EC to conduct SIR phase 3 across 16 states from May-endThe Election Commission is launching the third phase of its Special Intensive Revision of electoral rolls. This exercise will cover 16 stat...
15 May, 2026, 12.29 AM IST
Bengal polls: Kapil Sibal says state govt employee at each counting table necessary for level playing fieldKapil Sibal stressed the need for state government employees at every vote counting table for the West Bengal Assembly polls. This ensures ...
02 May, 2026, 04.31 PM IST
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...
11 Apr, 2026, 07.28 PM IST
Election Commission publishes final electoral roll in Chhattisgarh after SIR concludesThe Election Commission of India has published the final voter list for Chhattisgarh. This follows a Special Intensive Revision exercise. T...
21 Feb, 2026, 02.13 PM IST
LS polls phase 2: Over 50 per cent turnout till 3 pmPolling for the second stage of the seven-phase elections started at 7 am and will continue till 6 pm. Several states are experiencing inte...
26 Apr, 2024, 05.55 PM IST
Outer Manipur LS seat: A total of 529 Internally Displaced Voters will exercise their franchise in 9 special polling stationsThe outer Manipur parliamentary seat will go to polls on Friday, with 529 Internally Displaced Voters exercising their franchise in nine sp...
26 Apr, 2024, 10.49 AM IST
Lok Sabha election phase 1: No voters turn out in six districts of NagalandEven the MLAs of 20 assembly segments in the Eastern Nagaland did not turn up to vote. There are over 738 polling stations in the six distr...
19 Apr, 2024, 10.36 PM IST
Manipur: 4 EVMs damaged by unidentified people at different boothsFour Electronic Voting Machines were damaged during the first phase of Lok Sabha elections in conflict-ridden Manipur. The polls took place...
19 Apr, 2024, 07.30 PM IST
SC refuses plea for voting facilities to 18,000 internally-displaced in Manipur pollsThe Supreme Court declined to hear a plea requesting special voting arrangements for approximately 18,000 internally displaced individuals ...
15 Apr, 2024, 03.37 PM IST
Manipur: 94 polling stations to be set up for internally displaced personsManipur's Chief Electoral Officer PK Jha announced the identification of 94 special polling stations across the state to facilitate voting ...
06 Apr, 2024, 07.11 PM IST
From Gir forest for lone voter to village on Indo-Bangla border: How EC conducts polls at remotest, inaccessible placesThe Election Commission of India (ECI) has been tasked with conducting elections in remote and inaccessible areas, such as the Gir forest, ...
27 Mar, 2024, 11.23 AM IST
Welfare schemes, nationalism high on BJP agendaIn a meeting of national officebearers in Hyderabad on Saturday, BJP chief JP Nadda hailed the party’s performance in Uttar Pradesh, Uttara...
02 Jul, 2022, 10.39 PM IST
Taste a tukda of democracy: Evolution of voter turnout trends in IndiaIn the five poll-going states of the federal union of India - Uttar Pradesh, Goa, Uttarakhand, Punjab and Manipur - there are 18.3 crore ci...
09 Feb, 2022, 11.37 PM IST
Twitter announces initiatives ahead of 2022 assembly electionsA voter education quiz will be aimed at engaging people in Q&As with necessary facts about the polls. Twitter will also be expanding its de...
13 Jan, 2022, 12.43 PM IST
UP elections 2017: Women voters exceed men by wider margin than 2012 pollsWhile final data will only be compiled after polls are completed in two seats in UP and Uttarakhand on Thursday, numbers coming in so far b...
09 Mar, 2017, 12.23 AM IST
After Assam, BJP sets eyes on Manipur, Amit Shah to meet state workers on September 15The party made inroads in the civic polls to Imphal Municipal Council, winning 10 out of 27 seats, with the ruling Congress winning 12.
06 Sep, 2016, 10.18 AM IST
Lok Sabha 2014: Northeast people living in Delhi vote in large numbersVoting in the capital was a very different experience for many as, in politically disturbed northeast, polling booths are like fortresses.
11 Apr, 2014, 12.07 PM IST