The poll panel told the apex court that in its "Proposed Electoral Reforms, 2016", it had reiterated its 2004 recommendation that people ch...

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...

The court listed the application for further hearing on April 30 along with Singh's main petition seeking to debar campaigners and candidat...

The poll panel order said the commission has decided to modify its April 2 order and reduce the period of debarment from election campaign ...

A bench of Chief Justice D N Patel and Justice Jasmeet Singh issued notice to the Centre and the Election Commission (EC) on the petition a...

The petition said every person has the fundamental right to life, which is being impacted by political leaders, campaigners and candidates ...

Sources in the poll panel indicated that the idea is to have a standardised format for reporting of criminal antecedents of a candidate aft...

The draft bill-Representation of People Act (Amendment) Bill-is pending since 2014 when it was first scheduled to be tabled in the winter s...

The apex court, while accepting his appeal for hearing, had allowed Rajendra Kumar Meshram to participate in the assembly proceedings witho...

Haryana government has decided to make it mandatory for panchayat poll candidates to have education upto class X and functional toilets at ...

The draft bill proposes such politicians shall remain disqualified from contesting polls till his acquittal or six years after serving the ...

As of now, there is no restriction on a candidate to contest elections unless he has been convicted by a court.

The country's electoral history has seen over 41,000 Independents contesting Lok Sabha polls till now but only 221 of them have won.

The national consultation on electoral reforms saw the Election Commission, NGOs and various legal experts pitching for debarring candidate...

These candidates will face the bar for three years from the date of disqualification by the Commission, with the maximum being up to Januar...

Congress poll managers are red faced over a move to award ticket to a party functionary having criminal antecedents for February 16 municip...

Former CEC N Gopalaswami on Tuesday sought to reiterate the poll panel’s suggestion to the government to debar even chargesheeted persons, ...