CEC Rajiv Kumar had recently announced the Assembly Elections in Maharashtra and Jharkhand. He was on a visit to Adi Kailash, Uttarakhand when his chopper suffered turbulence due to bad weather on Wednesday.
The District Magistrate spoke to Chief Election Commissioner of India Rajiv Kumar after the incident. Kumar and other officials were safe and sound as the chopper made a safe emergency landing at Pithoragarh village.
Earlier on Friday, the Election Commission slammed state administration for not complying with the transfer orders it issued in July this year. The EC had asked why over 100 police officials remain in key positions in Mumbai.
Kumar penned the note while announcing the dates of the Assembly Elections 2024 in Jammu and Kashmir and Haryana. Jammu and Kashmir Assembly polls will be held in three phases on September 18, 25 and October 1 and final counting on October 4.
The appointment of an election commissioner is made by the President of India based on the recommendation of a three-member selection committee chaired by the Prime Minister.
All eyes are on Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar as he is shouldering a big responsibility to conduct free and fair Lok Sabha elections and assembly polls in four states. Considering the threat to him, the Centre increased its security for his safety in the election season.
A video circulating online claims Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar dodged a question about alleged Model Code of Conduct violations by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah. The video, cropped from a press conference on March 16, 2024, suggests Kumar avoided addressing the
The Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar said 55 lakh EVMs will be deployed across 10.5 lakh polling stations in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections. At least 1.8 crore first-time voters and 19.47 crore voters between the age group of 20-29 years will also participate in the polls.
The bill also has provisions for a Selection Committee, chaired by the prime minister, leader of the opposition and a Union minister, to make recommendations to the President for appointment of CEC and other ECs.
The top lawyer bodies stressed the need for a level playing field and equal opportunities for all stakeholders in the February 8 general election. They asked Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sikander Sultan Raja to resign as free and fair polls were "not possible" under him.
Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar highlighted that the elections in Mizoram, along with Chhattisgarh, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, and Telangana, will encompass 8.2 crore male and 7.8 crore female voters, along with 60.2 lakh first-time voters.
The main competition is anticipated among the currently ruling Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS), the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), and the Congress. In the 2018 elections, BRS secured 88 seats, leading to K Chandrashekar Rao's appointment as the state's chief minister.
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The court pointed out that since 2004, no chief election commissioner has completed the six-year tenure and during the 10-year rule of the UPA government, there were six CECs and in the eight years of the NDA government, there have been eight CECs.
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Besides the President and the Vice President elections due shortly, the 2024 Lok Sabha polls and several assembly polls will be held under his watch.
So far, EVMs have been used in four parliamentary elections and 37 Assembly polls, and they have established their credibility due to their accuracy, said Chandra.
Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sushil Chandra on Thursday said that representatives of all political parties who met him during his visit to Lucknow, have said that the Assembly elections should be conducted on time following all Covid-19 protocols.
No delimitation has taken place in Jammu and Kashmir after 1995, informed Chief Election Commissioner of India Sushil Chandra while briefing a press conference in Jammu on July 09.
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