EC data shows women voters dip in six seatsBihar's electoral rolls show a concerning drop in women voters in six assembly seats. Seemanchal and Champaran regions are particularly imp...
ECI begins uploading omitted voter names in BiharFollowing a Supreme Court directive, the Election Commission of India has begun publishing lists of voters omitted from draft electoral rol...
22 lakh dead voters now surfacing as they were not recorded in past: CEC on Bihar SIRGyanesh Kumar clarified that the 22 lakh deceased electors in Bihar were not recent deaths. These deaths went unrecorded for possibly 20 ye...
Not scared of EC officials, poll body indulging in 'vote chori' through SIR: Rahul GandhiRahul Gandhi accuses the Election Commission of helping the BJP steal votes in Bihar. He claims the Special Intensive Revision is a tactic ...
Election Commission deleted names of voters by listing them as dead, claims Bihar Congress PresidentBihar's political scene is heating up. Congress and RJD launch 'Voter Adhikaar Yatra' in Sasaram. They allege voter list errors by the Elec...
Had tea with 'dead people' because of EC: Rahul Gandhi attacks poll body over Bihar voter list rowRahul Gandhi met with a group of Bihar voters who were wrongly declared dead by the Election Commission and removed from electoral rolls. T...
Inclusion, exclusion of citizens from electoral rolls within EC remit, says SC; backs EC stand on AadhaarAs the row over the ongoing SIR escalated inside and outside Parliament, the top court also observed that the dispute was "largely a trust ...
SC asks EC to furnish details of 65 lakh deleted voters in Bihar draft electoral rollsThe Supreme Court has directed the Election Commission to provide details by August 9 regarding the approximately 65 lakh voters excluded f...
Bihar Assembly Elections: Supreme Court warns of intervention if voter roll shows mass exclusionThe Supreme Court has stated it will intervene if the Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls in Bihar leads to mass voter exclusion....
We will step in if there's mass exclusion in SIR of electoral rolls in Bihar: SCThe Supreme Court said it will intervene if mass exclusion occurs in Bihar’s electoral roll revision. Hearing pleas against the Election Co...
SC to hear pleas challenging EC's decision to revise Bihar electoral rolls on July 28The Supreme Court is set to hear pleas challenging the Election Commission's special intensive revision of electoral rolls in Bihar. The EC...
Can't allow dead, those who have permanently migrated to be on voters' list: CEC KumarChief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar addressed concerns regarding Bihar's voter roll revision. He questioned potential influence on th...
Bihar passing through 'jungle raj': Ramvilas PaswanPaswan alleged that the "deteriorating law and order situation in Bihar" indicated that the state was passing through "jungle raj".
Send audit committees for verifying TN voters' list: DMK to Election CommissionDMK today requested the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) to depute audit committees for verifying voters' list ahead of next year's Assemb...